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

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's 50 metre freestyle

|games = 1996 Summer

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

|date = 26 July 1996 (heats & finals)

|competitors = 56

|nations = 48

|gold = Amy Van Dyken

|goldNOC = USA

|silver = Le Jingyi

|silverNOC = CHN

|bronze = Sandra Völker

|bronzeNOC = GER

|win_value = 24.87 AM

|prev = 1992

|next = 2000

}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/womens-50-metres-freestyle.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165650/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/womens-50-metres-freestyle.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 50 metres Freestyle |accessdate=17 March 2020 |work=Sports Reference}}

Records

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

{{World Olympic Record

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Le Jingyi|CHN}}

| world_mark = 24.51

| world_place = Rome, Italy

| world_date = 11 September 1994

| olympic_athlete = {{flagIOCathlete|Yang Wenyi|CHN|1992 Summer}}

| olympic_mark = 24.79

| olympic_place = Barcelona, Spain

| olympic_date = 31 July 1992

}}

Results

=Heats=

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).{{cite web|title=Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heats|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf|work=Atlanta 1996|publisher=LA84 Foundation|pages=35–36|accessdate=11 September 2017}}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=#cfc \| 1	7	4	align=left\| Le Jingyi	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|1996 Summer}}	25.10	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 2	6	4	align=left\| Amy Van Dyken	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1996 Summer}}	25.12	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 3	6	5	align=left\| Sandra Völker	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1996 Summer}}	25.45	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 4	5	4	align=left\| Angel Martino	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1996 Summer}}	25.47	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 5	5	5	align=left\| Shan Ying	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|1996 Summer}}	25.71	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 6	7	5	align=left\| Natalya Meshcheryakova	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|RUS\|1996 Summer}}	25.73	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 7	5	6	align=left\| Leah Martindale	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BAR\|1996 Summer}}	25.76	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 8	6	3	align=left\| Linda Olofsson	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SWE\|1996 Summer}}	25.84	Q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 9	5	3	align=left\| Karen van Wirdum	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1996 Summer}}	25.88	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 10	7	3	align=left\| Sumika Minamoto	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|1996 Summer}}	25.89	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 11	6	6	align=left\| Marianne Muis	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|1996 Summer}}	25.93	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 12	5	7	align=left\| Yevgeniya Yermakova	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|KAZ\|1996 Summer}}	25.97	q, NR
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \|rowspan=2\| 13	6	2	align=left\| Simone Osygus	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 26.00	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 7	6	align=left\| Angela Postma	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|1996 Summer}}	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 15	4	4	align=left\| Laura Petrutytė	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|LTU\|1996 Summer}}	26.13	q, =NR
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 16	7	7	align=left\| Claudia Franco	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ESP\|1996 Summer}}	26.17	q
17	4	2	align=left\| Vibeke Johansen	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NOR\|1996 Summer}}	26.22
18	7	1	align=left\| Rania Elwani	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|EGY\|1996 Summer}}	26.26	NR
19	7	8	align=left\| Siobhan Cropper	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|TRI\|1996 Summer}}	26.29	NR
rowspan=2\| 20	4	6	align=left\| Judith Draxler	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUT\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 26.34
5	2	align=left\| Sarah Ryan	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1996 Summer}}
rowspan=2\| 22	4	5	align=left\| Blanca Cerón	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ESP\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 26.39
6	1	align=left\| Sue Rolph	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1996 Summer}}
24	5	1	align=left\| Marianne Kriel	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|RSA\|1996 Summer}}	26.42
25	4	7	align=left\| Metka Sparavec	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SLO\|1996 Summer}}	26.43
26	4	3	align=left\| Martine Dessureault	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1996 Summer}}	26.44
27	6	7	align=left\| Luminița Dobrescu	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ROM\|1996 Summer}}	26.47
28	4	8	align=left\| Mette Nielsen	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|DEN\|1996 Summer}}	26.50
rowspan=2\| 29	4	1	align=left\| Casey Legler	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 26.52
7	2	align=left\| Laura Nicholls	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1996 Summer}}
31	5	8	align=left\| Dita Želvienė	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|LTU\|1996 Summer}}	26.55
32	3	8	align=left\| Dominique Diezi	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SUI\|1996 Summer}}	26.57	NR
33	3	2	align=left\| Eileen Coparropa	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PAN\|1996 Summer}}	26.67
34	3	4	align=left\| Minna Salmela	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|FIN\|1996 Summer}}	26.72
35	2	4	align=left\| Alison Fitch	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NZL\|1996 Summer}}	26.74
36	3	1	align=left\| Monica Dahl	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NAM\|1996 Summer}}	26.76
37	3	6	align=left\| Elín Sigurðardóttir	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ISL\|1996 Summer}}	26.90
38	6	8	align=left\| Lin Chien-ju	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|TPE\|1996 Summer}}	27.00
39	3	5	align=left\| Valeria Álvarez	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ARG\|1996 Summer}}	27.12
40	1	5	align=left\| Alena Popchanka	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BLR\|1996 Summer}}	27.18	NR
41	2	1	align=left\| Seo So-yung	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|KOR\|1996 Summer}}	27.30	NR
42	2	2	align=left\| Gyöngyvér Lakos	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|HUN\|1996 Summer}}	27.34
43	2	5	align=left\| Teresa Moodie	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ZIM\|1996 Summer}}	27.38
44	3	3	align=left\| Joscelin Yeo	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SIN\|1996 Summer}}	27.51
45	2	8	align=left\| Duška Radan	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|YUG\|1996 Summer}}	27.62	NR
46	2	3	align=left\| Gabrijela Ujčić	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CRO\|1996 Summer}}	27.63
47	2	7	align=left\| Agnese Ozoliņa	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|LAT\|1996 Summer}}	27.65
48	1	3	align=left\| Sangeeta Puri	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|IND\|1996 Summer}}	28.02
49	1	2	align=left\| Verónica Prono	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PAR\|1996 Summer}}	28.40
50	1	4	align=left\| Gail Rizzo	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|MLT\|1996 Summer}}	28.43
51	2	6	align=left\| Akiko Thomson	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PHI\|1996 Summer}}	28.51
52	1	6	align=left\| Võ Trần Trường An	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|VIE\|1996 Summer}}	29.02
53	1	7	align=left\| Ingrid Louis	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|MRI\|1996 Summer}}	29.56
54	1	1	align=left\| Monika Bakale	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CGO\|1996 Summer}}	34.43
55	1	8	align=left\| Nishma Gurung	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NEP\|1996 Summer}}	41.45
{{hs\|56}}	3	7	align=left\| Antonia Machaira	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GRE\|1996 Summer}}	{{abbr\|DNS\|Did not start}}

=Finals=

{{cite web|title=Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Finals|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf|work=Atlanta 1996|publisher=LA84 Foundation|page=36|accessdate=11 September 2017}}

==Final B==

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
9	3	align=left\| Marianne Muis	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|1996 Summer}}	25.74
10	2	align=left\| Angela Postma	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|1996 Summer}}	25.82
11	8	align=left\| Claudia Franco	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ESP\|1996 Summer}}	26.04
12	5	align=left\| Sumika Minamoto	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|1996 Summer}}	26.05
13	6	align=left\| Yevgeniya Yermakova	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|KAZ\|1996 Summer}}	26.06
14	7	align=left\| Simone Osygus	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1996 Summer}}	26.16
15	4	align=left\| Karen van Wirdum	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1996 Summer}}	26.17
16	1	align=left\| Laura Petrutytė	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|LTU\|1996 Summer}}	26.36

==Final A==

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
{{gold01}}	5	align=left\| Amy Van Dyken	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1996 Summer}}	24.87	AM
{{silver02}}	4	align=left\| Le Jingyi	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|1996 Summer}}	24.90
{{bronze03}}	3	align=left\| Sandra Völker	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1996 Summer}}	25.14
4	6	align=left\| Angel Martino	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1996 Summer}}	25.31
5	1	align=left\| Leah Martindale	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BAR\|1996 Summer}}	25.49	NR
6	8	align=left\| Linda Olofsson	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SWE\|1996 Summer}}	25.63
rowspan=2\| 7	2	align=left\| Shan Ying	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 25.70
7	align=left\| Natalya Meshcheryakova	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|RUS\|1996 Summer}}

References

External links

[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf Official Report]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310184626/http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/ViewMiscArticle.aspx?TabId=924&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&mid=2685&ItemId=2130 USA Swimming]

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Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=#cfc \| 1	7	4	align=left\| Le Jingyi	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|1996 Summer}}	25.10	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 2	6	4	align=left\| Amy Van Dyken	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1996 Summer}}	25.12	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 3	6	5	align=left\| Sandra Völker	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1996 Summer}}	25.45	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 4	5	4	align=left\| Angel Martino	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1996 Summer}}	25.47	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 5	5	5	align=left\| Shan Ying	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|1996 Summer}}	25.71	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 6	7	5	align=left\| Natalya Meshcheryakova	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|RUS\|1996 Summer}}	25.73	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 7	5	6	align=left\| Leah Martindale	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BAR\|1996 Summer}}	25.76	Q
bgcolor=#cfc \| 8	6	3	align=left\| Linda Olofsson	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SWE\|1996 Summer}}	25.84	Q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 9	5	3	align=left\| Karen van Wirdum	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1996 Summer}}	25.88	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 10	7	3	align=left\| Sumika Minamoto	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|1996 Summer}}	25.89	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 11	6	6	align=left\| Marianne Muis	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|1996 Summer}}	25.93	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 12	5	7	align=left\| Yevgeniya Yermakova	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|KAZ\|1996 Summer}}	25.97	q, NR
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \|rowspan=2\| 13	6	2	align=left\| Simone Osygus	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 26.00	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 7	6	align=left\| Angela Postma	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|1996 Summer}}	q
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 15	4	4	align=left\| Laura Petrutytė	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|LTU\|1996 Summer}}	26.13	q, =NR
bgcolor=e5ffe5 \| 16	7	7	align=left\| Claudia Franco	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ESP\|1996 Summer}}	26.17	q
17	4	2	align=left\| Vibeke Johansen	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NOR\|1996 Summer}}	26.22
18	7	1	align=left\| Rania Elwani	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|EGY\|1996 Summer}}	26.26	NR
19	7	8	align=left\| Siobhan Cropper	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|TRI\|1996 Summer}}	26.29	NR
rowspan=2\| 20	4	6	align=left\| Judith Draxler	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUT\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 26.34
5	2	align=left\| Sarah Ryan	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1996 Summer}}
rowspan=2\| 22	4	5	align=left\| Blanca Cerón	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ESP\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 26.39
6	1	align=left\| Sue Rolph	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1996 Summer}}
24	5	1	align=left\| Marianne Kriel	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|RSA\|1996 Summer}}	26.42
25	4	7	align=left\| Metka Sparavec	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SLO\|1996 Summer}}	26.43
26	4	3	align=left\| Martine Dessureault	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1996 Summer}}	26.44
27	6	7	align=left\| Luminița Dobrescu	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ROM\|1996 Summer}}	26.47
28	4	8	align=left\| Mette Nielsen	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|DEN\|1996 Summer}}	26.50
rowspan=2\| 29	4	1	align=left\| Casey Legler	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|1996 Summer}}	rowspan=2\| 26.52
7	2	align=left\| Laura Nicholls	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1996 Summer}}
31	5	8	align=left\| Dita Želvienė	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|LTU\|1996 Summer}}	26.55
32	3	8	align=left\| Dominique Diezi	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SUI\|1996 Summer}}	26.57	NR
33	3	2	align=left\| Eileen Coparropa	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PAN\|1996 Summer}}	26.67
34	3	4	align=left\| Minna Salmela	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|FIN\|1996 Summer}}	26.72
35	2	4	align=left\| Alison Fitch	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NZL\|1996 Summer}}	26.74
36	3	1	align=left\| Monica Dahl	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NAM\|1996 Summer}}	26.76
37	3	6	align=left\| Elín Sigurðardóttir	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ISL\|1996 Summer}}	26.90
38	6	8	align=left\| Lin Chien-ju	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|TPE\|1996 Summer}}	27.00
39	3	5	align=left\| Valeria Álvarez	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ARG\|1996 Summer}}	27.12
40	1	5	align=left\| Alena Popchanka	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BLR\|1996 Summer}}	27.18	NR
41	2	1	align=left\| Seo So-yung	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|KOR\|1996 Summer}}	27.30	NR
42	2	2	align=left\| Gyöngyvér Lakos	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|HUN\|1996 Summer}}	27.34
43	2	5	align=left\| Teresa Moodie	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ZIM\|1996 Summer}}	27.38
44	3	3	align=left\| Joscelin Yeo	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SIN\|1996 Summer}}	27.51
45	2	8	align=left\| Duška Radan	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|YUG\|1996 Summer}}	27.62	NR
46	2	3	align=left\| Gabrijela Ujčić	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CRO\|1996 Summer}}	27.63
47	2	7	align=left\| Agnese Ozoliņa	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|LAT\|1996 Summer}}	27.65
48	1	3	align=left\| Sangeeta Puri	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|IND\|1996 Summer}}	28.02
49	1	2	align=left\| Verónica Prono	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PAR\|1996 Summer}}	28.40
50	1	4	align=left\| Gail Rizzo	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|MLT\|1996 Summer}}	28.43
51	2	6	align=left\| Akiko Thomson	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PHI\|1996 Summer}}	28.51
52	1	6	align=left\| Võ Trần Trường An	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|VIE\|1996 Summer}}	29.02
53	1	7	align=left\| Ingrid Louis	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|MRI\|1996 Summer}}	29.56
54	1	1	align=left\| Monika Bakale	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CGO\|1996 Summer}}	34.43
55	1	8	align=left\| Nishma Gurung	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NEP\|1996 Summer}}	41.45
{{hs\|56}}	3	7	align=left\| Antonia Machaira	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GRE\|1996 Summer}}	{{abbr\|DNS\|Did not start}}