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

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date 28 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors 46 from 32 nations
Winning time 1:00.68 OR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary
2nd, silver medalist(s) Tünde Szabó  Hungary
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Lea Loveless  United States

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 record Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)1:00.31Athens, Greece22 August 1991
Olympic record Rica Reinisch (GDR)1:00.86Moscow, Soviet Union23 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
28 JulyHeat 6Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary1:00.85OR
28 JulyFinal AKrisztina Egerszegi Hungary1:00.68OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary1:00.85Q, OR
265Lea Loveless United States1:01.19Q
344Tünde Szabó Hungary1:02.14Q
453Nina Zhivanevskaya Unified Team1:02.25Q
554Janie Wagstaff United States1:02.29Q
655Nicole Stevenson Australia1:02.54Q
763Yoko Koikawa Japan1:02.83Q
856Joanne Meehan Australia1:02.84Q
966Silvia Poll Costa Rica1:02.88q, NR
1043Sandra Völker Germany1:02.90q
1152Anna Simcic New Zealand1:03.12q
1251Marianne Kriel South Africa1:03.20q
1361Noriko Inada Japan1:03.21q
1445Dagmar Hase Germany1:03.35q
1547Nikki Dryden Canada1:03.71q
1641He Cihong China1:03.83q
1762Ellen Elzerman Netherlands1:03.96
1832Akiko Thomson Philippines1:04.32NR
1948Joanne Deakins Great Britain1:04.38
2068Claudia Stănescu Romania1:04.44
2142Eva Gysling Switzerland1:04.50
2227Jill Brukman South Africa1:04.57
2358Lorenza Vigarani Italy1:04.65
2467Katherine Read Great Britain1:04.97
2533Lara Bianconi Italy1:05.02
2657Natalya Shibayeva Unified Team1:05.08
2734Núria Castelló Spain1:05.09
2846Julie Howard Canada1:05.26
2925Małgorzata Galwas Poland1:05.36NR
3035Helena Straková Czechoslovakia1:05.38
3136Martina Moravcová Czechoslovakia1:05.73
3223Céline Bonnet France1:05.75
22Nathalie Wunderlich Switzerland
3438Rita Jean Garay Puerto Rico1:05.92NR
3521Lee Chang-ha South Korea1:06.08
3637Ana Barros Portugal1:06.11
3731Mariya Kocheva Bulgaria1:06.17
3824Diane Lacombe France1:06.31
3915Anne Lackman Finland1:06.48
4011Darija Alauf Independent Olympic Participants1:06.81NR
4126Tanja Godina Slovenia1:06.97
4214Sarah-Jane Murphy Zimbabwe1:07.47
4316Storme Moodie Zimbabwe1:07.60
4413Ana Joselina Fortin Honduras1:08.24
4512Rania Elwani Egypt1:10.12
17Sharon Pickering FijiDNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
97Dagmar Hase Germany1:02.93
106Marianne Kriel South Africa1:03.12
113Anna Simcic New Zealand1:03.30
122Noriko Inada Japan1:03.42
138He Cihong China1:03.50
141Nikki Dryden Canada1:03.50
154Silvia Poll Costa Rica1:03.57
165Sandra Völker Germany1:04.52

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary1:00.68OR
2nd, silver medalist(s)3Tünde Szabó Hungary1:01.14
3rd, bronze medalist(s)5Lea Loveless United States1:01.43
47Nicole Stevenson Australia1:01.78
52Janie Wagstaff United States1:01.81
68Joanne Meehan Australia1:02.07
76Nina Zhivanevskaya Unified Team1:02.36
81Yoko Koikawa Japan1:03.23

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  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.


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