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Swimming At The 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 Metre Freestyle
The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 20 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie .... Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. The following records were established during the competition: Results Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). Finals Final B Final A References External links Official ReportUSA Swimming {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics 1996 in women's swimming Women's events at the 1996 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
The Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center (abbreviated CRC, formerly known as the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center and the Georgia Tech Student Athletic Center) is part of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech campus. History Georgia Tech's athletic center began at its current location in 1977 as the Student Athletic Center, or SAC. Later, Georgia Tech was chosen as the site of the 1996 Summer Olympics aquatic venue, and the Aquatic Center was constructed next to the SAC. The Aquatic Center cost $16.8 million, and featured competitions in Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics, swimming, Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics, synchronized swimming, Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics, diving, Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics, water polo, and the swimming segment of the Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics, modern pentathlon competition. The stadium had a capacity of 14,600 at the time. It also had a temporary pool for the water polo competitions sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Brienesse
Karin Brienesse (born 17 July 1969 in Breda) is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. There she won the silver medal with the Dutch 4×100 m freestyle relay team, behind East Germany. Three years later Brienesse won the title in the same event at the European LC Championships 1991 in Athens, Greece Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates .... gbrathletics.com References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Shakespeare
Shannon Shakespeare (born May 6, 1977) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer and freestyle specialist. Shakespeare competed for Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics in 1996 and 2000. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, she finished in 17th position in the 100-metre freestyle, 5th place in the 4x200 metre freestyle and 4x100 metre medley relays, and 7th place in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay. A key member of the Canadian women's relay teams in the 1990s, Shakespeare won a gold medal in the 4x200 metre freestyle relay at the 1995 World Championships. She also won a bronze medal in the 50-metre freestyle and 4x100-metre freestyle relay in the 1994 Commonwealth Games. She was the Canadian champion in the women's 50, 100, and 200-metre freestyle, and a 23-time All American while swimming at the University of Michigan. Shakespeare was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2013. See also * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Rolph
Susan Rolph (born 15 May 1978) is a female former freestyle and medley swimmer from Great Britain. Swimming career Rolph was one of the dominating forces in the 1990s of British women's swimming. Her Commonwealth Games medal haul consists of three gold, one silver and two bronze medals. She represented England in four events, winning a gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. Four years later she represented England in five events and gained a medal in all five including two gold medals, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She is a four times winner of the British Championship in the 50 metres freestyle (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998), four times winner of the 100 metres freestyle (1994, 1995, 1998, 1999) and the 200 metres freestyle champion in 2000. She also won the 50 metres butterfly title in 1994 and was six times champion in the 200 metres medley (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000). S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Olofsson (swimmer)
Linda Susanne Olofsson (later ''Andersson''; born 29 August 1972) is a former female Freestyle swimming, freestyle swimming (sport), swimmer from Sweden. She competed twice at the Summer Olympics for her native country, in 1992 and 1996, both in the women's 50 m freestyle and the women's 4×100 m freestyle. Born in Piteå, Norrbotten, Olofsson represented Sundsvalls SS and Södertälje SS. References External links * 1972 births Living people Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Sweden Sportspeople from Piteå Swedish female freestyle swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 20th-century Swedish women Sundsvalls SS swimmers Södertälje SS swimmers {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Pickering
Karen Denise Pickering, MBE (born 19 December 1971) is a former freestyle swimmer from Great Britain. Swimming career She made her international senior debut in 1986. She was first selected to represent her country at the European Junior Championships. Pickering competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won her first medal in 1993, at the inaugural 1993 FINA Short Course World Championships in Palma de Mallorca, where she won the gold medal in the 200 m freestyle. With that performance Pickering became Britain's first swimming world champion. She was a member of the British swimming squad from 1986 to 2005 and has a collection that includes 8 World Championship medals (4 gold), 14 European Championship medals, 38 National Championship titles, and a Commonwealth Games medal haul of 13 including 4 gold. The 2002 Commonwealth Games saw Karen win three medals, two gold and one silver, in front of her home crowd, a career highlight which was crow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalya Meshcheryakova
Natalya Meshcheryakova (russian: Наталья Мещерякова); born 1 June 1972, is a former freestyle swimmer from Russia. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games & the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, finishing sixth in the final of the 50 metres freestyle in a time of 25.47 seconds in 1992. Meshcheryakova competed for the Unified team in 1992, & for Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ... in 1996. Her best result at the Olympics was a bronze medal in 1992 whilst swimming the anchor leg for the Unified teams 4 x 100 metre medley relay. References Russian female freestyle swimmers Soviet female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Unified Team Olympic swimmers of Russia Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luminița Dobrescu
Luminiţa Liliana Dobrescu (born 19 April 1971) is a retired Romanian freestyle swimmer who won four medals at the 1987, 1991 and 1993 European Aquatics Championships. She also participated in the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics in various individual freestyle and team relay events; her best achievement was fifth place in the 200 m freestyle in 1988. Between 1986 and 1993, she won seven national titles. Education and career Dobrescu graduated from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport of the West University of Timișoara. She retired from competitive swimming around 1997, and worked as lifeguard A lifeguard is a rescuer who supervises the safety and rescue of swimmers, surfers, and other water sports participants such as in a swimming pool, water park, beach, spa, river and lake. Lifeguards are trained in swimming and CPR/ AED first a ... and swimming coach. In September 2008, she received the title of Honorary Citizen of Reşiţa. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Moravcová
Martina Moravcová (born 16 January 1976) is a Slovak medley, butterfly, and freestyle swimmer. She made her international swimming debut in 1991 for Czechoslovakia, and has gone on to compete in five consecutive Summer Olympics (1992–2008). She is a two-time Olympic silver medalist, both achieved at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the 100-meter butterfly, she finished second to Inge de Bruijn, and in the 200-meter freestyle, she finished eight one-hundredths of a second to home favorite Susie O'Neill. Early life Martina Moravcová was born in 1976 in Piešťany. As a child, she liked to go to the swimming pool and swim in Váh river and when she became a young girl, participated in yachting on Sĺňava Lake. In the 1990s she moved to Dallas, Texas where she started attending Southern Methodist University. Career In 1999, she was named the NCAA's Women's Swimmer of the Year While at SMU, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top female swimmer in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Barbadian Records In Swimming
This is a list of national swimming records for Barbados. These are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing the country. These records are kept by Barbados's national swimming federation: the Barbados Amateur Swimming Association (BASA). All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise. Long Course (50 m) Men Women Mixed relay Short Course (25 m) Men Women References ;generalBarbadian Long Course Records''30 June 2021 updated''Barbadian Short Course Records''30 June 2021 updated'' ;specific External linksBASA web site {{Records in swimming Barbados Records A record, recording or records may refer to: An item or collection of data Computing * Record (computer science), a data structure ** Record, or row (database), a set of fields in a database related to one entity ** Boot sector or boot record, r ... Swimming records ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leah Martindale
Leah Simone Martindale-Stancil (born June 27, 1978) is a Barbadian former competition swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. Martindale represented Barbados in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000), where she became the first black female in history to reach an Olympic swimming final in the 50 m freestyle. She also holds three Barbadian records in a sprint freestyle double (50 and 100 m) and in the 50 m butterfly, and twelve All-American honors, while attending the University of Florida. Career Early years and education Martindale was born in Bridgetown, Barbados, the daughter of Alfred and Claire Martindale. She began swimming seriously at the age of five with the Pirates Club, coached by Marlyn Ouimet. As a teenager, Martindale attended The St. Michael School in Bridgetown, where she held numerous meet records in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly, and 200-yard butterfly. After graduating from high school in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shan Ying
Shan Ying (born 7 August 1978) is a Chinese swimmer and Olympic medalist. She participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ..., winning a silver medal in 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay, and a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metre medley relay. References External links * 1978 births Living people Chinese female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for China Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics World record setters in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Asian Games medalists in swimming Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
