The final of the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 29, 1984.

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 6 4 Nancy Hogshead 55.85 Q 2 2 4 Annemarie Verstappen 56.11 Q 3 3 4 Carrie Steinseifer 56.46 Q 4 4 3 Michelle Pearson 56.75 Q, OC 5 3 5 Susanne Schuster 56.85 Q 6 4 4 Conny van Bentum 56.94 Q 7 5 4 June Croft 57.12 Q 8 6 5 Angela Russell 57.30 Q 9 1 5 Iris Zscherpe 57.31 q 10 4 5 Pamela Rai 57.41 q 11 1 3 Sophie Kamoun 57.49 q 12 2 3 Silvia Persi 57.62 q 13 5 5 Nicola Fibbens 57.80 q 14 5 3 Maria Kardum 58.22 q 15 6 3 Agneta Eriksson 58.43 q 16 2 5 Jane Kerr 58.46 q 17 1 4 Kaori Yanase 58.47 18 3 3 Maarit Vähäsaari-Sihvonen 58.51 19 3 6 Marie-Thérèse Armentero 58.73 20 4 6 Patricia Kohlmann 58.76 21 5 6 Chikako Nakamori 59.00 22 3 7 Ding Jilian 59.11 23 2 6 Sofia Dara 59.25 24 6 2 Grazia Colombo 59.43 25 1 6 Teresa Rivera 59.61 26 6 7 Yan Hong 1:00.45 27 6 6 Virginia Sachero 1:00.53 28 2 2 Carmel Clark 1:00.63 29 5 2 Shelley Cramer 1:00.65 30 4 7 Kim Jin-suk 1:00.91 31 4 2 Sandra Crousse 1:01.02 32 2 7 Kathy Wong 1:01.03 33 5 7 Carol Ann Heavey 1:01.34 34 3 2 Fenella Ng 1:01.82 35 1 2 Faten Ghattas 1:02.00 36 5 1 Christine Jacob 1:02.43 37 2 1 Blanca Morales 1:02.48 38 6 1 Helen Chow 1:02.53 39 1 7 Anna Doig 1:02.72 40 4 1 Sherwite Hafez 1:02.78 41 5 8 Karen Slowing-Aceituno 1:03.46 42 3 1 Nevine Hafez 1:04.06 43 1 1 Sharon Pickering 1:04.25 44 6 8 Daniela Galassi 1:06.19 45 4 8 María Lardizábal 1:07.80

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Iris Zscherpe 57.19 10 6 Silvia Persi 57.24 11 2 Nicola Fibbens 57.36 12 5 Pamela Rai 57.56 13 3 Sophie Kamoun 57.81 14 8 Jane Kerr 57.85 15 1 Agneta Eriksson 58.08 16 7 Maria Kardum 58.12

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Nancy Hogshead 55.92 3 Carrie Steinseifer 55.92 5 Annemarie Verstappen 56.08 4 7 Conny van Bentum 56.43 5 6 Michelle Pearson 56.83 6 1 June Croft 56.90 7 2 Susanne Schuster 57.11 8 8 Angela Russell 58.09

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming