Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
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.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 2 | Yelena Rudkovskaya | 1:08.75 | Q, NR | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Anita Nall | 1:09.32 | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Samantha Riley | 1:09.38 | Q | |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | Manuela Dalla Valle | 1:09.78 | Q | |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Guylaine Cloutier | 1:09.89 | Q | |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Jana Dörries | 1:10.00 | Q | |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Daniela Brendel | 1:10.49 | Q | |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Gabriella Csépe | 1:10.58 | Q | |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Alicja Pęczak | 1:10.60 | q | |
| 10 | 6 | 7 | Lou Xia | 1:10.74 | q | |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Magdalena Kupiec | 1:10.90 | q | |
| 12 | 5 | 7 | Lisa Flood | 1:10.95 | q | |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Kyoko Iwasaki | 1:11.00 | q | |
| 14 | 5 | 5 | Megan Kleine | 1:11.04 | q | |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Lu Di | 1:11.58 | q | |
| 15 | 6 | 5 | Linley Frame | 1:11.58 | q | |
| 17 | 5 | 6 | Kyoko Kasuya | 1:11.60 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Kira Bulten | 1:11.81 | ||
| 19 | 6 | 8 | Ragnheiður Runólfsdóttir | 1:12.14 | ||
| 20 | 4 | 2 | Yelena Volkova | 1:12.46 | ||
| 21 | 4 | 8 | Brigitte Becue | 1:12.82 | ||
| 22 | 3 | 2 | Rocío Ruiz | 1:13.11 | ||
| 23 | 6 | 1 | Suki Brownsdon | 1:13.24 | ||
| 24 | 4 | 7 | Jaime King | 1:13.32 | ||
| 25 | 2 | 2 | Martina Nemec | 1:13.34 | NR | |
| 26 | 5 | 1 | Park Mi-yeong | 1:13.49 | ||
| 27 | 5 | 8 | Britta Vestergaard | 1:13.58 | ||
| 28 | 2 | 6 | Jennifer Smatt | 1:13.94 | ||
| 29 | 3 | 3 | Lenka Maňhalová | 1:13.96 | ||
| 30 | 3 | 4 | Audrey Guérit | 1:13.98 | ||
| 31 | 2 | 5 | Sornsawan Phuvichit | 1:14.69 | ||
| 32 | 3 | 6 | Elena Donati | 1:14.70 | ||
| 33 | 2 | 4 | Penny Heyns | 1:14.99 | ||
| 34 | 3 | 5 | Martine Janssen | 1:15.10 | ||
| 35 | 2 | 3 | Riikka Ukkola | 1:15.56 | ||
| 36 | 1 | 5 | Tammie Kaae | 1:16.78 | ||
| 37 | 2 | 7 | Barbara Pexa | 1:17.71 | ||
| 38 | 2 | 1 | Vola Hanta Ratsifa Andrihamanana | 1:17.77 | ||
| 39 | 1 | 4 | Claudia Velásquez | 1:17.80 | ||
| 40 | 1 | 3 | Priscilla Madero | 1:20.76 | ||
| 41 | 1 | 2 | Nádia Cruz | 1:21.50 | ||
| 42 | 1 | 7 | Elke Talma | 1:29.91 | ||
| 1 | 6 | Nguyễn Thị Phương |