The final of the women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 2, 1984.

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 Nation Time Record2 August Final A Petra van Staveren 1:09.88

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 2 5 Catherine Poirot 1:10.69 Q, NR 2 3 4 Petra van Staveren 1:11.18 Q 3 2 2 Jean Hill 1:11.37 Q 4 4 3 Eva-Marie Håkansson 1:11.41 Q 5 4 5 Susan Rapp 1:11.63 Q 6 2 4 Anne Ottenbrite 1:11.81 Q 7 4 4 Hiroko Nagasaki 1:11.82 Q 8 1 4 Tracy Caulkins 1:11.99 Q 9 3 2 Ingrid Lempereur 1:12.08 q 10 1 3 Ute Hasse 1:12.17 q 2 6 Dimity Douglas q 12 1 5 Lisa Borsholt 1:12.24 q 13 3 3 Angelika Knipping 1:12.41 q 14 2 7 Patricia Brülhart 1:12.44 q 15 4 6 Annelie Holmström 1:12.60 q 16 2 3 Carlotta Tagnin 1:12.70 q 17 1 6 Sandra Bowman 1:12.92 18 3 7 Sharon Kellett 1:13.43 19 1 2 Petra Hillenius 1:14.09 20 4 2 Liang Weifen 1:14.38 21 3 6 Alicia María Boscatto 1:14.45 22 4 7 Kaori Iwasaki 1:14.68 23 4 1 Sara Guido 1:14.69 24 1 7 Maarit Vähäsaari-Sihvonen 1:14.85 25 3 1 Guðrún Ágústsdóttir 1:16.70 26 2 1 Rosa María Silva 1:17.11 27 1 1 Chow Lai Yee 1:17.92 28 4 8 Helen Chow 1:18.99 29 3 8 Isabel Lardizábal 1:25.12 3 5 Manuela Dalla Valle

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 3 Ute Hasse 1:11.44 NR 10 4 Ingrid Lempereur 1:11.45 NR 11 5 Dimity Douglas 1:12.00 OC 12 2 Angelika Knipping 1:12.03 13 6 Lisa Borsholt 1:12.41 14 8 Carlotta Tagnin 1:12.77 15 7 Patricia Brülhart 1:12.89 16 1 Annelie Holmström 1:13.27

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Petra van Staveren 1:09.88 7 Anne Ottenbrite 1:10.69 4 Catherine Poirot 1:10.70 4 8 Tracy Caulkins 1:10.88 5 6 Eva-Marie Håkansson 1:11.14 NR 6 1 Hiroko Nagasaki 1:11.33 7 2 Susan Rapp 1:11.45 8 3 Jean Hill 1:11.82

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming