Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
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	The front of Georgia Tech's Campus Recreation Center
Venue	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Dates	July 20 –26, 1996
No. of events	32
Competitors	762 from 117 nations
	← 1992 2000 →

The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.^[1] There were 762 competitors from 117 countries.^[2] This was the last Olympics where swimming B-finals were held.

At the time of the games, the facility had a temporary 50m warm-up pool located behind the locker rooms and entry concourse (on the ground); as well as a temporary roof, and open walls (there were wall-like structures/curtains at the diving well and turning end of the pool). The open walls allowed for temporary seating to be in place during the games. A wall and new roof have since been placed on the facility.

A total of 4 world records and 13 Olympic records were set during the competition

The women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay made its debut at these Games.

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	13	11	2	26
2	Russia (RUS)	4	2	2	8
3	Hungary (HUN)	3	1	2	6
4	Ireland (IRL)	3	0	1	4
5	Australia (AUS)	2	4	6	12
6	South Africa (RSA)	2	0	1	3
7	New Zealand (NZL)	2	0	0	2
8	China (CHN)	1	3	2	6
9	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	0	1
9	Costa Rica (CRC)	1	0	0	1
11	Germany (GER)	0	5	7	12
12	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	2	3
12	Canada (CAN)	0	1	2	3
14	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	1	2
14	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
16	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
16	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
18	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
19	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		32	32	32	96

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Alexander Popov Russia	22.13	Gary Hall, Jr. United States	22.26	Fernando Scherer Brazil	22.29 SA
100 m freestyle details	Alexander Popov Russia	48.74	Gary Hall, Jr. United States	48.81	Gustavo Borges Brazil	49.02
200 m freestyle details	Danyon Loader New Zealand	1:47.63 NR	Gustavo Borges Brazil	1:48.08 SA	Daniel Kowalski Australia	1:48.25
400 m freestyle details	Danyon Loader New Zealand	3:47.97 NR	Paul Palmer Great Britain	3:49.00	Daniel Kowalski Australia	3:49.39
1500 m freestyle details	Kieren Perkins Australia	14:56.40	Daniel Kowalski Australia	15:02.43	Graeme Smith Great Britain	15:02.48 NR
100 m backstroke details	Jeff Rouse United States	54.10	Rodolfo Falcón Cuba	54.98	Neisser Bent Cuba	55.02
200 m backstroke details	Brad Bridgewater United States	1:58.54	Tripp Schwenk United States	1:58.99	Emanuele Merisi Italy	1:59.18
100 m breaststroke details	Fred Deburghgraeve Belgium	1:00.65	Jeremy Linn United States	1:00.77 AM	Mark Warnecke Germany	1:01.33 NR
200 m breaststroke details	Norbert Rózsa Hungary	2:12.57	Károly Güttler Hungary	2:13.03	Andrey Korneyev Russia	2:13.17
100 m butterfly details	Denis Pankratov Russia	52.27 WR	Scott Miller Australia	52.53 OC	Vladislav Kulikov Russia	53.13
200 m butterfly details	Denis Pankratov Russia	1:56.51	Tom Malchow United States	1:57.44	Scott Goodman Australia	1:57.48
200 m medley details	Attila Czene Hungary	1:59.91 OR	Jani Sievinen Finland	2:00.13	Curtis Myden Canada	2:01.13 NR
400 m medley details	Tom Dolan United States	4:14.90	Eric Namesnik United States	4:15.25	Curtis Myden Canada	4:16.28 NR
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States (USA) Jon Olsen Josh Davis Brad Schumacher Gary Hall, Jr. David Fox* Scott Tucker*	3:15.41 OR	Russia (RUS) Roman Yegorov Alexander Popov Vladimir Predkin Vladimir Pyshnenko Denis Pimankov*	3:17.06 ER	Germany (GER) Christian Tröger Bengt Zikarsky Björn Zikarsky Mark Pinger Alexander Lüderitz*	3:17.20
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	United States (USA) Josh Davis Joe Hudepohl Brad Schumacher Ryan Berube Jon Olsen*	7:14.84	Sweden (SWE) Christer Wallin Anders Holmertz Lars Frölander Anders Lyrbring	7:17.56	Germany (GER) Aimo Heilmann Christian Keller Christian Tröger Steffen Zesner Konstantin Dubrovin* Oliver Lampe*	7:17.71
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States (USA) Jeff Rouse Jeremy Linn Mark Henderson Gary Hall, Jr. Josh Davis* Kurt Grote* John Hargis* Tripp Schwenk*	3:34.84 WR	Russia (RUS) Vladimir Selkov Stanislav Lopukhov Denis Pankratov Alexander Popov Roman Ivanovsky* Vladislav Kulikov* Roman Yegorov*	3:37.55 ER	Australia (AUS) Steven Dewick Phil Rogers Scott Miller Michael Klim Toby Haenen*	3:39.56 OC

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Amy Van Dyken United States	24.87 AM	Le Jingyi China	24.90	Sandra Völker Germany	25.14
100 m freestyle details	Le Jingyi China	54.50 OR	Sandra Völker Germany	54.88	Angel Martino United States	54.93
200 m freestyle details	Claudia Poll Costa Rica	1:58.16	Franziska van Almsick Germany	1:58.57	Dagmar Hase Germany	1:59.56
400 m freestyle details	Michelle Smith Ireland	4:07.25 NR	Dagmar Hase Germany	4:08.30	Kirsten Vlieghuis Netherlands	4:08.70 NR
800 m freestyle details	Brooke Bennett United States	8:27.89	Dagmar Hase Germany	8:29.91	Kirsten Vlieghuis Netherlands	8:30.84 NR
100 m backstroke details	Beth Botsford United States	1:01.19	Whitney Hedgepeth United States	1:01.47	Marianne Kriel South Africa	1:02.12 AF
200 m backstroke details	Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary	2:07.83	Whitney Hedgepeth United States	2:11.98	Cathleen Rund Germany	2:12.06
100 m breaststroke details	Penelope Heyns South Africa	1:07.73	Amanda Beard United States	1:08.09 AM	Samantha Riley Australia	1:09.18
200 m breaststroke details	Penelope Heyns South Africa	2:25.41 OR	Amanda Beard United States	2:25.75	Ágnes Kovács Hungary	2:26.57
100 m butterfly details	Amy Van Dyken United States	59.13	Liu Limin China	59.14	Angel Martino United States	59.23
200 m butterfly details	Susie O'Neill Australia	2:07.76	Petria Thomas Australia	2:09.82	Michelle Smith Ireland	2:09.91 NR
200 m individual medley details	Michelle Smith Ireland	2:13.93 NR	Marianne Limpert Canada	2:14.35 NR	Lin Li China	2:14.74
400 m individual medley details	Michelle Smith Ireland	4:39.18 NR	Allison Wagner United States	4:42.03	Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary	4:42.53
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States (USA) Angel Martino Amy Van Dyken Catherine Fox Jenny Thompson Lisa Jacob* Melanie Valerio*	3:39.29 OR	China (CHN) Le Jingyi Chao Na Nian Yun Shan Ying	3:40.48	Germany (GER) Sandra Völker Simone Osygus Antje Buschschulte Franziska van Almsick Meike Freitag*	3:41.48
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	United States (USA) Trina Jackson Cristina Teuscher Sheila Taormina Jenny Thompson Lisa Jacob* Annette Salmeen* Ashley Whitney*	7:59.87 OR, AM	Germany (GER) Franziska van Almsick Kerstin Kielgass Anke Scholz Dagmar Hase Meike Freitag* Simone Osygus*	8:01.55	Australia (AUS) Julia Greville Nicole Stevenson Emma Johnson Susie O'Neill Lise Mackie*	8:05.47
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States (USA) Beth Botsford Amanda Beard Angel Martino Amy Van Dyken Catherine Fox* Whitney Hedgepeth* Kristine Quance* Jenny Thompson*	4:02.88	Australia (AUS) Nicole Stevenson Samantha Riley Susie O'Neill Sarah Ryan Helen Denman* Angela Kennedy*	4:05.08	China (CHN) Chen Yan Han Xue Cai Huijue Shan Ying	4:07.34

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Olympic and world records broken

Note: Any world record is also an Olympic record

Men

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
100m Breaststroke	20 July	Heat 6	Frédérik Deburghgraeve	Belgium	1:00.60	WR
100m Butterfly	24 July	Heat 7	Scott Miller	Australia	52.89	OR
100m Butterfly	24 July	Final A	Denis Pankratov	Russia	52.27	WR
200m Individual Medley	25 July	Final A	Attila Czene	Hungary	1:59.91	OR
4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay	23 July	Final	Jon Olsen (49.94) Josh Davis (49.00) Brad Schumacher (49.02) Gary Hall, Jr. (47.45)	United States	3:15.41	OR
4 × 100 m Medley Relay	26 July	Final	Jeff Rouse (53.95) Jeremy Linn (1:00.32) Mark Henderson (52.39) Gary Hall, Jr. (48.18)	United States	3:34.84	WR

Women

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
100m Freestyle	20 July	Final A	Le Jingyi	China	54.50	OR
100m Breaststroke	21 July	Heat 6	Penny Heyns	South Africa	1:07.02	WR
200m Breaststroke	23 July	Heat 4	Penny Heyns	South Africa	2:26.63	OR
200m Breaststroke	23 July	Final A	Penny Heyns	South Africa	2:25.41	OR
4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay	22 July	Final	Angel Martino (55.34) Amy Van Dyken (53.91) Catherine Fox (55.93) Jenny Thompson (54.11)	United States	3:39.29	OR
4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay	25 July	Heat 2	Lisa Jacob (2:01.31) Ashley Whitney (2:01.77) Sheila Taormina (2:00.57) Annette Salmeen (2:01.34)	United States	8:04.99	OR
4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay	25 July	Final	Trina Jackson (1:59.71) Cristina Teuscher (1:58.86) Sheila Taormina (2:01.29) Jenny Thompson (1:56.83)	United States	7:59.87	OR

Participating nations

762 swimmers from 117 nations competed.^[2]

Algeria (1)
Andorra (2)
Angola (1)
Argentina (7)
Armenia (1)
Australia (33)
Austria (4)
Azerbaijan (1)
Bahamas (1)
Barbados (2)
Bangladesh (1)
Belgium (4)
Belarus (10)
Bolivia (2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
Brazil (10)
Bulgaria (1)
Cambodia (2)
Canada (27)
Chile (1)
China (21)
Chinese Taipei (8)
Colombia (5)
Republic of the Congo (2)
Costa Rica (3)
Croatia (11)
Cuba (3)
Cyprus (2)
Czech Republic (10)
Denmark (10)
Dominica (1)
Ecuador (5)
Egypt (2)
El Salvador (2)
Estonia (1)
Fiji (2)
Finland (12)
France (25)
Germany (28)
Great Britain (28)
Greece (8)
Guam (2)
Guatemala (2)
Haiti (1)
Honduras (1)
Hong Kong (3)
Hungary (21)
Iceland (3)
India (2)
Indonesia (1)
Iran (1)
Ireland (5)
Israel (4)
Italy (14)
Jamaica (1)
Japan (27)
Jordan (2)
Kazakhstan (7)
Kyrgyzstan (12)
Kuwait (3)
Latvia (4)
Lithuania (8)
Macedonia (4)
Madagascar (2)
Maldives (1)
Malaysia (5)
Malta (1)
Moldova (5)
Mauritius (2)
Mexico (2)
Monaco (1)
Mozambique (1)
Namibia (2)
Nepal (2)
Netherlands (20)
Netherlands Antilles (1)
New Zealand (14)
Nicaragua (1)
Norway (5)
Oman (1)
Pakistan (1)
Panama (2)
Paraguay (2)
Peru (2)
Philippines (2)
Poland (11)
Portugal (12)
Puerto Rico (7)
Romania (14)
Russia (30)
San Marino (1)
FR Yugoslavia (4)
Seychelles (1)
Sierra Leone (1)
Singapore (5)
Slovenia (5)
Slovakia (3)
South Africa (7)
South Korea (20)
Spain (18)
Suriname (4)
Swaziland (1)
Sweden (18)
Switzerland (5)
Syria (1)
Thailand (6)
Trinidad and Tobago (2)
Turkey (4)
Ukraine (13)
United States (44)
Virgin Islands (1)
United Arab Emirates (1)
Uruguay (2)
Uzbekistan (6)
Venezuela (7)
Vietnam (2)
Zimbabwe (1)

References

^ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

External links

Swim rankings results

[1] "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved December 17, 2023.

[SR-2] "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

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