The Top 10 - Stroke and IM - Women
Dateline: 05/01/2000 (Updated 5/13/2000)
A look at the top ranked swimmers, and where their performances would have placed them in the 1996 Summer Olympics. The Strokes and IM will be added soon.
Men - Freestyle - Strokes and IM
Women - Freestyle - Strokes and IM
|
Name |
Country |
Where time would have placed in 1996 |
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Women's 100 Back; 1996 winner |
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1 |
Mai Nakamura |
JPN |
1:00.78, 1st |
|
2 |
Noriko Inada |
JPN |
1:01.11, 1st |
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3 |
Nina Zhivanevskaya |
ESP |
1:01.46, 2nd |
|
4 |
Lea Loveless-Maurer |
USA |
1:01.47, 2nd |
|
5 |
Diana Mocanu |
ROM |
1:01.61, 3rd |
|
6 |
Miki Nakao |
JPN |
1:02.15, 4th |
|
7 |
Jamie Reid |
USA |
1:02.29, 4th |
|
8 |
Katy Sexton |
GBR |
1:02.31, 4th |
|
9 |
Aya Terakawa |
JPN |
1:02.53, 7th |
|
10 |
Roxana Maracineanu |
FRA |
1:02.59, 7th |
|
10 |
Haley Cope |
USA |
1:02.59, 7th |
|
Women's 200 Back; 1996 winner |
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|
1 |
Miki Nakao |
JPN |
2:10.40, 2nd |
|
2 |
Tomoko Hagiwara |
JPN |
2:10.91, 2nd |
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3 |
Mai Nakamura |
JPN |
2:11.95, 2nd |
|
4 |
Jamie Reid |
USA |
2:12.00, 3rd |
|
5 |
Yoshiko Saito |
JPN |
2:12.27, 4th |
|
6 |
Reiko Nakamura |
JPN |
2:12.35, 4th |
|
7 |
Noriko Inada |
JPN |
2:12.69, 4th |
|
8 |
Katy Sexton |
GBR |
2:13.00, 5th |
|
9 |
Nina Zhivanevskaya |
ESP |
2:13.24, 5th |
|
10 |
Diana Mocanu |
ROM |
2:13.38, 5th |
|
Women's 100 Breast; 1996 winner |
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|
1 |
Masami Tanaka |
JPN |
1:07.27, 1st |
|
2 |
Megan Quann |
USA |
1:07.54, 1st |
|
3 |
Penelope Heyns |
RSA |
1:07.67, 1st |
|
4 |
Kristy Kowal |
USA |
1:07.85, 2nd |
|
5 |
Leisl Jones |
AUS |
1:08.30, 3rd |
|
6 |
Sarah Poewe |
RSA |
1:08.62, 3rd |
|
7 |
Agnes Kovacs |
HUN |
1:08.71, 3rd |
|
8 |
Caroline Hildreth |
USA |
1:09.54, 7th |
|
9 |
Katie McClelland |
USA |
1:09.61, 8th |
|
10 |
Samantha Riley |
AUS |
1:09.91, 10th |
|
Women's 200 Breast; 1996 winner |
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|
1 |
Masami Tanaka |
JPN |
2:24.12, 1st |
|
2 |
Kristy Kowal |
USA |
2:25.74, 2nd |
|
3 |
Hui Qi |
CHN |
2:25.75, 3rd |
|
4 |
Penelope Heyns, |
RSA |
2:26.14, 3rd |
|
5 |
Agnes Kovacs |
HUN |
2:26.86, 4th |
|
6 |
Sarah Poewe |
RSA |
2:27.58, 4th |
|
7 |
Junko Isoda |
JPN |
2:28.04, 5th |
|
8 |
Olga Bakaldina |
RUS |
2:28.30, 7th |
|
9 |
Leisl Jones |
AUS |
2:28.38, 8th |
|
10 |
Megan Quann |
USA |
2:28.77, 8th |
|
Womens 100 Fly; 1996 winner |
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|
1 |
Martina Moravcova |
SVK |
58.41, 1st |
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2 |
Petria Thomas |
AUS |
58.54, 1st |
|
3 |
Junko Onishi |
JPN |
59.01, 2nd |
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4 |
Karen Campbell |
USA |
59.22, 3rd |
|
5 |
Maki Mita |
JPN |
59.23, 4th |
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6 |
Dara Torres |
USA |
59.54, 4th |
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7 |
Tomoko Hagiwara |
JPN |
59.68, 4th |
|
8 |
Ashley Tappin |
USA |
59.75, 4th |
|
9 |
Susan ONeill |
AUS |
59.90, 4th |
|
10 |
Diana Mocanu |
ROM |
1:00.17, 6th |
|
Womens 200 Fly; 1996 winner |
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|
1 |
Susan ONeill |
AUS |
2:07.77, 2nd |
|
2 |
Maki Mita |
JPN |
2:08.13, 2nd |
|
3 |
Yuko Nakanishi |
JPN |
2:10.16, 4th |
|
4 |
Margaretha Pedder |
GBR |
2:10.57, 5th |
|
5 |
Yasuko Tajima |
JPN |
2:10.61, 5th |
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6 |
Petria Thomas |
AUS |
2:10.75, 6th |
|
7 |
Kaitlin Sandeno |
USA |
2:10.80, 6th |
|
8 |
Mireia Garcia |
ESP |
2:11.13, 6th |
|
9 |
Jennifer Button |
CAN |
2:11.95, 8th |
|
10 |
Tomoko Hagiwara |
JPN |
2:12.19, 9th |
|
Womens 200 IM; 1996 winner |
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|
1 |
Tomoko Hagiwara |
JPN |
2:12.84, 1st |
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2 |
Martina Moravcova |
SVK |
2:14.44, 3rd |
|
3 |
Kristine Quance-Julian |
USA |
2:15.14, 5th |
|
4 |
Beatrice Coada-Caslaru |
ROM |
2:15.85, 5th |
|
5 |
Yasuko Tajima |
JPN |
2:16.05, 6th |
|
6 |
Oxana Verevka |
RUS |
2:16.13, 6th |
|
7 |
Sue Rolph |
GBR |
2:16.67, 7th |
|
8 |
Diana Mocanu |
ROM |
2:16.78, 8th |
|
9 |
Natalie Coughlin |
USA |
2:16.91, 8th |
|
10 |
Laura Davis |
USA |
2:17.08, 8th |
|
Womens 400 IM; 1996 winner |
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|
1 |
Yasuko Tajima |
JPN |
4:39.13, 1st |
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2 |
Kaitlin Sandeno |
USA |
4:42.74, 4th |
|
3 |
Kristine Quance-Julian |
USA |
4:43.20, 4th |
|
4 |
Madeleine Crippen |
USA |
4:43.51, 4th |
|
5 |
Joanne Malar |
CAN |
4:45.90, 8th |
|
6 |
Yan Chen |
CHN |
4:46.09, 8th |
|
7 |
Helen Norfolk |
NZL |
4:47.56, 12th |
|
8 |
Hideko Hiranaka-Ando |
JPN |
4:47.59, 12th |
|
9 |
Ayane Sato |
JPN |
4:47.75, 12th |
|
10 |
Carrie Burgoyne |
CAN |
4:48.62, 13th |
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