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

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date	22 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors	36 from 30 nations
Winning time	1:01.19
Medalists
Beth Botsford  United States Whitney Hedgepeth  United States Marianne Kriel  South Africa

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.

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).

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

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
	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

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming