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

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.