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.

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

Results

Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 4 Le Jingyi 25.10 Q 2 6 4 Amy Van Dyken 25.12 Q 3 6 5 Sandra Völker 25.45 Q 4 5 4 Angel Martino 25.47 Q 5 5 5 Shan Ying 25.71 Q 6 7 5 Natalya Meshcheryakova 25.73 Q 7 5 6 Leah Martindale 25.76 Q 8 6 3 Linda Olofsson 25.84 Q 9 5 3 Karen van Wirdum 25.88 q 10 7 3 Sumika Minamoto 25.89 q 11 6 6 Marianne Muis 25.93 q 12 5 7 Yevgeniya Yermakova 25.97 q, NR 13 6 2 Simone Osygus 26.00 q 7 6 Angela Postma q 15 4 4 Laura Petrutytė 26.13 q, =NR 16 7 7 Claudia Franco 26.17 q 17 4 2 Vibeke Johansen 26.22 18 7 1 Rania Elwani 26.26 NR 19 7 8 Siobhan Cropper 26.29 NR 20 4 6 Judith Draxler 26.34 5 2 Sarah Ryan 22 4 5 Blanca Cerón 26.39 6 1 Sue Rolph 24 5 1 Marianne Kriel 26.42 25 4 7 Metka Sparavec 26.43 26 4 3 Martine Dessureault 26.44 27 6 7 Luminița Dobrescu 26.47 28 4 8 Mette Nielsen 26.50 29 4 1 Casey Legler 26.52 7 2 Laura Nicholls 31 5 8 Dita Želvienė 26.55 32 3 8 Dominique Diezi 26.57 NR 33 3 2 Eileen Coparropa 26.67 34 3 4 Minna Salmela 26.72 35 2 4 Alison Fitch 26.74 36 3 1 Monica Dahl 26.76 37 3 6 Elín Sigurðardóttir 26.90 38 6 8 Lin Chien-ju 27.00 39 3 5 Valeria Álvarez 27.12 40 1 5 Alena Popchanka 27.18 NR 41 2 1 Seo So-yung 27.30 NR 42 2 2 Gyöngyvér Lakos 27.34 43 2 5 Teresa Moodie 27.38 44 3 3 Joscelin Yeo 27.51 45 2 8 Duška Radan 27.62 NR 46 2 3 Gabrijela Ujčić 27.63 47 2 7 Agnese Ozoliņa 27.65 48 1 3 Sangeeta Puri 28.02 49 1 2 Verónica Prono 28.40 50 1 4 Gail Rizzo 28.43 51 2 6 Akiko Thomson 28.51 52 1 6 Võ Trần Trường An 29.02 53 1 7 Ingrid Louis 29.56 54 1 1 Monika Bakale 34.43 55 1 8 Nishma Gurung 41.45 3 7 Antonia Machaira

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 3 Marianne Muis 25.74 10 2 Angela Postma 25.82 11 8 Claudia Franco 26.04 12 5 Sumika Minamoto 26.05 13 6 Yevgeniya Yermakova 26.06 14 7 Simone Osygus 26.16 15 4 Karen van Wirdum 26.17 16 1 Laura Petrutytė 26.36

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Amy Van Dyken 24.87 AM 4 Le Jingyi 24.90 3 Sandra Völker 25.14 4 6 Angel Martino 25.31 5 1 Leah Martindale 25.49 NR 6 8 Linda Olofsson 25.63 7 2 Shan Ying 25.70 7 Natalya Meshcheryakova

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming