Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle explained

Event:Women's 50 metre freestyle
Games:1996 Summer
Venue:Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:26 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors:56
Nations:48
Gold:Amy Van Dyken
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Le Jingyi
Silvernoc:CHN
Bronze:Sandra Völker
Bronzenoc:GER
Win Value:24.87 AM
Prev:1992
Next:2000

The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 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 25.10 Q
2 6 4 25.12 Q
3 6 5 25.45 Q
4 5 4 25.47 Q
5 5 5 25.71 Q
6 7 5 25.73 Q
7 5 6 25.76 Q
8 6 3 25.84 Q
9 5 3 25.88 q
10 7 3 25.89 q
11 6 6 25.93 q
12 5 7 25.97 q, NR
13 6 2 26.00 q
7 6 q
15 4 4 26.13 q, =NR
16 7 7 26.17 q
17 4 2 26.22
18 7 1 26.26 NR
19 7 8 26.29 NR
20 4 6 26.34
5 2
22 4 5 26.39
6 1
24 5 1 26.42
25 4 7 26.43
26 4 3 26.44
27 6 7 26.47
28 4 8 26.50
29 4 1 26.52
7 2
31 5 8 26.55
32 3 8 26.57 NR
33 3 2 26.67
34 3 4 26.72
35 2 4 26.74
36 3 1 26.76
37 3 6 26.90
38 6 8 27.00
39 3 5 27.12
40 1 5 27.18 NR
41 2 1 27.30 NR
42 2 2 27.34
43 2 5 27.38
44 3 3 27.51
45 2 8 27.62 NR
46 2 3 27.63
47 2 7 27.65
48 1 3 28.02
49 1 2 28.40
50 1 4 28.43
51 2 6 28.51
52 1 6 29.02
53 1 7 29.56
54 1 1 34.43
55 1 8 41.45
3 7

Finals

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Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 3 25.74
10 2 25.82
11 8 26.04
12 5 26.05
13 6 26.06
14 7 26.16
15 4 26.17
16 1 26.36

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
5 24.87 AM
4 24.90
3 25.14
4 6 25.31
5 1 25.49 NR
6 8 25.63
7 2 25.70
7

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 50 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165650/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/womens-50-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
  2. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 35–36. 11 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Finals. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 36. 11 September 2017.