Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
The front of Georgia Tech's Campus Recreation Center
Venue	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Dates	July 20 –26, 1996
No. of events	32
Competitors	762 from 117 nations
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The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. ^[1] There were 762 competitors from 117 countries. ^[2] This was the last Olympics where swimming B-finals were held.

At the time of the games, the facility had a temporary 50 m warm-up pool located behind the locker rooms and entry concourse (on the ground); as well as a temporary roof, and open walls (there were wall-like structures/curtains at the diving well and turning end of the pool). The open walls allowed for temporary seating to be in place during the games. A wall and new roof have since been placed on the facility.

A total of 4 world records and 13 Olympic records were set during the competition

The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay made its debut at these Games.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States  (USA)	13	11	2	26
2	Russia  (RUS)	4	2	2	8
3	Hungary  (HUN)	3	1	2	6
4	Ireland  (IRL)	3	0	1	4
5	Australia  (AUS)	2	4	6	12
6	South Africa  (RSA)	2	0	1	3
7	New Zealand  (NZL)	2	0	0	2
8	China  (CHN)	1	3	2	6
9	Belgium  (BEL)	1	0	0	1
	Costa Rica  (CRC)	1	0	0	1
11	Germany  (GER)	0	5	7	12
12	Brazil  (BRA)	0	1	2	3
	Canada  (CAN)	0	1	2	3
14	Cuba  (CUB)	0	1	1	2
	Great Britain  (GBR)	0	1	1	2
16	Finland  (FIN)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden  (SWE)	0	1	0	1
18	Netherlands  (NED)	0	0	2	2
19	Italy  (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		32	32	32	96

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Alexander Popov   Russia	22.13	Gary Hall, Jr.   United States	22.26	Fernando Scherer   Brazil	22.29 SA
100 m freestyle details	Alexander Popov   Russia	48.74	Gary Hall, Jr.   United States	48.81	Gustavo Borges   Brazil	49.02
200 m freestyle details	Danyon Loader   New Zealand	1:47.63 NR	Gustavo Borges   Brazil	1:48.08 SA	Daniel Kowalski   Australia	1:48.25
400 m freestyle details	Danyon Loader   New Zealand	3:47.97 NR	Paul Palmer   Great Britain	3:49.00	Daniel Kowalski   Australia	3:49.39
1500 m freestyle details	Kieren Perkins   Australia	14:56.40	Daniel Kowalski   Australia	15:02.43	Graeme Smith   Great Britain	15:02.48 NR
100 m backstroke details	Jeff Rouse   United States	54.10	Rodolfo Falcón   Cuba	54.98	Neisser Bent   Cuba	55.02
200 m backstroke details	Brad Bridgewater   United States	1:58.54	Tripp Schwenk   United States	1:58.99	Emanuele Merisi   Italy	1:59.18
100 m breaststroke details	Fred Deburghgraeve   Belgium	1:00.65	Jeremy Linn   United States	1:00.77 AM	Mark Warnecke   Germany	1:01.33 NR
200 m breaststroke details	Norbert Rózsa   Hungary	2:12.57	Károly Güttler   Hungary	2:13.03	Andrey Korneyev   Russia	2:13.17
100 m butterfly details	Denis Pankratov   Russia	52.27 WR	Scott Miller   Australia	52.53 OC	Vladislav Kulikov   Russia	53.13
200 m butterfly details	Denis Pankratov   Russia	1:56.51	Tom Malchow   United States	1:57.44	Scott Goodman   Australia	1:57.48
200 m medley details	Attila Czene   Hungary	1:59.91 OR	Jani Sievinen   Finland	2:00.13	Curtis Myden   Canada	2:01.13 NR
400 m medley details	Tom Dolan   United States	4:14.90	Eric Namesnik   United States	4:15.25	Curtis Myden   Canada	4:16.28 NR
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States  (USA) Jon Olsen Josh Davis Brad Schumacher Gary Hall, Jr. David Fox* Scott Tucker*	3:15.41 OR	Russia  (RUS) Roman Yegorov Alexander Popov Vladimir Predkin Vladimir Pyshnenko Denis Pimankov*	3:17.06 ER	Germany  (GER) Christian Tröger Bengt Zikarsky Björn Zikarsky Mark Pinger Alexander Lüderitz*	3:17.20
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	United States  (USA) Josh Davis Joe Hudepohl Brad Schumacher Ryan Berube Jon Olsen*	7:14.84	Sweden  (SWE) Christer Wallin Anders Holmertz Lars Frölander Anders Lyrbring	7:17.56	Germany  (GER) Aimo Heilmann Christian Keller Christian Tröger Steffen Zesner Konstantin Dubrovin* Oliver Lampe*	7:17.71
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States  (USA) Jeff Rouse Jeremy Linn Mark Henderson Gary Hall, Jr. Josh Davis* Kurt Grote* John Hargis* Tripp Schwenk*	3:34.84 WR	Russia  (RUS) Vladimir Selkov Stanislav Lopukhov Denis Pankratov Alexander Popov Roman Ivanovsky* Vladislav Kulikov* Roman Yegorov*	3:37.55 ER	Australia  (AUS) Steven Dewick Phil Rogers Scott Miller Michael Klim Toby Haenen*	3:39.56 OC

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Amy Van Dyken   United States	24.87 AM	Le Jingyi   China	24.90	Sandra Völker   Germany	25.14
100 m freestyle details	Le Jingyi   China	54.50 OR	Sandra Völker   Germany	54.88	Angel Martino   United States	54.93
200 m freestyle details	Claudia Poll   Costa Rica	1:58.16	Franziska van Almsick   Germany	1:58.57	Dagmar Hase   Germany	1:59.56
400 m freestyle details	Michelle Smith   Ireland	4:07.25 NR	Dagmar Hase   Germany	4:08.30	Kirsten Vlieghuis   Netherlands	4:08.70 NR
800 m freestyle details	Brooke Bennett   United States	8:27.89	Dagmar Hase   Germany	8:29.91	Kirsten Vlieghuis   Netherlands	8:30.84 NR
100 m backstroke details	Beth Botsford   United States	1:01.19	Whitney Hedgepeth   United States	1:01.47	Marianne Kriel   South Africa	1:02.12 AF
200 m backstroke details	Krisztina Egerszegi   Hungary	2:07.83	Whitney Hedgepeth   United States	2:11.98	Cathleen Rund   Germany	2:12.06
100 m breaststroke details	Penelope Heyns   South Africa	1:07.73	Amanda Beard   United States	1:08.09 AM	Samantha Riley   Australia	1:09.18
200 m breaststroke details	Penelope Heyns   South Africa	2:25.41 OR	Amanda Beard   United States	2:25.75	Ágnes Kovács   Hungary	2:26.57
100 m butterfly details	Amy Van Dyken   United States	59.13	Liu Limin   China	59.14	Angel Martino   United States	59.23
200 m butterfly details	Susie O'Neill   Australia	2:07.76	Petria Thomas   Australia	2:09.82	Michelle Smith   Ireland	2:09.91 NR
200 m individual medley details	Michelle Smith   Ireland	2:13.93 NR	Marianne Limpert   Canada	2:14.35 NR	Lin Li   China	2:14.74
400 m individual medley details	Michelle Smith   Ireland	4:39.18 NR	Allison Wagner   United States	4:42.03	Krisztina Egerszegi   Hungary	4:42.53
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States  (USA) Angel Martino Amy Van Dyken Catherine Fox Jenny Thompson Lisa Jacob* Melanie Valerio*	3:39.29 OR	China  (CHN) Le Jingyi Chao Na Nian Yun Shan Ying	3:40.48	Germany  (GER) Sandra Völker Simone Osygus Antje Buschschulte Franziska van Almsick Meike Freitag*	3:41.48
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	United States  (USA) Trina Jackson Cristina Teuscher Sheila Taormina Jenny Thompson Lisa Jacob* Annette Salmeen* Ashley Whitney*	7:59.87 OR , AM	Germany  (GER) Franziska van Almsick Kerstin Kielgass Anke Scholz Dagmar Hase Meike Freitag* Simone Osygus*	8:01.55	Australia  (AUS) Julia Greville Nicole Stevenson Emma Johnson Susie O'Neill Lise Mackie*	8:05.47
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States  (USA) Beth Botsford Amanda Beard Angel Martino Amy Van Dyken Catherine Fox* Whitney Hedgepeth* Kristine Quance* Jenny Thompson*	4:02.88	Australia  (AUS) Nicole Stevenson Samantha Riley Susie O'Neill Sarah Ryan Helen Denman* Angela Kennedy*	4:05.08	China  (CHN) Chen Yan Han Xue Cai Huijue Shan Ying	4:07.34

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Olympic and world records broken

Note: Any world record is also an Olympic record

Men

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
100 m Breaststroke	20 July	Heat 6	Frédérik Deburghgraeve	Belgium	1:00.60	WR
100 m Butterfly	24 July	Heat 7	Scott Miller	Australia	52.89	OR
100 m Butterfly	24 July	Final A	Denis Pankratov	Russia	52.27	WR
200 m Individual Medley	25 July	Final A	Attila Czene	Hungary	1:59.91	OR
4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay	23 July	Final	Jon Olsen (49.94) Josh Davis (49.00) Brad Schumacher (49.02) Gary Hall, Jr. (47.45)	United States	3:15.41	OR
4 × 100 m Medley Relay	26 July	Final	Jeff Rouse (53.95) Jeremy Linn (1:00.32) Mark Henderson (52.39) Gary Hall, Jr. (48.18)	United States	3:34.84	WR

Women

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
100 m Freestyle	20 July	Final A	Le Jingyi	China	54.50	OR
100 m Breaststroke	21 July	Heat 6	Penny Heyns	South Africa	1:07.02	WR
200 m Breaststroke	23 July	Heat 4	Penny Heyns	South Africa	2:26.63	OR
200 m Breaststroke	23 July	Final A	Penny Heyns	South Africa	2:25.41	OR
4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay	22 July	Final	Angel Martino (55.34) Amy Van Dyken (53.91) Catherine Fox (55.93) Jenny Thompson (54.11)	United States	3:39.29	OR
4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay	25 July	Heat 2	Lisa Jacob (2:01.31) Ashley Whitney (2:01.77) Sheila Taormina (2:00.57) Annette Salmeen (2:01.34)	United States	8:04.99	OR
4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay	25 July	Final	Trina Jackson (1:59.71) Cristina Teuscher (1:58.86) Sheila Taormina (2:01.29) Jenny Thompson (1:56.83)	United States	7:59.87	OR

Participating nations

762 swimmers from 117 nations competed. ^[2]

•   Algeria  (1)
•   Andorra  (2)
•   Angola  (1)
•   Argentina  (7)
•   Armenia  (1)
•   Australia  (33)
•   Austria  (4)
•   Azerbaijan  (1)
•   Bahamas  (1)
•   Barbados  (2)
•   Bangladesh  (1)
•   Belgium  (4)
•   Belarus  (10)
•   Bolivia  (2)
•   Bosnia and Herzegovina  (2)
•   Brazil  (10)
•   Bulgaria  (1)
•   Cambodia  (2)
•   Canada  (27)
•   Chile  (1)
•   China  (21)
•   Chinese Taipei  (8)
•   Colombia  (5)
•   Republic of the Congo  (2)
•   Costa Rica  (3)
•   Croatia  (11)
•   Cuba  (3)
•   Cyprus  (2)
•   Czech Republic  (10)
•   Denmark  (10)
•   Dominica  (1)
•   Ecuador  (5)
•   Egypt  (2)
•   El Salvador  (2)
•   Estonia  (1)
•   Fiji  (2)
•   Finland  (12)
•   France  (25)
•   Germany  (28)
•   Great Britain  (28)
•   Greece  (8)
•   Guam  (2)
•   Guatemala  (2)
•   Haiti  (1)
•   Honduras  (1)
•   Hong Kong  (3)
•   Hungary  (21)
•   Iceland  (3)
•   India  (2)
•   Indonesia  (1)
•   Iran  (1)
•   Ireland  (5)
•   Israel  (4)
•   Italy  (14)
•   Jamaica  (1)
•   Japan  (27)
•   Jordan  (2)
•   Kazakhstan  (7)
•   Kyrgyzstan  (12)
•   Kuwait  (3)
•   Latvia  (4)
•   Lithuania  (8)
•   Macedonia  (4)
•   Madagascar  (2)
•   Maldives  (1)
•   Malaysia  (5)
•   Malta  (1)
•   Moldova  (5)
•   Mauritius  (2)
•   Mexico  (2)
•   Monaco  (1)
•   Mozambique  (1)
•   Namibia  (2)
•   Nepal  (2)
•   Netherlands  (20)
•   Netherlands Antilles  (1)
•   New Zealand  (14)
•   Nicaragua  (1)
•   Norway  (5)
•   Oman  (1)
•   Pakistan  (1)
•   Panama  (2)
•   Paraguay  (2)
•   Peru  (2)
•   Philippines  (2)
•   Poland  (11)
•   Portugal  (12)
•   Puerto Rico  (7)
•   Romania  (14)
•   Russia  (30)
•   San Marino  (1)
•   FR Yugoslavia  (4)
•   Seychelles  (1)
•   Sierra Leone  (1)
•   Singapore  (5)
•   Slovenia  (5)
•   Slovakia  (3)
•   South Africa  (7)
•   South Korea  (20)
•   Spain  (18)
•   Suriname  (4)
•   Swaziland  (1)
•   Sweden  (18)
•   Switzerland  (5)
•   Syria  (1)
•   Thailand  (6)
•   Trinidad and Tobago  (2)
•   Turkey  (4)
•   Ukraine  (13)
•   United States  (44)
•   Virgin Islands  (1)
•   United Arab Emirates  (1)
•   Uruguay  (2)
•   Uzbekistan  (6)
•   Venezuela  (7)
•   Vietnam  (2)
•   Zimbabwe  (1)

References

1. "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
2. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

External links

• Swim rankings results