Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly explained

The final of the women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 2, 1984.^[1]

Records

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

The following records were established during the competition:

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4			59.05	Q,
2	5	4			59.99	Q
3	5	5			1:01.50	Q
4	3	5			1:01.57	Q
5	4	5			1:01.97	Q
6	2	5			1:02.01	Q
7	2	4			1:02.21	Q
8	3	6			1:02.36	Q
9	1	4			1:02.47	q
10	1	5			1:02.79	q
11	2	3			1:02.97	q
12	4	3			1:02.98	q
13	5	3			1:03.09	q
14	1	3			1:03.15	q
15	4	6			1:03.20	q
16	3	4			1:03.37	q
17	1	6			1:03.84
	3	3
19	3	2			1:03.88
20	4	2			1:03.97
21	5	6			1:03.99
22	2	6			1:04.43
23	2	2			1:05.22
24	5	2			1:05.35
25	3	7			1:05.91
26	4	7			1:05.96
27	2	7			1:06.20
28	5	1			1:06.65
29	5	7			1:06.82
30	4	1			1:06.99
31	1	7			1:07.25
32	3	1			1:10.45
33	2	1			1:10.68
34	1	1			1:11.49
35	5	8			1:06.82
	1	2

Finals

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4			1:01.25
10	6			1:01.48	NR
11	5			1:02.55
12	3			1:02.64
13	2			1:02.98
14	8			1:03.33
15	1			1:03.37
16	7			1:03.65

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			59.26
	5			1:00.19
	1			1:01.36
4	3			1:01.56
5	6			1:01.58
6	2			1:01.78
7	7			1:01.94
8	8			1:02.11

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417112326/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/SWI/womens-100-metres-butterfly.html . dead . April 17, 2020 . March 6, 2017 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Heats. Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. 497. 8 March 2017.