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

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date 22 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors 36 from 30 nations
Winning time 1:01.19
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Beth Botsford  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Whitney Hedgepeth  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Marianne Kriel  South Africa

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.

World record He Cihong (CHN)1:00.16Rome, Italy10 September 1994
Olympic record Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)1:00.68Barcelona, Spain28 July 1992

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Whitney Hedgepeth United States1:01.70Q
255Beth Botsford United States1:02.00Q
343Marianne Kriel South Africa1:02.33Q, AF
445Mai Nakamura Japan1:02.35Q
535Nicole Stevenson Australia1:02.50Q
633Chen Yan China1:02.62Q
732Antje Buschschulte Germany1:02.68Q
844Miki Nakao Japan1:02.90Q
934Nina Zhivanevskaya Russia1:02.94q
1057Anke Scholz Germany1:03.05q
1153Mette Jacobsen Denmark1:03.14q, WD
1246Olga Kochetkova Russia1:03.17q
1347Lydia Lipscombe New Zealand1:03.61q
1442Therese Alshammar Sweden1:03.79q
1556Julie Howard Canada1:03.84q
1656Elli Overton Australia1:03.88q
1751Helen Slatter Great Britain1:03.89q
1824Lee Ji-hyun South Korea1:03.96NR
1937Hélène Ricardo France1:04.03
2031Eva Piñera Spain1:04.41
2123Praphalsai Minpraphal Thailand1:04.61NR
2258Maria Santos Portugal1:04.84
2348Anu Koivisto Finland1:05.25
2427Marcela Kubalčíková Czech Republic1:05.48
2521Yseult Gervy Belgium1:05.72
2636He Cihong China1:05.87
2722Aikaterini Klepkou Greece1:05.94
2825Florina Herea Romania1:06.12
26Akiko Thomson Philippines
3038Valeria Álvarez Argentina1:06.38
3141Dagmara Komorowicz Poland1:06.70
3214Annamária Kiss Hungary1:07.38
3316Gail Rizzo Malta1:07.61
3428Tsai Shu-min Chinese Taipei1:11.44
3513Ximena Escalera Bolivia1:11.70
3615Harijesy Razafindramahatra Madagascar1:13.83

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Nina Zhivanevskaya Russia1:02.38
105Anke Scholz Germany1:02.85
116Lydia Lipscombe New Zealand1:03.30
123Olga Kochetkova Russia1:03.52
138Helen Slatter Great Britain1:03.61
147Elli Overton Australia1:03.69
152Julie Howard Canada1:04.01
161Therese Alshammar Sweden1:04.15

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)5Beth Botsford United States1:01.19
2nd, silver medalist(s)4Whitney Hedgepeth United States1:01.47
3rd, bronze medalist(s)3Marianne Kriel South Africa1:02.12AF
46Mai Nakamura Japan1:02.33
57Chen Yan China1:02.50
61Antje Buschschulte Germany1:02.52
72Nicole Stevenson Australia1:02.70
88Miki Nakao Japan1:02.78

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 42. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 42. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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