The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 20 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:

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record 20 July Final A Le Jingyi 54.50

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 Le Jingyi 54.90 Q 2 6 3 Angel Martino 55.44 Q 3 4 4 Sandra Völker 55.55 Q 4 6 5 Franziska van Almsick 55.80 Q 5 5 5 Karin Brienesse 55.81 Q 6 4 5 Amy Van Dyken 55.94 Q 7 6 6 Mette Jacobsen 56.06 Q 8 5 2 Sarah Ryan 56.07 Q 9 6 4 Shan Ying 56.10 q 10 6 1 Leah Martindale 56.13 q, NR 11 6 2 Martina Moravcová 56.20 q 12 4 6 Luminița Dobrescu 56.27 q 13 5 2 Natalya Meshcheryakova 56.33 q 14 5 3 Karen Pickering 56.40 q 15 6 7 Linda Olofsson 56.56 q 16 4 3 Sue Rolph 56.62 q 17 4 7 Shannon Shakespeare 56.63 18 6 8 Vibeke Johansen 56.88 19 5 1 Rania Elwani 56.89 NR 20 4 8 Solenne Figuès 56.90 21 5 7 Claudia Franco 57.00 22 3 6 Minna Salmela 57.15 23 3 2 Gabrielle Rose 57.16 24 3 4 Cecilia Vianini 57.17 25 4 2 Sumika Minamoto 57.25 26 2 1 Siobhan Cropper 57.30 NR 27 2 2 Judith Draxler 57.34 NR 28 3 7 Metka Sparavec 57.66 29 5 8 Alison Fitch 57.71 30 1 3 Anna Nyíri 57.82 31 2 4 Antonia Machaira 57.92 32 3 1 Monica Dahl 57.95 33 3 3 Helene Muller 57.98 34 2 3 Kristýna Kyněrová 58.03 35 3 8 Lee Bo-eun 58.27 36 2 7 Sandrine Paquier 58.38 37 4 1 Dita Želvienė 58.57 38 1 5 Teresa Moodie 58.59 39 2 8 Sviatlana Zhidko 58.64 40 2 5 Tsai Shu-min 58.65 41 3 5 Joscelin Yeo 58.87 42 2 6 Yevgeniya Yermakova 59.12 43 1 4 Valeria Álvarez 59.26 44 1 7 Viktoriya Polyayeva 59.40 45 1 2 Gabrijela Ujčić 59.92 46 1 6 Duška Radan 1:00.34 47 1 1 Caroline Pickering 1:00.51 48 1 8 Gail Rizzo 1:02.19

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Shan Ying 55.74 10 1 Linda Olofsson 55.83 11 6 Luminița Dobrescu 55.98 12 5 Leah Martindale 56.03 NR 13 2 Natalya Meshcheryakova 56.17 14 7 Karen Pickering 56.32 15 3 Martina Moravcová 56.47 16 8 Sue Rolph 56.58

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Le Jingyi 54.50 3 Sandra Völker 54.88 5 Angel Martino 54.93 4 7 Amy Van Dyken 55.11 5 6 Franziska van Almsick 55.59 6 8 Sarah Ryan 55.85 7 1 Mette Jacobsen 56.01 8 2 Karin Brienesse 56.12

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming