Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Women's 100 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Date	5 August 1992 (heats and quarter-finals) 6 August 1992 (semi-finals and final)
Competitors	37 from 22 nations
Winning time	12.64
Medalists
Voula Patoulidou  Greece LaVonna Martin  United States Yordanka Donkova  Bulgaria

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Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races

Despite the presence of the world record holder Yordanka Donkova (who had her career peak four years earlier), Gail Devers came into this race as the favorite. Though her Olympic history shows her winning the 100 metres twice, the first time earlier in this Olympics, she primarily made her career as a hurdler. And true to form, Devers had a commanding lead in this race, until the final hurdle. Devers came up short and hit the hurdle, foot first, hard, knocking her off balance. She stumbled toward the finish line, falling on the last step, but still finished fifth, .001 out of fourth place. Voula Patoulidou was the gold medalist, followed by LaVonna Martin and Donkova.