Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
Appearance
Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 21 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 46 from 38 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:07.73 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
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 | women |
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 | women |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
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
[edit]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 |
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21 July | Heat 6 | Penny Heyns | South Africa | 1:07.02 | WR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[3]
Finals
[edit]Final B
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Penny Heyns | South Africa | 1:07.73 | ||
5 | Amanda Beard | United States | 1:08.09 | AM | |
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
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "100 meters Breaststroke, Women". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 44. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 44. Retrieved 12 September 2017.