Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle
Appearance
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Women's 100 Metre Freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 26 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 48 from 34 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 54.64 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
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 Women's 100 Metre Freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
54.48 | Indianapolis, United States | 1 March 1992 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
54.79 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 21 July 1980 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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26 July | Heat 6 | Jenny Thompson | ![]() |
54.69 | OR |
26 July | Final A | Zhuang Yong | ![]() |
54.64 | OR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
[edit]Final B
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 4 | Suzu Chiba | ![]() |
55.97 | NR |
10 | 3 | Luminița Dobrescu | ![]() |
56.17 | |
11 | 5 | Yelena Shubina | ![]() |
56.19 | |
12 | 6 | Gitta Jensen | ![]() |
56.59 | |
13 | 7 | Mildred Muis | ![]() |
56.64 | |
14 | 1 | Yevgeniya Yermakova | ![]() |
56.66 | |
15 | 2 | Susie O'Neill | ![]() |
56.68 | |
16 | 8 | Andrea Nugent | ![]() |
56.91 |
Final A
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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2 | Zhuang Yong | ![]() |
54.64 | OR |
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4 | Jenny Thompson | ![]() |
54.84 | |
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5 | Franziska van Almsick | ![]() |
54.94 | |
4 | 6 | Nicole Haislett | ![]() |
55.19 | |
5 | 3 | Catherine Plewinski | ![]() |
55.72 | |
6 | 7 | Le Jingyi | ![]() |
55.89 | |
7 | 1 | Simone Osygus | ![]() |
55.93 | |
8 | 8 | Karin Brienesse | ![]() |
56.59 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 100 Metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 372–373. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 373. Retrieved 2 September 2017.