Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Swimming
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Dates:	July 20 –26, 1996
Num Events:	32
Competitors:	762
Nations:	117
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.^[1] There were 762 competitors from 117 countries.^[2] This was the last Olympics where swimming B-finals were held.

At the time of the games, the facility had a temporary 50m warm-up pool located behind the locker rooms and entry concourse (on the ground); as well as a temporary roof, and open walls (there were wall-like structures/curtains at the diving well and turning end of the pool). The open walls allowed for temporary seating to be in place during the games. A wall and new roof have since been placed on the facility.

A total of 4 world records and 13 Olympic records were set during the competition

The women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay made its debut at these Games.

Medal summary

Men's events

50 m freestyle		22.13		22.26		22.29 SA
100 m freestyle		48.74		48.81		49.02
200 m freestyle		1:47.63 NR		1:48.08 SA		1:48.25
400 m freestyle		3:47.97 NR		3:49.00		3:49.39
1500 m freestyle		14:56.40		15:02.43		15:02.48 NR
100 m backstroke		54.10		54.98		55.02
200 m backstroke		1:58.54		1:58.99		1:59.18
100 m breaststroke		1:00.65		1:00.77 AM		1:01.33 NR
200 m breaststroke		2:12.57		2:13.03		2:13.17
100 m butterfly		52.27		52.53 OC		53.13
200 m butterfly		1:56.51		1:57.44		1:57.48
200 m medley		1:59.91		2:00.13		2:01.13 NR
400 m medley		4:14.90		4:15.25		4:16.28 NR
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	valign=top	Jon Olsen Josh Davis Brad Schumacher Gary Hall, Jr. David Fox* Scott Tucker*	3:15.41	valign=top	Roman Yegorov Alexander Popov Vladimir Predkin Vladimir Pyshnenko Denis Pimankov*	3:17.06 ER	valign=top	Christian Tröger Bengt Zikarsky Björn Zikarsky Mark Pinger Alexander Lüderitz*	3:17.20
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	valign=top	Josh Davis Joe Hudepohl Brad Schumacher Ryan Berube Jon Olsen*	7:14.84	valign=top		7:17.56	valign=top	Aimo Heilmann Christian Keller Christian Tröger Steffen Zesner Konstantin Dubrovin* Oliver Lampe*	7:17.71
4 × 100 m medley relay	valign=top	Jeff Rouse Jeremy Linn Mark Henderson Gary Hall, Jr. Josh Davis* Kurt Grote* John Hargis* Tripp Schwenk*	3:34.84	valign=top	Vladimir Selkov Stanislav Lopukhov Denis Pankratov Alexander Popov Roman Ivanovsky* Vladislav Kulikov* Roman Yegorov*	3:37.55 ER	valign=top	Steven Dewick Phil Rogers Scott Miller Michael Klim Toby Haenen*	3:39.56 OC

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

50 m freestyle		24.87 AM		24.90		25.14
100 m freestyle		54.50		54.88		54.93
200 m freestyle		1:58.16		1:58.57		1:59.56
400 m freestyle		4:07.25 NR		4:08.30		4:08.70 NR
800 m freestyle		8:27.89		8:29.91		8:30.84 NR
100 m backstroke		1:01.19		1:01.47		1:02.12 AF
200 m backstroke		2:07.83		2:11.98		2:12.06
100 m breaststroke		1:07.73		1:08.09 AM		1:09.18
200 m breaststroke		2:25.41		2:25.75		2:26.57
100 m butterfly		59.13		59.14		59.23
200 m butterfly		2:07.76		2:09.82		2:09.91 NR
200 m individual medley		2:13.93 NR		2:14.35 NR		2:14.74
400 m individual medley		4:39.18 NR		4:42.03		4:42.53
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	valign=top	Angel Martino Amy Van Dyken Catherine Fox Jenny Thompson Lisa Jacob* Melanie Valerio*	3:39.29	valign=top		3:40.48	valign=top	Sandra Völker Simone Osygus Antje Buschschulte Franziska van Almsick Meike Freitag*	3:41.48
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	valign=top	Trina Jackson Cristina Teuscher Sheila Taormina Jenny Thompson Lisa Jacob* Annette Salmeen* Ashley Whitney*	7:59.87, AM	valign=top	Franziska van Almsick Kerstin Kielgass Anke Scholz Dagmar Hase Meike Freitag* Simone Osygus*	8:01.55	valign=top	Julia Greville Nicole Stevenson Emma Johnson Susie O'Neill Lise Mackie*	8:05.47
4 × 100 m medley relay	valign=top	Beth Botsford Amanda Beard Angel Martino Amy Van Dyken Catherine Fox* Whitney Hedgepeth* Kristine Quance* Jenny Thompson*	4:02.88	valign=top	Nicole Stevenson Samantha Riley Susie O'Neill Sarah Ryan Helen Denman* Angela Kennedy*	4:05.08	valign=top		4:07.34

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Olympic and world records broken

Note: Any world record is also an Olympic record

Men

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
100m Breaststroke	20 July	Heat 6			1:00.60
100m Butterfly	24 July	Heat 7			52.89
100m Butterfly	24 July	Final A			52.27
200m Individual Medley	25 July	Final A			1:59.91
Freestyle Relay	23 July	Final	Jon Olsen (49.94) Josh Davis (49.00) Brad Schumacher (49.02) Gary Hall, Jr. (47.45)	align=left		3:15.41
Medley Relay	26 July	Final	Jeff Rouse (53.95) Jeremy Linn (1:00.32) Mark Henderson (52.39) Gary Hall, Jr. (48.18)	align=left		3:34.84

Women

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
100m Freestyle	20 July	Final A			54.50
100m Breaststroke	21 July	Heat 6			1:07.02
200m Breaststroke	23 July	Heat 4			2:26.63
200m Breaststroke	23 July	Final A			2:25.41
Freestyle Relay	22 July	Final	Angel Martino (55.34) Amy Van Dyken (53.91) Catherine Fox (55.93) Jenny Thompson (54.11)	align=left		3:39.29
Freestyle Relay	25 July	Heat 2	Lisa Jacob (2:01.31) Ashley Whitney (2:01.77) Sheila Taormina (2:00.57) Annette Salmeen (2:01.34)	align=left		8:04.99
Freestyle Relay	25 July	Final	Trina Jackson (1:59.71) Cristina Teuscher (1:58.86) Sheila Taormina (2:01.29) Jenny Thompson (1:56.83)	align=left		7:59.87

Participating nations

762 swimmers from 117 nations competed.^[2]

External links

• Swim rankings results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympedia – Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics . 2023-12-17 . www.olympedia.org.
2. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043551/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 15 March 2020 . Sports Reference.