Women's 50 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 31 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 50 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 24.79 WR | ||||||||||||
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 50 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 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 | Yang Wenyi (CHN) | 24.98 | Guangzhou, China | 11 April 1988 |
Olympic record | Kristin Otto (GDR) | 25.49 | Seoul, South Korea | 25 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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31 July | Final A | Yang Wenyi | China | 24.79 | WR |
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 | 3 | Lisa Curry | Australia | 25.87 | |
10 | 2 | Kristin Topham | Canada | 26.17 | |
11 | 7 | Marianne Muis | Netherlands | 26.24 | |
6 | Andrea Nugent | Canada | |||
13 | 5 | Marianne Kriel | South Africa | 26.47 | |
14 | 8 | Yevgeniya Yermakova | Unified Team | 26.49 | |
15 | 1 | Linda Olofsson | Sweden | 26.51 | |
4 | Franziska van Almsick | Germany | DSQ |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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7 | Yang Wenyi | China | 24.79 | WR | |
4 | Zhuang Yong | China | 25.08 | ||
3 | Angel Martino | United States | 25.23 | ||
4 | 6 | Catherine Plewinski | France | 25.36 | NR |
5 | 5 | Jenny Thompson | United States | 25.37 | |
6 | 8 | Natalya Meshcheryakova | Unified Team | 25.47 | |
7 | 2 | Simone Osygus | Germany | 25.74 | |
8 | 1 | Inge de Bruijn | Netherlands | 25.84 |
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The women's 200 metre freestyle 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 200 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place between 30 and 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
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.
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
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.
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