Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
Dates | July 20 – July 26 |
No. of events | 32 |
Competitors | 762 from 117 nations |
Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. There were 762 competitors from 117 countries.[1] 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.
Medal table[]
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 nations) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |
Medal summary[]
Men's events[]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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50 m freestyle |
Alexander Popov Russia |
22.13 | Gary Hall, Jr. United States |
22.26 | Fernando Scherer Brazil |
22.29 |
100 m freestyle |
Alexander Popov Russia |
48.74 | Gary Hall, Jr. United States |
48.81 | Gustavo Borges Brazil |
49.02 |
200 m freestyle |
Danyon Loader New Zealand |
1:47.63 | Gustavo Borges Brazil |
1:48.08 | Daniel Kowalski Australia |
1:48.25 |
400 m freestyle |
Danyon Loader New Zealand |
3:47.97 | Paul Palmer Great Britain |
3:49.00 | Daniel Kowalski Australia |
3:49.39 |
1500 m freestyle |
Kieren Perkins Australia |
14:56.40 | Daniel Kowalski Australia |
15:02.43 | Graeme Smith Great Britain |
15:02.48 |
100 m backstroke |
Jeff Rouse United States |
54.10 | Rodolfo Falcón Cuba |
54.98 | Neisser Bent Cuba |
55.02 |
200 m backstroke |
Brad Bridgewater United States |
1:58.54 | Tripp Schwenk United States |
1:58.99 | Emanuele Merisi Italy |
1:59.18 |
100 m breaststroke |
Fred Deburghgraeve Belgium |
1:00.65 | Jeremy Linn United States |
1:00.77 | Mark Warnecke Germany |
1:01.33 |
200 m breaststroke |
Norbert Rózsa Hungary |
2:12.57 | Károly Güttler Hungary |
2:13.03 | Andrey Korneyev Russia |
2:13.17 |
100 m butterfly |
Denis Pankratov Russia |
52.27 (WR) | Scott Miller Australia |
52.53 | Vladislav Kulikov Russia |
53.13 |
200 m butterfly |
Denis Pankratov Russia |
1:56.51 | Tom Malchow United States |
1:57.44 | Scott Goodman Australia |
1:57.48 |
200 m medley |
Attila Czene Hungary |
1:59.91 (OR) | Jani Sievinen Finland |
2:00.13 | Curtis Myden Canada |
2:01.13 |
400 m medley |
Tom Dolan United States |
4:14.90 | Eric Namesnik United States |
4:15.25 | Curtis Myden Canada |
4:16.28 |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
United States (USA) Jon Olsen Josh Davis Brad Schumacher Gary Hall, Jr. David Fox* Scott Tucker* |
3:15.41 | Russia (RUS) Roman Yegorov Alexander Popov Vladimir Predkin Vladimir Pyshnenko Denis Pimankov* |
3:17.06 | Germany (GER) Christian Tröger Bengt Zikarsky Björn Zikarsky Mark Pinger Alexander Lüderitz* |
3:17.20 |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
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 |
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 | Australia (AUS) Steven Dewick Phil Rogers Scott Miller Michael Klim Toby Haenen* |
3:39.56 |
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women's events[]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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50 m freestyle |
Amy Van Dyken United States |
24.87 | Le Jingyi China |
24.90 | Sandra Völker Germany |
25.14 |
100 m freestyle |
Le Jingyi China |
54.50 (OR) | Sandra Völker Germany |
54.88 | Angel Martino United States |
54.93 |
200 m freestyle |
Claudia Poll Costa Rica |
1:58.16 | Franziska van Almsick Germany |
1:58.57 | Dagmar Hase Germany |
1:59.56 |
400 m freestyle |
Michelle Smith Ireland |
4:07.25 | Dagmar Hase Germany |
4:08.30 | Kirsten Vlieghuis Netherlands |
4:08.70 |
800 m freestyle |
Brooke Bennett United States |
8:27.89 | Dagmar Hase Germany |
8:29.91 | Kirsten Vlieghuis Netherlands |
8:30.84 |
100 m backstroke |
Beth Botsford United States |
1:01.19 | Whitney Hedgepeth United States |
1:01.47 | Marianne Kriel South Africa |
1:02.12 |
200 m backstroke |
Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary |
2:07.83 | Whitney Hedgepeth United States |
2:11.98 | Cathleen Rund Germany |
2:12.06 |
100 m breaststroke |
Penelope Heyns South Africa |
1:07.73 | Amanda Beard United States |
1:08.09 | Samantha Riley Australia |
1:09.18 |
200 m breaststroke |
Penelope Heyns South Africa |
2:25.41 (OR) | Amanda Beard United States |
2:25.75 | Ágnes Kovács Hungary |
2:26.57 |
100 m butterfly |
Amy Van Dyken United States |
59.13 | Liu Limin China |
59.14 | Angel Martino United States |
59.23 |
200 m butterfly |
Susie O'Neill Australia |
2:07.76 | Petria Thomas Australia |
2:09.82 | Michelle Smith Ireland |
2:09.91 |
200 m individual medley |
Michelle Smith Ireland |
2:13.93 | Marianne Limpert Canada |
2:14.35 | Lin Li China |
2:14.74 |
400 m individual medley |
Michelle Smith Ireland |
4:39.18 | Allison Wagner United States |
4:42.03 | Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary |
4:42.53 |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
United States (USA) Angel Martino Amy Van Dyken Catherine Fox Jenny Thompson Lisa Jacob* Melanie Valerio* |
3:39.29 | 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 |
United States (USA) Trina Jackson Cristina Teuscher Sheila Taormina Jenny Thompson Lisa Jacob* Annette Salmeen* Ashley Whitney* |
7:59.87 | 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 |
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.
Participating nations[]
762 swimmers from 117 nations competed.[1]
- 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[]
- ^ 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
- Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- 1996 in swimming
- 1996 Summer Olympics events
- Swimming at the Summer Olympics