Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke
Final

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

5	Natalie Coughlin	United States	58.96	AM

4	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	59.19

7	Margaret Hoelzer	United States	59.34

4	2	Gemma Spofforth	Great Britain	59.38	EU

5	6	Anastasia Zuyeva	Russia	59.40

6	3	Reiko Nakamura	Japan	59.72

7	8	Laure Manaudou	France	1:00.10

8	1	Hanae Ito	Japan	1:00.18

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U.S. swimmer Natalie Coughlin set an American record of 58.96.

final_sentence: U.S. swimmer Natalie Coughlin set an American record of 58.96.