Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Swimming

at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad

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

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Swimming 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

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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

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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
Costa Rica (CRC)| 1| 0| 0| 1
11|  Germany (GER)| 0| 5| 7| 12
12|  Brazil (BRA)| 0| 1| 2| 3
Canada (CAN)| 0| 1| 2| 3
14|  Cuba (CUB)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Great Britain (GBR)| 0| 1| 1| 2
16|  Finland (FIN)| 0| 1| 0| 1
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

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### Men's events

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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Note: Any world record is also an Olympic record

### Men

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Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record

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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

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Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record

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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

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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

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1. ^ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
2. ^ a b "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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