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

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.

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	5	4			1:01.70	Q
2	5	5			1:02.00	Q
3	4	3			1:02.33	Q, AF
4	4	5			1:02.35	Q
5	3	5			1:02.50	Q
6	3	3			1:02.62	Q
7	3	2			1:02.68	Q
8	4	4			1:02.90	Q
9	3	4			1:02.94	q
10	5	7			1:03.05	q
11	5	3			1:03.14	q,
12	4	6			1:03.17	q
13	4	7			1:03.61	q
14	4	2			1:03.79	q
15	5	6			1:03.84	q
16	5	6			1:03.88	q
17	5	1			1:03.89	q
18	2	4			1:03.96	NR
19	3	7			1:04.03
20	3	1			1:04.41
21	2	3			1:04.61	NR
22	5	8			1:04.84
23	4	8			1:05.25
24	2	7			1:05.48
25	2	1			1:05.72
26	3	6			1:05.87
27	2	2			1:05.94
28	2	5			1:06.12
	2	6
30	3	8			1:06.38
31	4	1			1:06.70
32	1	4			1:07.38
33	1	6			1:07.61
34	2	8			1:11.44
35	1	3			1:11.70
36	1	5			1:13.83

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4			1:02.38
10	5			1:02.85
11	6			1:03.30
12	3			1:03.52
13	8			1:03.61
14	7			1:03.69
15	2			1:04.01
16	1			1:04.15

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			1:01.19
	4			1:01.47
	3			1:02.12	AF
4	6			1:02.33
5	7			1:02.50
6	1			1:02.52
7	2			1:02.70
8	8			1:02.78

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165349/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/womens-100-metres-backstroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heats. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 42. 13 September 2017.
3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Finals. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 42. 12 September 2017.