Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

MEN'S EVENTS

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
50 m freestyle	Alexander Vladimirovich Popov, Russia	22.13 sec	Gary Hall, Jr., USA	22.26 sec	Fernando Scherer, Brazil	22.29 sec
100 m freestyle	Alexander Vladimirovich Popov, Russia	48.74 sec	Gary Hall, Jr., USA	48.81 sec	Gustavo Borges, Brazil	49.02 sec
200 m freestyle	Danyon Loader, New Zealand	1:47.63 min	Gustavo Borges, Brazil	1:48.08 min	Daniel Kowalski, Australia	1:48.25 min
400 m freestyle	Danyon Loader, New Zealand	3:47.97 min	Paul Palmer, Great Britain	3:49.00 min	Daniel Kowalski, Australia	3:49.39 min
1500 m freestyle	Kieren Perkins, Australia	14:56.40 min	Daniel Kowalski, Australia	15:02.43 min	Graeme Smith, Great Britain	15:02.48 min
100 m backstroke	Jeff Rouse, USA	54.10 sec	Rodolfo Falcon, Cuba	54.98 sec	Neiser Bent, Cuba	55.02 sec
200 m backstroke	Brad Bridgewater, USA	1:58.54 min	Tripp Schwenk, USA	1:58.99 min	Emanuele Merisi, Italy	1:59.18 min
100 m breaststroke	Fred Deburghgraeve, Belgium	1:00.65 min	Jeremy Linn, USA	1:00.77 min	Mark Warnecke, Germany	1:01.33 min
200 m breaststroke	Norbert Rózsa, Hungary	2:12.57 min	Karoly Güttler, Hungary	2:13.03 min	Andrey Korneyev, Russia	2:13.07 min
100 m butterfly	Denis Pankratov, Russia	52.27 sec (WR)	Scott Miller, Australia	52.53 sec	Vladislav Kulikov, Russia	53.13 sec
200 m butterfly	Denis Pankratov, Russia	1:56.51 sec	Thomas Malchow, USA	1:57.44 sec	Scott Goodman, Australia	1:57.48 sec
200 m individual medley	Attila Czene, Hungary	1:59.91 min (OR)	Jani Sievinen, Finland	2:00.13 min	Curtis Myden, Canada	2:01.13 min
400 m individual medley	Tom Dolan, USA	4:14.90 min	Eric Namesnik, USA	4:15.25 min	Curtis Myden, Canada	4:16.28 min
4 x 100 m freestyle relay	USA Bradley Schumacher Josh Davis Gary Hall, Jr. Jon Olsen	3:15.41 min (OR)	Russia Vladimir Pyshnenko Roman Yegorov Alexander Vladimirovich Popov Vladimir Predkin	3:17.06 min	Germany Björn Zikarsky Mark Pinger Christian Tröger Bengt Zikarsky	3:17.20 min
4 x 200 m freestyle relay	USA Bradley Schumacher Ryan Berube Josh Davis Joseph Hudepohl	7:14.84 min	Sweden Anders Lyrbring Christer Wallin Lars Frölander Anders Holmertz	7:17.56 min	Germany Christian Tröger Steffen Zesner Aimo Hellmann Christian Keller	7:17.71 min
4 x 100 m medley relay	USA Jeff Rouse Gary Hall, Jr. Mark Henderson Jeremy Linn	3:34.84 min (WR)	Russia Vladimir Selkov Stanislav Lopukhov Denis Pankratov Alexander Vladimirovich Popov	3:37.55 min	Australia Michael Klim Scott Miller Philip Rogers Steven Dewick	3:39.96 min

WOMEN'S EVENTS

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
50 m freestyle	Amy Van Dyken, USA	24.87 sec	Jingyi Le, China	24.90 sec	Sandra Völker, Germany	25.14 sec
100 m freestyle	Jingyi Le, China	54.50 sec (OR)	Sandra Völker, Germany	54.88 sec	Angel Martino, USA	54.93 sec
200 m freestyle	File:Costa rica flag large.png Claudia Poll, Costa Rica	1:58.16 min	Franziska van Almsick, Germany	1:58.57 min	Dagmar Hase, Germany	1:59.96 min
400 m freestyle	Michelle Smith, Ireland	4:07.25 min	Dagmar Hase, Germany	4:08.30 min	Kirsten Vlieghuis, Netherlands	4:08.70 min
800 m freestyle	Brooke Bennett, USA	8:27.89 min	Dagmar Hase, Germany	8:29.91 min	Kirsten Vlieghuis, Netherlands	8:30.84 min
100 m backstroke	Beth Botsford, USA	1:01.19 min	Whitney Hedgepeth, USA	1:01.47 min	Marianne Kriel, South Africa	1:02.12 min
200 m backstroke	Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungary	2:07.83 min	Whitney Hedgepeth, USA	2:11.98 min	Cathleen Rund, Germany	2:12.06 min
100 m breaststroke	Penny Heyns, South Africa	1:07.73 min	Amanda Beard, USA	1:08.09 min	Samantha Riley, Australia	1:09.18
200 m breaststroke	Penny Heyns, South Africa	2:25.41 min (OR)	Amanda Beard, USA	2:25.75 min	Ágnes Kovács, Hungary	2:26.57 min
100 m butterfly	Amy Van Dyken, USA	59.13 sec	Limin Liu, China	59.14 sec	Angel Martino, USA	59.23 sec
200 m butterfly	Susie O'Neill, Australia	2:07.76 min	Petria Thomas, Australia	2:09.82 min	Michelle Smith, Ireland	2:09.91 min
200 m individual medley	Michelle Smith, Ireland	2:13.93 min	Marianne Limpert, Canada	2:14.35 min	Li Lin, China	2:14.74 min
400 m individual medley	Michelle Smith, Ireland	4:39.18 min	Allison Wagner, USA	4:42.03 min	Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungary	4:42.53 min
4 x 100 m freestyle relay	USA Jenny Thompson Amy Van Dyken Catherine Fox Angel Martino	3:39.29 min (OR)	China Yun Nian Ying Shan Na Chao Jingyi Le	3:40.48 min	Germany Franziska van Almsick Sandra Völker Antje Buschschulte Simone Osygus	3:41.48 min
4 x 200 m freestyle relay	USA Jenny Thompson Trina Jackson Sheila Taormina Cristina Teuscher	7:59.87 min (OR)	Germany Sandra Völker Dagmar Hase Kerstin Kielgaß Franziska van Almsick	8:01.55 min	Australia Julia Greville Nicole Stevenson Emma Johnson Susie O'Neill	8:05.47 min
4 x 100 m medley relay	USA Angel Martino Amy van Dyken Amanda Beard Beth Botsford	4:02.88 min	Australia Nicole Stevenson Samantha Riley Susie O'Neill Sarah Ryan	4:05.08 min	China Yan Chen Xue Han Huijue Cai Ying Shan	4:07.34 min