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

Women's 100 Metre Freestyle
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date26 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors48 from 34 nations
Winning time54.64 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zhuang Yong  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jenny Thompson  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Franziska van Almsick  Germany
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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 record  Jenny Thompson (USA) 54.48 Indianapolis, United States 1 March 1992
Olympic record  Barbara Krause (GDR) 54.79 Moscow, Soviet Union 21 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
26 July Heat 6 Jenny Thompson  United States 54.69 OR
26 July Final A Zhuang Yong  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]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Jenny Thompson  United States 54.69 Q, OR
2 6 5 Franziska van Almsick  Germany 55.40 Q
3 6 6 Catherine Plewinski  France 55.44 Q
4 5 4 Nicole Haislett  United States 55.67 Q
5 4 4 Zhuang Yong  China 55.78 Q
6 6 2 Le Jingyi  China 55.87 Q
7 4 5 Karin Brienesse  Netherlands 55.98 Q
5 3 Simone Osygus  Germany Q
9 5 6 Suzu Chiba  Japan 56.26 q, NR
10 6 8 Yelena Shubina  Unified Team 56.31 q
11 5 7 Luminița Dobrescu  Romania 56.45 q
12 6 3 Gitta Jensen  Denmark 56.47 q
13 5 5 Susie O'Neill  Australia 56.58 q
14 4 6 Mildred Muis  Netherlands 56.67 q
5 1 Yevgeniya Yermakova  Unified Team q
16 5 2 Andrea Nugent  Canada 56.82 q
17 4 3 Karen Pickering  Great Britain 57.17
18 6 7 Martina Moravcová  Czechoslovakia 57.19
19 4 1 Eva Nyberg  Sweden 57.36
20 3 5 Marianne Kriel  South Africa 57.50
21 3 1 Claudia Franco  Spain 57.57
22 4 7 Ayako Nakano  Japan 57.71
23 6 1 Ellenor Svensson  Sweden 58.03
24 3 8 Minna Salmela  Finland 58.04 NR
25 4 8 Allison Higson  Canada 58.47
26 3 2 Natalia Pulido  Spain 58.54
27 3 3 Mette Nielsen  Denmark 58.67
28 4 2 Karen van Wirdum  Australia 58.75
29 5 8 Toni Jeffs  New Zealand 58.80
30 2 5 Rania Elwani  Egypt 58.82
31 3 4 Alison Sheppard  Great Britain 58.83
3 7 Diana Ureche  Romania
33 1 5 Joscelin Yeo  Singapore 58.93
34 2 7 Akiko Thomson  Philippines 59.02
35 2 4 Monica Dahl  Namibia 59.05
36 3 6 Ilaria Sciorelli  Italy 59.11
37 1 4 Robyn Lamsam  Hong Kong 59.26
38 2 8 Marja Pärssinen  Finland 59.46
39 2 7 Shelley Cramer  Virgin Islands 59.99 NR
40 2 2 Helga Sigurðardóttir  Iceland 1:00.29
41 2 1 Ana Alegria  Portugal 1:00.35
42 1 2 Joshua Ikhaghomi  Nigeria 1:00.72
43 2 3 Ratiporn Wong  Thailand 1:00.85
44 1 6 Corinne Leclair  Mauritius 1:00.95
45 1 7 Sharon Pickering  Fiji 1:01.42
46 1 3 Ana Joselina Fortin  Honduras 1:01.50
47 1 1 Paola Peñarrieta  Bolivia 1:04.08
48 1 8 Elsa Freire  Angola 1:05.45

Finals

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Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Suzu Chiba  Japan 55.97 NR
10 3 Luminița Dobrescu  Romania 56.17
11 5 Yelena Shubina  Unified Team 56.19
12 6 Gitta Jensen  Denmark 56.59
13 7 Mildred Muis  Netherlands 56.64
14 1 Yevgeniya Yermakova  Unified Team 56.66
15 2 Susie O'Neill  Australia 56.68
16 8 Andrea Nugent  Canada 56.91

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 Zhuang Yong  China 54.64 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Jenny Thompson  United States 54.84
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Franziska van Almsick  Germany 54.94
4 6 Nicole Haislett  United States 55.19
5 3 Catherine Plewinski  France 55.72
6 7 Le Jingyi  China 55.89
7 1 Simone Osygus  Germany 55.93
8 8 Karin Brienesse  Netherlands 56.59

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.