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

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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]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Penny Heyns  South Africa
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Amanda Beard  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Samantha Riley  Australia
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Records edit

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

World record   Penny Heyns (RSA) 1:07.46 Durban, South Africa 4 March 1996
Olympic record   Tanya Dangalakova (BUL) 1:07.95 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
21 July Heat 6 Penny Heyns   South Africa 1:07.02 WR

Results edit

Heats edit

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 Penny Heyns   South Africa 1:07.02 Q, WR
2 5 4 Amanda Beard   United States 1:09.04 Q
3 4 6 Ágnes Kovács   Hungary 1:09.05 Q, NR
4 5 3 Samantha Riley   Australia 1:09.37 Q
5 4 7 Vera Lischka   Austria 1:09.68 Q, NR
6 5 5 Guylaine Cloutier   Canada 1:09.72 Q
7 4 4 Svitlana Bondarenko   Ukraine 1:09.79 Q
8 6 5 Brigitte Becue   Belgium 1:09.83 Q
9 5 2 Masami Tanaka   Japan 1:09.89 q
10 6 1 Elin Austevoll   Norway 1:09.96 q, NR
11 6 7 Manuela Dalla Valle   Italy 1:10.25 q
12 5 6 Lisa Flood   Canada 1:10.26 q
13 4 3 Han Xue   China 1:10.40 q
14 4 5 Helen Denman   Australia 1:10.64 q
15 4 1 Hanna Jaltner   Sweden 1:10.69 q
16 3 6 Alicja Pęczak   Poland 1:10.70 q
17 5 7 Jaime King   Great Britain 1:10.83
18 5 1 Julia Russell   South Africa 1:10.87
19 6 3 Kristine Quance   United States 1:10.92
20 6 2 Terrie Miller   Norway 1:11.09
21 6 8 Madelon Baans   Netherlands 1:11.17
22 4 2 Kyoko Iwasaki   Japan 1:11.33
23 4 8 Maria Östling   Sweden 1:11.58
24 6 6 Yuan Yuan   China 1:11.65
25 5 8 Karine Brémond   France 1:11.80
26 3 5 Kathrin Dumitru   Germany 1:11.92
27 3 7 Olga Landik   Russia 1:12.55
28 3 2 María Olay   Spain 1:12.58
29 2 3 Lenka Maňhalová   Czech Republic 1:12.72
30 1 3 Byun Hye-young   South Korea 1:12.85 NR
31 3 3 Anna Wilson   New Zealand 1:12.93
32 2 6 Mia Hagman   Finland 1:13.01
33 3 8 Yelena Rudkovskaya   Belarus 1:13.71
34 2 4 Joana Soutinho   Portugal 1:13.73
35 3 4 Larisa Lăcustă   Romania 1:13.91
36 1 6 Tay Li Leng   Malaysia 1:14.17
37 2 2 Natália Kodajová   Slovakia 1:14.24 NR
38 1 5 Isabel Ceballos   Colombia 1:14.75
39 2 5 Mou Ying-hsin   Chinese Taipei 1:14.82
40 3 1 Joscelin Yeo   Singapore 1:14.90
41 1 4 Snowie Pang Wang Yiu   Hong Kong 1:16.02
42 2 1 María Carolina Santa Cruz   Argentina 1:16.19
43 2 8 Nádia Cruz   Angola 1:16.62
44 2 7 Cerian Gibbes   Trinidad and Tobago 1:16.99
45 1 2 Anush Manukyan   Armenia 1:20.70
46 1 7 Hem Reaksmey   Cambodia 1:44.68

Finals edit

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Final B edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 2 Han Xue   China 1:09.90
10 6 Lisa Flood   Canada 1:10.21
11 7 Helen Denman   Australia 1:10.26
12 5 Elin Austevoll   Norway 1:10.27
13 4 Masami Tanaka   Japan 1:10.43
14 8 Alicja Pęczak   Poland 1:10.44
15 3 Manuela Dalla Valle   Italy 1:11.19
16 1 Hanna Jaltner   Sweden 1:11.41

Final A edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Penny Heyns   South Africa 1:07.73
  5 Amanda Beard   United States 1:08.09 AM
  6 Samantha Riley   Australia 1:09.18
4 1 Svitlana Bondarenko   Ukraine 1:09.21 NR
5 2 Vera Lischka   Austria 1:09.24 NR
6 7 Guylaine Cloutier   Canada 1:09.40
7 3 Ágnes Kovács   Hungary 1:09.55
8 8 Brigitte Becue   Belgium 1:09.79

References edit

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "100 meters Breaststroke, Women". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 44. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 44. Retrieved 12 September 2017.

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