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

Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date21 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors46 from 38 nations
Winning time1:07.73
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Penny Heyns  South Africa
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Amanda Beard  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Samantha Riley  Australia
Swimming at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmen
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 breaststroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1][2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Penny Heyns (RSA) 1:07.46 Durban, South Africa 4 March 1996
Olympic record  Tanya Dangalakova (BUL) 1:07.95 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
21 July Heat 6 Penny Heyns  South Africa 1:07.02 WR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Penny Heyns  South Africa 1:07.02 Q, WR
2 5 4 Amanda Beard  United States 1:09.04 Q
3 4 6 Ágnes Kovács  Hungary 1:09.05 Q, NR
4 5 3 Samantha Riley  Australia 1:09.37 Q
5 4 7 Vera Lischka  Austria 1:09.68 Q, NR
6 5 5 Guylaine Cloutier  Canada 1:09.72 Q
7 4 4 Svitlana Bondarenko  Ukraine 1:09.79 Q
8 6 5 Brigitte Becue  Belgium 1:09.83 Q
9 5 2 Masami Tanaka  Japan 1:09.89 q, NR
10 6 1 Elin Austevoll  Norway 1:09.96 q, NR
11 6 7 Manuela Dalla Valle  Italy 1:10.25 q
12 5 6 Lisa Flood  Canada 1:10.26 q
13 4 3 Han Xue  China 1:10.40 q
14 4 5 Helen Denman  Australia 1:10.64 q
15 4 1 Hanna Jaltner  Sweden 1:10.69 q
16 3 6 Alicja Pęczak  Poland 1:10.70 q
17 5 7 Jaime King  Great Britain 1:10.83
18 5 1 Julia Russell  South Africa 1:10.87
19 6 3 Kristine Quance  United States 1:10.92
20 6 2 Terrie Miller  Norway 1:11.09
21 6 8 Madelon Baans  Netherlands 1:11.17
22 4 2 Kyoko Iwasaki  Japan 1:11.33
23 4 8 Maria Östling  Sweden 1:11.58
24 6 6 Yuan Yuan  China 1:11.65
25 5 8 Karine Brémond  France 1:11.80
26 3 5 Kathrin Dumitru  Germany 1:11.92
27 3 7 Olga Landik  Russia 1:12.55
28 3 2 María Olay  Spain 1:12.58
29 2 3 Lenka Maňhalová  Czech Republic 1:12.72
30 1 3 Byun Hye-young  South Korea 1:12.85 NR
31 3 3 Anna Wilson  New Zealand 1:12.93
32 2 6 Mia Hagman  Finland 1:13.01
33 3 8 Yelena Rudkovskaya  Belarus 1:13.71
34 2 4 Joana Soutinho  Portugal 1:13.73
35 3 4 Larisa Lăcustă  Romania 1:13.91
36 1 6 Tay Li Leng  Malaysia 1:14.17
37 2 2 Natália Kodajová  Slovakia 1:14.24 NR
38 1 5 Isabel Ceballos  Colombia 1:14.75
39 2 5 Mou Ying-hsin  Chinese Taipei 1:14.82
40 3 1 Joscelin Yeo  Singapore 1:14.90
41 1 4 Snowie Pang Wang Yiu  Hong Kong 1:16.02
42 2 1 María Carolina Santa Cruz  Argentina 1:16.19
43 2 8 Nádia Cruz  Angola 1:16.62
44 2 7 Cerian Gibbes  Trinidad and Tobago 1:16.99
45 1 2 Anush Manukyan  Armenia 1:20.70
46 1 7 Hem Reaksmey  Cambodia 1:44.68

Finals

[4]

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 2 Han Xue  China 1:09.90
10 6 Lisa Flood  Canada 1:10.21
11 7 Helen Denman  Australia 1:10.26
12 5 Elin Austevoll  Norway 1:10.27
13 4 Masami Tanaka  Japan 1:10.43
14 8 Alicja Pęczak  Poland 1:10.44
15 3 Manuela Dalla Valle  Italy 1:11.19
16 1 Hanna Jaltner  Sweden 1:11.41

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Penny Heyns  South Africa 1:07.73
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Amanda Beard  United States 1:08.09 AM
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Samantha Riley  Australia 1:09.18
4 1 Svitlana Bondarenko  Ukraine 1:09.21 NR
5 2 Vera Lischka  Austria 1:09.24 NR
6 7 Guylaine Cloutier  Canada 1:09.40
7 3 Ágnes Kovács  Hungary 1:09.55
8 8 Brigitte Becue  Belgium 1:09.79

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "100 meters Breaststroke, Women". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 44. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 44. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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