Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke
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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]
Women's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 22 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 36 from 30 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:01.19 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | He Cihong (CHN) | 1:00.16 | Rome, Italy | 10 September 1994 |
Olympic record | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | 1:00.68 | Barcelona, Spain | 28 July 1992 |
Results
editHeats
editRule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
editFinal B
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 4 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | Russia | 1:02.38 | |
10 | 5 | Anke Scholz | Germany | 1:02.85 | |
11 | 6 | Lydia Lipscombe | New Zealand | 1:03.30 | |
12 | 3 | Olga Kochetkova | Russia | 1:03.52 | |
13 | 8 | Helen Slatter | Great Britain | 1:03.61 | |
14 | 7 | Elli Overton | Australia | 1:03.69 | |
15 | 2 | Julie Howard | Canada | 1:04.01 | |
16 | 1 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden | 1:04.15 |
Final A
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Beth Botsford | United States | 1:01.19 | ||
4 | Whitney Hedgepeth | United States | 1:01.47 | ||
3 | Marianne Kriel | South Africa | 1:02.12 | AF | |
4 | 6 | Mai Nakamura | Japan | 1:02.33 | |
5 | 7 | Chen Yan | China | 1:02.50 | |
6 | 1 | Antje Buschschulte | Germany | 1:02.52 | |
7 | 2 | Nicole Stevenson | Australia | 1:02.70 | |
8 | 8 | Miki Nakao | Japan | 1:02.78 |
References
edit- ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 42. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 42. Retrieved 12 September 2017.