Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The final of the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 29, 1984.[1]

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date29 July 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors45 from 30 nations
Winning time55.92
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nancy Hogshead  United States
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carrie Steinseifer  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Annemarie Verstappen  Netherlands
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Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Barbara Krause (GDR) 54.79 Moscow, Soviet Union 21 July 1980
Olympic record   Barbara Krause (GDR) 54.79 Moscow, Soviet Union 21 July 1980

Results edit

Heats edit

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Nancy Hogshead   United States 55.85 Q
2 2 4 Annemarie Verstappen   Netherlands 56.11 Q
3 3 4 Carrie Steinseifer   United States 56.46 Q
4 4 3 Michelle Pearson   Australia 56.75 Q, OC
5 3 5 Susanne Schuster   West Germany 56.85 Q
6 4 4 Conny van Bentum   Netherlands 56.94 Q
7 5 4 June Croft   Great Britain 57.12 Q
8 6 5 Angela Russell   Australia 57.30 Q
9 1 5 Iris Zscherpe   West Germany 57.31 q
10 4 5 Pamela Rai   Canada 57.41 q
11 1 3 Sophie Kamoun   France 57.49 q
12 2 3 Silvia Persi   Italy 57.62 q
13 5 5 Nicola Fibbens   Great Britain 57.80 q
14 5 3 Maria Kardum   Sweden 58.22 q
15 6 3 Agneta Eriksson   Sweden 58.43 q
16 2 5 Jane Kerr   Canada 58.46 q
17 1 4 Kaori Yanase   Japan 58.47
18 3 3 Maarit Vähäsaari-Sihvonen   Finland 58.51
19 3 6 Marie-Thérèse Armentero   Switzerland 58.73
20 4 6 Patricia Kohlmann   Mexico 58.76
21 5 6 Chikako Nakamori   Japan 59.00
22 3 7 Ding Jilian   China 59.11
23 2 6 Sofia Dara   Greece 59.25
24 6 2 Grazia Colombo   Italy 59.43
25 1 6 Teresa Rivera   Mexico 59.61
26 6 7 Yan Hong   China 1:00.45
27 6 6 Virginia Sachero   Argentina 1:00.53
28 2 2 Carmel Clark   New Zealand 1:00.63
29 5 2 Shelley Cramer   Virgin Islands 1:00.65
30 4 7 Kim Jin-suk   South Korea 1:00.91
31 4 2 Sandra Crousse   Peru 1:01.02
32 2 7 Kathy Wong   Hong Kong 1:01.03
33 5 7 Carol Ann Heavey   Ireland 1:01.34
34 3 2 Fenella Ng   Hong Kong 1:01.82
35 1 2 Faten Ghattas   Tunisia 1:02.00
36 5 1 Christine Jacob   Philippines 1:02.43
37 2 1 Blanca Morales   Guatemala 1:02.48
38 6 1 Helen Chow   Malaysia 1:02.53
39 1 7 Anna Doig   New Zealand 1:02.72
40 4 1 Sherwite Hafez   Egypt 1:02.78
41 5 8 Karen Slowing-Aceituno   Guatemala 1:03.46
42 3 1 Nevine Hafez   Egypt 1:04.06
43 1 1 Sharon Pickering   Fiji 1:04.25
44 6 8 Daniela Galassi   San Marino 1:06.19
45 4 8 María Lardizábal   Honduras 1:07.80

Finals edit

Final B edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Iris Zscherpe   West Germany 57.19
10 6 Silvia Persi   Italy 57.24
11 2 Nicola Fibbens   Great Britain 57.36
12 5 Pamela Rai   Canada 57.56
13 3 Sophie Kamoun   France 57.81
14 8 Jane Kerr   Canada 57.85
15 1 Agneta Eriksson   Sweden 58.08
16 7 Maria Kardum   Sweden 58.12

Final A edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Nancy Hogshead   United States 55.92
  3 Carrie Steinseifer   United States 55.92
  5 Annemarie Verstappen   Netherlands 56.08
4 7 Conny van Bentum   Netherlands 56.43
5 6 Michelle Pearson   Australia 56.83
6 1 June Croft   Great Britain 56.90
7 2 Susanne Schuster   West Germany 57.11
8 8 Angela Russell   Australia 58.09

References edit

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. p. 492. Retrieved March 6, 2017.

External links edit