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

Event:	Women's 100 metre backstroke
Games:	1984 Summer
Venue:	McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date:	31 July 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors:	32
Nations:	22
Gold:	Theresa Andrews
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Betsy Mitchell
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Jolanda de Rover
Bronzenoc:	NED
Win Value:	1:02.55
Prev:	1980
Next:	1988

The final of the women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 31, 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	2	4	1:02.53	Q
2	1	4	1:02.94	Q
2	4	5	1:02.94	Q
4	4	2	1:03.61	Q, NR
5	4	4	1:03.79	Q
6	2	5	1:04.02	Q
7	3	4	1:04.16	Q
8	1	3	1:04.57
8	2	5	1:04.57
10	2	3	1:04.77	q
11	3	5	1:04.90	q
12	3	3	1:04.92	q
13	1	5	1:04.96	q
14	1	6	1:05.03	q
15	4	7	1:05.17	q
16	3	6	1:05.18	q
17	3	2	1:05.27
18	1	7	1:05.60
19	1	2	1:06.04
20	4	6	1:06.09
21	4	3	1:06.39
22	2	6	1:07.07
23	3	7	1:07.23
24	2	7	1:07.35
25	3	1	1:08.21
26	1	1	1:09.70
27	4	8	1:10.19
28	2	8	1:10.28
29	1	8	1:10.49
30	2	1	1:10.60
31	3	8	1:11.30
	4	1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			1:04.33	Q, NR
2	4			1:04.82	q

Web site: Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164158/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/SWI/womens-100-metres-backstroke.html . dead . April 17, 2020 . March 5, 2017 . Sports Reference.
Web site: Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heats. Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. 495. 14 March 2017.