The women'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.

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 5 4 Angel Martino 59.31 Q 2 6 3 Amy Van Dyken 1:00.04 Q 3 6 5 Liu Limin 1:00.18 Q 4 6 4 Ayari Aoyama 1:00.20 Q 5 5 5 Susie O'Neill 1:00.55 Q 6 4 4 Hitomi Kashima 1:00.85 Q 7 4 5 Cai Huijue 1:00.89 Q 8 4 3 Mette Jacobsen 1:00.91 Q 9 5 2 Johanna Sjöberg 1:01.01 q 10 4 2 Gabrielle Rose 1:01.22 q, SA 11 5 7 Sophia Skou 1:01.25 q 12 6 6 Svetlana Pozdeyeva 1:01.29 q 13 6 2 Sarah Evanetz 1:01.32 q 14 4 7 Julia Voitovitsch 1:01.47 q 15 5 1 Yelena Nazemnova 1:01.54 q 16 4 6 Cécile Jeanson 1:01.58 q 17 5 6 Ilaria Tocchini 1:01.83 18 5 3 Angela Kennedy 1:01.89 19 6 7 María Peláez 1:01.99 20 3 7 Nataliya Zolotukhina 1:02.18 NR 21 3 5 Anna Uryniuk 1:02.39 22 3 3 Marja Pärssinen 1:02.53 23 4 8 Loredana Zisu 1:02.66 24 4 1 Joscelin Yeo 1:02.71 25 6 8 Jessica Amey 1:02.81 26 2 5 Ana Francisco 1:02.98 27 5 8 Caroline Foot 1:03.04 28 3 8 Praphalsai Minpraphal 1:03.35 29 3 1 Eydis Konráðsdóttir 1:03.41 NR 30 3 2 Mandy Loots 1:03.53 31 3 6 Edit Klocker 1:03.61 32 3 4 Marion Madine 1:03.80 33 2 3 Marcela Kubalčíková 1:03.82 34 1 5 María del Pilar Pereyra 1:03.98 NR 35 2 7 Natalya Baranovskaya 1:04.09 36 2 8 Taryn Ashton 1:04.11 37 2 2 Nataša Meškovska 1:04.25 38 2 4 Hsieh Shu-ting 1:04.39 39 1 3 Dita Želvienė 1:04.63 40 2 1 Marina Karystinou 1:05.05 41 1 4 Park Woo-hee 1:05.36 42 2 6 Gabrijela Ujčić 1:06.85 1 6 Monica Dahl 6 1 Sandra Völker

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Johanna Sjöberg 1:00.76 NR 10 1 Yelena Nazemnova 1:00.93 11 3 Sophia Skou 1:00.95 12 7 Julia Voitovitsch 1:01.14 13 8 Cécile Jeanson 1:01.20 14 5 Gabrielle Rose 1:01.39 15 2 Sarah Evanetz 1:01.44 16 6 Svetlana Pozdeyeva 1:01.62

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Amy Van Dyken 59.13 3 Liu Limin 59.14 4 Angel Martino 59.23 4 7 Hitomi Kashima 1:00.11 5 2 Susie O'Neill 1:00.17 6 6 Ayari Aoyama 1:00.18 7 1 Cai Huijue 1:00.46 8 8 Mette Jacobsen 1:00.76

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming