The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on July 24, 1996, 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 teams advance to the final (Q).

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes 1 2 4 Whitney Hedgepeth (1:01.45)Kristine Quance (1:10.40)Jenny Thompson (58.53)Catherine Fox (55.42) 4:05.80 Q 2 3 4 Nicole Stevenson (1:03.07)Helen Denman (1:09.62)Angela Kennedy (1:00.45)Sarah Ryan (55.73) 4:08.87 Q 3 3 3 Antje Buschschulte (1:02.83)Kathrin Dumitru (1:11.51)Franziska van Almsick (59.71)Sandra Völker (54.90) 4:08.95 Q 4 1 4 Chen Yan (1:02.88)Han Xue (1:11.28)Cai Huijue (59.78)Shan Ying (55.29) 4:09.23 Q 5 3 6 Marianne Kriel (1:02.74)Penny Heyns (1:07.78)Mandy Loots (1:02.44)Helene Muller (56.51) 4:09.47 Q, AF 6 2 5 Julie Howard (1:04.01)Guylaine Cloutier (1:08.80)Sarah Evanetz (1:01.02)Shannon Shakespeare (55.67) 4:09.50 Q 7 3 2 Lorenza Vigarani (1:03.88)Manuela Dalla Valle (1:09.30)Ilaria Tocchini (1:01.03)Cecilia Vianini (56.36) 4:10.57 Q 8 1 5 Nina Zhivanevskaya (1:02.40)Yelena Makarova (1:10.89)Svetlana Pozdeyeva (1:00.90)Natalya Meshcheryakova (56.46) 4:10.65 Q 9 3 5 Mai Nakamura (1:02.95)Masami Tanaka (1:10.82)Ayari Aoyama (1:00.87)Suzu Chiba (56.07) 4:10.71 10 2 3 Therese Alshammar (1:03.80)Hanna Jaltner (1:10.06)Johanna Sjöberg (1:00.77)Louise Jöhncke (56.25) 4:10.88 11 1 3 Krisztina Egerszegi (1:01.05)Ágnes Kovács (1:09.83)Edit Klocker (1:03.18)Anna Nyíri (56.86) 4:10.92 12 1 7 Brenda Starink (1:03.82)Madelon Baans (1:10.13)Wilma van Hofwegen (1:01.13)Karin Brienesse (56.56) 4:11.64 13 2 6 Helen Slatter (1:03.87)Jaime King (1:11.15)Caroline Foot (1:01.75)Karen Pickering (56.98) 4:13.75 14 1 2 Anu Koivisto (1:04.19)Mia Hagman (1:11.33)Marja Pärssinen (1:02.01)Minna Salmela (56.61) 4:14.14 NR 15 2 2 Eva Piñera (1:04.92)María Olay (1:12.65)María Peláez (1:01.38)Claudia Franco (56.68) 4:15.63 16 1 6 Hélène Ricardo (1:04.10)Karine Brémond (1:11.93)Cécile Jeanson (1:02.73)Solenne Figuès (56.93) 4:15.69 17 2 7 Cătălina Cășaru (1:05.06)Beatrice Câșlaru (1:12.31)Loredana Zisu (1:02.65)Luminiţa Dobrescu (56.16) 4:16.18 18 2 1 Lee Ji-hyun (1:04.55)Byun Hye-young (1:13.22)Park Woo-hee (1:04.48)Lee Bo-eun (56.73) 4:18.98 NR 19 3 7 Lydia Lipscombe (1:04.29)Anna Wilson (1:13.82)Anna Simcic (1:04.95)Alison Fitch (56.77) 4:19.83 20 2 8 Kateřina Pivoňková (1:05.76)Lenka Maňhalová (1:13.41)Marcela Kubalčíková (1:04.34)Kristýna Kyněrová (57.54 ) 4:21.05 21 3 1 Maria Santos (1:05.70)Joana Soutinho (1:13.73)Ana Francisco (1:04.29)Ana Alegria (57.89) 4:21.61 22 3 8 Aikaterini Klepkou (1:05.76)Aikaterini Sarakatsani (1:15.59)Marina Karystinou (1:05.42)Antonia Machaira (58.03) 4:24.80 23 1 8 Valeria Álvarez (1:05.69)María Carolina Santa Cruz (1:15.13)María del Pilar Pereyra (1:04.33)María Bertelloti (1:02.84) 4:27.99 24 1 1 Lin Chien-ju (1:10.67)Mou Ying-hsin (1:20.41)Hsieh Shu-ting (1:05.09)Tsai Shu-min (1:02.73) 4:38.90

Final

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes 4 Beth Botsford (1:01.67)Amanda Beard (1:08.34)Angel Martino (58.70)Amy Van Dyken (54.17) 4:02.88 5 Nicole Stevenson (1:02.65)Samantha Riley (1:08.19)Susie O'Neill (59.03)Sarah Ryan (55.21) 4:05.08 6 Chen Yan (1:02.48)Han Xue (1:09.92)Cai Huijue (59.92)Shan Ying (55.02) 4:07.34 4 2 Marianne Kriel (1:02.39)Penny Heyns (1:07.41)Mandy Loots (1:02.33)Helene Muller (56.03) 4:08.16 AF 5 7 Julie Howard (1:03.54)Guylaine Cloutier (1:08.79)Sarah Evanetz (1:00.85)Shannon Shakespeare (55.11) 4:08.29 6 3 Antje Buschschulte (1:02.61)Kathrin Dumitru (1:11.68)Franziska van Almsick (1:00.42)Sandra Völker (54.51) 4:09.22 7 8 Nina Zhivanevskaya (1:02.08)Yelena Makarova (1:11.76)Yelena Nazemnova (1:00.80)Natalya Meshcheryakova (55.92) 4:10.56 8 1 Lorenza Vigarani (1:03.73)Manuela Dalla Valle (1:09.42)Ilaria Tocchini (1:01.01)Cecilia Vianini (56.43) 4:10.59

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming