| Women's 50 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
| Date | 26 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 56 from 48 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 24.87 AM | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 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.
| World record |  Le Jingyi (CHN) |
24.51 | Rome, Italy | 11 September 1994 |
| Olympic record |  Yang Wenyi (CHN) |
24.79 | Barcelona, Spain | 31 July 1992 |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 3 | Marianne Muis |  Netherlands |
25.74 | |
| 10 | 2 | Angela Postma | Netherlands |
25.82 | |
| 11 | 8 | Claudia Franco |  Spain |
26.04 | |
| 12 | 5 | Sumika Minamoto |  Japan |
26.05 | |
| 13 | 6 | Yevgeniya Yermakova |  Kazakhstan |
26.06 | |
| 14 | 7 | Simone Osygus |  Germany |
26.16 | |
| 15 | 4 | Karen van Wirdum |  Australia |
26.17 | |
| 16 | 1 | Laura Petrutytė |  Lithuania |
26.36 |
Final A
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Amy Van Dyken |  United States |
24.87 | AM |
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4 | Le Jingyi | China |
24.90 | |
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3 | Sandra Völker | Germany |
25.14 | |
| 4 | 6 | Angel Martino | United States |
25.31 | |
| 5 | 1 | Leah Martindale |  Barbados |
25.49 | NR |
| 6 | 8 | Linda Olofsson |  Sweden |
25.63 | |
| 7 | 2 | Shan Ying | China |
25.70 | |
| 7 | Natalya Meshcheryakova |  Russia |
References
- "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 50 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. pp. 35–36. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 36. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
