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

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Medalists
Le Jingyi  China Sandra Völker  Germany Angel Martino  United States

Swimming events at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men		women
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The finals of the Women's 100 metres Freestyle event for the 1996 Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta, United States, on July 20, 1996.

Results

Final A

RANK	FINAL A	TIME
	Le Jingyi (CHN)	54.50
	Sandra Völker (GER)	54.88
	Angel Martino (USA)	54.93
4.	Amy Van Dyken (USA)	55.11
5.	Franziska van Almsick (GER)	55.59
6.	Sarah Ryan (AUS)	55.85
7.	Mette Jacobsen (DEN)	56.01
8.	Karin Brienesse (NED)	56.12

Final B

RANK	FINAL B	TIME
9.	Shan Ying (CHN)	55.74
10.	Linda Olofsson (SWE)	55.83
11.	Luminita Dobrescu (ROU)	55.98
12.	Leah Martindale (BAR)	56.03
13.	Natalya Meshcheryakova (RUS)	56.17
14.	Karen Pickering (GBR)	56.32
15.	Martina Moravcová (SVK)	56.47
16.	Sue Rolph (GBR)	56.58

Heats

RANK	HEATS	TIME
17.	Shannon Shakespeare (CAN)	56.63
18.	Vibeke Johansen (NOR)	56.88
19.	Rania El-Wani (EGY)	56.89
20.	Solenne Figuès (FRA)	56.90
21.	Claudia Franco (ESP)	57.00
22.	Minna Salmela (FIN)	57.15
23.	Gabrielle Rose (BRA)	57.16
24.	Cecilia Vianini (ITA)	57.17
25.	Sumika Minamoto (JPN)	57.25
26.	Siobhan Cropper (TRI)	57.30
27.	Judith Draxler (AUT)	57.34
28.	Metka Šparovec (SLO)	57.66
29.	Alison Fitch (NZL)	57.71
30.	Anna Nyiri (HUN)	57.82
31.	Antonia Machaira (GRE)	57.92
32.	Monica Dahl (NAM)	57.95
33.	Helene Muller (RSA)	57.98
34.	Kristýna Kyněrová (CZE)	58.03
35.	Lee Bo-Eun (KOR)	58.27
36.	Sandrine Paquier (SUI)	58.38
37.	Dita Želvienė (LTU)	58.57
38.	Teresa Moodie (ZIM)	58.59
39.	Svetlana Zhidko (BLR)	58.64
40.	Tsai Shu-Min (TPE)	58.65
41.	Joscelin Yeo (SIN)	58.87
42.	Yevgeniya Yermakova (KAZ)	59.12
43.	Valeria Álvarez (ARG)	59.26
44.	Viktoriya Poleyayeva (KGZ)	59.40
45.	Gabrijela Ujčić (CRO)	59.92
46.	22x20px Duška Radan (YUG)	1:00.34
47.	Caroline Pickering (FIJ)	1:00.51
48.	Gail Rizzo (MLT)	1:02.19

See also

• 1997 Women's World Championships (SC) 100m Freestyle
• 1997 Women's European Championships (LC) 100m Freestyle

References

• USA Swimming