| Women's 100 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
| Date | 21 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 44 from 36 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 59.13 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 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 women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 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 |  Mary T. Meagher (USA) |
57.93 | Brown Deer, United States | 16 August 1981 |
| Olympic record |  Qian Hong (CHN) |
58.62 | Barcelona, Spain | 29 July 1992 |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 9 | 4 | Johanna Sjöberg |  Sweden |
1:00.76 | NR |
| 10 | 1 | Yelena Nazemnova |  Russia |
1:00.93 | |
| 11 | 3 | Sophia Skou |  Denmark |
1:00.95 | |
| 12 | 7 | Julia Voitovitsch |  Germany |
1:01.14 | |
| 13 | 8 | Cécile Jeanson |  France |
1:01.20 | |
| 14 | 5 | Gabrielle Rose |  Brazil |
1:01.39 | |
| 15 | 2 | Sarah Evanetz |  Canada |
1:01.44 | |
| 16 | 6 | Svetlana Pozdeyeva | Russia |
1:01.62 |
Final A
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Amy Van Dyken |  United States |
59.13 | |
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3 | Liu Limin | China |
59.14 | |
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4 | Angel Martino | United States |
59.23 | |
| 4 | 7 | Hitomi Kashima |  Japan |
1:00.11 | |
| 5 | 2 | Susie O'Neill |  Australia |
1:00.17 | |
| 6 | 6 | Ayari Aoyama | Japan |
1:00.18 | |
| 7 | 1 | Cai Huijue | China |
1:00.46 | |
| 8 | 8 | Mette Jacobsen | Denmark |
1:00.76 |
References
- "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
External links
| Olympic champions in women's 100 m butterfly | |
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