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

Event:	Women's 100 metre freestyle
Games:	1984 Summer
Venue:	McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date:	29 July 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors:	45
Nations:	30
Gold:	Nancy Hogshead
Goldnoc:	USA
Gold2:	Carrie Steinseifer
Goldnoc2:	USA
Bronze:	Annemarie Verstappen
Bronzenoc:	NED
Win Value:	55.92
Prev:	1980
Next:	1988

The final of the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 29, 1984.^[1]

Records

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

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	6	4	55.85	Q
2	2	4	56.11	Q
3	3	4	56.46	Q
4	4	3	56.75	Q, OC
5	3	5	56.85	Q
6	4	4	56.94	Q
7	5	4	57.12	Q
8	6	5	57.30	Q
9	1	5	57.31	q
10	4	5	57.41	q
11	1	3	57.49	q
12	2	3	57.62	q
13	5	5	57.80	q
14	5	3	58.22	q
15	6	3	58.43	q
16	2	5	58.46	q
17	1	4	58.47
18	3	3	58.51
19	3	6	58.73
20	4	6	58.76
21	5	6	59.00
22	3	7	59.11
23	2	6	59.25
24	6	2	59.43
25	1	6	59.61
26	6	7	1:00.45
27	6	6	1:00.53
28	2	2	1:00.63
29	5	2	1:00.65
30	4	7	1:00.91
31	4	2	1:01.02
32	2	7	1:01.03
33	5	7	1:01.34
34	3	2	1:01.82
35	1	2	1:02.00
36	5	1	1:02.43
37	2	1	1:02.48
38	6	1	1:02.53
39	1	7	1:02.72
40	4	1	1:02.78
41	5	8	1:03.46
42	3	1	1:04.06
43	1	1	1:04.25
44	6	8	1:06.19
45	4	8	1:07.80

Web site: Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164220/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/SWI/womens-100-metres-freestyle.html . dead . April 17, 2020 . March 4, 2017 . Sports Reference.
Web site: Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heats. Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. 492. 6 March 2017.