Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
| Swimming at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |
 The front of Georgia Tech's Campus Recreation Center | |
| Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
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| Dates | July 20 – July 26 |
| Competitors | 762 from 117 nations |
| Swimming events at the 1996 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women | ||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the games. There were 762 competitors from 117 countries. 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). The open walls allowed for temporary seating to be in place during the games. A wall and new roof have since been placed on the facility.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  United States (USA) | 13 | 11 | 2 | 26 |
| 2 |  Russia (RUS) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 |  Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 |  Ireland (IRL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Australia (AUS) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 |  South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Costa Rica (CRC) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 12 |  Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 14 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medal summary
Men's events
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women's events
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
External links
- Swim rankings results
- 1996 Summer Olympics results: swimming, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-01-07.
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