Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | |||||||||
Date | 28 July 1992 (heats & final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 60 from 13 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 3:39.46 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 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]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 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 record | 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.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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28 July | Final | Nicole Haislett (55.33) Dara Torres (55.33) Angel Martino (54.79) Jenny Thompson (54.01) | United States | 3:39.46 | WR |
Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q). [2]
Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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4 | United States | Nicole Haislett (55.33) Dara Torres (55.33) Angel Martino (54.79) Jenny Thompson (54.01) | 3:39.46 | WR | |
5 | China | Zhuang Yong (54.51) OR Lü Bin (55.90) Yang Wenyi (54.90) Le Jingyi (54.81) | 3:40.12 | AS | |
3 | Germany | Franziska van Almsick (54.99) Simone Osygus (55.74) Daniela Hunger (55.12) Manuela Stellmach (55.75) | 3:41.60 | ||
4 | 2 | Unified Team | Natalya Meshcheryakova (55.69) Svetlana Leshukova (56.56) Yelena Dendeberova (55.79) Yelena Shubina (55.64) | 3:43.68 | |
5 | 6 | Netherlands | Diana van der Plaats (56.68) Mildred Muis (55.75) Marianne Muis (55.53) Karin Brienesse (55.78) | 3:43.74 | |
6 | 1 | Denmark | Gitta Jensen (56.13) Mette Jacobsen (56.26) Berit Puggaard (57.67) Mette Nielsen (57.75) | 3:47.81 | NR |
7 | 7 | Sweden | Eva Nyberg (57.37) Louise Karlsson (56.50) Ellenor Svensson (57.66) Malin Nilsson (56.94) | 3:48.47 | |
8 | 8 | Canada | Marianne Limpert (57.06) Nikki Dryden (57.65) Andrea Nugent (56.79) Allison Higson (57.87) | 3:49.37 |
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