Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly
Appearance
Men's 100 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 24 July 1996 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 61 from 56 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 52.27 WR | ||||||||||||
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 men'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.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
52.32 | Vienna, Austria | 23 August 1995 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
53.00 | Seoul, South Korea | 21 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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24 July | Heat 7 | Scott Miller | ![]() |
52.89 | OR |
24 July | Final A | Denis Pankratov | ![]() |
52.27 | WR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
[edit]Final B
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 3 | James Hickman | ![]() |
53.23 | |
4 | Mark Henderson | ![]() |
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11 | 5 | Péter Horváth | ![]() |
53.48 | |
12 | 2 | Ricardo Busquets | ![]() |
53.65 | NR |
13 | 7 | Takashi Yamamoto | ![]() |
53.98 | |
14 | 6 | Franck Esposito | ![]() |
54.02 | |
15 | 1 | Edward Parenti | ![]() |
54.19 | |
16 | 8 | John Hargis | ![]() |
54.29 |
Final A
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Denis Pankratov | ![]() |
52.27 | WR |
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4 | Scott Miller | ![]() |
52.53 | OC |
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8 | Vladislav Kulikov | ![]() |
53.13 | |
4 | 6 | Jiang Chengji | ![]() |
53.20 | AS |
5 | 2 | Rafał Szukała | ![]() |
53.29 | |
6 | 1 | Michael Klim | ![]() |
53.30 | |
7 | 7 | Stephen Clarke | ![]() |
53.33 | |
8 | 3 | Pavlo Khnykin | ![]() |
53.58 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 46. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 46. Retrieved 11 September 2017.