Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The women’s 100 metre backstroke event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens Greece on August 15 and 16.U.S. swimmer Natalie Coughlin won the gold medal in this event outside the record time of 1:00.37. The silver medal was awarded to Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry who finished behind Coughlin by 0.13 of a second breaking an African record of 1:00.50.