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

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Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date20 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors48 from 44 nations
Winning time54.50 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Le Jingyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Sandra Völker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Angel Martino Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1992
2000  

The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 20 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  Le Jingyi  (CHN)54.01 Rome, Italy 5 September 1994
Olympic recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhuang Yong  (CHN)54.51 Barcelona, Spain 28 July 1992

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
20 JulyFinal A Le Jingyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 54.50 OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Le Jingyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 54.90Q
263 Angel Martino Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.44Q
344 Sandra Völker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.55Q
465 Franziska van Almsick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.80Q
555 Karin Brienesse Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 55.81Q
645 Amy Van Dyken Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.94Q
766 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 56.06Q
852 Sarah Ryan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 56.07Q
964 Shan Ying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 56.10q
1061 Leah Martindale Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 56.13q, NR
1162 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 56.20q
1246 Luminița Dobrescu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 56.27q
1352 Natalya Meshcheryakova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 56.33q
1453 Karen Pickering Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 56.40q
1567 Linda Olofsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56.56q
1643 Sue Rolph Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 56.62q
1747 Shannon Shakespeare Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.63
1868 Vibeke Johansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 56.88
1951 Rania Elwani Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 56.89 NR
2048 Solenne Figuès Flag of France.svg  France 56.90
2157 Claudia Franco Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 57.00
2236 Minna Salmela Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 57.15
2332 Gabrielle Rose Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 57.16
2434 Cecilia Vianini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57.17
2542 Sumika Minamoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 57.25
2621 Siobhan Cropper Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 57.30 NR
2722 Judith Draxler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 57.34 NR
2837 Metka Sparavec Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 57.66
2958 Alison Fitch Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 57.71
3013 Anna Nyíri Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 57.82
3124 Antonia Machaira Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 57.92
3231 Monica Dahl Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 57.95
3333 Helene Muller Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 57.98
3423 Kristýna Kyněrová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 58.03
3538 Lee Bo-eun Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 58.27
3627 Sandrine Paquier Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 58.38
3741 Dita Želvienė Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 58.57
3815 Teresa Moodie Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 58.59
3928 Sviatlana Zhidko Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 58.64
4025 Tsai Shu-min Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 58.65
4135 Joscelin Yeo Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 58.87
4226 Yevgeniya Yermakova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 59.12
4314 Valeria Álvarez Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 59.26
4417 Viktoriya Polyayeva Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 59.40
4512 Gabrijela Ujčić Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 59.92
4616 Duška Radan Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia 1:00.34
4711 Caroline Pickering Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1:00.51
4818 Gail Rizzo Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1:02.19

Finals

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Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 Shan Ying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 55.74
101 Linda Olofsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 55.83
116 Luminița Dobrescu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 55.98
125 Leah Martindale Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 56.03 NR
132 Natalya Meshcheryakova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 56.17
147 Karen Pickering Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 56.32
153 Martina Moravcová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 56.47
168 Sue Rolph Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 56.58

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Le Jingyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 54.50 OR
Silver medal icon.svg3 Sandra Völker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 54.88
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Angel Martino Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.93
47 Amy Van Dyken Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.11
56 Franziska van Almsick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.59
68 Sarah Ryan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 55.85
71 Mette Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 56.01
82 Karin Brienesse Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 56.12

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References

  1. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 37. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 37. Retrieved 12 September 2017.