Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

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Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date22 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors36 from 30 nations
Winning time1:01.19
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Beth Botsford Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Whitney Hedgepeth Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Marianne Kriel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  1992
2000  

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 22 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. [1]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  He Cihong  (CHN)1:00.16 Rome, Italy 10 September 1994
Olympic recordFlag of Hungary.svg  Krisztina Egerszegi  (HUN)1:00.68 Barcelona, Spain 28 July 1992

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Whitney Hedgepeth Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:01.70Q
255 Beth Botsford Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:02.00Q
343 Marianne Kriel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:02.33Q, AF
445 Mai Nakamura Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:02.35Q
535 Nicole Stevenson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:02.50Q
633 Chen Yan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:02.62Q
732 Antje Buschschulte Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:02.68Q
844 Miki Nakao Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:02.90Q
934 Nina Zhivanevskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:02.94q
1057 Anke Scholz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:03.05q
1153 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:03.14q, WD
1246 Olga Kochetkova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:03.17q
1347 Lydia Lipscombe Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:03.61q
1442 Therese Alshammar Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:03.79q
1556 Julie Howard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:03.84q
1656 Elli Overton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:03.88q
1751 Helen Slatter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:03.89q
1824 Lee Ji-hyun Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 1:03.96 NR
1937 Hélène Ricardo Flag of France.svg  France 1:04.03
2031 Eva Piñera Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:04.41
2123 Praphalsai Minpraphal Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1:04.61 NR
2258 Maria Santos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:04.84
2348 Anu Koivisto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:05.25
2427 Marcela Kubalčíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:05.48
2521 Yseult Gervy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:05.72
2636 He Cihong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:05.87
2722 Aikaterini Klepkou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:05.94
2825 Florina Herea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:06.12
26 Akiko Thomson Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines
3038 Valeria Álvarez Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:06.38
3141 Dagmara Komorowicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:06.70
3214 Annamária Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:07.38
3316 Gail Rizzo Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1:07.61
3428 Tsai Shu-min Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1:11.44
3513 Ximena Escalera Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 1:11.70
3615 Harijesy Razafindramahatra Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 1:13.83

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 Nina Zhivanevskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:02.38
105 Anke Scholz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:02.85
116 Lydia Lipscombe Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:03.30
123 Olga Kochetkova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:03.52
138 Helen Slatter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:03.61
147 Elli Overton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:03.69
152 Julie Howard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:04.01
161 Therese Alshammar Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:04.15

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Beth Botsford Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:01.19
Silver medal icon.svg4 Whitney Hedgepeth Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:01.47
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Marianne Kriel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:02.12 AF
46 Mai Nakamura Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:02.33
57 Chen Yan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:02.50
61 Antje Buschschulte Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:02.52
72 Nicole Stevenson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:02.70
88 Miki Nakao Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:02.78

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References

  1. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 42. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 42. Retrieved 12 September 2017.