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

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Women's 100 Metre Freestyle
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date26 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors48 from 34 nations
Winning time54.64 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Zhuang Yong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Franziska van Almsick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
  1988
1996  

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]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Jenny Thompson  (USA)54.48 Indianapolis, United States 1 March 1992
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Barbara Krause  (GDR)54.79 Moscow, Soviet Union 21 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
26 JulyHeat 6 Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.69 OR
26 JulyFinal A Zhuang Yong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 54.64 OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164 Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.69Q, OR
265 Franziska van Almsick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.40Q
366 Catherine Plewinski Flag of France.svg  France 55.44Q
454 Nicole Haislett Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.67Q
544 Zhuang Yong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 55.78Q
662 Le Jingyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 55.87Q
745 Karin Brienesse Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 55.98Q
53 Simone Osygus Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Q
956 Suzu Chiba Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 56.26q, NR
1068 Yelena Shubina Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 56.31q
1157 Luminița Dobrescu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 56.45q
1263 Gitta Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 56.47q
1355 Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 56.58q
1446 Mildred Muis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 56.67q
51 Yevgeniya Yermakova Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team q
1652 Andrea Nugent Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.82q
1743 Karen Pickering Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 57.17
1867 Martina Moravcová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 57.19
1941 Eva Nyberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 57.36
2035 Marianne Kriel South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa 57.50
2131 Claudia Franco Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 57.57
2247 Ayako Nakano Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 57.71
2361 Ellenor Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 58.03
2438 Minna Salmela Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 58.04 NR
2548 Allison Higson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.47
2632 Natalia Pulido Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 58.54
2733 Mette Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 58.67
2842 Karen van Wirdum Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.75
2958 Toni Jeffs Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 58.80
3025 Rania Elwani Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 58.82
3134 Alison Sheppard Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 58.83
37 Diana Ureche Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
3315 Joscelin Yeo Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 58.93
3427 Akiko Thomson Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 59.02
3524 Monica Dahl Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 59.05
3636 Ilaria Sciorelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 59.11
3714 Robyn Lamsam Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 59.26
3828 Marja Pärssinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 59.46
3927 Shelley Cramer Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 59.99 NR
4022 Helga Sigurðardóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:00.29
4121 Ana Alegria Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:00.35
4212 Joshua Ikhaghomi Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1:00.72
4323 Ratiporn Wong Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1:00.85
4416 Corinne Leclair Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1:00.95
4517 Sharon Pickering Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1:01.42
4613 Ana Joselina Fortin Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 1:01.50
4711 Paola Peñarrieta Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 1:04.08
4818 Elsa Freire Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 1:05.45

Finals

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Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 Suzu Chiba Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 55.97 NR
103 Luminița Dobrescu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 56.17
115 Yelena Shubina Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 56.19
126 Gitta Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 56.59
137 Mildred Muis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 56.64
141 Yevgeniya Yermakova Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 56.66
152 Susie O'Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 56.68
168 Andrea Nugent Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.91

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg2 Zhuang Yong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 54.64 OR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Jenny Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.84
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Franziska van Almsick Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 54.94
46 Nicole Haislett Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.19
53 Catherine Plewinski Flag of France.svg  France 55.72
67 Le Jingyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 55.89
71 Simone Osygus Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.93
88 Karin Brienesse Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 56.59

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References

  1. "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 100 Metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. pp. 372–373. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. p. 373. Retrieved 2 September 2017.