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


The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 26 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
26 JulyHeat 6Jenny Thompson54.69
26 JulyFinal AZhuang Yong54.64

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164Jenny Thompson54.69Q,
265Franziska van Almsick55.40Q
366Catherine Plewinski55.44Q
454Nicole Haislett55.67Q
544Zhuang Yong55.78Q
662Le Jingyi55.87Q
745Karin Brienesse55.98Q
753Simone Osygus55.98Q
956Suzu Chiba56.26q
1068Yelena Shubina56.31q
1157Luminița Dobrescu56.45q
1263Gitta Jensen56.47q
1355Susie O'Neill56.58q
1446Mildred Muis56.67q
1451Yevgeniya Yermakova56.67q
1652Andrea Nugent56.82q
1743Karen Pickering57.17
1867Martina Moravcová57.19
1941Eva Nyberg57.36
2035Marianne Kriel57.50
2131Claudia Franco57.57
2247Ayako Nakano57.71
2361Ellenor Svensson58.03
2438Minna Salmela58.04NR
2548Allison Higson58.47
2632Natalia Pulido58.54
2733Mette Nielsen58.67
2842Karen van Wirdum58.75
2958Toni Jeffs58.80
3025Rania Elwani58.82
3134Alison Sheppard58.83
3137Diana Ureche58.83
3315Joscelin Yeo58.93
3427Akiko Thomson59.02
3524Monica Dahl59.05
3636Ilaria Sciorelli59.11
3714Robyn Lamsam59.26
3828Marja Pärssinen59.46
3927Shelley Cramer59.99NR
4022Helga Sigurðardóttir1:00.29
4121Ana Alegria1:00.35
4212Joshua Ikhaghomi1:00.72
4323Ratiporn Wong1:00.85
4416Corinne Leclair1:00.95
4517Sharon Pickering1:01.42
4613Ana Joselina Fortin1:01.50
4711Paola Peñarrieta1:04.08
4818Elsa Freire1:05.45

Finals

Final B

Final A