Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

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Women's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Dates2 August 1992 (heats)
3 August 1992 (semi-finals)
5 August 1992 (final)
Competitors27 from 18 nations
Winning time53.23
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Sally Gunnell
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Sandra Farmer-Patrick
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Janeene Vickers
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1988
1996  
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These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 27 participating athletes plus one non-starter. [1]

The main contenders for the gold medal in Barcelona were the American Sandra Farmer-Patrick, the Soviet World champion Tatyana Ledovskaya and Great Britain's Sally Gunnell. Ledovskaya, who had so narrowly lost the gold to Debbie Flintoff-King at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, won the gold medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo in 53.11 seconds, with Gunnell winning silver in 53.16. Those performances moved Ledovskaya and Gunnell to second and third on the world all-time list behind Marina Stepanova's 1986 world record of 52.94. Farmer-Patrick, who was fourth in the Tokyo final and whose personal best of 53.37 dated back to 1989, ran the fastest pre-Olympic time of the 1992 season, when winning the US Olympic trials in June in 53.62 secs. Other medal contenders included the American Janeene Vickers, who had won the bronze medal in Tokyo in 53.47, and the former world record holder Margarita Ponomaryova.

In Barcelona, all the main contenders reached the final, with the fastest qualifiers being Gunnell, who won the first semifinal in 53.78, Farmer-Patrick, who won the second semifinal in 53.90, and Ponomaryova, who was second in the second semifinal in 53.98, which was the Russian's fastest time since her 1984 world record run of 53.58 secs.

In the final, Farmer-Patrick in lane 4 held a slight lead over the fifth hurdle. Over the seventh and eighth hurdles, Vickers (lane 1), Gunnell (lane 3) and Farmer-Patrick were virtually level, with Ponomaryova (lane 6) fourth and Ledovskaya (lane 8) fifth. Gunnell's superior technique and better stride pattern saw her move clear in the home straight and she went on to win by three metres in 53.23 secs, the fastest time in the world for 1992. Farmer-Patrick was clear in second, winning silver in 53.69 secs, while Vickers narrowly held on for the bronze medal from a fast-finishing Ledovskaya, both being timed at 54.31 secs.

The following year at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Gunnell and Farmer-Patrick would both run inside Marina Stepanova's world record. Gunnell won gold in the world record time of 52.74 secs, with Farmer-Patrick again having to settle for silver running 52.79 secs.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Sally Gunnell
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Sandra Farmer-Patrick
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Janeene Vickers
Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record52.94 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Stepanova Tashkent (URS)September 17, 1986
Olympic Record53.17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Debbie Flintoff-King Seoul (KOR)September 28, 1988

Final

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Sally Gunnell  (GBR)53.23
Med 2.png Flag of the United States.svg  Sandra Farmer-Patrick  (USA)53.69
Med 3.png Flag of the United States.svg  Janeene Vickers  (USA)54.31
4.Olympic flag.svg  Tatyana Ledovskaya  (EUN)54.31
5.Olympic flag.svg  Vera Ordina  (EUN)54.83
6.Olympic flag.svg  Margarita Ponomaryova  (EUN)54.83
7.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Deon Hemmings  (JAM)55.58
South African Olympic Flag.svg  Myrtle Bothma  (RSA)DNF

Semi finals

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Sally Gunnell  (GBR)53.78
2.Olympic flag.svg  Vera Ordina  (EUN)54.37
3.Flag of the United States.svg  Janeene Vickers  (USA)54.67
4.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Deon Hemmings  (JAM)54.70
5.Flag of Morocco.svg  Nezha Bidouane  (MAR)55.08
6.Flag of Germany.svg  Heike Meißner  (GER)55.35
7.Flag of Sweden.svg  Frida Johansson  (SWE)55.85
8.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Donalda Duprey  (CAN)56.30


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Sandra Farmer-Patrick  (USA)53.90
2.Olympic flag.svg  Margarita Ponomaryova  (EUN)53.98
3.Olympic flag.svg  Tatyana Ledovskaya  (EUN)54.53
4.South African Olympic Flag.svg  Myrtle Bothma  (RSA)54.53
5.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Gowry Retchakan  (GBR)54.63
6.Flag of the United States.svg  Tonja Buford  (USA)55.04
7.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Rosey Edeh  (CAN)55.76
8.Flag of Italy.svg  Irmgard Trojer  (ITA)56.34

Heats

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Sandra Farmer-Patrick  (USA)55.12
2.Olympic flag.svg  Margarita Ponomaryova  (EUN)55.36
3.South African Olympic Flag.svg  Myrtle Bothma  (RSA)55.60
4.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Rosey Edeh  (CAN)55.66
5.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Louise Fraser  (GBR)57.49
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Addo Ndala (CGO)DNF
Flag of Germany.svg  Linda Kisabaka  (GER)DNS


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Olympic flag.svg  Tatyana Ledovskaya  (EUN)55.03
2.Flag of Germany.svg  Heike Meißner  (GER)55.62
3.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Gowry Retchakan  (GBR)55.62
4.Flag of Sweden.svg  Monica Westén  (SWE)56.68
5.Flag of Romania.svg  Nicoleta Vornicu  (ROU)57.18
6.Flag of Portugal.svg  Marta Moreira  (POR)58.24
7.Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Liliana Chalá  (ECU)58.55


RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Janeene Vickers  (USA)55.24
2.Olympic flag.svg  Vera Ordina  (EUN)55.25
3.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Deon Hemmings  (JAM)55.48
4.Flag of Morocco.svg  Nezha Bidouane  (MAR)55.95
5.Flag of Sweden.svg  Frida Johansson  (SWE)56.13
6.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Donalda Duprey  (CAN)56.37
7.Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Mary-Estelle Kapalu  (VAN)1:00.97


RANKHEAT 4TIME
1.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Sally Gunnell  (GBR)54.98
2.Flag of Italy.svg  Irmgard Trojer  (ITA)55.49
3.Flag of the United States.svg  Tonja Buford  (USA)56.35
4.Flag of Germany.svg  Silvia Rieger  (GER)56.61
5.Flag of Spain.svg  Miriam Alonso Manteca  (ESP)57.66
6.Flag of Australia.svg  Gail Luke  (AUS)58.32
7.Flag of Thailand.svg  Reawadee Srithoa  (THA)58.80

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2017.