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

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]

Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date21 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors46 from 38 nations
Winning time1:07.73
Medalists
Penny Heyns  South Africa
Amanda Beard  United States
Samantha Riley  Australia

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Penny Heyns (RSA)1:07.46Durban, South Africa4 March 1996
Olympic record Tanya Dangalakova (BUL)1:07.95Seoul, South Korea23 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
21 JulyHeat 6Penny Heyns South Africa1:07.02WR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164Penny Heyns South Africa1:07.02Q, WR
254Amanda Beard United States1:09.04Q
346Ágnes Kovács Hungary1:09.05Q, NR
453Samantha Riley Australia1:09.37Q
547Vera Lischka Austria1:09.68Q, NR
655Guylaine Cloutier Canada1:09.72Q
744Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine1:09.79Q
865Brigitte Becue Belgium1:09.83Q
952Masami Tanaka Japan1:09.89q
1061Elin Austevoll Norway1:09.96q, NR
1167Manuela Dalla Valle Italy1:10.25q
1256Lisa Flood Canada1:10.26q
1343Han Xue China1:10.40q
1445Helen Denman Australia1:10.64q
1541Hanna Jaltner Sweden1:10.69q
1636Alicja Pęczak Poland1:10.70q
1757Jaime King Great Britain1:10.83
1851Julia Russell South Africa1:10.87
1963Kristine Quance United States1:10.92
2062Terrie Miller Norway1:11.09
2168Madelon Baans Netherlands1:11.17
2242Kyoko Iwasaki Japan1:11.33
2348Maria Östling Sweden1:11.58
2466Yuan Yuan China1:11.65
2558Karine Brémond France1:11.80
2635Kathrin Dumitru Germany1:11.92
2737Olga Landik Russia1:12.55
2832María Olay Spain1:12.58
2923Lenka Maňhalová Czech Republic1:12.72
3013Byun Hye-young South Korea1:12.85NR
3133Anna Wilson New Zealand1:12.93
3226Mia Hagman Finland1:13.01
3338Yelena Rudkovskaya Belarus1:13.71
3424Joana Soutinho Portugal1:13.73
3534Larisa Lăcustă Romania1:13.91
3616Tay Li Leng Malaysia1:14.17
3722Natália Kodajová Slovakia1:14.24NR
3815Isabel Ceballos Colombia1:14.75
3925Mou Ying-hsin Chinese Taipei1:14.82
4031Joscelin Yeo Singapore1:14.90
4114Snowie Pang Wang Yiu Hong Kong1:16.02
4221María Carolina Santa Cruz Argentina1:16.19
4328Nádia Cruz Angola1:16.62
4427Cerian Gibbes Trinidad and Tobago1:16.99
4512Anush Manukyan Armenia1:20.70
4617Hem Reaksmey Cambodia1:44.68

Finals

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Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
92Han Xue China1:09.90
106Lisa Flood Canada1:10.21
117Helen Denman Australia1:10.26
125Elin Austevoll Norway1:10.27
134Masami Tanaka Japan1:10.43
148Alicja Pęczak Poland1:10.44
153Manuela Dalla Valle Italy1:11.19
161Hanna Jaltner Sweden1:11.41

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Penny Heyns South Africa1:07.73
5Amanda Beard United States1:08.09AM
6Samantha Riley Australia1:09.18
41Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine1:09.21NR
52Vera Lischka Austria1:09.24NR
67Guylaine Cloutier Canada1:09.40
73Ágnes Kovács Hungary1:09.55
88Brigitte Becue Belgium1:09.79

References

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