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

Event:	Men's 100 metre backstroke
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:	23 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	52
Nations:	44
Gold:	Jeff Rouse
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Rodolfo Falcón
Silvernoc:	CUB
Bronze:	Neisser Bent
Bronzenoc:	CUB
Win Value:	54.10
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 23 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.^[1]

Records

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

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	4			54.20	Q
2	5	1			54.83	Q, NR
3	6	5			55.29	Q
4	5	2			55.36	Q
5	6	4			55.71	Q
6	7	1			55.73	Q
7	5	6			55.77	Q
8	7	3			55.82	Q
9	5	5			55.87	q,
10	6	8			56.14	q
11	7	6			56.16	q
12	4	4			56.20	q, NR
13	6	2			56.22	q
14	6	7			56.26	q
15	5	4			56.27	q
16	6	3			56.35	q
	7	2				q
18	6	1			56.52
19	4	6			56.71
	4	8
21	5	8			56.73
22	3	7			56.74
23	5	7			56.92
24	4	2			56.94
25	5	3			56.96
26	4	3			57.17
	7	5
28	7	8			57.20
29	4	1			57.40
30	4	5			57.59
31	3	3			57.67
32	1	4			57.68	NR
33	3	4			57.78
34	3	5			57.89
35	2	2			57.91
36	4	7			58.12
37	3	1			58.29
38	2	3			58.32
39	2	6			58.43
40	3	2			58.53
41	3	6			58.56
42	2	5			58.61
43	3	8			59.24
44	2	7			59.90
45	1	5			1:00.26
46	2	8			1:00.29
47	2	4			1:01.24
48	1	3			1:03.86
49	2	1			1:04.27
50	1	6			1:14.58
	6	6
	7	7

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	8			55.74
10	7			56.07
11	6			56.23
12	5			56.31
13	3			56.33
14	2			56.63
15	1			56.82
16	4			57.00

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			54.10
	3			54.98
	5			55.02
4	6			55.22
5	2			55.30
6	8			55.53
7	7			55.56
8	1			55.76

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170126/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/mens-100-metres-backstroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 15 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 41. 10 September 2017.
3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Finals. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 41. 9 September 2017.