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1 Records  




2 Results  


2.1  Heats  




2.2  Finals  


2.2.1  Final B  




2.2.2  Final A  








3 References  




4 External links  













Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle






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Women's 50 metre freestyle

at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad

VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date26 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors56 from 48 nations
Winning time24.87 AM
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Amy Van Dyken  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Le Jingyi  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sandra Völker  Germany
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Swimming at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
  • t
  • e

    • The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic CenterinAtlanta, United States.[1]

    Records[edit]

    Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

    World record  Le Jingyi (CHN) 24.51 Rome, Italy 11 September 1994
    Olympic record  Yang Wenyi (CHN) 24.79 Barcelona, Spain 31 July 1992

    Results[edit]

    Heats[edit]

    Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

    Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
    1 7 4 Le Jingyi  China 25.10 Q
    2 6 4 Amy Van Dyken  United States 25.12 Q
    3 6 5 Sandra Völker  Germany 25.45 Q
    4 5 4 Angel Martino  United States 25.47 Q
    5 5 5 Shan Ying  China 25.71 Q
    6 7 5 Natalya Meshcheryakova  Russia 25.73 Q
    7 5 6 Leah Martindale  Barbados 25.76 Q
    8 6 3 Linda Olofsson  Sweden 25.84 Q
    9 5 3 Karen van Wirdum  Australia 25.88 q
    10 7 3 Sumika Minamoto  Japan 25.89 q
    11 6 6 Marianne Muis  Netherlands 25.93 q
    12 5 7 Yevgeniya Yermakova  Kazakhstan 25.97 q, NR
    13 6 2 Simone Osygus  Germany 26.00 q
    7 6 Angela Postma  Netherlands q
    15 4 4 Laura Petrutytė  Lithuania 26.13 q, =NR
    16 7 7 Claudia Franco  Spain 26.17 q
    17 4 2 Vibeke Johansen  Norway 26.22
    18 7 1 Rania Elwani  Egypt 26.26 NR
    19 7 8 Siobhan Cropper  Trinidad and Tobago 26.29 NR
    20 4 6 Judith Draxler  Austria 26.34
    5 2 Sarah Ryan  Australia
    22 4 5 Blanca Cerón  Spain 26.39
    6 1 Sue Rolph  Great Britain
    24 5 1 Marianne Kriel  South Africa 26.42
    25 4 7 Metka Sparavec  Slovenia 26.43
    26 4 3 Martine Dessureault  Canada 26.44
    27 6 7 Luminița Dobrescu  Romania 26.47
    28 4 8 Mette Nielsen  Denmark 26.50
    29 4 1 Casey Legler  France 26.52
    7 2 Laura Nicholls  Canada
    31 5 8 Dita Želvienė  Lithuania 26.55
    32 3 8 Dominique Diezi  Switzerland 26.57 NR
    33 3 2 Eileen Coparropa  Panama 26.67
    34 3 4 Minna Salmela  Finland 26.72
    35 2 4 Alison Fitch  New Zealand 26.74
    36 3 1 Monica Dahl  Namibia 26.76
    37 3 6 Elín Sigurðardóttir  Iceland 26.90
    38 6 8 Lin Chien-ju  Chinese Taipei 27.00
    39 3 5 Valeria Álvarez  Argentina 27.12
    40 1 5 Alena Popchanka  Belarus 27.18 NR
    41 2 1 Seo So-yung  South Korea 27.30 NR
    42 2 2 Gyöngyvér Lakos  Hungary 27.34
    43 2 5 Teresa Moodie  Zimbabwe 27.38
    44 3 3 Joscelin Yeo  Singapore 27.51
    45 2 8 Duška Radan  FR Yugoslavia 27.62 NR
    46 2 3 Gabrijela Ujčić  Croatia 27.63
    47 2 7 Agnese Ozoliņa  Latvia 27.65
    48 1 3 Sangeeta Puri  India 28.02
    49 1 2 Verónica Prono  Paraguay 28.40
    50 1 4 Gail Rizzo  Malta 28.43
    51 2 6 Akiko Thomson  Philippines 28.51
    52 1 6 Võ Trần Trường An  Vietnam 29.02
    53 1 7 Ingrid Louis  Mauritius 29.56
    54 1 1 Monika Bakale  Republic of the Congo 34.43
    55 1 8 Nishma Gurung  Nepal 41.45
    3 7 Antonia Machaira  Greece DNS

    Finals[edit]

    [3]

    Final B[edit]

    Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
    9 3 Marianne Muis  Netherlands 25.74
    10 2 Angela Postma  Netherlands 25.82
    11 8 Claudia Franco  Spain 26.04
    12 5 Sumika Minamoto  Japan 26.05
    13 6 Yevgeniya Yermakova  Kazakhstan 26.06
    14 7 Simone Osygus  Germany 26.16
    15 4 Karen van Wirdum  Australia 26.17
    16 1 Laura Petrutytė  Lithuania 26.36

    Final A[edit]

    Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
    1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Amy Van Dyken  United States 24.87 AM
    2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Le Jingyi  China 24.90
    3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Sandra Völker  Germany 25.14
    4 6 Angel Martino  United States 25.31
    5 1 Leah Martindale  Barbados 25.49 NR
    6 8 Linda Olofsson  Sweden 25.63
    7 2 Shan Ying  China 25.70
    7 Natalya Meshcheryakova  Russia

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 50 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  • ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. pp. 35–36. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  • ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 36. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

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