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 | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
| Date | 29 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 43 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:08.00 NR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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]
Finals edit
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Yelena Rudkovskaya |  Unified Team |
1:08.00 | NR |
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5 | Anita Nall | United States |
1:08.17 | AM |
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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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "100 meters Breaststroke, Women". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 377. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 378. Retrieved 2 September 2017.