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

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2]

Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date29 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors43 from 31 nations
Winning time1:08.00 NR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yelena Rudkovskaya  Unified Team
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anita Nall  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Samantha Riley  Australia
← 1988
1996 →

Records

edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Silke Hörner (GDR) 1:07.91 Strasbourg, France 21 August 1987
Olympic record   Tanya Dangalakova (BUL) 1:07.95 Seoul, South Korea 23 September 1988

Results

edit

Heats

edit

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 2 Yelena Rudkovskaya   Unified Team 1:08.75 Q, NR
2 6 4 Anita Nall   United States 1:09.32 Q
3 5 4 Samantha Riley   Australia 1:09.38 Q
4 6 3 Manuela Dalla Valle   Italy 1:09.78 Q
5 4 4 Guylaine Cloutier   Canada 1:09.89 Q
6 6 6 Jana Dörries   Germany 1:10.00 Q
7 4 6 Daniela Brendel   Germany 1:10.49 Q
8 4 5 Gabriella Csépe   Hungary 1:10.58 Q
9 4 1 Alicja Pęczak   Poland 1:10.60 q
10 6 7 Lou Xia   China 1:10.74 q
11 4 3 Magdalena Kupiec   Poland 1:10.90 q
12 5 7 Lisa Flood   Canada 1:10.95 q
13 6 2 Kyoko Iwasaki   Japan 1:11.00 q
14 5 5 Megan Kleine   United States 1:11.04 q
15 5 3 Lu Di   China 1:11.58 q
6 5 Linley Frame   Australia q
17 5 6 Kyoko Kasuya   Japan 1:11.60
18 3 7 Kira Bulten   Netherlands 1:11.81
19 6 8 Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir   Iceland 1:12.14
20 4 2 Yelena Volkova   Unified Team 1:12.46
21 4 8 Brigitte Becue   Belgium 1:12.82
22 3 2 Rocío Ruiz   Spain 1:13.11
23 6 1 Suki Brownsdon   Great Britain 1:13.24
24 4 7 Jaime King   Great Britain 1:13.32
25 2 2 Martina Nemec   Austria 1:13.34 NR
26 5 1 Park Mi-yeong   South Korea 1:13.49
27 5 8 Britta Vestergaard   Denmark 1:13.58
28 2 6 Jennifer Smatt   Bermuda 1:13.94
29 3 3 Lenka Maňhalová   Czechoslovakia 1:13.96
30 3 4 Audrey Guérit   France 1:13.98
31 2 5 Sornsawan Phuvichit   Thailand 1:14.69
32 3 6 Elena Donati   Italy 1:14.70
33 2 4 Penny Heyns   South Africa 1:14.99
34 3 5 Martine Janssen   Netherlands 1:15.10
35 2 3 Riikka Ukkola   Finland 1:15.56
36 1 5 Tammie Kaae   Guam 1:16.78
37 2 7 Barbara Pexa   Guam 1:17.71
38 2 1 Vola Hanta Ratsifa Andrihamanana   Madagascar 1:17.77
39 1 4 Claudia Velásquez   Peru 1:17.80
40 1 3 Priscilla Madero   Ecuador 1:20.76
41 1 2 Nádia Cruz   Angola 1:21.50
42 1 7 Elke Talma   Seychelles 1:29.91
1 6 Nguyễn Thị Phương   Vietnam DSQ

Finals

edit

[4]

Final B

edit
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 5 Lou Xia   China 1:10.07
10 3 Magdalena Kupiec   Poland 1:10.32 NR
11 4 Alicja Pęczak   Poland 1:10.73
12 7 Megan Kleine   United States 1:11.07
13 2 Kyoko Iwasaki   Japan 1:11.16
14 6 Lisa Flood   Canada 1:11.17
15 1 Linley Frame   Australia 1:11.36
16 8 Lu Di   China 1:12.07

Final A

edit
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Yelena Rudkovskaya   Unified Team 1:08.00 NR
  5 Anita Nall   United States 1:08.17 AM
  3 Samantha Riley   Australia 1:09.25 OC
4 2 Guylaine Cloutier   Canada 1:09.71
5 7 Jana Dörries   Germany 1:09.77
6 8 Gabriella Csépe   Hungary 1:10.19
7 6 Manuela Dalla Valle   Italy 1:10.39
8 1 Daniela Brendel   Germany 1:11.05

References

edit
  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. ^ "100 meters Breaststroke, Women". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 377. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 378. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
edit