1996 Summer Olympics / Swimming

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in the US metropolis of Atlanta , a total of 32 swimming competitions were held, 16 each for women and men.

The venue was the George Tech Aquatic Center.

Men

50 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	RUS	Alexander Popov	22.12 s
2	United States	Gary Hall Junior	22.26 s
3	BRA	Fernando Scherer	22.29 s
4th	CHN	Jiang Chengji	22.33 s
5	RSA	Brendon Dedekind	22.59 s
6th	United States	David Fox	22.68 s
7th	VEN	Francisco Sánchez	22.72 s
8th	PURE	Ricardo Busquets	22.73 s

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	RUS	Alexander Popov	48.74 s
2	United States	Gary Hall Junior	48.81 s
3	BRA	Gustavo Borges	49.02 s
4th	NED	Pieter van den Hoogenband	49.13 s
5	BRA	Fernando Scherer	49.57 s
6th	UKR	Pavlo Khnykin	49.65 s
7th	PURE	Ricardo Busquets	49.68 s
8th	VEN	Francisco Sánchez	49.84 s

200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	NZL	Danyon Loader	1: 47.63 min
2	BRA	Gustavo Borges	1: 48.08 min
3	OUT	Daniel Kowalski	1: 48.25 min
4th	NED	Pieter van den Hoogenband	1: 48.36 min
5	SWE	Not so Holmertz	1: 48.42 min
6th	ITA	Massimiliano Rosolino	1: 48.50 min
7th	United States	Josh Davis	1: 48.54 min
8th	GBR	Paul Palmer	1: 49.39 min

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	NZL	Danyon Loader	3: 47.97 min
2	GBR	Paul Palmer	3: 49.00 min
3	OUT	Daniel Kowalski	3: 49.39 min
4th	ITA	Emiliano Brembilla	3: 49.87 min
5	SWE	Not so Holmertz	3: 50.68 min
6th	ITA	Massimiliano Rosolino	3: 51.04 min
7th	GER	Jörg Hoffmann	3: 52.15 min
8th	THE	Jacob Carstensen	3: 54.45 min

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	OUT	Kieren Perkins	14: 56.40 min
2	OUT	Daniel Kowalski	15: 02.43 min
3	GBR	Graeme Smith	15: 02.48 min
4th	ITA	Emiliano Brembilla	15: 08.58 min
5	RSA	Ryk Neethling	15: 14.63 min
6th	JPN	Masato Hirano	15: 17.28 min
7th	GER	Jörg Hoffmann	15: 18.86 min
8th	RUS	Alexei Akatiev	15: 21.68 min

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Jeff Rouse	54.10 s
2	CUB	Rodolfo Falcón	54.98 s
3	CUB	Neisser Bent	55.02 s
4th	ESP	Martín López-Zubero	55.22 s
5	United States	Tripp pan	55.30 s
6th	ITA	Emanuele Merisi	55.53 s
7th	GER	Ralf Braun	55.56 s
8th	FRA	Franck Schott	55.76 s

200 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Brad Bridgewater	1: 58.54 min
2	United States	Tripp pan	1: 58.99 min
3	ITA	Emanuele Merisi	1: 59.18 min
4th	POLE	Bartosz Sikora	2:00:05 min
5	JPN	Hajime Itoi	2:00, 10 min
6th	ESP	Martín López-Zubero	2: 00.74 min
7th	ITA	Mirko Mazzari	2: 01.27 min
8th	CUB	Rodolfo Falcón	2: 08.14 min

100 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	BEL	Frederik Deburghgraeve	1: 00.65 min
2	United States	Jeremy Linn	1: 00.77 min
3	GER	Mark Warnecke	1: 01.33 min
4th	HUN	Károly Güttler	1: 01.49 min
5	OUT	Philip Rogers	1: 01.64 min
6th	United States	Kurt Grote	1: 01.69 min
7th	CHN	Zeng Qiliang	1: 02.01 min
8th	RUS	Stanislav Lopukhov	1: 02.13 min

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	HUN	Norbert Rózsa	2: 12.57 min
2	HUN	Károly Güttler	2: 13.03 min
3	RUS	Andrei Korneev	2: 13.17 min
4th	GBR	Nick Gillingham	2: 14.37 min
5	OUT	Philip Rogers	2: 14.79 min
6th	POLE	Marek Krawczyk	2: 14.84 min
7th	United States	Eric Wunderlich	2: 15.69 min
8th	United States	Kurt Grote	2: 16.05 min

100 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	RUS	Denis Pankratow	52.27 s
2	OUT	Scott Miller	52.53 s
3	RUS	Vladislav Kulikov	53.13 s
4th	CHN	Jiang Chengji	53.20 s
5	POLE	Rafał Szukała	53.29 s
6th	OUT	Michael Klim	53.30 s
7th	CAN	Stephen Clarke	53.33 s
8th	UKR	Pavlo Chnykin	53.58 s

200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	RUS	Denis Pankratow	1: 56.51 min
2	United States	Tom Malchow	1: 57.44 min
3	OUT	Scott Goodman	1: 57.48 min
4th	FRA	Franck Esposito	1: 58.10 min
5	OUT	Scott Miller	1: 58.28 min
6th	UKR	Denys Sylantiev	1: 58.37 min
7th	GBR	James Hickman	1: 58.47 min
8th	HUN	Péter Horváth	1: 59.12 min

200 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	HUN	Attila Czene	1: 59.91 min
2	FIN	Jani Sievinen	2:00, 13 min
3	CAN	Curtis Myden	2: 01.13 min
4th	NED	Marcel Wouda	2: 01.45 min
5	OUT	Matthew Dunn	2: 01.57 min
6th	United States	Greg Burgess	2: 02.56 min
7th	United States	Tom Dolan	2: 03.89 min
8th	FRA	Xavier Marchand	2: 04.29 min

400 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Tom Dolan	4: 14.90 min
2	United States	Eric Namesnik	4: 15.25 min
3	CAN	Curtis Myden	4: 16.28 min
4th	OUT	Matthew Dunn	4: 16.66 min
5	NED	Marcel Wouda	4: 17.71 min
6th	ITA	Luca Sacchi	4: 18.31 min
7th	POLE	Marcin Maliński	4: 20.50 min
8th	MDA	Serghei Mariniuc	4: 21.15 min

4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Jon Olsen Josh Davis Brad Schumacher Gary Hall Junior	3: 15.41 min
2	RUS	Roman Egorov Alexander Popov Vladimir Predkin Vladimir Pyschnenko	3: 17.06 min
3	GER	Christian Tröger Bengt Zikarsky Björn Zikarsky Mark Pinger	3: 17.20 min
4th	BRA	Fernando Scherer Alexandre Massura André Cordeiro Gustavo Borges	3: 18.30 min
5	NED	Mark Veens Pie Geelen Martin van der Spoel Pieter van den Hoogenband	3: 19.02 min
6th	OUT	Michael Klim Matthew Dunn Scott Logan Chris Fydler	3: 20.13 min
7th	SWE	Lars Frölander Fredrik Letsler Anders Holmertz Christer Wallin	3: 20.16 min
8th	GBR	Nicholas Shackell Alan Rapley Mark Stevens Michael Fibbens	3: 21.52 min

4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Josh Davis Joseph Hudepohl Brad Schumacher Ryan Berube	7: 14.84 min
2	SWE	Christer Wallin Anders Holmertz Lars Frölander Anders Lyrbring	7: 17.56 min
3	GER	Aimo Heilmann Christian Keller Christian Tröger Steffen Zesner	7: 17.71 min
4th	OUT	Daniel Kowalski Michael Klim Malcolm Allen Matthew Dunn	7: 18.47 min
5	GBR	Paul Palmer Andrew Clayton Mark Stevens James Salter	7: 18.74 min
6th	ITA	Massimiliano Rosolino Emanuele Idini Emanuele Merisi Piermaria Siciliano	7: 19.92 min
7th	NED	Marcel Wouda Mark van der Zijden Martin van der Spoel Pieter van den Hoogenband	7: 21.96 min
8th	FRA	Yann Fabrique Lionel Poirot Bruno Orsoni Christophe Bordeau	7: 24.85 min

4 × 100 m layers

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Jeff Rouse Mark Henderson Gary Hall Junior Jeremy Linn	3: 34.84 min
2	RUS	Vladimir Selkow Stanislaw Lopuchow Denis Pankratow Alexander Popow	3: 37.55 min
3	OUT	Philip Rogers Michael Klim Scott Miller Steven Dewick	3: 39.56 min
4th	GER	Ralf Braun Mark Warnecke Christian Keller Björn Zikarsky	3: 39.64 min
5	JPN	Keitaro Konnai Akira Hayashi Takashi Yamamoto Shunsuke Ito	3: 40.51 min
6th	HUN	Tamás Deutsch Károly Güttler Péter Horváth Attila Czene	3: 40.84 min
7th	POLE	Mariusz Siembida Marek Krawczyk Rafał Szukała Bartosz Kizierowski	3: 41.94 min
8th	ISR	Eithan Urbach Vadim Alekseyev Dan Kutler Yoav Bruck	3: 42.90 min

Women

50 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Amy Van Dyken	24.87 s
2	CHN	Le Jingyi	24.90 s
3	GER	Sandra Völker	25.14 s
4th	United States	Angel Martino	25.31 s
5	BAR	Leah Martindale	25.49 s
6th	SWE	Linda Olofsson	25.63 s
7th	CHN	Shan Ying	25.70 s
8th	RUS	Natalia Meshcheryakova	25.88 s

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	CHN	Le Jingyi	54.50 s
2	GER	Sandra Völker	54.88 s
3	United States	Angel Martino	54.93 s
4th	United States	Amy van Dyken	55.11 s
5	GER	Franziska van Almsick	55.59 s
6th	OUT	Sarah Ryan	55.85 s
7th	THE	Mette Jacobsen	56.01 s
8th	NED	Karin Brienesse	56.12 s

200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	CRC	Claudia Poll	1: 58.16 min
2	GER	Franziska van Almsick	1: 58.57 min
3	GER	Dagmar Rabbit	1: 59.56 min
4th	United States	Trina Jackson	1: 59.57 min
5	OUT	Susan O'Neill	1: 59.87 min
6th	United States	Cristina Teuscher	2: 00.79 min
7th	OUT	Julia Greville	2: 01.46 min
8th	ROME	Liliana Dobrescu	2: 01.63 min

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	IRL	Michelle Smith	4: 07.25 min
2	GER	Dagmar Rabbit	4: 8.30 min
3	NED	Kirsten Vlieghuis	4: 08.70 min
4th	GER	Kerstin Kielgass	4: 09.83 min
5	CRC	Claudia Poll	4: 10.00 min
6th	NED	Carla Louise Geurts	4: 10.06 min
7th	JPN	Eri Yamanoi	4: 11.68 min
8th	United States	Cristina Teuscher	4: 14.21 min

800 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Brooke Bennett	8: 27.89 min
2	GER	Dagmar Rabbit	8: 29.91 min
3	NED	Kirsten Vlieghuis	8: 30.84 min
4th	GER	Kerstin Kielgass	8: 31.06 min
5	NOR	Irene Dalby	8: 38.34 min
6th	United States	Janet Evans	8: 38.91 min
7th	NED	Carla Louise Geurts	8: 40.43 min
8th	GBR	Sarah Hardcastle	8: 41.75 min

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Beth Botsford	1: 01.19 min
2	United States	Whitney Hedgepeth	1: 01.47 min
3	RSA	Marianne Kriel	1: 02.12 min
4th	JPN	Mai Nakamura	1: 02.33 min
5	CHN	Chen Yan	1: 02.50 min
6th	GER	Antje Buschschulte	1: 02.52 min
7th	OUT	Nicole Stevenson	1: 02.70 min
8th	JPN	Miki Nakao	1: 02.78 min

200 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	HUN	Krisztina Egerszegi	2: 07.83 min
2	United States	Whitney Hedgepeth	2: 11.98 min
3	GER	Cathleen Rund	2: 12.06 min
4th	GER	Anke Scholz	2: 12.90 min
5	JPN	Miki Nakao	2: 13.57 min
6th	NZL	Anna Simcic	2: 14.04 min
7th	ITA	Lorenza Vigarani	2: 14.56 min
8th	RUS	Nina Zhivanevskaya	2: 14.59 min

100 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	RSA	Penelope Heyns	1: 07.79 min
2	United States	Amanda Beard	1: 08.09 min
3	OUT	Samantha Riley	1: 09.18 min
4th	UKR	Svitlana Bondarenko	1: 09.21 min
5	AUT	Vera Lischka	1: 09.24 min
6th	CAN	Guylaine Cloutier	1: 09.40 min
7th	HUN	Ágnes Kovács	1: 09.55 min
8th	BEL	Brigitte Becue	1: 09.79 min

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	RSA	Penelope Heyns	2: 25.41 min
2	United States	Amanda Beard	2: 25.75 min
3	HUN	Ágnes Kovács	2: 26.57 min
4th	OUT	Samantha Riley	2: 27.91 min
5	JPN	Masami Tanaka	2: 28.05 min
6th	OUT	Nadine Neumann	2: 28.34 min
7th	BEL	Brigitte Becue	2: 28.36 min
8th	CAN	Christin Petelski	2: 31.45 min

100 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Amy Van Dyken	59.13 s
2	CHN	Liu Limin	59.14 s
3	United States	Angel Martino	59.23 s
4th	JPN	Hitomi Kashima	1: 00.11 min
5	OUT	Susan O'Neill	1: 00.17 min
6th	JPN	Ayari Aoyama	1: 00.18 min
7th	CHN	Cai Huijue	1: 00.46 min
8th	THE	Mette Jacobsen	1: 00.76 min

200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	OUT	Susie O'Neill	2: 07.76 min
2	OUT	Petria Thomas	2: 09.82 min
3	IRL	Michelle Smith	2: 09.91 min
4th	CHN	Qu Yun	2: 10.26 min
5	CHN	Liu Limin	2: 10.70 min
6th	CAN	Jessica Deglau	2: 11.40 min
7th	JPN	Mika Haruna	2: 11.93 min
8th	United States	Trina Jackson	2: 11.96 min

200 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	IRL	Michelle Smith	2: 13.93 min
2	CAN	Marianne Limpert	2: 14.35 min
3	CHN	Lin Li	2: 14.74 min
4th	CAN	Joanne Malar	2: 15.30 min
5	OUT	Elli Overton	2: 16.04 min
6th	United States	Allison Wagner	2: 16.43 min
7th	NED	Minouche Smit	2: 16.73 min
8th	SWE	Louise Karlsson	2: 17.25 min

400 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	IRL	Michelle Smith	4: 39.18 min
2	United States	Allison Wagner	4: 42.03 min
3	HUN	Krisztina Egerszegi	4: 42.53 min
4th	GER	Sabine Herbst	4: 43.78 min
5	OUT	Emma Johnson	4: 44.02 min
6th	ROME	Beatrice Coadă	4: 44.91 min
7th	ESP	Lourdes Becerra	4: 45.17 min
8th	United States	Whitney Metzler	4: 46.20 min

4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Angel Martino Amy Van Dyken Catherine Fox Jenny Thompson	3: 39.29 min
2	CHN	Le Jingyi Chao Na Nian Yun Shan Ying	3: 40.48 min
3	GER	Sandra Völker Simone Osygus Antje Buschschulte Franziska van Almsick	3: 41.48 min
4th	NED	Marianne Muis Minouche Smit Willemina van Hofwegen Karin Brienesse	3: 42.40 min
5	SWE	Linda Olofsson Louise Jöhncke Louise Karlsson Johanna Sjöberg	3: 44.91 min
6th	OUT	Sarah Ryan Julia Greville Lise Mackie Susan O'Neill	3: 45.31 min
7th	CAN	Shannon Shakespeare Julie Howard Andrea Moody Marianne Limpert	3: 46.27 min
	RUS	Jelena Nasemnowa Svetlana Leschukowa Natalja Meshtscherjakowa Natalija Sorokina	DQ

4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Trina Jackson Cristina Teuscher Sheila Taormina Jenny Thompson	7: 59.87 min
2	GER	Franziska van Almsick Kerstin Kielgaß Anke Scholz Dagmar Hase	8: 01.55 min
3	OUT	Julia Greville Nicole Stevenson Emma Johnson Susie O'Neill	8: 05.47 min
4th	JPN	Eri Yamanoi Naoko Imoto Aiko Miyake Suzu Chiba	8: 07.46 min
5	CAN	Marianne Limpert Shannon Shakespeare Andrea Schwartz Jessica Deglau	8: 08.16 min
6th	NED	Carla Louise Geurts Patricia Stokkers Minouche Smit Kirsten Vlieghuis	8: 08.48 min
7th	ROME	Liliana Dobrescu Loredana Zisu Ioana Diaconescu Carla Negrea	8: 10.02 min
8th	CHN	Nian Yun Wang Luna Chen Yan Shan Ying	8: 15.38 min

4 × 100 m layers

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Beth Botsford Amanda Beard Angel Martino Amy Van Dyken	4: 02.88 min
2	OUT	Nicole Stevenson Samantha Riley Susie O'Neill Sarah Ryan	4: 05.08 min
3	CHN	Chen Yan Han Xue Cai Huijue Shan Ying	4: 07.34 min
4th	RSA	Marianne Kriel Penelope Heyns Amanda Loots Helene Muller	4: 08.16 min
5	CAN	Julie Howard Guylaine Cloutier Sarah Evanetz Shannon Shakespeare	4: 08.29 min
6th	GER	Antje Buschschulte Kathrin Dumitru Franziska van Almsick Sandra Völker	4: 09.22 min
7th	RUS	Nina Zhivanevskaya Jelena Makarowa Jelena Nasemnowa Natalja Meschcherjakowa	4: 10.56 min
8th	ITA	Lorenza Vigarani Manuela della Valle Ilaria Tocchini Cecilia Vianini	4: 10.59 min