Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle

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Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date31 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors50 from 35 nations
Winning time24.79 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Yang Wenyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Zhuang Yong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Angel Martino Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1988
1996  

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]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yang Wenyi  (CHN)24.98 Guangzhou, China 11 April 1988
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Kristin Otto  (GDR)25.49 Seoul, South Korea 25 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
31 JulyFinal A Yang Wenyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 24.79 WR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
165 Zhuang Yong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 25.56Q
254 Angel Martino Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25.63Q
74 Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States Q
453 Catherine Plewinski Flag of France.svg  France 25.78Q
564 Simone Osygus Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.79Q
675 Yang Wenyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 25.84Q
755 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25.86Q
852 Natalya Meshcheryakova Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 25.89Q
973 Franziska van Almsick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.96q
1056 Marianne Kriel South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa 26.05q
1163 Lisa Curry Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 26.07q
1276 Andrea Nugent Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26.29q
1358 Kristin Topham Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26.32q
1462 Linda Olofsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26.43q
78 Marianne Muis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands q
1667 Yevgeniya Yermakova Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 26.45q
1768 Julie Blaise Flag of France.svg  France 26.48
1872 Gitta Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 26.54
1961 Cristina Chiuso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26.72
2051 Ayako Nakano Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 26.74
2145 Luminița Dobrescu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 26.76
43 Claudia Franco Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
2357 Louise Karlsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26.77
2444 Karen Pickering Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 26.78
2546 Mette Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 26.80
66 Karen van Wirdum Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
2777 Toni Jeffs Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 26.90
71 Alison Sheppard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2947 Martina Moravcová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 26.92
3042 Diana Ureche Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 26.96
3133 Minna Salmela Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 27.00
3236 Rania Elwani Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 27.20
3334 Eva Gysling Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 27.21
3424 Joscelin Yeo Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 27.36
35 Shina Matsudo Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
3632 Robyn Lamsam Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 27.40
3737 Monica Dahl Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 27.45
3825 Marja Pärssinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 27.49
3931 Joshua Ikhaghomi Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 27.53
4027 Shelley Cramer Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 27.84 NR
4117 Keren Regal Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 27.93
4241 Helga Sigurðardóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 27.94
4312 Vola Hanta Ratsifa Andrihamanana Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 28.22
4423 Ratiporn Wong Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 28.42
4526 Ana Joselina Fortin Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 28.59
4622 May Ooi Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 28.77
4715 Sharon Pickering Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 28.90
4813 Paola Peñarrieta Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 29.71
4916 Sara Casadei Flag of San Marino (before 2011).svg  San Marino 30.05
5014 Elsa Freire Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 30.17

Finals

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Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
93 Lisa Curry Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 25.87
102 Kristin Topham Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26.17
117 Marianne Muis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 26.24
6 Andrea Nugent Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
135 Marianne Kriel South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa 26.47
148 Yevgeniya Yermakova Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 26.49
151 Linda Olofsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26.51
4 Franziska van Almsick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DSQ

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg7 Yang Wenyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 24.79 WR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Zhuang Yong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 25.08
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Angel Martino Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25.23
46 Catherine Plewinski Flag of France.svg  France 25.36 NR
55 Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 25.37
68 Natalya Meshcheryakova Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 25.47
72 Simone Osygus Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25.74
81 Inge de Bruijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25.84

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References

  1. "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 50 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. p. 372. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. p. 372. Retrieved 2 September 2017.