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

Event:	Women's 100 metre breaststroke
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:	21 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	46
Nations:	38
Gold:	Penny Heyns
Goldnoc:	RSA
Silver:	Amanda Beard
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Samantha Riley
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Win Value:	1:07.73
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

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

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

The following records were established during the competition:

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	4			1:07.02	Q,
2	5	4			1:09.04	Q
3	4	6			1:09.05	Q, NR
4	5	3			1:09.37	Q
5	4	7			1:09.68	Q, NR
6	5	5			1:09.72	Q
7	4	4			1:09.79	Q
8	6	5			1:09.83	Q
9	5	2			1:09.89	q, NR
10	6	1			1:09.96	q, NR
11	6	7			1:10.25	q
12	5	6			1:10.26	q
13	4	3			1:10.40	q
14	4	5			1:10.64	q
15	4	1			1:10.69	q
16	3	6			1:10.70	q
17	5	7			1:10.83
18	5	1			1:10.87
19	6	3			1:10.92
20	6	2			1:11.09
21	6	8			1:11.17
22	4	2			1:11.33
23	4	8			1:11.58
24	6	6			1:11.65
25	5	8			1:11.80
26	3	5			1:11.92
27	3	7			1:12.55
28	3	2			1:12.58
29	2	3			1:12.72
30	1	3			1:12.85	NR
31	3	3			1:12.93
32	2	6			1:13.01
33	3	8			1:13.71
34	2	4			1:13.73
35	3	4			1:13.91
36	1	6			1:14.17
37	2	2			1:14.24	NR
38	1	5			1:14.75
39	2	5			1:14.82
40	3	1			1:14.90
41	1	4			1:16.02
42	2	1			1:16.19
43	2	8			1:16.62
44	2	7			1:16.99
45	1	2			1:20.70
46	1	7			1:44.68

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	2			1:09.90
10	6			1:10.21
11	7			1:10.26
12	5			1:10.27
13	4			1:10.43
14	8			1:10.44
15	3			1:11.19
16	1			1:11.41

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			1:07.73
	5			1:08.09	AM
	6			1:09.18
4	1			1:09.21	NR
5	2			1:09.24	NR
6	7			1:09.40
7	3			1:09.55
8	8			1:09.79

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Breaststroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165603/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/womens-100-metres-breaststroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: 100 meters Breaststroke, Women . https://web.archive.org/web/20231125211910/https://www.olympedia.org/results/8225 . live . 25 November 2023 . 25 November 2023 . Olympedia.
3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 44. 13 September 2017.
4. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Finals. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 44. 12 September 2017.