Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

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Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date31 July 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors32 from 22 nations
Winning time1:02.55
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Theresa Andrews Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Betsy Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Jolanda de Rover Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  1980
1988  

The final of the women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 31, 1984. [1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Rica Reinisch  (GDR)1:00.86 Moscow, Soviet Union 23 July 1980
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Rica Reinisch  (GDR)1:00.86 Moscow, Soviet Union 23 July 1980

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124 Betsy Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:02.53Q
214 Theresa Andrews Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:02.94Q
45 Jolanda de Rover Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Q
442 Beverley Rose Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:03.61Q, NR
544 Carmen Bunaciu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 1:03.79Q
625 Svenja Schlicht Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:04.02Q
734 Anca Pătrășcoiu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 1:04.16Q
813 Brigitte van der Lans Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:04.57QSO
25 Carmel Clark Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand QSO
1023 Manuela Carosi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:04.77q
1135 Georgina Parkes Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:04.90q
1233 Reema Abdo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:04.92q
1315 Audrey Moore Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:04.96q
1416 Catherine White Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:05.03q
1547 Sabine Pauwels Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:05.17q
1636 Eva Gysling Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:05.18q
1732 Sandra Dahlmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:05.27
1817 Naomi Sekido Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:05.60
1912 Michelle MacPherson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:06.04
2046 Anna-Karin Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:06.09
2143 Teresa Rivera Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:06.39
2226 Yolande van der Straeten Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:07.07
2337 Nozomi Sunouchi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:07.23
2427 Choi Yun-hui Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 1:07.35
2531 Guo Huaying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:08.21
2611 Lotta Flink Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 1:09.70
2748 Kathy Wong Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 1:10.19
2828 Christine Jacob Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 1:10.28
2918 Sharon Pickering Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1:10.49
3021 Petra Bekaert Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959-1986).svg  Netherlands Antilles 1:10.60
3138 Helen Chow Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1:11.30
41 Lise Lotte Nylund Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNS

Swimoff

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Carmel Clark Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:04.33Q, NR
24 Brigitte van der Lans Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:04.82q

Finals

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
92 Audrey Moore Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:04.15
105 Manuela Carosi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:04.52
3 Georgina Parkes Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
124 Brigitte van der Lans Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:04.75
137 Catherine White Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:04.99
146 Reema Abdo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:05.13
151 Sabine Pauwels Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:05.33
168 Eva Gysling Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:06.11

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Theresa Andrews Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:02.55
Silver medal icon.svg4 Betsy Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:02.63
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Jolanda de Rover Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:02.91
42 Carmen Bunaciu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 1:03.21
51 Anca Pătrășcoiu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 1:03.29
67 Svenja Schlicht Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:03.46 NR
76 Beverley Rose Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:04.16
88 Carmel Clark Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:04.47

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References

  1. "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  2. "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984 . LA84 Foundation. p. 495. Retrieved March 14, 2017.