Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle
The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]
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| Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
| Date | 26 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 56 from 48 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 24.87 AM | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| 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 |
Records
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
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
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Finals
Final B
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Lithuania | 26.36 |
Final A
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 5 | Amy Van Dyken |  United States | 24.87 | AM |
 | 4 | Le Jingyi | China | 24.90 | |
 | 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
- "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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