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

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date22 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors36 from 30 nations
Winning time1:01.19
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Beth Botsford  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Whitney Hedgepeth  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marianne Kriel  South Africa
Swimming at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

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) 1:00.16 Rome, Italy 10 September 1994
Olympic record  Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) 1:00.68 Barcelona, Spain 28 July 1992

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 Whitney Hedgepeth  United States 1:01.70 Q
2 5 5 Beth Botsford  United States 1:02.00 Q
3 4 3 Marianne Kriel  South Africa 1:02.33 Q, AF
4 4 5 Mai Nakamura  Japan 1:02.35 Q
5 3 5 Nicole Stevenson  Australia 1:02.50 Q
6 3 3 Chen Yan  China 1:02.62 Q
7 3 2 Antje Buschschulte  Germany 1:02.68 Q
8 4 4 Miki Nakao  Japan 1:02.90 Q
9 3 4 Nina Zhivanevskaya  Russia 1:02.94 q
10 5 7 Anke Scholz  Germany 1:03.05 q
11 5 3 Mette Jacobsen  Denmark 1:03.14 q, WD
12 4 6 Olga Kochetkova  Russia 1:03.17 q
13 4 7 Lydia Lipscombe  New Zealand 1:03.61 q
14 4 2 Therese Alshammar  Sweden 1:03.79 q
15 5 6 Julie Howard  Canada 1:03.84 q
16 5 6 Elli Overton  Australia 1:03.88 q
17 5 1 Helen Slatter  Great Britain 1:03.89 q
18 2 4 Lee Ji-hyun  South Korea 1:03.96 NR
19 3 7 Hélène Ricardo  France 1:04.03
20 3 1 Eva Piñera  Spain 1:04.41
21 2 3 Praphalsai Minpraphal  Thailand 1:04.61 NR
22 5 8 Maria Santos  Portugal 1:04.84
23 4 8 Anu Koivisto  Finland 1:05.25
24 2 7 Marcela Kubalčíková  Czech Republic 1:05.48
25 2 1 Yseult Gervy  Belgium 1:05.72
26 3 6 He Cihong  China 1:05.87
27 2 2 Aikaterini Klepkou  Greece 1:05.94
28 2 5 Florina Herea  Romania 1:06.12
2 6 Akiko Thomson  Philippines
30 3 8 Valeria Álvarez  Argentina 1:06.38
31 4 1 Dagmara Komorowicz  Poland 1:06.70
32 1 4 Annamária Kiss  Hungary 1:07.38
33 1 6 Gail Rizzo  Malta 1:07.61
34 2 8 Tsai Shu-min  Chinese Taipei 1:11.44
35 1 3 Ximena Escalera  Bolivia 1:11.70
36 1 5 Harijesy Razafindramahatra  Madagascar 1:13.83

Finals

[3]

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Beth Botsford  United States 1:01.19
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Whitney Hedgepeth  United States 1:01.47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  1. ^ "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.
  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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