Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke
Women's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 28 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 46 from 32 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:00.68 OR | ||||||||||||
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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 | ![]() | 1:00.31 | Athens, Greece | 22 August 1991 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 1:00.86 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 23 July 1980 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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28 July | Heat 6 | Krisztina Egerszegi | ![]() | 1:00.85 | OR |
28 July | Final A | Krisztina Egerszegi | ![]() | 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]
Finals
[3]
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 7 | Dagmar Hase | ![]() | 1:02.93 | |
10 | 6 | Marianne Kriel | ![]() | 1:03.12 | |
11 | 3 | Anna Simcic | ![]() | 1:03.30 | |
12 | 2 | Noriko Inada | ![]() | 1:03.42 | |
13 | 8 | He Cihong | ![]() | 1:03.50 | |
14 | 1 | Nikki Dryden | ![]() | 1:03.50 | |
15 | 4 | Silvia Poll | ![]() | 1:03.57 | |
16 | 5 | Sandra Völker | ![]() | 1:04.52 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Krisztina Egerszegi | ![]() | 1:00.68 | OR |
![]() | 3 | Tünde Szabó | ![]() | 1:01.14 | |
![]() | 5 | Lea Loveless | ![]() | 1:01.43 | |
4 | 7 | Nicole Stevenson | ![]() | 1:01.78 | OC |
5 | 2 | Janie Wagstaff | ![]() | 1:01.81 | |
6 | 8 | Joanne Meehan | ![]() | 1:02.07 | |
7 | 6 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | ![]() | 1:02.36 | |
8 | 1 | Yoko Koikawa | ![]() | 1:03.23 |
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 375–376. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 376. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
External links
- Official Report