Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay explained

Event:Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Games:1996 Summer
Venue:Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:22 July 1996 (heats & final)
Competitors:81
Nations:19
Gold:
Angel Martino, Amy Van Dyken, Catherine Fox, Jenny Thompson, Lisa Jacob*, Melanie Valerio*
Silver:
Le Jingyi, Chao Na, Nian Yun, Shan Ying
Bronze:
Sandra Völker, Simone Osygus, Antje Buschschulte, Franziska van Almsick, Meike Freitag*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
Win Value:3:39.29
Prev:1992
Next:2000

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 22 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.

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 2 4 Jenny Thompson (55.04)
Catherine Fox (55.03)
Lisa Jacob (56.31)
Melanie Valerio (55.98)
3:42.36 Q
2 2 2 Marianne Muis (55.60)
Manon Masseurs (56.54)
Wilma van Hofwegen (55.24)
Minouche Smit (56.25)
3:43.63 Q
3 3 4 Shan Ying (56.03)
Chao Na (56.57)
Nian Yun (55.80)
Le Jingyi (55.66)
3:44.06 Q
4 3 5 Simone Osygus (56.50)
Antje Buschschulte (55.49)
Meike Freitag (56.43)
Franziska van Almsick (55.75)
3:44.17 Q
5 2 3 Louise Jöhncke (56.81)
Johanna Sjöberg (56.63)
Louise Karlsson (56.23)
Linda Olofsson (55.72)
3:45.39 Q
6 3 3 Shannon Shakespeare (56.05)
Julie Howard (56.79)
Andrea Moody (56.55)
Marianne Limpert (56.27)
3:45.66 Q, NR
7 1 5 Svetlana Leshukova (57.31)
Nataliya Sorokina (57.07)
Yelena Nazemnova (56.59)
Natalya Meshcheryakova (56.36)
3:47.33 Q
8 1 4 Anna Windsor (59.03)
Sarah Ryan (55.59)
Lise Mackie (57.02)
Julia Greville (56.30)
3:47.94 Q
9 1 3 Sue Rolph (56.61)
Alison Sheppard (57.52)
Carrie Willmott (58.10)
Karen Pickering (56.03)
3:48.26
10 1 6 Solenne Figuès (57.12)
Jacqueline Delord (57.56)
Casey Legler (56.98)
Marianne Le Verge (56.64)
3:48.30
11 2 6 Lorena Diaconescu (56.89)
Florina Herea (58.16)
Andreea Trufaşu (57.18)
Luminița Dobrescu (56.20)
3:48.43
12 2 5 Sumika Minamoto (57.48)
Naoko Imoto (56.81)
Eri Yamanoi (58.19)
Suzu Chiba (56.29)
3:48.77
13 3 6 Mette Nielsen (57.85)
Mette Jacobsen (56.01)
Karen Egdal (57.63)
Ditte Jensen (57.44)
3:48.93
14 3 2 Blanca Cerón (57.52)
Fátima Madrid (57.85)
Susanna Garabatos (57.91)
Claudia Franco (56.19)
3:49.47 NR
15 3 1 Sviatlana Zhidko (58.11)
Inga Borodich (57.49)
Natalya Baranovskaya (57.90)
Alena Popchanka (56.72)
3:50.22 NR
16 1 2 Minna Salmela (57.13)
Paula Harmokivi (57.56)
Marja Pärssinen (57.16)
Marja Heikkilä (58.48)
3:50.33
17 2 7 Dominique Diezi (57.60)
Nicole Zahnd (58.35)
Lara Preacco (58.83)
Sandrine Paquier (58.52)
3:53.30
18 3 7 Chang Wei-chia (58.49)
Tsai Shu-min (59.79)
Lin Chien-ju (58.38)
Lin Chi-chan (59.73)
3:56.39
19 1 7 Lee Bo-eun (58.77)
Seo So-yung (58.72)
Lee Jie-hyun (59.38)
Jeong Eun-na (1:00.96)
3:57.83

Final

[3] [4]

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
4 Angel Martino (55.34)
Amy Van Dyken (53.91)
Catherine Fox (55.93)
Jenny Thompson (54.11)
3:39.29
3 Le Jingyi (54.79)
Chao Na (55.40)
Nian Yun (55.42)
Shan Ying (54.87)
3:40.48
6 Sandra Völker (55.70)
Simone Osygus (56.05)
Antje Buschschulte (55.20)
Franziska van Almsick (54.53)
3:41.48
4 5 Marianne Muis (55.73)
Minouche Smit (56.15)
Wilma van Hofwegen (55.53)
Karin Brienesse (54.99)
3:42.40 NR
5 2 Linda Olofsson (55.75)
Louise Jöhncke (56.32)
Louise Karlsson (56.07)
Johanna Sjöberg (56.77)
3:44.91 NR
6 8 Sarah Ryan (56.06)
Julia Greville (56.27)
Lise Mackie (57.03)
Susie O'Neill (55.95)
3:45.31
7 7 Shannon Shakespeare (56.07)
Julie Howard (57.03)
Andrea Moody (56.74)
Marianne Limpert (56.43)
3:46.27
1 Yelena Nazemnova
Natalya Sorokina
Svetlana Leshukova
Natalya Meshcheryakova

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162234/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/womens-4-x-100-metres-freestyle-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
  2. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heats. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 51. 17 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Final. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 51. 17 September 2017.
  4. Web site: 1996 Olympic Games: Women – Meet Results. Atlanta 1996. Swimming World Magazine. 17 September 2017.