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

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date28 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors46 from 32 nations
Winning time1:00.68 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tünde Szabó  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lea Loveless  United States
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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) 1:00.31 Athens, Greece 22 August 1991
Olympic record  Rica Reinisch (GDR) 1:00.86 Moscow, Soviet Union 23 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
28 July Heat 6 Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary 1:00.85 OR
28 July Final A Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary 1:00.68 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 Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary 1:00.85 Q, OR
2 6 5 Lea Loveless  United States 1:01.19 Q
3 4 4 Tünde Szabó  Hungary 1:02.14 Q
4 5 3 Nina Zhivanevskaya  Unified Team 1:02.25 Q
5 5 4 Janie Wagstaff  United States 1:02.29 Q
6 5 5 Nicole Stevenson  Australia 1:02.54 Q
7 6 3 Yoko Koikawa  Japan 1:02.83 Q
8 5 6 Joanne Meehan  Australia 1:02.84 Q
9 6 6 Silvia Poll  Costa Rica 1:02.88 q, NR
10 4 3 Sandra Völker  Germany 1:02.90 q
11 5 2 Anna Simcic  New Zealand 1:03.12 q
12 5 1 Marianne Kriel  South Africa 1:03.20 q
13 6 1 Noriko Inada  Japan 1:03.21 q
14 4 5 Dagmar Hase  Germany 1:03.35 q
15 4 7 Nikki Dryden  Canada 1:03.71 q
16 4 1 He Cihong  China 1:03.83 q
17 6 2 Ellen Elzerman  Netherlands 1:03.96
18 3 2 Akiko Thomson  Philippines 1:04.32 NR
19 4 8 Joanne Deakins  Great Britain 1:04.38
20 6 8 Claudia Stănescu  Romania 1:04.44
21 4 2 Eva Gysling  Switzerland 1:04.50
22 2 7 Jill Brukman  South Africa 1:04.57
23 5 8 Lorenza Vigarani  Italy 1:04.65
24 6 7 Katherine Read  Great Britain 1:04.97
25 3 3 Lara Bianconi  Italy 1:05.02
26 5 7 Natalya Shibayeva  Unified Team 1:05.08
27 3 4 Núria Castelló  Spain 1:05.09
28 4 6 Julie Howard  Canada 1:05.26
29 2 5 Małgorzata Galwas  Poland 1:05.36 NR
30 3 5 Helena Straková  Czechoslovakia 1:05.38
31 3 6 Martina Moravcová  Czechoslovakia 1:05.73
32 2 3 Céline Bonnet  France 1:05.75
2 2 Nathalie Wunderlich  Switzerland
34 3 8 Rita Jean Garay  Puerto Rico 1:05.92 NR
35 2 1 Lee Chang-ha  South Korea 1:06.08
36 3 7 Ana Barros  Portugal 1:06.11
37 3 1 Mariya Kocheva  Bulgaria 1:06.17
38 2 4 Diane Lacombe  France 1:06.31
39 1 5 Anne Lackman  Finland 1:06.48
40 1 1 Darija Alauf  Independent Olympic Participants 1:06.81 NR
41 2 6 Tanja Godina  Slovenia 1:06.97
42 1 4 Sarah-Jane Murphy  Zimbabwe 1:07.47
43 1 6 Storme Moodie  Zimbabwe 1:07.60
44 1 3 Ana Joselina Fortin  Honduras 1:08.24
45 1 2 Rania Elwani  Egypt 1:10.12
1 7 Sharon Pickering  Fiji DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 7 Dagmar Hase  Germany 1:02.93
10 6 Marianne Kriel  South Africa 1:03.12
11 3 Anna Simcic  New Zealand 1:03.30
12 2 Noriko Inada  Japan 1:03.42
13 8 He Cihong  China 1:03.50
14 1 Nikki Dryden  Canada 1:03.50
15 4 Silvia Poll  Costa Rica 1:03.57
16 5 Sandra Völker  Germany 1:04.52

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary 1:00.68 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Tünde Szabó  Hungary 1:01.14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Lea Loveless  United States 1:01.43
4 7 Nicole Stevenson  Australia 1:01.78 OC
5 2 Janie Wagstaff  United States 1:01.81
6 8 Joanne Meehan  Australia 1:02.07
7 6 Nina Zhivanevskaya  Unified Team 1:02.36
8 1 Yoko Koikawa  Japan 1:03.23

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  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.