Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

These are the official results of the women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of fourteen nations competing.[1]

Official Video Highlights
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Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  United States (USA)
Evelyn Ashford
Esther Jones
Carlette Guidry
Gwen Torrence
Michelle Finn*
  Unified Team (EUN)
Olga Bogoslovskaya
Galina Malchugina
Marina Trandenkova
Irina Privalova
  Nigeria (NGR)
Beatrice Utondu
Faith Idehen
Christy Opara-Thompson
Mary Onyali

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Records edit

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record 41.37   Silke Gladisch
  Sabine Rieger
  Ingrid Auerswald
  Marlies Göhr
Canberra (AUS) October 6, 1985
Olympic Record 41.60   Romy Müller
  Bärbel Wöckel
  Ingrid Auerswald
  Marlies Göhr
Moscow (URS) August 1, 1980

Results edit

Final edit

RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
    United States (USA) Evelyn Ashford
Esther Jones
Carlette Guidry
Gwen Torrence
42.11
    Unified Team (EUN) Olga Bogoslovskaya
Galina Malchugina
Marina Trandenkova
Irina Privalova
42.16
    Nigeria (NGR) Beatrice Utondu
Faith Idehen
Christy Opara-Thompson
Mary Onyali
42.81
4.   France (FRA) Patricia Girard-Léno
Odiah Sidibé
Laurence Bily
Marie-José Pérec
42.85
5.   Germany (GER) Andrea Philipp
Silke Knoll
Andrea Thomas
Sabine Günther
43.12
6.   Australia (AUS) Melissa Moore
Melinda Gainsford
Kathy Sambell
Kerry Johnson
43.77
  Jamaica (JAM) Michelle Freeman
Juliet Cuthbert
Dahlia Duhaney
Merlene Ottey
DNF
  Cuba (CUB) Eusebia Riquelme
Aliuska López
Idalmis Bonne
Liliana Allen
DNF

Heats edit

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 2   Jamaica (JAM) Michelle Freeman, Juliet Cuthbert, Dahlia Duhaney, Merlene Ottey 42.28 Q
2 2   Nigeria (NGR) Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Christy Opara-Thompson, Mary Onyali 42.39 Q
3 1   Unified Team (EUN) Olga Bogoslovskaya, Galina Malchugina, Marina Trandenkova, Irina Privalova 42.42 Q
4 1   United States (USA) Evelyn Ashford, Esther Jones, Carlette Guidry, Michelle Finn 42.50 Q
5 2   France (FRA) Patricia Girard, Odiah Sidibé, Laurence Bily, Marie-José Pérec 42.58 Q
6 1   Germany (GER) Andrea Philipp, Silke-Beate Knoll, Andrea Thomas, Sabine Günther 43.32 Q
7 1   Australia (AUS) Melissa Moore, Melinda Gainsford, Kathy Sambell, Kerry Johnson 43.49 q
8 2   Cuba (CUB) Eusebia Riquelme, Aliuska López, Idalmis Bonne, Liliana Allen 43.51 q
9 2   Finland (FIN) Minna Painilainen-Soon, Sisko Hanhijoki, Sanna Hernesniemi, Marja Tennivaara 43.60
10 1   China (CHN) Gao Han, Tian Yumei, Chen Zhaojing, Xiao Yehua 43.70
11 2   Netherlands (NED) Karen van der Kooij, Jacqueline Poelman, Karin de Lange, Petra Huybrechtse 43.91
12 1   Thailand (THA) Nednapa Chommuak, Reawadee Srithoa, Ratjai Sripet, Pornpim Srisurat 44.94
13 1   Cameroon (CMR) Léone Mani, Georgette N'Koma, Monique Kengné, Louisette Thobi 44.97
2   Ivory Coast (CIV) Louise Ayétotché, Alimata Koné, Olga Mutanda, Patricia Foufoué Ziga DQ

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

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