Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date28 July 1992 (heats & final)
Competitors60 from 13 nations
Winning time3:39.46 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Nicole Haislett, Angel Martino, Jenny Thompson, Dara Torres, Ashley Tappin*, Crissy Ahmann-Leighton*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Le Jingyi, Lü Bin, Zhuang Yong, Yang Wenyi, Zhao Kun*
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Franziska van Almsick, Daniela Hunger, Simone Osygus, Manuela Stellmach, Kerstin Kielgaß*, Annette Hadding*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
  1988
1996  

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain. [1]

Records

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

World recordFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
Kristin Otto (54.73)
Manuela Stellmach (54.96)
Sabina Schulze (55.52)
Heike Friedrich (55.36)
3:40.57 Madrid, Spain 19 August 1986
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
Kristin Otto (55.11)
Katrin Meissner (54.73)
Daniela Hunger (55.69)
Manuela Stellmach (55.10)
3:40.63 Seoul, South Korea 22 September 1988

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
28 JulyFinal Nicole Haislett (55.33)
Dara Torres (55.33)
Angel Martino (54.79)
Jenny Thompson (54.01)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:39.46 WR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q). [2]

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
124Flag of the United States.svg  United States Angel Martino (54.83)
Ashley Tappin (55.68)
Crissy Ahmann-Leighton (55.55)
Dara Torres (55.51)
3:41.57Q
213Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Zhao Kun (56.95)
Lü Bin (55.61)
Yang Wenyi (55.51)
Le Jingyi (55.34)
3:43.41Q
325Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Manuela Stellmach (56.10)
Kerstin Kielgaß (55.85)
Annette Hadding (56.35)
Daniela Hunger (55.28)
3:43.58Q
415Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Mildred Muis (56.71)
Diana van der Plaats (55.75)
Inge de Bruijn (56.03)
Marianne Muis (55.51)
3:44.00Q
527Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team Natalya Meshcheryakova (56.05)
Svetlana Leshukova (56.38)
Yevgeniya Yermakova (56.43)
Yelena Dendeberova (56.20)
3:45.06Q
612Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Eva Nyberg (57.12)
Linda Olofsson (57.38)
Louise Karlsson (56.79)
Ellenor Svensson (56.86)
3:48.15Q
723Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Berit Puggaard (58.38)
Gitta Jensen (55.66)
Annette Poulsen (58.16)
Mette Jacobsen (56.58)
3:48.78Q
826Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Marianne Limpert (57.11)
Allison Higson (57.80)
Nikki Dryden (58.26)
Andrea Nugent (56.11)
3:49.28Q
914Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Angela Mullens (57.78)
Lise Mackie (57.88)
Nicole Stevenson (58.25)
Lisa Curry (55.73)
3:49.64
1016Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Ayako Nakano (57.36)
Yoko Koikawa (57.45)
Shina Matsudo (58.05)
Suzu Chiba (57.05)
3:49.91
1122Flag of France.svg  France Julie Blaise (57.54)
Julia Reggiani (57.62)
Marie-Laure Giraudon (57.78)
Véronique Jardin (57.28)
3:50.22
1217Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Diana Ureche (58.43)
Carla Negrea (1:00.26)
Beatrice Căşlaru (59.34)
Luminița Dobrescu (57.49)
3:55.52
1328Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Corinne Leclair (1:00.99)
Luanne Maurice (1:02.94)
Annabelle Mariejeanne (1:03.66)
Nathalie Lam (1:02.37)
4:09.96

Final

[3]

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4Flag of the United States.svg  United States Nicole Haislett (55.33)
Dara Torres (55.33)
Angel Martino (54.79)
Jenny Thompson (54.01)
3:39.46 WR
Silver medal icon.svg5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Zhuang Yong (54.51)
Lü Bin (55.90)
Yang Wenyi (54.90)
Le Jingyi (54.81)
3:40.12 AS
Bronze medal icon.svg3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Franziska van Almsick (54.99)
Simone Osygus (55.74)
Daniela Hunger (55.12)
Manuela Stellmach (55.75)
3:41.60
42Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team Natalya Meshcheryakova (55.69)
Svetlana Leshukova (56.56)
Yelena Dendeberova (55.79)
Yelena Shubina (55.64)
3:43.68
56Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Diana van der Plaats (56.68)
Mildred Muis (55.75)
Marianne Muis (55.53)
Karin Brienesse (55.78)
3:43.74
61Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Gitta Jensen (56.13)
Mette Jacobsen (56.26)
Berit Puggaard (57.67)
Mette Nielsen (57.75)
3:47.81 NR
77Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Eva Nyberg (57.37)
Louise Karlsson (56.50)
Ellenor Svensson (57.66)
Malin Nilsson (56.94)
3:48.47
88Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Marianne Limpert (57.06)
Nikki Dryden (57.65)
Andrea Nugent (56.79)
Allison Higson (57.87)
3:49.37

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References

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