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Women's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date	22 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors	36 from 30 nations
Winning time	1:01.19
Medalists
Beth Botsford  United States Whitney Hedgepeth  United States Marianne Kriel  South Africa
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Swimming 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
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The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 22 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.

Records

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

World record	He Cihong (CHN)	1:00.16	Rome, Italy	10 September 1994
Olympic record	Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)	1:00.68	Barcelona, Spain	28 July 1992

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Whitney Hedgepeth	United States	1:01.70	Q
2	5	5	Beth Botsford	United States	1:02.00	Q
3	4	3	Marianne Kriel	South Africa	1:02.33	Q, AF
4	4	5	Mai Nakamura	Japan	1:02.35	Q
5	3	5	Nicole Stevenson	Australia	1:02.50	Q
6	3	3	Chen Yan	China	1:02.62	Q
7	3	2	Antje Buschschulte	Germany	1:02.68	Q
8	4	4	Miki Nakao	Japan	1:02.90	Q
9	3	4	Nina Zhivanevskaya	Russia	1:02.94	q
10	5	7	Anke Scholz	Germany	1:03.05	q
11	5	3	Mette Jacobsen	Denmark	1:03.14	q, WD
12	4	6	Olga Kochetkova	Russia	1:03.17	q
13	4	7	Lydia Lipscombe	New Zealand	1:03.61	q
14	4	2	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	1:03.79	q
15	5	6	Julie Howard	Canada	1:03.84	q
16	5	6	Elli Overton	Australia	1:03.88	q
17	5	1	Helen Slatter	Great Britain	1:03.89	q
18	2	4	Lee Ji-hyun	South Korea	1:03.96	NR
19	3	7	Hélène Ricardo	France	1:04.03
20	3	1	Eva Piñera	Spain	1:04.41
21	2	3	Praphalsai Minpraphal	Thailand	1:04.61	NR
22	5	8	Maria Santos	Portugal	1:04.84
23	4	8	Anu Koivisto	Finland	1:05.25
24	2	7	Marcela Kubalčíková	Czech Republic	1:05.48
25	2	1	Yseult Gervy	Belgium	1:05.72
26	3	6	He Cihong	China	1:05.87
27	2	2	Aikaterini Klepkou	Greece	1:05.94
28	2	5	Florina Herea	Romania	1:06.12
	2	6	Akiko Thomson	Philippines
30	3	8	Valeria Álvarez	Argentina	1:06.38
31	4	1	Dagmara Komorowicz	Poland	1:06.70
32	1	4	Annamária Kiss	Hungary	1:07.38
33	1	6	Gail Rizzo	Malta	1:07.61
34	2	8	Tsai Shu-min	Chinese Taipei	1:11.44
35	1	3	Ximena Escalera	Bolivia	1:11.70
36	1	5	Harijesy Razafindramahatra	Madagascar	1:13.83

Finals

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Nina Zhivanevskaya	Russia	1:02.38
10	5	Anke Scholz	Germany	1:02.85
11	6	Lydia Lipscombe	New Zealand	1:03.30
12	3	Olga Kochetkova	Russia	1:03.52
13	8	Helen Slatter	Great Britain	1:03.61
14	7	Elli Overton	Australia	1:03.69
15	2	Julie Howard	Canada	1:04.01
16	1	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	1:04.15

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Beth Botsford	United States	1:01.19
	4	Whitney Hedgepeth	United States	1:01.47
	3	Marianne Kriel	South Africa	1:02.12	AF
4	6	Mai Nakamura	Japan	1:02.33
5	7	Chen Yan	China	1:02.50
6	1	Antje Buschschulte	Germany	1:02.52
7	2	Nicole Stevenson	Australia	1:02.70
8	8	Miki Nakao	Japan	1:02.78

References

1. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
2. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 42. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
3. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 42. Retrieved 12 September 2017.

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

• Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• 1996 in women's swimming
• Women's events at the 1996 Summer Olympics