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Host City: Atlanta, United States
Venue(s): Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Date Started: July 20, 1996
Date Finished: July 20, 1996
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.
| Gold: | Le Jingyi |
| Silver: | Sandra Völker |
| Bronze: | Angel Martino |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Nyíri | 15 | Hungary | HUN | 57.82 | |
| 2 | Teresa Moodie | 17 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 58.59 | |
| 3 | Valeria Álvarez | 18 | Argentina | ARG | 59.26 | |
| 4 | Viktoriya Polyayeva | 15 | Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 59.40 | |
| 5 | Gabrijela Ujčić | 19 | Croatia | CRO | 59.92 | |
| 6 | Duška Radan | 18 | Serbia and Montenegro | SCG | 1:00.34 | |
| 7 | Caroline Pickering | 16 | Fiji | FIJ | 1:00.51 | |
| 8 | Gail Rizzo | 17 | Malta | MLT | 1:02.19 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siobhan Cropper | 18 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 57.30 | |
| 2 | Judith Draxler | 26 | Austria | AUT | 57.34 | |
| 3 | Tonia Makhaira | 25 | Greece | GRE | 57.92 | |
| 4 | Kristýna Kyněrová | 17 | Czech Republic | CZE | 58.03 | |
| 5 | Sandrine Paquier | 19 | Switzerland | SUI | 58.38 | |
| 6 | Svetlana Zhidko | 16 | Belarus | BLR | 58.64 | |
| 7 | Tsai Shu-Min | 17 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 58.65 | |
| 8 | Yevgeniya Yermakova | 20 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 59.12 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minna Salmela | 25 | Finland | FIN | 57.15 | |
| 2 | Gabrielle Rose | 18 | Brazil | BRA | 57.16 | |
| 3 | Cecilia Vianini | 19 | Italy | ITA | 57.17 | |
| 4 | Metka Sparavec | 17 | Slovenia | SLO | 57.66 | |
| 5 | Monica Dahl | 21 | Namibia | NAM | 57.95 | |
| 6 | Heleen Muller | 18 | South Africa | RSA | 57.98 | |
| 7 | Lee Bo-Eun | 19 | South Korea | KOR | 58.27 | |
| 8 | Joscelin Yeo | 17 | Singapore | SIN | 58.87 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Völker | 22 | Germany | GER | 55.55 | QU |
| 2 | Amy Van Dyken | 23 | United States | USA | 55.94 | QU |
| 3 | Luminiţa Dobrescu | 25 | Romania | ROU | 56.27 | QC |
| 4 | Sue Rolph | 18 | Great Britain | GBR | 56.62 | QC |
| 5 | Shannon Shakespeare | 19 | Canada | CAN | 56.63 | |
| 6 | Solenne Figuès | 17 | France | FRA | 56.90 | |
| 7 | Sumika Minamoto | 17 | Japan | JPN | 57.25 | |
| 8 | Dita Želvienė | 28 | Lithuania | LTU | 58.57 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Jingyi | 21 | China | CHN | 54.90 | QU |
| 2 | Karin Brienesse | 27 | Netherlands | NED | 55.81 | QU |
| 3 | Sarah Ryan | 19 | Australia | AUS | 56.07 | QU |
| 4 | Nataliya Meshcheryakova | 24 | Russia | RUS | 56.33 | QC |
| 5 | Karen Pickering | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 56.40 | QC |
| 6 | Rania El-Wani | 18 | Egypt | EGY | 56.89 | |
| 7 | Claudia Franco | 20 | Spain | ESP | 57.00 | |
| 8 | Alison Fitch | 16 | New Zealand | NZL | 57.71 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angel Martino | 29 | United States | USA | 55.44 | QU |
| 2 | Franziska van Almsick | 18 | Germany | GER | 55.80 | QU |
| 3 | Mette Jacobsen | 23 | Denmark | DEN | 56.06 | QU |
| 4 | Shan Ying | 17 | China | CHN | 56.10 | QC |
| 5 | Leah Martindale | 18 | Barbados | BAR | 56.13 | QC |
| 6 | Martina Moravcová | 20 | Slovakia | SVK | 56.20 | QC |
| 7 | Linda Olofsson | 23 | Sweden | SWE | 56.56 | QC |
| 8 | Vibeke Lambersøy Johansen | 17 | Norway | NOR | 56.88 |