Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle
Appearance
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Women's 50 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 31 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 50 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 24.79 WR | ||||||||||||
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 50 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 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 | ![]() |
24.98 | Guangzhou, China | 11 April 1988 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
25.49 | Seoul, South Korea | 25 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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31 July | Final A | Yang Wenyi | ![]() |
24.79 | WR |
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 | 3 | Lisa Curry | ![]() |
25.87 | |
10 | 2 | Kristin Topham | ![]() |
26.17 | |
11 | 7 | Marianne Muis | ![]() |
26.24 | |
6 | Andrea Nugent | ![]() |
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13 | 5 | Marianne Kriel | ![]() |
26.47 | |
14 | 8 | Yevgeniya Yermakova | ![]() |
26.49 | |
15 | 1 | Linda Olofsson | ![]() |
26.51 | |
4 | Franziska van Almsick | ![]() |
DSQ |
Final A
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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7 | Yang Wenyi | ![]() |
24.79 | WR |
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4 | Zhuang Yong | ![]() |
25.08 | |
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3 | Angel Martino | ![]() |
25.23 | |
4 | 6 | Catherine Plewinski | ![]() |
25.36 | NR |
5 | 5 | Jenny Thompson | ![]() |
25.37 | |
6 | 8 | Natalya Meshcheryakova | ![]() |
25.47 | |
7 | 2 | Simone Osygus | ![]() |
25.74 | |
8 | 1 | Inge de Bruijn | ![]() |
25.84 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 50 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 372. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 372. Retrieved 2 September 2017.