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

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
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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]

Records

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

Heats

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

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Final B

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Yelena Rudkovskaya  Unified Team 1:08.00 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Anita Nall  United States 1:08.17 AM
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  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.