Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

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]

Women's 100 Metre Freestyle
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date26 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors48 from 34 nations
Winning time54.64 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zhuang Yong  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jenny Thompson  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Franziska van Almsick  Germany
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Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Jenny Thompson (USA) 54.48 Indianapolis, United States 1 March 1992
Olympic record   Barbara Krause (GDR) 54.79 Moscow, Soviet Union 21 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
26 July Heat 6 Jenny Thompson   United States 54.69 OR
26 July Final A Zhuang Yong   China 54.64 OR

Results

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Heats

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Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Jenny Thompson   United States 54.69 Q, OR
2 6 5 Franziska van Almsick   Germany 55.40 Q
3 6 6 Catherine Plewinski   France 55.44 Q
4 5 4 Nicole Haislett   United States 55.67 Q
5 4 4 Zhuang Yong   China 55.78 Q
6 6 2 Le Jingyi   China 55.87 Q
7 4 5 Karin Brienesse   Netherlands 55.98 Q
5 3 Simone Osygus   Germany Q
9 5 6 Suzu Chiba   Japan 56.26 q, NR
10 6 8 Yelena Shubina   Unified Team 56.31 q
11 5 7 Luminița Dobrescu   Romania 56.45 q
12 6 3 Gitta Jensen   Denmark 56.47 q
13 5 5 Susie O'Neill   Australia 56.58 q
14 4 6 Mildred Muis   Netherlands 56.67 q
5 1 Yevgeniya Yermakova   Unified Team q
16 5 2 Andrea Nugent   Canada 56.82 q
17 4 3 Karen Pickering   Great Britain 57.17
18 6 7 Martina Moravcová   Czechoslovakia 57.19
19 4 1 Eva Nyberg   Sweden 57.36
20 3 5 Marianne Kriel   South Africa 57.50
21 3 1 Claudia Franco   Spain 57.57
22 4 7 Ayako Nakano   Japan 57.71
23 6 1 Ellenor Svensson   Sweden 58.03
24 3 8 Minna Salmela   Finland 58.04 NR
25 4 8 Allison Higson   Canada 58.47
26 3 2 Natalia Pulido   Spain 58.54
27 3 3 Mette Nielsen   Denmark 58.67
28 4 2 Karen van Wirdum   Australia 58.75
29 5 8 Toni Jeffs   New Zealand 58.80
30 2 5 Rania Elwani   Egypt 58.82
31 3 4 Alison Sheppard   Great Britain 58.83
3 7 Diana Ureche   Romania
33 1 5 Joscelin Yeo   Singapore 58.93
34 2 7 Akiko Thomson   Philippines 59.02
35 2 4 Monica Dahl   Namibia 59.05
36 3 6 Ilaria Sciorelli   Italy 59.11
37 1 4 Robyn Lamsam   Hong Kong 59.26
38 2 8 Marja Pärssinen   Finland 59.46
39 2 7 Shelley Cramer   Virgin Islands 59.99 NR
40 2 2 Helga Sigurðardóttir   Iceland 1:00.29
41 2 1 Ana Alegria   Portugal 1:00.35
42 1 2 Joshua Ikhaghomi   Nigeria 1:00.72
43 2 3 Ratiporn Wong   Thailand 1:00.85
44 1 6 Corinne Leclair   Mauritius 1:00.95
45 1 7 Sharon Pickering   Fiji 1:01.42
46 1 3 Ana Joselina Fortin   Honduras 1:01.50
47 1 1 Paola Peñarrieta   Bolivia 1:04.08
48 1 8 Elsa Freire   Angola 1:05.45

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Suzu Chiba   Japan 55.97 NR
10 3 Luminița Dobrescu   Romania 56.17
11 5 Yelena Shubina   Unified Team 56.19
12 6 Gitta Jensen   Denmark 56.59
13 7 Mildred Muis   Netherlands 56.64
14 1 Yevgeniya Yermakova   Unified Team 56.66
15 2 Susie O'Neill   Australia 56.68
16 8 Andrea Nugent   Canada 56.91

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  2 Zhuang Yong   China 54.64 OR
  4 Jenny Thompson   United States 54.84
  5 Franziska van Almsick   Germany 54.94
4 6 Nicole Haislett   United States 55.19
5 3 Catherine Plewinski   France 55.72
6 7 Le Jingyi   China 55.89
7 1 Simone Osygus   Germany 55.93
8 8 Karin Brienesse   Netherlands 56.59

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 372–373. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 373. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
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