<page_title> Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke </page_title> <section_title> Final </section_title> <table> <cell> Natalie Coughlin <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> United States <col_header> Nationality </col_header> </cell> <cell> 58.96 <col_header> Time </col_header> </cell> <cell> AM <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
U.S. swimmer Natalie Coughlin set an American record of 58.96.