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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 32 swimming events were contested.
MEN'S EVENTS
50 m Freestyle
100 m Freestyle
200 m Freestyle
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Danyon Loader (NZL) | 1:47.63 |
| Silver |  Gustavo Borges (BRA) | 1:48.08 |
| Bronze |  Daniel Kowalski (AUS) | 1:48.25 |
400 m Freestyle
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Danyon Loader (NZL) | 3:47.97 |
| Silver |  Paul Palmer (GBR) | 3:49.00 |
| Bronze | Daniel Kowalski (AUS) | 3:49.39 |
1500 m Freestyle
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | 14:56.40 |
| Silver | Daniel Kowalski (AUS) | 15:02.43 |
| Bronze | Graeme Smith (GBR) | 15:02.48 |
100 m Backstroke
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Jeff Rouse (USA) | 54.10 |
| Silver |  Rodolfo Falcon Cabrera (CUB) | 54.98 |
| Bronze | Neisser Bent (CUB) | 55.02 |
200 m Backstroke
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Brad Bridgewater (USA) | 1:58.54 |
| Silver | Tripp Schwenk (USA) | 1:58.99 |
| Bronze |  Emanuele Merisi (ITA) | 1:59.18 |
100 m Breaststroke
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Frederik Deburghgraeve (BEL) | 1:00.65 |
| Silver | Jeremy Linn (USA) | 1:00.77 |
| Bronze |  Mark Warnecke (GER) | 1:01.33 |
200 m Breaststroke
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Norbert Rózsa (HUN) | 2:12.57 |
| Silver | Karoly Guttler (HUN) | 2:13.03 |
| Bronze |  Andrey Korneyev (RUS) | 2:13.17 |
100 m Butterfly
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Denis Pankratov (RUS) | 52.27 |
| Silver | Scott Miller (AUS) | 52.53 |
| Bronze | Vladislav Kulikov (RUS) | 53.13 |
200 m Butterfly
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Denis Pankratov (RUS) | 1:56.51 |
| Silver | Tom Malchow (USA) | 1:57.44 |
| Bronze | Scott Goodman (AUS) | 1:57.48 |
200 m Individual Medley
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Attila Czene (HUN) | 1:59.91 |
| Silver |  Jani Sievinen (FIN) | 2:00.13 |
| Bronze |  Curtis Myden (CAN) | 2:01.13 |
400 m Individual Medley
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Tom Dolan (USA) | 4:14.90 |
| Silver | Eric Namesnik (USA) | 4:15.25 |
| Bronze | Curtis Myden (CAN) | 4:16.28 |
4x100 m Freestyle Relay
| Pos | Team | Time |
| Gold | Jon Olsen , Josh Davis, Bradley Schumacher , Gary Hall Jr. (USA) | 3:15.41 |
| Silver | Roman Yegorov , Aleksandr Popov, Vladimir Predkin , Vladimir Pyshnenko (RUS) | 3:17.06 |
| Bronze | Christian Tröger , Bengt Zikarsky , Björn Zikarsky , Mark Pinger (GER) | 3:17.20 |
4x200 m Freestyle Relay
| Pos | Team | Time |
| Gold | Josh Davis, Joseph Hudepohl , Bradley Schumacher , Ryan Berube (USA) | 7:14.84 |
| Silver |  Christer Wallen , Anders Holmertz , Lars Frölander , Anders Lyrbring (SWE) | 7:17.56 |
| Bronze | Aimo Heilmann , Christian Keller , Christian Tröger , Steffen Zesner (GER) | 7:17.71 |
4x100 m Medley Relay
WOMEN'S EVENTS
50 m Freestyle
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Amy Van Dyken (USA) | 24.87 |
| Silver |  Le Jingyi (CHN) | 24.90 |
| Bronze | Sandra Völker (GER) | 25.14 |
100 m Freestyle
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Le Jingyi (CHN) | 54.50 |
| Silver | Sandra Völker (GER) | 54.88 |
| Bronze | Angel Martino (USA) | 54.93 |
200 m Freestyle
400 m Freestyle
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Michelle Smith (IRL) | 4:07.25 |
| Silver | Dagmar Hase (GER) | 4:08.30 |
| Bronze |  Kristen Vlieghuis (NED) | 4:08.70 |
800 m Freestyle
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Brooke Bennett (USA) | 8:27.89 |
| Silver | Dagmar Hase (GER) | 8:29.91 |
| Bronze | Kristen Vlieghuis (NED) | 8:30.84 |
100 m Backstroke
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Beth Botsford (USA) | 1:01.19 |
| Silver | Whitney Hedgepeth (USA) | 1:01.47 |
| Bronze |  Marianne Kriel (RSA) | 1:02.12 |
200 m Backstroke
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | 2:07.83 |
| Silver | Whitney Hedgepeth (USA) | 2:11.98 |
| Bronze | Cathleen Rund (GER) | 2:12.06 |
100 m Breaststroke
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Penelope Heyns (RSA) | 1:07.73 |
| Silver | Amanda Beard (USA) | 1:08.09 |
| Bronze | Samantha Riley (AUS) | 1:09.18 |
200 m Breaststroke
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Penelope Heyns (RSA) | 2:25.41 |
| Silver | Amanda Beard (USA) | 2:25.75 |
| Bronze | Ágnes Kovács (HUN) | 2:26.57 |
100 m Butterfly
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Amy van Dyken (USA) | 59.13 |
| Silver | Liu Limin (CHN) | 59.14 |
| Bronze | Angel Martino (USA) | 59.23 |
200 m Butterfly
200 m Individual Medley
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Michelle Smith (IRL) | 2:13.93 |
| Silver | Marianne Limpert (CAN) | 2:14.35 |
| Bronze | Lin Li (CHN) | 2:14.74 |
400 m Individual Medley
4x100 m Freestyle Relay
| Pos | Team | Time |
| Gold | Angelina Martino , Amy Van Dyken, Catherine Fox , Jennifer Thompson (USA) | 3:39.29 |
| Silver | Le Jingyi , Chao Na , Nian Yun , Shan Ying (CHN) | 3:40.48 |
| Bronze | Sandra Völker , Simone Osygus , Antje Buschschulte , Franziska van Almsick (GER) | 3:41.48 |
4x200 m Freestyle Relay
| Pos | Team | Time |
| Gold | Trina Jackson , Cristina Teuscher , Sheila Taormina, Jennifer Thompson (USA) | 7:59.87 |
| Silver | Franziska van Almsick, Kerstin Kielgass , Anke Scholz , Dagmar Hase (GER) | 8:01.55 |
| Bronze | Julie Greville , Nicole Stevenson , Emma Johnson , Susan O'Neill (AUS) | 8:05.47 |
4x100 m Medley Relay
| Pos | Team | Time |
| Gold | Beth Bosford , Amanda Beard, Angel Martino , Amy Van Dyken (USA) | 4:02.88 |
| Silver | Nicole Stevenson , Samantha Riley , Susan O'Neill , Sarah Ryan (AUS) | 4:05.08 |
| Bronze | Chen Yan , Han Xue , Cai Huijue , Shan Ying (CHN) | 4:07.34 |
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