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

Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date 29 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors 49 from 34 nations
Winning time 58.62 OR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Qian Hong
 China
2nd, silver medalist(s) Crissy Ahmann-Leighton
 United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Catherine Plewinski
 France

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 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 Mary T. Meagher (USA)57.93Brown Deer, United States16 August 1981
Olympic record Kristin Otto (GDR)59.00Seoul, South Korea23 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
29 JulyFinal AQian Hong China58.62OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164Wang Xiaohong China59.34Q
275Qian Hong China59.37Q
365Susie O'Neill Australia59.95Q
453Franziska van Almsick Germany1:00.02Q
555Catherine Plewinski France1:00.03Q
674Crissy Ahmann-Leighton United States1:00.10Q
754Summer Sanders United States1:00.38Q
866Rie Shito Japan1:01.04Q
973Lisa Curry Australia1:01.07q
1056Inge de Bruijn Netherlands1:01.12q
1172Kristin Topham Canada1:01.20q
1276Karin Brienesse Netherlands1:01.33q
1362Ilaria Tocchini Italy1:01.37q
1457Therèse Lundin Sweden1:01.38q
1563Yoko Kando Japan1:01.56q
1667Jacqueline Delord France1:01.78qSO*
78Olga Kirichenko Unified TeamqSO
1852Bettina Ustrowski Germany1:02.07
1943Martina Moravcová Czechoslovakia1:02.11
2077Madeleine Campbell Great Britain1:02.43
2146Marianne Kriel South Africa1:02.49
2234Anna Uryniuk Poland1:02.50NR
2347Diana Ureche Romania1:02.72
2471Malin Strömberg Sweden1:02.78
2551María Peláez Spain1:02.79
2632Bárbara Franco Spain1:02.83
2768Julie Howard Canada1:02.89
2858Samantha Purvis Great Britain1:02.94
2942Timea Toth Israel1:03.18
61Nataliya Yakovleva Unified Team
3124Joscelin Yeo Singapore1:03.82
3244Marja Pärssinen Finland1:03.94
3341Iuliana Pantelimon Romania1:04.07
3423May Ooi Singapore1:04.14
3535Nataša Meškovska Independent Olympic Participants1:04.16
3636Ana Alegria Portugal1:04.18
3722Praphalsai Minpraphal Thailand1:04.28
3833Berit Puggaard Denmark1:04.57
3926Joana Arantes Portugal1:04.59
4037Gabriela Gaja Mexico1:04.84
4125Blanca Morales Guatemala1:05.02
4227Nguyễn Kiều Oanh Vietnam1:05.19
4345Shelley Cramer Virgin Islands1:05.84
4417Anja Margetić Bosnia and Herzegovina1:06.26NR
4515Sharon Pickering Fiji1:06.35
4614Monica Dahl Namibia1:06.58
4713Ana Joselina Fortin Honduras1:07.94
4816Elsa Freire Angola1:10.17
4912Mariza Gregorio Mozambique1:10.27

* Delord and Kirichenko tied for sixteenth place, but the latter elected not to participate in a swimoff, allowing the former to advance to the semifinals by default.

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95Inge de Bruijn Netherlands1:01.02
106Karin Brienesse Netherlands1:01.20
111Yoko Kando Japan1:01.32
127Therèse Lundin Sweden1:01.43
134Lisa Curry Australia1:01.61
143Kristin Topham Canada1:01.91
152Ilaria Tocchini Italy1:02.06
168Jacqueline Delord France1:03.22

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)5Qian Hong China58.62OR
2nd, silver medalist(s)7Crissy Ahmann-Leighton United States58.74
3rd, bronze medalist(s)2Catherine Plewinski France59.01NR
44Wang Xiaohong China59.10
53Susie O'Neill Australia59.69OC
61Summer Sanders United States59.82
76Franziska van Almsick Germany1:00.70
88Rie Shito Japan1:01.16

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  2. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 379. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 379. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
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