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Swimming — 100 metres Butterfly, Women

Times held 17
Total participants 487
Total countries 100

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1956 100 metres Butterfly, Women Olympic 12 8
1960 100 metres Butterfly, Women Olympic 25 16
1964 100 metres Butterfly, Women Olympic 31 16
1968 100 metres Butterfly, Women Olympic 28 21
1972 100 metres Butterfly, Women Olympic 30 21
1976 100 metres Butterfly, Women Olympic 39 23
1980 100 metres Butterfly, Women Olympic 24 17
1984 100 metres Butterfly, Women Olympic 35 23
1988 100 metres Butterfly, Women Olympic 40 28
1992 100 metres Butterfly, Women Olympic 49 34
1996 100 metres Butterfly, Women Olympic 42 35
2000 100 metres Butterfly, Women Olympic 49 39
2004 100 metres Butterfly, Women Olympic 38 30
2008 100 metres Butterfly, Women Olympic 49 38
2012 100 metres Butterfly, Women Olympic 42 36
2016 100 metres Butterfly, Women Olympic 45 35
2020 100 metres Butterfly, Women Olympic 33 27

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1956 Shelley MannUSA Nancy RameyUSA Mary SearsUSA
1960 Carolyn SchulerUSA Marianne HeemskerkNED Jan AndrewAUS
1964 Sharon StouderUSA Ada KokNED Kathy EllisUSA
1968 Lyn McClementsAUS Ellie DanielUSA Susan ShieldsUSA
1972 Mayumi AokiJPN Roswitha BeierGDR Andrea GyarmatiHUN
1976 Kornelia EnderGDR Andrea PollackGDR Wendy BoglioliUSA
1980 Caren MetschuckGDR Andrea PollackGDR Christiane KnackeGDR
1984 Mary T. MeagherUSA Jenna JohnsonUSA Karin SeickFRG
1988 Kristin OttoGDR Birte WeigangGDR Qian HongCHN
1992 Qian HongCHN Crissy Ahmann-LeightonUSA Catherine PlewinskiFRA
1996 Amy Van DykenUSA Liu LiminCHN Angel MartinoUSA
2000 Inge de BruijnNED Martina MoravcováSVK Dara TorresUSA
2004 Petria ThomasAUS Otylia JędrzejczakPOL Inge de BruijnNED
2008 Libby TrickettAUS Christine MagnusonUSA Jess SchipperAUS
2012 Dana VollmerUSA Lu YingCHN Alicia CouttsAUS
2016 Sarah SjöströmSWE Penny OleksiakCAN Dana VollmerUSA
2020 Maggie Mac NeilCAN Zhang YufeiCHN Emma McKeonAUS

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 6 5 7 18
East Germany GDR 3 4 1 8
Australia AUS 3 0 4 7
People's Republic of China CHN 1 3 1 5
Netherlands NED 1 2 1 4
Canada CAN 1 1 0 2
Japan JPN 1 0 0 1
Sweden SWE 1 0 0 1
Poland POL 0 1 0 1
Slovakia SVK 0 1 0 1
France FRA 0 0 1 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
West Germany FRG 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Qian Hong CHN 1 0 1 2
Inge de Bruijn NED 1 0 1 2
Dana Vollmer USA 1 0 1 2
Lyn McClements AUS 1 0 0 1
Petria Thomas AUS 1 0 0 1
Kornelia Ender GDR 1 0 0 1
Caren Metschuck GDR 1 0 0 1
Kristin Otto GDR 1 0 0 1
Mayumi Aoki JPN 1 0 0 1
Shelley Mann USA 1 0 0 1
Mary T. Meagher USA 1 0 0 1
Carolyn Schuler USA 1 0 0 1
Sharon Stouder USA 1 0 0 1
Amy Van Dyken USA 1 0 0 1
Libby Lenton-Trickett AUS 1 0 0 1
Sarah Sjöström SWE 1 0 0 1
Maggie Mac Neil CAN 1 0 0 1