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

Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Women's 100 metre butterfly; at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date	2 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors	36 from 24 nations
Winning time	59.26
Medalists

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.

World record	Mary T. Meagher (USA)	57.93	Brown Deer, United States	16 August 1981
Olympic record	Kornelia Ender (GDR)	1:00.13	Montreal, Canada	22 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
2 August	Heat 4	Mary T. Meagher	United States	59.05	OR

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	Mary T. Meagher	United States	59.05	Q, OR
2	5	4	Jenna Johnson	United States	59.99	Q
3	5	5	Annemarie Verstappen	Netherlands	1:01.50	Q
4	3	5	Michelle MacPherson	Canada	1:01.57	Q
5	4	5	Janet Tibbits	Australia	1:01.97	Q
6	2	5	Conny van Bentum	Netherlands	1:02.01	Q
7	2	4	Karin Seick	West Germany	1:02.21	Q
8	3	6	Ina Beyermann	West Germany	1:02.36	Q
9	1	4	Lisa Curry-Kenny	Australia	1:02.47	q
10	1	5	Kiyomi Takahashi	Japan	1:02.79	q
11	2	3	Agneta Eriksson	Sweden	1:02.97	q
12	4	3	Nicola Fibbens	Great Britain	1:02.98	q
13	5	3	Ann Osgerby	Great Britain	1:03.09	q
14	1	3	Anna Doig	New Zealand	1:03.15	q
15	4	6	Sonja Hausladen	Austria	1:03.20	q
16	3	4	Takemi Ise	Japan	1:03.37	q
17	1	6	Agneta Mårtensson	Sweden	1:03.84
17	3	3	Marie Moore	Canada	1:03.84
19	3	2	Roberta Lanzarotti	Italy	1:03.88
20	4	2	Li Jinlan	China	1:03.97
21	5	6	Carole Brook	Switzerland	1:03.99
22	2	6	Shelley Cramer	Virgin Islands	1:04.43
23	2	2	Brigitte Wanderer	Austria	1:05.22
24	5	2	Cristina Quintarelli	Italy	1:05.35
25	3	7	Faten Ghattas	Tunisia	1:05.91
26	4	7	Karin Brandes	Peru	1:05.96
27	2	7	Julie Parkes	Ireland	1:06.20
28	5	1	María Urbina	Mexico	1:06.65
29	5	7	Jodie Lawaetz	Virgin Islands	1:06.82
30	4	1	Blanca Morales	Guatemala	1:06.99
31	1	7	Kathy Wong	Hong Kong	1:07.25
32	3	1	Nevine Hafez	Egypt	1:10.45
33	2	1	Karen Slowing-Aceituno	Guatemala	1:10.68
34	1	1	Sharon Pickering	Fiji	1:11.49
35	5	8	Daniela Galassi	San Marino	1:06.82
	1	2	Hadar Rubinstein	Israel	DNS

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Lisa Curry-Kenny	Australia	1:01.25
10	6	Nicola Fibbens	Great Britain	1:01.48	NR
11	5	Kiyomi Takahashi	Japan	1:02.55
12	3	Agneta Eriksson	Sweden	1:02.64
13	2	Ann Osgerby	Great Britain	1:02.98
14	8	Takemi Ise	Japan	1:03.33
15	1	Sonja Hausladen	Austria	1:03.37
16	7	Anna Doig	New Zealand	1:03.65

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Mary T. Meagher	United States	59.26
	5	Jenna Johnson	United States	1:00.19
	1	Karin Seick	West Germany	1:01.36
4	3	Annemarie Verstappen	Netherlands	1:01.56
5	6	Michelle MacPherson	Canada	1:01.58
6	2	Janet Tibbits	Australia	1:01.78
7	7	Conny van Bentum	Netherlands	1:01.94
8	8	Ina Beyermann	West Germany	1:02.11

Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Freestyle
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m	men	women
4 × 200 m	men
Medley relay
4 × 100 m	men	women