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


The women's 100 metre butterfly 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.
The following records were established during the competition:
DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
29 JulyFinal AQian Hong58.62

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164Wang Xiaohong59.34Q
275Qian Hong59.37Q
365Susie O'Neill59.95Q
453Franziska van Almsick1:00.02Q
555Catherine Plewinski1:00.03Q
674Crissy Ahmann-Leighton1:00.10Q
754Summer Sanders1:00.38Q
866Rie Shito1:01.04Q
973Lisa Curry1:01.07q
1056Inge de Bruijn1:01.12q
1172Kristin Topham1:01.20q
1276Karin Brienesse1:01.33q
1362Ilaria Tocchini1:01.37q
1457Therèse Lundin1:01.38q
1563Yoko Kando1:01.56q
1667Jacqueline Delord1:01.78*
1678Olga Kirichenko1:01.78
1852Bettina Ustrowski1:02.07
1943Martina Moravcová1:02.11
2077Madeleine Campbell1:02.43
2146Marianne Kriel1:02.49
2234Anna Uryniuk1:02.50NR
2347Diana Ureche1:02.72
2471Malin Strömberg1:02.78
2551María Peláez1:02.79
2632Bárbara Franco1:02.83
2768Julie Howard1:02.89
2858Samantha Purvis1:02.94
2942Timea Toth1:03.18
2961Nataliya Yakovleva1:03.18
3124Joscelin Yeo1:03.82
3244Marja Pärssinen1:03.94
3341Iuliana Pantelimon1:04.07
3423May Ooi1:04.14
3535Nataša Meškovska1:04.16
3636Ana Alegria1:04.18
3722Praphalsai Minpraphal1:04.28
3833Berit Puggaard1:04.57
3926Joana Arantes1:04.59
4037Gabriela Gaja1:04.84
4125Blanca Morales1:05.02
4227Nguyễn Kiều Oanh1:05.19
4345Shelley Cramer1:05.84
4417Anja Margetić1:06.26NR
4515Sharon Pickering1:06.35
4614Monica Dahl1:06.58
4713Ana Joselina Fortin1:07.94
4816Elsa Freire1:10.17
4912Mariza Gregorio1:10.27

* Delord and Kirichenko tied for sixteenth place, but the latter elected not to participate in a swimoff, allowing the former to advance to the semifinals by default.

Finals

Final B

Final A