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Host City: Atlanta, United States
Venue(s): Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Date Started: July 26, 1996
Date Finished: July 26, 1996
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.
| Gold: | Amy Van Dyken |
| Silver: | Le Jingyi |
| Bronze: | Sandra Völker |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alena Popchanka | 16 | Belarus | BLR | 27.18 | |
| 2 | Sangeeta Puri | 16 | India | IND | 28.02 | |
| 3 | Verónica Prono | 18 | Paraguay | PAR | 28.40 | |
| 4 | Gail Rizzo | 17 | Malta | MLT | 28.43 | |
| 5 | Võ Trần Trương An | 15 | Vietnam | VIE | 29.02 | |
| 6 | Ingrid Louis | 18 | Mauritius | MRI | 29.56 | |
| 7 | Monika Bakale | 17 | Congo (Brazzaville) | CGO | 34.43 | |
| 8 | Nishma Gurung | 16 | Nepal | NEP | 41.45 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alison Fitch | 16 | New Zealand | NZL | 26.74 | |
| 2 | Seo So-Yeong | 15 | South Korea | KOR | 27.30 | |
| 3 | Gyöngyvér Lakos | 19 | Hungary | HUN | 27.34 | |
| 4 | Teresa Moodie | 17 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 27.38 | |
| 5 | Duška Radan | 18 | Serbia and Montenegro | SCG | 27.62 | |
| 6 | Gabrijela Ujčić | 19 | Croatia | CRO | 27.63 | |
| 7 | Agnese Ozoliņa | 16 | Latvia | LAT | 27.65 | |
| 8 | Gillian Thomson | 21 | Philippines | PHI | 28.51 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominique Diezi | 19 | Switzerland | SUI | 26.57 | |
| 2 | Eileen Marie Coparropa | 15 | Panama | PAN | 26.67 | |
| 3 | Minna Salmela | 25 | Finland | FIN | 26.72 | |
| 4 | Monica Dahl | 21 | Namibia | NAM | 26.76 | |
| 5 | Elín Sigurðardóttir | 23 | Iceland | ISL | 26.90 | |
| 6 | Valeria Álvarez | 18 | Argentina | ARG | 27.12 | |
| 7 | Joscelin Yeo | 17 | Singapore | SIN | 27.51 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura Petrutytė | 19 | Lithuania | LTU | 26.13 | QC |
| 2 | Vibeke Lambersøy Johansen | 17 | Norway | NOR | 26.22 | |
| 3 | Judith Draxler | 26 | Austria | AUT | 26.34 | |
| 4 | Blanca Cerón | 21 | Spain | ESP | 26.39 | |
| 5 | Metka Sparavec | 17 | Slovenia | SLO | 26.43 | |
| 6 | Martine Dessureault | 22 | Canada | CAN | 26.44 | |
| 7 | Mette Nørskov Nielsen | 21 | Denmark | DEN | 26.50 | |
| 8 | Casey Legler | 19 | France | FRA | 26.52 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angel Martino | 29 | United States | USA | 25.47 | QU |
| 2 | Shan Ying | 17 | China | CHN | 25.71 | QU |
| 3 | Leah Martindale | 18 | Barbados | BAR | 25.76 | QU |
| 4 | Karen Van Wirdum | 25 | Australia | AUS | 25.88 | QC |
| 5 | Yevgeniya Yermakova | 20 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 25.97 | QC |
| 6 | Sarah Ryan | 19 | Australia | AUS | 26.34 | |
| 7 | Marianne Kriel | 24 | South Africa | RSA | 26.42 | |
| 8 | Dita Želvienė | 28 | Lithuania | LTU | 26.55 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amy Van Dyken | 23 | United States | USA | 25.12 | QU |
| 2 | Sandra Völker | 22 | Germany | GER | 25.45 | QU |
| 3 | Linda Olofsson | 23 | Sweden | SWE | 25.84 | QU |
| 4 | Marianne Muis | 27 | Netherlands | NED | 25.93 | QC |
| 5 | Simone Osygus | 27 | Germany | GER | 26.00 | QC |
| 6 | Sue Rolph | 18 | Great Britain | GBR | 26.39 | |
| 7 | Luminiţa Dobrescu | 25 | Romania | ROU | 26.47 | |
| 8 | Lin Chien-Ju | 18 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 27.00 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Jingyi | 21 | China | CHN | 25.10 | QU |
| 2 | Nataliya Meshcheryakova | 24 | Russia | RUS | 25.73 | QU |
| 3 | Sumika Minamoto | 17 | Japan | JPN | 25.89 | QC |
| 4 | Angela Postma | 24 | Netherlands | NED | 26.00 | QC |
| 5 | Claudia Franco | 20 | Spain | ESP | 26.17 | QC |
| 6 | Rania El-Wani | 18 | Egypt | EGY | 26.26 | |
| 7 | Siobhan Cropper | 18 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 26.29 | |
| 8 | Laura Nicholls | 17 | Canada | CAN | 26.52 |