Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Swimming events at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
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
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The final of the Women's 100 metres Backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 27, 1984. The fastest eight qualified for the final, the next eight for the B-final.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Theresa Andrews (USA)	1:02.55
	Betsy Mitchell (USA)	1:02.63
	Jolanda de Rover (NED)	1:02.91
4.	Carmen Bunaciu (ROU)	1:03.21
5.	Anca Patrascoiu (ROU)	1:03.29
6.	Svenja Schlicht (FRG)	1:03.46
7.	Beverley Rose (GBR)	1:04.16
8.	Carmel Clark (NZL)	1:04.47

B-Final

RANK	B-FINAL	TIME
9.	Audrey Moore (AUS)	1:04.15
10.	Manuela Carosi (ITA)	1:04.52
10.	Georgina Parkes (AUS)	1:04.52
12.	Brigitte van der Lans (NED)	1:04.75
13.	Catherine White (GBR)	1:04.99
14.	Reema Abdo (CAN)	1:05.13
15.	Sabine Pauwels (BEL)	1:05.33
16.	Eva Gysling (SUI)	1:06.11

Non-Qualifiers

RANK	HEATS	TIME
17.	Sandra Dahlmann (FRG)	1:05.27
18.	Naomi Sekido (JPN)	1:05.60
19.	Michelle MacPherson (CAN)	1:06.04
20.	Anna-Karin Eriksson (SWE)	1:06.09
21.	Teresa Rivera (MEX)	1:06.39
22.	Yolande Van Der Straeten (BEL)	1:07.07
23.	Nozomi Sunouchi (JPN)	1:07.23
24.	Choi Yun-Hee (KOR)	1:07.35
25.	Guo Huaying (CHN)	1:08.21
26.	Lotta Flink (HKG)	1:09.70
27.	Kathy Wong (HKG)	1:10.19
28.	Christine Jacob (PHI)	1:10.28
29.	Sharon Pickering (FIJ)	1:10.49
30.	Petra Bekaert (AHO)	1:10.60
31.	Helen Chow (MAS)	1:11.30
–	Lise Lotte Nylund (NOR)	DSQ

References

• Official Report
• USA Swimming