Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle

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Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date26 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors56 from 48 nations
Winning time24.87 AM
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Amy Van Dyken Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Le Jingyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Sandra Völker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
  1992
2000  

The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 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)24.51 Rome, Italy 11 September 1994
Olympic recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yang Wenyi  (CHN)24.79 Barcelona, Spain 31 July 1992

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174 Le Jingyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 25.10Q
264 Amy Van Dyken Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25.12Q
365 Sandra Völker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.45Q
454 Angel Martino Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25.47Q
555 Shan Ying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 25.71Q
675 Natalya Meshcheryakova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25.73Q
756 Leah Martindale Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 25.76Q
863 Linda Olofsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25.84Q
953 Karen van Wirdum Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.88q
1073 Sumika Minamoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 25.89q
1166 Marianne Muis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25.93q
1257 Yevgeniya Yermakova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 25.97q, NR
1362 Simone Osygus Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 26.00q
76 Angela Postma Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands q
1544 Laura Petrutytė Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 26.13q, =NR
1677 Claudia Franco Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 26.17q
1742 Vibeke Johansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 26.22
1871 Rania Elwani Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 26.26 NR
1978 Siobhan Cropper Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 26.29 NR
2046 Judith Draxler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 26.34
52 Sarah Ryan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
2245 Blanca Cerón Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 26.39
61 Sue Rolph Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2451 Marianne Kriel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 26.42
2547 Metka Sparavec Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 26.43
2643 Martine Dessureault Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26.44
2767 Luminița Dobrescu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 26.47
2848 Mette Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 26.50
2941 Casey Legler Flag of France.svg  France 26.52
72 Laura Nicholls Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
3158 Dita Želvienė Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 26.55
3238 Dominique Diezi Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 26.57 NR
3332 Eileen Coparropa Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 26.67
3434 Minna Salmela Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 26.72
3524 Alison Fitch Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 26.74
3631 Monica Dahl Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 26.76
3736 Elín Sigurðardóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 26.90
3868 Lin Chien-ju Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 27.00
3935 Valeria Álvarez Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 27.12
4015 Alena Popchanka Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 27.18 NR
4121 Seo So-yung Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 27.30 NR
4222 Gyöngyvér Lakos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 27.34
4325 Teresa Moodie Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 27.38
4433 Joscelin Yeo Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 27.51
4528 Duška Radan Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia 27.62 NR
4623 Gabrijela Ujčić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 27.63
4727 Agnese Ozoliņa Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 27.65
4813 Sangeeta Puri Flag of India.svg  India 28.02
4912 Verónica Prono Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay 28.40
5014 Gail Rizzo Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 28.43
5126 Akiko Thomson Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 28.51
5216 Võ Trần Trường An Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 29.02
5317 Ingrid Louis Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 29.56
5411 Monika Bakale Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 34.43
5518 Nishma Gurung Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 41.45
37 Antonia Machaira Flag of Greece.svg  Greece DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
93 Marianne Muis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25.74
102 Angela Postma Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25.82
118 Claudia Franco Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 26.04
125 Sumika Minamoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 26.05
136 Yevgeniya Yermakova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 26.06
147 Simone Osygus Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 26.16
154 Karen van Wirdum Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 26.17
161 Laura Petrutytė Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 26.36

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Amy Van Dyken Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24.87 AM
Silver medal icon.svg4 Le Jingyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 24.90
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Sandra Völker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.14
46 Angel Martino Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25.31
51 Leah Martindale Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 25.49 NR
68 Linda Olofsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25.63
72 Shan Ying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 25.70
7 Natalya Meshcheryakova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

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References

  1. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 50 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. pp. 35–36. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 36. Retrieved 11 September 2017.