Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Alexander Popov Russia (RUS)	22.13	Gary Hall, Jr. United States (USA)	22.26	Fernando Scherer Brazil (BRA)	22.29
100 m freestyle	Alexander Popov Russia (RUS)	48.74	Gary Hall, Jr. United States (USA)	48.81	Gustavo Borges Brazil (BRA)	49.02
200 m freestyle	Danyon Loader New Zealand (NZL)	1:47.63	Gustavo Borges Brazil (BRA)	1:48.08	Daniel Kowalski Australia (AUS)	1:48.25
400 m freestyle	Danyon Loader New Zealand (NZL)	3:47.97	Paul Palmer Great Britain (GBR)	3:49.00	Daniel Kowalski Australia (AUS)	3:49.39
1500 m freestyle	Kieren Perkins Australia (AUS)	14:56.40	Daniel Kowalski Australia (AUS)	15:02.43	Graeme Smith Great Britain (GBR)	15:02.48
100 m backstroke	Jeff Rouse United States (USA)	54.10	Rodolfo Falcon Cuba (CUB)	54.98	Neisser Bent Cuba (CUB)	55.02
200 m backstroke	Brad Bridgewater United States (USA)	1:58.54	Tripp Schwenk United States (USA)	1:58.99	Emanuele Merisi Italy (ITA)	1:59.18
100 m breaststroke	Fred Deburghgraeve Belgium (BEL)	1:00.65	Jeremy Linn United States (USA)	1:00.77	Mark Warnecke Germany (GER)	1:01.33
200 m breaststroke	Norbert Rózsa Hungary (HUN)	2:12.57	Károly Güttler Hungary (HUN)	2:13.03	Andrei Korneyev Russia (RUS)	2:13.17
100 m butterfly	Denis Pankratov Russia (RUS)	52.27	Scott Miller Australia (AUS)	52.53	Vladislav Kulikov Russia (RUS)	53.13
200 m butterfly	Denis Pankratov Russia (RUS)	1:56.51	Tom Malchow United States (USA)	1:57.44	Scott Goodman Australia (AUS)	1:57.48
200 m individual medley	Attila Czene Hungary (HUN)	1:59.91	Jani Sievinen Finland (FIN)	2:00.13	Curtis Myden Canada (CAN)	2:01.13
400 m individual medley	Tom Dolan United States (USA)	4:14.90	Eric Namesnik United States (USA)	4:15.25	Curtis Myden Canada (CAN)	4:16.28
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Jon Olsen Josh Davis Bradley Schumacher Gary Hall, Jr.	3:15.41	Russia (RUS) Roman Yegorov Alexander Popov Vladimir Predkin Vladimir Pyshnenko	3:17.06	Germany (GER) Christian Tröger Bengt Zikarsky Björn Zikarsky Mark Pinger	3:17.20
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Josh Davis Joe Hudepohl Bradley Schumacher Ryan Berube	7:14.84	Sweden (SWE) Christer Wallin Anders Holmertz Lars Frölander Anders Lyrbring	7:17.56	Germany (GER) Aimo Heilmann Christian Keller Christian Tröger Steffen Zesner	7:17.71
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Jeff Rouse Jeremy Linn Mark Henderson Gary Hall, Jr.	3:34.84	Russia (RUS) Vladimir Selkov Stanislav Lopukhov Denis Pankratov Alexander Popov	3:37.55	Australia (AUS) Steven Dewick Phil Rogers Scott Miller Michael Klim	3:39.56

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Amy Van Dyken United States (USA)	24.87	Le Jingyi China (CHN)	24.90	Sandra Völker Germany (GER)	25.14
100 m freestyle	Le Jingyi China (CHN)	54.50	Sandra Völker Germany (GER)	54.88	Angel Martino United States (USA)	54.93
200 m freestyle	Claudia Poll Costa Rica (CRC)	1:58.16	Franziska van Almsick Germany (GER)	1:58.57	Dagmar Hase Germany (GER)	1:59.56
400 m freestyle	Michelle Smith Ireland (IRL)	4:07.25	Dagmar Hase Germany (GER)	4:08.30	Kirsten Vlieghuis Netherlands (NED)	4:08.70
800 m freestyle	Brooke Bennett United States (USA)	8:27.89	Dagmar Hase Germany (GER)	8:29.91	Kirsten Vlieghuis Netherlands (NED)	8:30.84
100 m backstroke	Beth Botsford United States (USA)	1:01.19	Whitney Hedgepeth United States (USA)	1:01.47	Marianne Kriel South Africa (RSA)	1:02.12
200 m backstroke	Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary (HUN)	2:07.83	Whitney Hedgepeth United States (USA)	2:11.98	Cathleen Rund Germany (GER)	2:12.06
100 m breaststroke	Penelope Heyns South Africa (RSA)	1:07.73	Amanda Beard United States (USA)	1:08.09	Samantha Riley Australia (AUS)	1:09.18
200 m breaststroke	Penelope Heyns South Africa (RSA)	2:25.41	Amanda Beard United States (USA)	2:25.75	Ágnes Kovács Hungary (HUN)	2:26.57
100 m butterfly	Amy Van Dyken United States (USA)	59.13	Liu Limin China (CHN)	59.14	Angel Martino United States (USA)	59.23
200 m butterfly	Susie O'Neill Australia (AUS)	2:07.76	Petria Thomas Australia (AUS)	2:09.82	Michelle Smith Ireland (IRL)	2:09.91
200 m individual medley	Michelle Smith Ireland (IRL)	2:13.93	Marianne Limpert Canada (CAN)	2:14.35	Li Lin China (CHN)	2:14.74
400 m individual medley	Michelle Smith Ireland (IRL)	4:39.18	Allison Wagner United States (USA)	4:42.03	Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary (HUN)	4:42.53
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Angel Martino Amy Van Dyken Catherine Fox Jenny Thompson	3:39.29	China (CHN) Le Jingyi Na Chao Yun Nian Shan Ying	3:40.48	Germany (GER) Sandra Völker Simone Osygus Antje Buschschulte Franziska van Almsick	3:41.48
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Trina Jackson Cristina Teuscher Sheila Taormina Jenny Thompson	7:59.87	Germany (GER) Franziska van Almsick Kerstin Kielgass Anke Scholz Dagmar Hase	8:01.55	Australia (AUS) Julia Greville Nicole Stevenson Emma Johnson Susie O'Neill	8:05.47
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Beth Botsford Amanda Beard Angel Martino Amy Van Dyken	4:02.88	Australia (AUS) Nicole Stevenson Samantha Riley Susie O'Neill Sarah Ryan	4:05.08	China (CHN) Chen Yan Han Xue Cai Huijue Shan Ying	4:07.34

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	13	11	2	26
2	Australia (AUS)	2	4	6	12
3	Germany (GER)	0	5	7	12
4	Russia (RUS)	4	2	2	8
5	Hungary (HUN)	3	1	2	6
6	China (CHN)	1	3	2	6
7	Ireland (IRL)	3	0	1	4
8	South Africa (RSA)	2	0	1	3
9	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	2	3
	Canada (CAN)	0	1	2	3
11	New Zealand (NZL)	2	0	0	2
12	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	1	2
14	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
15	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	0	1
	Costa Rica (CRC)	1	0	0	1
17	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
19	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1

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