Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date22 July 1996 (heats & final)
Competitors81 from 19 nations
Winning time3:39.29 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Angel Martino, Amy Van Dyken, Catherine Fox, Jenny Thompson, Lisa Jacob*, Melanie Valerio*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Le Jingyi, Chao Na, Nian Yun, Shan Ying
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Sandra Völker, Simone Osygus, Antje Buschschulte, Franziska van Almsick, Meike Freitag*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
  1992
2000  

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 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  China  (CHN)
Le Ying (54.31)
Shan Ying (54.38)
Lü Bin (55.09)
Le Jingyi (54.13)
3:37.91 Rome, Italy 7 September 1994 [2]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Nicole Haislett (55.33)
Dara Torres (55.33)
Angel Martino (54.79)
Jenny Thompson (54.01)
3:39.46 Barcelona, Spain 28 July 1992

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
22 JulyFinal Angel Martino (55.34)
Amy Van Dyken (53.91)
Catherine Fox (55.93)
Jenny Thompson (54.11)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:39.29 OR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q). [3]

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
124Flag of the United States.svg  United States Jenny Thompson (55.04)
Catherine Fox (55.03)
Lisa Jacob (56.31)
Melanie Valerio (55.98)
3:42.36Q
222Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Marianne Muis (55.60)
Manon Masseurs (56.54)
Wilma van Hofwegen (55.24)
Minouche Smit (56.25)
3:43.63Q
334Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Shan Ying (56.03)
Chao Na (56.57)
Nian Yun (55.80)
Le Jingyi (55.66)
3:44.06Q
435Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Simone Osygus (56.50)
Antje Buschschulte (55.49)
Meike Freitag (56.43)
Franziska van Almsick (55.75)
3:44.17Q
523Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Louise Jöhncke (56.81)
Johanna Sjöberg (56.63)
Louise Karlsson (56.23)
Linda Olofsson (55.72)
3:45.39Q
633Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Shannon Shakespeare (56.05)
Julie Howard (56.79)
Andrea Moody (56.55)
Marianne Limpert (56.27)
3:45.66Q, NR
715Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Svetlana Leshukova (57.31)
Nataliya Sorokina (57.07)
Yelena Nazemnova (56.59)
Natalya Meshcheryakova (56.36)
3:47.33Q
814Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Anna Windsor (59.03)
Sarah Ryan (55.59)
Lise Mackie (57.02)
Julia Greville (56.30)
3:47.94Q
913Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Sue Rolph (56.61)
Alison Sheppard (57.52)
Carrie Willmott (58.10)
Karen Pickering (56.03)
3:48.26
1016Flag of France.svg  France Solenne Figuès (57.12)
Jacqueline Delord (57.56)
Casey Legler (56.98)
Marianne Le Verge (56.64)
3:48.30
1126Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Lorena Diaconescu (56.89)
Florina Herea (58.16)
Andreea Trufaşu (57.18)
Luminița Dobrescu (56.20)
3:48.43
1225Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Sumika Minamoto (57.48)
Naoko Imoto (56.81)
Eri Yamanoi (58.19)
Suzu Chiba (56.29)
3:48.77
1336Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Mette Nielsen (57.85)
Mette Jacobsen (56.01)
Karen Egdal (57.63)
Ditte Jensen (57.44)
3:48.93
1432Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Blanca Cerón (57.52)
Fátima Madrid (57.85)
Susanna Garabatos (57.91)
Claudia Franco (56.19)
3:49.47 NR
1531Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Sviatlana Zhidko (58.11)
Inga Borodich (57.49)
Natalya Baranovskaya (57.90)
Alena Popchanka (56.72)
3:50.22 NR
1612Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Minna Salmela (57.13)
Paula Harmokivi (57.56)
Marja Pärssinen (57.16)
Marja Heikkilä (58.48)
3:50.33
1727Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Dominique Diezi (57.60)
Nicole Zahnd (58.35)
Lara Preacco (58.83)
Sandrine Paquier (58.52)
3:53.30
1837Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Chang Wei-chia (58.49)
Tsai Shu-min (59.79)
Lin Chien-ju (58.38)
Lin Chi-chan (59.73)
3:56.39
1917Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Lee Bo-eun (58.77)
Seo So-yung (58.72)
Lee Jie-hyun (59.38)
Jeong Eun-na (1:00.96)
3:57.83

Final

[4] [5]

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Flag of the United States.svg  United States Angel Martino (55.34)
Amy Van Dyken (53.91)
Catherine Fox (55.93)
Jenny Thompson (54.11)
3:39.29 OR
Silver medal icon.svg3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Le Jingyi (54.79)
Chao Na (55.40)
Nian Yun (55.42)
Shan Ying (54.87)
3:40.48
Bronze medal icon.svg6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Sandra Völker (55.70)
Simone Osygus (56.05)
Antje Buschschulte (55.20)
Franziska van Almsick (54.53)
3:41.48
45Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Marianne Muis (55.73)
Minouche Smit (56.15)
Wilma van Hofwegen (55.53)
Karin Brienesse (54.99)
3:42.40 NR
52Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Linda Olofsson (55.75)
Louise Jöhncke (56.32)
Louise Karlsson (56.07)
Johanna Sjöberg (56.77)
3:44.91 NR
68Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Sarah Ryan (56.06)
Julia Greville (56.27)
Lise Mackie (57.03)
Susie O'Neill (55.95)
3:45.31
77Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Shannon Shakespeare (56.07)
Julie Howard (57.03)
Andrea Moody (56.74)
Marianne Limpert (56.43)
3:46.27
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Yelena Nazemnova
Natalya Sorokina
Svetlana Leshukova
Natalya Meshcheryakova
DSQ

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