Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

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Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date30 July 1992 (heats & final)
Competitors78 from 17 nations
Winning time4:02.54 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Lea Loveless, Anita Nall, Crissy Ahmann-Leighton, Jenny Thompson, Janie Wagstaff*, Megan Kleine*, Summer Sanders*, Nicole Haislett*
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Dagmar Hase, Jana Dörries, Franziska van Almsick, Daniela Hunger, Daniela Brendel*, Bettina Ustrowski*, Simone Osygus*
Bronze medal icon.svgOlympic flag.svg  Unified Team  (EUN)
Nina Zhivanevskaya, Yelena Rudkovskaya, Olga Kirichenko, Natalya Meshcheryakova, Yelena Shubina*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 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 East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
Ina Kleber (1:00.59)
Sylvia Gerasch (1:08.69)
Ines Geißler (59.52)
Birgit Meineke (54.89)		4:03.69 Moscow, Soviet Union 24 August 1984
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)
Kristin Otto (1:01.03)
Silke Hörner (1:08.20)
Birte Weigang (59.51)
Katrin Meissner (55.00)		4:03.74 Seoul, South Korea 24 September 1988

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
30 JulyFinal Lea Loveless (1:00.82)
Anita Nall (1:08.67)
Crissy Ahmann-Leighton (58.58)
Jenny Thompson (54.47)		Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:02.54 WR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q). [2]

RankHeatLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
114Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team Nina Zhivanevskaya (1:02.24)
Yelena Rudkovskaya (1:10.04)
Olga Kirichenko (1:01.55)
Yelena Shubina (56.54)		4:10.37Q
215Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Dagmar Hase (1:02.67)
Daniela Brendel (1:10.27)
Bettina Ustrowski (1:01.93)
Simone Osygus (55.75)		4:10.62Q
334Flag of the United States.svg  United States Janie Wagstaff (1:03.19)
Megan Kleine (1:12.05)
Summer Sanders (1:00.15)
Nicole Haislett (55.44)		4:10.83Q
413Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Ellen Elzerman (1:04.19)
Kira Bulten (1:10.84)
Inge de Bruijn (1:00.64)
Marianne Muis (55.58)		4:11.25Q
533Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Yoko Koikawa (1:02.81)
Kyoko Iwasaki (1:11.11)
Yoko Kando (1:01.14)
Suzu Chiba (56.42)		4:11.48Q, NR
625Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nikki Dryden (1:03.96)
Guylaine Cloutier (1:10.16)
Kristin Topham (1:01.06)
Andrea Nugent (56.49)		4:11.67Q
724Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Joanne Meehan (1:03.70)
Samantha Riley (1:10.83)
Susie O'Neill (1:01.28)
Lisa Curry (56.73)		4:12.54Q
835Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China He Cihong (1:04.48)
Lou Xia (1:10.47)
Qian Hong (1:00.82)
Le Jingyi (56.78)		4:12.55Q
932Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Lorenza Vigarani (1:03.97)
Manuela Dalla Valle (1:09.60)
Ilaria Tocchini (1:01.67)
Ilaria Sciorelli (57.53)		4:12.77
1023Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Joanne Deakins (1:04.51)
Suki Brownsdon (1:13.52)
Madeleine Campbell (1:02.70)
Karen Pickering (55.78)		4:16.51
1116Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Mette Jacobsen (1:04.06)
Britta Vestergaard (1:12.58)
Berit Puggaard (1:03.89)
Gitta Jensen (56.67)		4:17.20
1222Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Claudia Stănescu (1:04.90)
Beatrice Câșlaru (1:13.35)
Diana Ureche (1:02.51)
Luminița Dobrescu (57.15)		4:17.91
1312Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Núria Castelló (1:04.87)
Rocío Ruiz (1:12.86)
María Peláez (1:03.54)
Claudia Franco (58.00)		4:19.27
1436Flag of France.svg  France Céline Bonnet (1:05.73)
Audrey Guerit (1:12.90)
Jacqueline Delord (1:05.10)
Julie Blaise (57.46)		4:21.19
1527Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Anne Lackman (1:06.56)
Riikka Ukkola (1:15.58)
Marja Pärssinen (1:03.07)
Minna Salmela (57.86)		4:23.07
1637South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa Jill Brukman (1:05.78)
Penny Heyns (1:14.43)
Jeanine Steenkamp (1:06.19)
Marianne Kriel (57.88)		4:24.28
1717Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Heike Koerner (1:06.77)
Ana Mendoza (1:16.42)
Gabriela Gaja (1:04.57)
Laura Sánchez (58.97)		4:26.73

Final

[3]

RankLaneNationSwimmersTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3Flag of the United States.svg  United States Lea Loveless (1:00.82)
Anita Nall (1:08.67)
Crissy Ahmann-Leighton (58.58)
Jenny Thompson (54.47)		4:02.54 WR
Silver medal icon.svg5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Dagmar Hase (1:01.61)
Jana Dörries (1:09.43)
Franziska van Almsick (59.08)
Daniela Hunger (55.07)		4:05.19
Bronze medal icon.svg4Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team Nina Zhivanevskaya (1:02.54)
Yelena Rudkovskaya (1:07.44)
Olga Kirichenko (1:00.98)
Natalya Meshcheryakova (55.48)		4:06.44
48Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Lin Li (1:02.90)
Lou Xia (1:09.51)
Qian Hong (58.97)
Le Jingyi (55.40)		4:06.78 AS
51Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Nicole Stevenson (1:02.09)
Samantha Riley (1:10.06)
Susie O'Neill (59.38)
Lisa Curry (55.48)		4:07.01 OC
67Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nikki Dryden (1:03.51)
Guylaine Cloutier (1:09.55)
Kristin Topham (1:00.38)
Andrea Nugent (55.82)		4:09.26
72Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Yoko Koikawa (1:03.12)
Kyoko Iwasaki (1:10.75)
Yoko Kando (1:00.51)
Suzu Chiba (55.54)		4:09.92 NR
86Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Ellen Elzerman (1:03.81)
Kira Bulten (1:11.30)
Inge de Bruijn (1:00.39)
Marianne Muis (55.37)		4:10.87

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References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 4 x 100 metres Medley Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. pp. 382–383. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Final" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. p. 383. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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