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

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Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date29 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors43 from 31 nations
Winning time1:08.00 NR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Yelena Rudkovskaya Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
Silver medal icon.svg Anita Nall Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Samantha Riley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  1988
1996  

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain. [1] [2]

Records

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

World recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Silke Hörner  (GDR)1:07.91 Strasbourg, France 21 August 1987
Olympic recordFlag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Tanya Dangalakova  (BUL)1:07.95 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
152 Yelena Rudkovskaya Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 1:08.75Q, NR
264 Anita Nall Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:09.32Q
354 Samantha Riley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:09.38Q
463 Manuela Dalla Valle Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:09.78Q
544 Guylaine Cloutier Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:09.89Q
666 Jana Dörries Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:10.00Q
746 Daniela Brendel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:10.49Q
845 Gabriella Csépe Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:10.58Q
941 Alicja Pęczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:10.60q
1067 Lou Xia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:10.74q
1143 Magdalena Kupiec Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:10.90q
1257 Lisa Flood Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:10.95q
1362 Kyoko Iwasaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:11.00q
1455 Megan Kleine Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:11.04q
1553 Lu Di Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:11.58q
65 Linley Frame Flag of Australia.svg  Australia q
1756 Kyoko Kasuya Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:11.60
1837 Kira Bulten Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:11.81
1968 Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:12.14
2042 Yelena Volkova Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 1:12.46
2148 Brigitte Becue Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:12.82
2232 Rocío Ruiz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:13.11
2361 Suki Brownsdon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:13.24
2447 Jaime King Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:13.32
2522 Martina Nemec Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:13.34 NR
2651 Park Mi-yeong Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 1:13.49
2758 Britta Vestergaard Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:13.58
2826 Jennifer Smatt Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda 1:13.94
2933 Lenka Maňhalová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:13.96
3034 Audrey Guérit Flag of France.svg  France 1:13.98
3125 Sornsawan Phuvichit Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1:14.69
3236 Elena Donati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:14.70
3324 Penny Heyns South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa 1:14.99
3435 Martine Janssen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:15.10
3523 Riikka Ukkola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:15.56
3615 Tammie Kaae Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 1:16.78
3727 Barbara Pexa Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 1:17.71
3821 Vola Hanta Ratsifa Andrihamanana Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 1:17.77
3914 Claudia Velásquez Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:17.80
4013 Priscilla Madero Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador 1:20.76
4112 Nádia Cruz Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 1:21.50
4217 Elke Talma Flag of Seychelles (1977-1996).svg  Seychelles 1:29.91
16 Nguyễn Thị Phương Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam DSQ

Finals

[4]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95 Lou Xia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:10.07
103 Magdalena Kupiec Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:10.32 NR
114 Alicja Pęczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:10.73
127 Megan Kleine Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:11.07
132 Kyoko Iwasaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:11.16
146 Lisa Flood Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:11.17
151 Linley Frame Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:11.36
168 Lu Di Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:12.07

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Yelena Rudkovskaya Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 1:08.00 NR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Anita Nall Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:08.17 AM
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Samantha Riley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:09.25 OC
42 Guylaine Cloutier Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:09.71
57 Jana Dörries Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:09.77
68 Gabriella Csépe Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:10.19
76 Manuela Dalla Valle Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:10.39
81 Daniela Brendel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:11.05

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