# Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Mary T. Meagher (USA) | 57.93 | Brown Deer, United States | 16 August 1981 |
| Olympic record | Qian Hong (CHN) | 58.62 | Barcelona, Spain | 29 July 1992 |

## Results
### Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Angel Martino | United States | 59.31 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | Amy Van Dyken | United States | 1:00.04 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Liu Limin | China | 1:00.18 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | Ayari Aoyama | Japan | 1:00.20 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Susie O'Neill | Australia | 1:00.55 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Hitomi Kashima | Japan | 1:00.85 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Cai Huijue | China | 1:00.89 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Mette Jacobsen | Denmark | 1:00.91 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Johanna Sjöberg | Sweden | 1:01.01 | q |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Gabrielle Rose | Brazil | 1:01.22 | q, SA |
| 11 | 5 | 7 | Sophia Skou | Denmark | 1:01.25 | q |
| 12 | 6 | 6 | Svetlana Pozdeyeva | Russia | 1:01.29 | q |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Sarah Evanetz | Canada | 1:01.32 | q |
| 14 | 4 | 7 | Julia Voitovitsch | Germany | 1:01.47 | q |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Yelena Nazemnova | Russia | 1:01.54 | q |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | Cécile Jeanson | France | 1:01.58 | q |
| 17 | 5 | 6 | Ilaria Tocchini | Italy | 1:01.83 | |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Angela Kennedy | Australia | 1:01.89 | |
| 19 | 6 | 7 | María Peláez | Spain | 1:01.99 | |
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Nataliya Zolotukhina | Ukraine | 1:02.18 | NR |
| 21 | 3 | 5 | Anna Uryniuk | Poland | 1:02.39 | |
| 22 | 3 | 3 | Marja Pärssinen | Finland | 1:02.53 | |
| 23 | 4 | 8 | Loredana Zisu | Romania | 1:02.66 | |
| 24 | 4 | 1 | Joscelin Yeo | Singapore | 1:02.71 | |
| 25 | 6 | 8 | Jessica Amey | Canada | 1:02.81 | |
| 26 | 2 | 5 | Ana Francisco | Portugal | 1:02.98 | |
| 27 | 5 | 8 | Caroline Foot | Great Britain | 1:03.04 | |
| 28 | 3 | 8 | Praphalsai Minpraphal | Thailand | 1:03.35 | |
| 29 | 3 | 1 | Eydis Konráðsdóttir | Iceland | 1:03.41 | NR |
| 30 | 3 | 2 | Mandy Loots | South Africa | 1:03.53 | |
| 31 | 3 | 6 | Edit Klocker | Hungary | 1:03.61 | |
| 32 | 3 | 4 | Marion Madine | Ireland | 1:03.80 | |
| 33 | 2 | 3 | Marcela Kubalčíková | Czech Republic | 1:03.82 | |
| 34 | 1 | 5 | María del Pilar Pereyra | Argentina | 1:03.98 | NR |
| 35 | 2 | 7 | Natalya Baranovskaya | Belarus | 1:04.09 | |
| 36 | 2 | 8 | Nida Zuhal | Turkey | 1:04.11 | |
| 37 | 2 | 2 | Nataša Meškovska | Macedonia | 1:04.25 | |
| 38 | 2 | 4 | Hsieh Shu-ting | Chinese Taipei | 1:04.39 | |
| 39 | 1 | 3 | Dita Želvienė | Lithuania | 1:04.63 | |
| 40 | 2 | 1 | Marina Karystinou | Greece | 1:05.05 | |
| 41 | 1 | 4 | Park Woo-hee | South Korea | 1:05.36 | |
| 42 | 2 | 6 | Gabrijela Ujčić | Croatia | 1:06.85 | |
| | 1 | 6 | Monica Dahl | Namibia | DNS | |
| | 6 | 1 | Sandra Völker | Germany | DNS | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 4 | Johanna Sjöberg | Sweden | 1:00.76 | NR |
| 10 | 1 | Yelena Nazemnova | Russia | 1:00.93 | |
| 11 | 3 | Sophia Skou | Denmark | 1:00.95 | |
| 12 | 7 | Julia Voitovitsch | Germany | 1:01.14 | |
| 13 | 8 | Cécile Jeanson | France | 1:01.20 | |
| 14 | 5 | Gabrielle Rose | Brazil | 1:01.39 | |
| 15 | 2 | Sarah Evanetz | Canada | 1:01.44 | |
| 16 | 6 | Svetlana Pozdeyeva | Russia | 1:01.62 | |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Amy Van Dyken | United States | 59.13 |
| | 3 | Liu Limin | China | 59.14 |
| | 4 | Angel Martino | United States | 59.23 |
| 4 | 7 | Hitomi Kashima | Japan | 1:00.11 |
| 5 | 2 | Susie O'Neill | Australia | 1:00.17 |
| 6 | 6 | Ayari Aoyama | Japan | 1:00.18 |
| 7 | 1 | Cai Huijue | China | 1:00.46 |
| 8 | 8 | Mette Jacobsen | Denmark | 1:00.76 |