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

The final of the women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 31, 1984.^[1]

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date	31 July 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors	32 from 22 nations
Winning time	1:02.55
Medalists
Theresa Andrews  United States Betsy Mitchell  United States Jolanda de Rover  Netherlands
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Records

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

World record	Rica Reinisch (GDR)	1:00.86	Moscow, Soviet Union	23 July 1980
Olympic record	Rica Reinisch (GDR)	1:00.86	Moscow, Soviet Union	23 July 1980

Results

Heats

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	2	4	Betsy Mitchell	United States	1:02.53	Q
2	1	4	Theresa Andrews	United States	1:02.94	Q
	4	5	Jolanda de Rover	Netherlands		Q
4	4	2	Beverley Rose	Great Britain	1:03.61	Q, NR
5	4	4	Carmen Bunaciu	Romania	1:03.79	Q
6	2	5	Svenja Schlicht	West Germany	1:04.02	Q
7	3	4	Anca Pătrășcoiu	Romania	1:04.16	Q
8	1	3	Brigitte van der Lans	Netherlands	1:04.57	QSO
	2	5	Carmel Clark	New Zealand		QSO
10	2	3	Manuela Carosi	Italy	1:04.77	q
11	3	5	Georgina Parkes	Australia	1:04.90	q
12	3	3	Reema Abdo	Canada	1:04.92	q
13	1	5	Audrey Moore	Australia	1:04.96	q
14	1	6	Catherine White	Great Britain	1:05.03	q
15	4	7	Sabine Pauwels	Belgium	1:05.17	q
16	3	6	Eva Gysling	Switzerland	1:05.18	q
17	3	2	Sandra Dahlmann	West Germany	1:05.27
18	1	7	Naomi Sekido	Japan	1:05.60
19	1	2	Michelle MacPherson	Canada	1:06.04
20	4	6	Anna-Karin Eriksson	Sweden	1:06.09
21	4	3	Teresa Rivera	Mexico	1:06.39
22	2	6	Yolande van der Straeten	Belgium	1:07.07
23	3	7	Nozomi Sunouchi	Japan	1:07.23
24	2	7	Choi Yun-hui	South Korea	1:07.35
25	3	1	Guo Huaying	China	1:08.21
26	1	1	Lotta Flink	Hong Kong	1:09.70
27	4	8	Kathy Wong	Hong Kong	1:10.19
28	2	8	Christine Jacob	Philippines	1:10.28
29	1	8	Sharon Pickering	Fiji	1:10.49
30	2	1	Petra Bekaert	Netherlands Antilles	1:10.60
31	3	8	Helen Chow	Malaysia	1:11.30
	4	1	Lise Lotte Nylund	Norway	DNS

Swimoff

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Carmel Clark	New Zealand	1:04.33	Q, NR
2	4	Brigitte van der Lans	Netherlands	1:04.82	q

Finals

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	2	Audrey Moore	Australia	1:04.15
10	5	Manuela Carosi	Italy	1:04.52
	3	Georgina Parkes	Australia
12	4	Brigitte van der Lans	Netherlands	1:04.75
13	7	Catherine White	Great Britain	1:04.99
14	6	Reema Abdo	Canada	1:05.13
15	1	Sabine Pauwels	Belgium	1:05.33
16	8	Eva Gysling	Switzerland	1:06.11

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Theresa Andrews	United States	1:02.55
	4	Betsy Mitchell	United States	1:02.63
	5	Jolanda de Rover	Netherlands	1:02.91
4	2	Carmen Bunaciu	Romania	1:03.21
5	1	Anca Pătrășcoiu	Romania	1:03.29
6	7	Svenja Schlicht	West Germany	1:03.46	NR
7	6	Beverley Rose	Great Britain	1:04.16
8	8	Carmel Clark	New Zealand	1:04.47

References

1. "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
2. "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. p. 495. Retrieved March 14, 2017.

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming