Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The final of the women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 31, 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 2 4 Betsy Mitchell 1:02.53 Q 2 1 4 Theresa Andrews 1:02.94 Q 4 5 Jolanda de Rover Q 4 4 2 Beverley Rose 1:03.61 Q, NR 5 4 4 Carmen Bunaciu 1:03.79 Q 6 2 5 Svenja Schlicht 1:04.02 Q 7 3 4 Anca Pătrășcoiu 1:04.16 Q 8 1 3 Brigitte van der Lans 1:04.57 2 5 Carmel Clark 10 2 3 Manuela Carosi 1:04.77 q 11 3 5 Georgina Parkes 1:04.90 q 12 3 3 Reema Abdo 1:04.92 q 13 1 5 Audrey Moore 1:04.96 q 14 1 6 Catherine White 1:05.03 q 15 4 7 Sabine Pauwels 1:05.17 q 16 3 6 Eva Gysling 1:05.18 q 17 3 2 Sandra Dahlmann 1:05.27 18 1 7 Naomi Sekido 1:05.60 19 1 2 Michelle MacPherson 1:06.04 20 4 6 Anna-Karin Eriksson 1:06.09 21 4 3 Teresa Rivera 1:06.39 22 2 6 Yolande van der Straeten 1:07.07 23 3 7 Nozomi Sunouchi 1:07.23 24 2 7 Choi Yun-hui 1:07.35 25 3 1 Guo Huaying 1:08.21 26 1 1 Lotta Flink 1:09.70 27 4 8 Kathy Wong 1:10.19 28 2 8 Christine Jacob 1:10.28 29 1 8 Sharon Pickering 1:10.49 30 2 1 Petra Bekaert 1:10.60 31 3 8 Helen Chow 1:11.30 4 1 Lise Lotte Nylund

Swimoff

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Carmel Clark 1:04.33 Q, NR 2 4 Brigitte van der Lans 1:04.82 q

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 2 Audrey Moore 1:04.15 10 5 Manuela Carosi 1:04.52 3 Georgina Parkes 12 4 Brigitte van der Lans 1:04.75 13 7 Catherine White 1:04.99 14 6 Reema Abdo 1:05.13 15 1 Sabine Pauwels 1:05.33 16 8 Eva Gysling 1:06.11

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Theresa Andrews 1:02.55 4 Betsy Mitchell 1:02.63 5 Jolanda de Rover 1:02.91 4 2 Carmen Bunaciu 1:03.21 5 1 Anca Pătrășcoiu 1:03.29 6 7 Svenja Schlicht 1:03.46 NR 7 6 Beverley Rose 1:04.16 8 8 Carmel Clark 1:04.47

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming