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

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Medalists
Beth Botsford  United States Whitney Hedgepeth  United States Marianne Kriel  South Africa

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 Backstroke event for the 1996 Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta, United States, on July 22, 1996.

Results

Final A

RANK	FINAL A	TIME
	Beth Botsford (USA)	1:01.19
	Whitney Hedgepeth (USA)	1:01.47
	Marianne Kriel (RSA)	1:02.12
4.	Mai Nakamura (JPN)	1:02.33
5.	Chen Yan (CHN)	1:02.50
6.	Antje Buschschulte (GER)	1:02.52
7.	Nicole Stevenson (AUS)	1:02.70
8.	Miki Nakao (JPN)	1:02.78

Final B

RANK	FINAL B	TIME
9.	Nina Zhivanevskaya (RUS)	1:02.38
10.	Anke Scholz (GER)	1:02.85
11.	Lydia Lipscombe (NZL)	1:03.30
12.	Olga Kochetkova (RUS)	1:03.52
13.	Helen Slatter (GBR)	1:03.61
14.	Elli Overton (AUS)	1:03.69
15.	Julie Howard (CAN)	1:04.01
16.	Therese Alshammar (SWE)	1:04.15

Qualifying heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Annamária Kiss (HUN)	1:07.38
2.	Gail Rizzo (MLT)	1:07.61
3.	Ximena Escalera (BOL)	1:11.70
4.	Harijesy Razafindramahatra (MAD)	1:13.83

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Lee Ji-Hyun (KOR)	1:03.96
2.	Praphalsai Minpraphal (THA)	1:04.61
3.	Marcela Kubalčíková (CZE)	1:05.48
4.	Yseult Gervy (BEL)	1:05.72
5.	Aikaterini Klepkou (GRE)	1:05.94
6.	Florina Herea (ROU)	1:06.12
	22x20px Akiko Thomson (PHI)
8.	Tsai Shu-Min (TPE)	1:11.44

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Nicole Stevenson (AUS)	1:02.50
2.	Chen Yan (CHN)	1:02.62
3.	Antje Buschschulte (GER)	1:02.68
4.	Nina Zhivanevskaya (RUS)	1:02.94
5.	Hélène Ricardo (FRA)	1:04.03
6.	Eva Piñera (ESP)	1:04.41
7.	He Cihong (CHN)	1:05.87
8.	Valeria Álvarez (ARG)	1:06.38

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Marianne Kriel (RSA)	1:02.33
2.	Mai Nakamura (JPN)	1:02.35
3.	Miki Nakao (JPN)	1:02.90
4.	Olga Kochetkova (RUS)	1:03.17
5.	Lydia Lipscombe (NZL)	1:03.61
6.	Therese Alshammar (SWE)	1:03.79
7.	Anu Koivisto (FIN)	1:05.25
8.	Dagmara Komorowicz (POL)	1:06.70

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Whitney Hedgepeth (USA)	1:01.70
2.	Beth Botsford (USA)	1:02.00
3.	Anke Scholz (GER)	1:03.05
4.	Mette Jacobsen (DEN)	1:03.14
5.	Julie Howard (CAN)	1:03.84
6.	Elli Overton (AUS)	1:03.88
7.	Helen Slatter (GBR)	1:03.89
8.	Maria Santos (POR)	1:04.84

See also

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

References

• USA Swimming