The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 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.

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record 24 July Heat 7 Scott Miller 52.89 24 July Final A Denis Pankratov 52.27

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 Scott Miller 52.89 Q, 2 8 4 Denis Pankratov 52.96 Q 3 7 7 Pavlo Khnykin 53.25 Q, NR 4 8 2 Jiang Chengji 53.40 Q 5 6 2 Stephen Clarke 53.41 Q 8 3 Rafał Szukała Q 7 7 5 Michael Klim 53.42 Q 8 6 4 Vladislav Kulikov 53.54 Q 9 7 3 Mark Henderson 53.58 q 10 8 6 Péter Horváth 53.69 q 11 7 6 James Hickman 53.73 q 12 6 3 Franck Esposito 53.77 q 13 4 5 Ricardo Busquets 53.90 q, NR 4 3 Francisco Sánchez q, , NR 15 7 2 Takashi Yamamoto 53.95 q, NR 16 7 1 Edward Parenti 54.03 q 17 6 5 John Hargis 54.06 q 18 8 5 Denys Sylantyev 54.33 19 6 6 Lars Frölander 54.37 20 8 8 Yukihiro Matsushita 54.50 21 5 6 Andrey Gavrilov 54.56 NR 6 7 Oliver Lampe 23 5 4 Miloš Milošević 54.62 8 1 Stefan Aartsen 25 5 1 Vesa Hanski 54.73 26 7 8 Denislav Kalchev 54.81 27 4 4 Derya Büyükuncu 54.89 28 4 2 Vladan Marković 54.90 29 5 2 Jesús González 54.94 30 6 1 Diego Perdomo 55.08 31 5 8 Dan Kutler 55.11 32 3 4 André Teixeira 55.23 33 4 1 Javier Golovchenko 55.26 NR 34 5 7 Danyon Loader 55.39 35 4 8 Răzvan Petcu 55.50 36 5 3 Peter Mankoč 55.59 37 2 3 Rubén Piñeda 56.01 38 8 7 José Meolans 56.02 39 5 5 Andrea Oriana 56.04 40 3 3 Giovanni Linscheer 56.09 41 3 6 Janko Gojković 56.11 NR 42 1 4 Kire Filipovski 56.13 NR 43 4 7 Georgios Popotas 56.16 44 3 1 Roberto Delgado 56.29 NR 45 3 5 Anthony Ang 56.41 46 3 7 Maxim Cazmirciuc 56.46 4 6 Tamer Hamed 48 2 4 Ravil Nachaev 56.61 49 2 6 Artūrs Jakovļevs 56.62 50 2 1 Arthur Li Kai Yien 56.92 51 3 8 Patrick Sagisi 56.93 52 1 5 Yang Dae-chul 57.05 53 2 7 Thum Ping Tjin 57.07 54 1 3 Mindaugas Bružas 57.10 55 2 2 José Isaza 57.62 56 2 8 Alain Sergile 58.23 57 1 6 Kamal Salman Masud 58.59 58 1 2 David Pereyra 1:01.63 2 5 Salim Iles 3 2 Indrek Sei 6 8 Martín López-Zubero

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 3 James Hickman 53.23 4 Mark Henderson 11 5 Péter Horváth 53.48 12 2 Ricardo Busquets 53.65 NR 13 7 Takashi Yamamoto 53.98 14 6 Franck Esposito 54.02 15 1 Edward Parenti 54.19 16 8 John Hargis 54.29

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Denis Pankratov 52.27 4 Scott Miller 52.53 OC 8 Vladislav Kulikov 53.13 4 6 Jiang Chengji 53.20 AS 5 2 Rafał Szukała 53.29 6 1 Michael Klim 53.30 7 7 Stephen Clarke 53.33 8 3 Pavlo Khnykin 53.58

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming