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The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 22 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. [ 1 ] Records
Men's 100 metre backstroke details: Jeff Rouse United States: Rodolfo Falcón Cuba: Neisser Bent Cuba: Women's 100 metre backstroke details: Beth Botsford United States: Whitney Hedgepeth United States: Marianne Kriel South Africa: Men's 200 metre backstroke details: Brad Bridgewater United States: Tripp Schwenk United States: Emanuele Merisi Italy
The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. [ 1 ] Records
1.8 200 metre backstroke. ... This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming. Current program ... 1996 Atlanta details:
When it's time to race, Kaylee McKeown is sure hard to beat. American Regan Smith came into the women's 100-meter backstroke at the Paris Olympics with the world record and no shortage of confidence.
This was the last Olympics where swimming B-finals were held. At the time of the games, the facility had a temporary 50m warm-up pool located behind the locker rooms and entry concourse (on the ground); as well as a temporary roof, and open walls (there were wall-like structures/curtains at the diving well and turning end of the pool).
When the event returned in 1964, it replaced the men's 100-metre backstroke for that year; in 1968, both the 100- and 200-metre versions were held for men. The 200-metre backstroke has been held at every Summer Games since 1964. The women's backstroke was introduced in 1968, and it has been held at every Summer Olympics since.
Beth Anne Botsford (born May 21, 1981) is an American former competition swimmer and backstroke specialist who won two gold medals as a fifteen-year-old at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She did so in the individual 100-meter backstroke, and as a member of the women's relay team in 4×100-meter medley. [citation needed]