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

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Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date28 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors46 from 32 nations
Winning time1:00.68 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Krisztina Egerszegi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Tünde Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg Lea Loveless Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1988
1996  

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. [1]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Hungary.svg  Krisztina Egerszegi  (HUN)1:00.31 Athens, Greece 22 August 1991
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Rica Reinisch  (GDR)1:00.86 Moscow, Soviet Union 23 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
28 JulyHeat 6 Krisztina Egerszegi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:00.85 OR
28 JulyFinal A Krisztina Egerszegi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:00.68 OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164 Krisztina Egerszegi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:00.85Q, OR
265 Lea Loveless Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:01.19Q
344 Tünde Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:02.14Q
453 Nina Zhivanevskaya Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 1:02.25Q
554 Janie Wagstaff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:02.29Q
655 Nicole Stevenson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:02.54Q
763 Yoko Koikawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:02.83Q
856 Joanne Meehan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:02.84Q
966 Silvia Poll Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1:02.88q, NR
1043 Sandra Völker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:02.90q
1152 Anna Simcic Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:03.12q
1251 Marianne Kriel South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa 1:03.20q
1361 Noriko Inada Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:03.21q
1445 Dagmar Hase Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:03.35q
1547 Nikki Dryden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:03.71q
1641 He Cihong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:03.83q
1762 Ellen Elzerman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:03.96
1832 Akiko Thomson Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 1:04.32 NR
1948 Joanne Deakins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:04.38
2068 Claudia Stănescu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:04.44
2142 Eva Gysling Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:04.50
2227 Jill Brukman South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa 1:04.57
2358 Lorenza Vigarani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:04.65
2467 Katherine Read Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:04.97
2533 Lara Bianconi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:05.02
2657 Natalya Shibayeva Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 1:05.08
2734 Núria Castelló Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:05.09
2846 Julie Howard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:05.26
2925 Małgorzata Galwas Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:05.36 NR
3035 Helena Straková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:05.38
3136 Martina Moravcová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:05.73
3223 Céline Bonnet Flag of France.svg  France 1:05.75
22 Nathalie Wunderlich Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
3438 Rita Jean Garay Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 1:05.92 NR
3521 Lee Chang-ha Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 1:06.08
3637 Ana Barros Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:06.11
3731 Mariya Kocheva Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:06.17
3824 Diane Lacombe Flag of France.svg  France 1:06.31
3915 Anne Lackman Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:06.48
4011 Darija Alauf Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Participants 1:06.81 NR
4126 Tanja Godina Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:06.97
4214 Sarah-Jane Murphy Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:07.47
4316 Storme Moodie Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:07.60
4413 Ana Joselina Fortin Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 1:08.24
4512 Rania Elwani Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:10.12
17 Sharon Pickering Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji DNS

Finals

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Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
97 Dagmar Hase Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:02.93
106 Marianne Kriel South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa 1:03.12
113 Anna Simcic Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:03.30
122 Noriko Inada Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:03.42
138 He Cihong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:03.50
141 Nikki Dryden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:03.50
154 Silvia Poll Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1:03.57
165 Sandra Völker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:04.52

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Krisztina Egerszegi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:00.68 OR
Silver medal icon.svg3 Tünde Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:01.14
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Lea Loveless Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:01.43
47 Nicole Stevenson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:01.78
52 Janie Wagstaff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:01.81
68 Joanne Meehan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:02.07
76 Nina Zhivanevskaya Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 1:02.36
81 Yoko Koikawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:03.23

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References

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  2. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. pp. 375–376. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. p. 376. Retrieved 2 September 2017.