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

Event:	Women's 100 metre butterfly
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:	21 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	44
Nations:	36
Gold:	Amy Van Dyken
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Liu Limin
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Angel Martino
Bronzenoc:	USA
Win Value:	59.13
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 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	5	4			59.31	Q
2	6	3			1:00.04	Q
3	6	5			1:00.18	Q
4	6	4			1:00.20	Q
5	5	5			1:00.55	Q
6	4	4			1:00.85	Q
7	4	5			1:00.89	Q
8	4	3			1:00.91	Q
9	5	2			1:01.01	q
10	4	2			1:01.22	q, SA
11	5	7			1:01.25	q
12	6	6			1:01.29	q
13	6	2			1:01.32	q
14	4	7			1:01.47	q
15	5	1			1:01.54	q
16	4	6			1:01.58	q
17	5	6			1:01.83
18	5	3			1:01.89
19	6	7			1:01.99
20	3	7			1:02.18	NR
21	3	5			1:02.39
22	3	3			1:02.53
23	4	8			1:02.66
24	4	1			1:02.71
25	6	8			1:02.81
26	2	5			1:02.98
27	5	8			1:03.04
28	3	8			1:03.35
29	3	1			1:03.41	NR
30	3	2			1:03.53
31	3	6			1:03.61
32	3	4			1:03.80
33	2	3			1:03.82
34	1	5			1:03.98	NR
35	2	7			1:04.09
36	2	8			1:04.11
37	2	2			1:04.25
38	2	4			1:04.39
39	1	3			1:04.63
40	2	1			1:05.05
41	1	4			1:05.36
42	2	6			1:06.85
	1	6
	6	1

Finals

^[3]

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4			1:00.76	NR
10	1			1:00.93
11	3			1:00.95
12	7			1:01.14
13	8			1:01.20
14	5			1:01.39
15	2			1:01.44
16	6			1:01.62

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			59.13
	3			59.14
	4			59.23
4	7			1:00.11
5	2			1:00.17
6	6			1:00.18
7	1			1:00.46
8	8			1:00.76

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417112321/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/womens-100-metres-butterfly.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 47. 13 September 2017.
3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Finals. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 47. 13 September 2017.