50-meter Freestyle
| | | Time |
| 1 | Amy Van Dyken, USA | 24.87 |
| 2 | Le Jingyi, CHN | 24.90 |
| 3 | Sandra Volker, GER | 25.14 |
100-meter Freestyle
| | | Time |
| 1 | Le Jingyi, CHN | 54.50 |
| 2 | Sandra Voelker, GER | 54.88 |
| 3 | Angel Martino, USA | 54.93 |
200-meter Freestyle
| | | Time |
| 1 | Claudia Poll, COS | 1:58.16 |
| 2 | Franziska Van Almsick, GER | 1:58.57 |
| 3 | Dagmar Hase, GER | 1:59.56 |
400-meter Freestyle
| | | Time |
| 1 | Michelle Smith, IRE | 4:07.25 |
| 2 | Dagmar Hase, GER | 4:08.30 |
| 3 | Kirsten Vlieghuis, NET | 4:09.83 |
800-meter Freestyle
| | | Time |
| 1 | Brooke Bennett, USA | 8:27.89 |
| 2 | Dagmar Hase, GER | 8:29.91 |
| 3 | Kirsten Vlieghuis, NET | 8:30.84 |
100-meter Backstroke
| | | Time |
| 1 | Beth Botsford, USA | 1:01.19 |
| 2 | Whitney Hedgepeth, USA | 1:01.47 |
| 3 | Marianne Kriel, SAR | 1:02.12 |
200-meter Backstroke
| | | Time |
| 1 | Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN | 2:07.83 |
| 2 | Whitney Hedgepeth, USA | 2:11.98 |
| 3 | Cathleen Rund, GER | 2:12.06 |
100-meter Breaststroke
| | | Time |
| 1 | Penny Heyns, S. Afr | 1:07.73 |
| 2 | Amanda Beard, USA | 1:08.09 |
| 3 | Samantha Riley, AUS | 1:09.18 |
200-meter Breaststroke
| | | Time |
| 1 | Penny Heyns, S. Afr | 2:25.41 |
| 2 | Amanda Beard, USA | 2:25.75 |
| 3 | Agnes Kovacs, HUN | 2:26.57 |
100-meter Butterfly
| | | Time |
| 1 | Amy Van Dyken, USA | 59.13 |
| 2 | Liu Limin, CHN | 59.14 |
| 3 | Angel Martino, USA | 59.23 |
200-meter Butterfly
| | | Time |
| 1 | Susan O'Neill, AUS | 2:07.76 |
| 2 | Petria Thomas, AUS | 2:09.82 |
| 3 | Michelle Smith, IRE | 2:09.91 |
200-meter Individual Medley
| | | Time |
| 1 | Michelle Smith, IRE | 2:13.93 |
| 2 | Marianne Limpert, CAN | 2:14.35 |
| 3 | Lin Li, CHN | 2:14.74 |
400-meter Individual Medley
| | | Time |
| 1 | Michelle Smith, IRE | 4:39.18 |
| 2 | Allison Wagner, USA | 4:42.03 |
| 3 | Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN | 4:42.53 |
4x 100-meter Freestyle Relay
| | | Time |
| 1 | United States | 3:39.29 |
| 2 | China | 3:40.48 |
| 3 | Germany | 3:41.48 |
USA—Angel Martino, Amy Van Dyken, Catherine Fox, Jenny Thompson; CHN—Le Jingyi, Chao Na, Nian Yun, Shan Ying; GER—Sandra Volker, Simone Osygus, Antje Buschschulte, Franziska van Almsick
4x 200-meter Freestyle Relay
| | | Time |
| 1 | United States | 7:59.87 |
| 2 | Germany | 8:01.55 |
| 3 | Australia | 8:05.47 |
USA—Jenny Thompson, Sheila Taorima, Trina Jackson, Christina Teuscher; GER—Anke Scholz, Franziska van Almsick, Dagmar Hase, Kerstin Kielgass; AUS—Juila Greville, Emma Johnson, Nicole Stevenson, Susan O'Neill.
4x 100-meter Medley Relay
| | | Time |
| 1 | United States | 4:02.88 |
| 2 | Australia | 4:05.08 |
| 3 | China | 4:07.34 |
USA—Angel Martino, Amy Van Dyken, Amanda Beard, Beth Botsford; AUS—Nicole Stevenson, Susan O'Neill, Samantha Riley, Sarah Ryan; CHN—Shan Ying, Chen Yan, Han Xue, Cai Huijue.
Synchronized Swimming
Team: 1. United States (99.720 pts); 2. Canada (98.367); 3. Japan (97.753).
USA Entry—Tammy Cleland, Suzannah Bianco, Heather Pease, Emily Lesueur, Becky Dyroen–Lancer, Jill Sudduth, Nathalie Schneyder, Heather Simmons-Carrasco, Jill Savery, Margot Thien.
1996 Men's Olympic Swimming Medalists 
