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]
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 |
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26 July | Heat 6 | Jenny Thompson | United States | 54.69 | OR |
26 July | Final A | Zhuang Yong | China | 54.64 | OR |
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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 |
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The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
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The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
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