Women's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 31 July 1984 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:02.55 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
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]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Rica Reinisch (GDR) | 1:00.86 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 23 July 1980 |
Olympic record | Rica Reinisch (GDR) | 1:00.86 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 23 July 1980 |
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Carmel Clark | New Zealand | 1:04.33 | Q, NR |
2 | 4 | Brigitte van der Lans | Netherlands | 1:04.82 | q |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 2 | Audrey Moore | Australia | 1:04.15 | |
10 | 5 | Manuela Carosi | Italy | 1:04.52 | |
3 | Georgina Parkes | Australia | |||
12 | 4 | Brigitte van der Lans | Netherlands | 1:04.75 | |
13 | 7 | Catherine White | Great Britain | 1:04.99 | |
14 | 6 | Reema Abdo | Canada | 1:05.13 | |
15 | 1 | Sabine Pauwels | Belgium | 1:05.33 | |
16 | 8 | Eva Gysling | Switzerland | 1:06.11 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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3 | Theresa Andrews | United States | 1:02.55 | ||
4 | Betsy Mitchell | United States | 1:02.63 | ||
5 | Jolanda de Rover | Netherlands | 1:02.91 | ||
4 | 2 | Carmen Bunaciu | Romania | 1:03.21 | |
5 | 1 | Anca Pătrășcoiu | Romania | 1:03.29 | |
6 | 7 | Svenja Schlicht | West Germany | 1:03.46 | NR |
7 | 6 | Beverley Rose | Great Britain | 1:04.16 | |
8 | 8 | Carmel Clark | New Zealand | 1:04.47 |
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