Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date26 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors32 from 21 nations
Winning time4:36.54 NR
Medalists
Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary
Lin Li  China
Summer Sanders  United States
Swimming at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Petra Schneider (GDR)4:36.10Guayaquil, Ecuador1 August 1982
Olympic record Petra Schneider (GDR)4:36.29Moscow, Soviet Union26 July 1980

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary4:43.83Q
224Summer Sanders United States4:43.95Q
334Lin Li China4:45.74Q
426Ewa Synowska Poland4:46.00Q, NR
536Eri Kimura Japan4:46.17Q
623Hayley Lewis Australia4:46.57Q
735Daniela Hunger Germany4:47.39Q
833Hideko Hiranaka Japan4:47.92Q
925Beatrice Căşlaru Romania4:48.12q
1045Erika Hansen United States4:48.13q
1142Jana Haas Germany4:49.93q
1241Silvia Parera Spain4:50.16q
1346Jacqueline McKenzie Australia4:51.80q
1422Hana Černá Czechoslovakia4:52.21q
1543Nancy Sweetnam Canada4:52.41q
1632Joanne Malar Canada4:52.85q
1713Phillippa Langrell New Zealand4:53.62NR
1838Noemi Lung Romania4:53.91
1927Céline Bonnet France4:54.70
2047Yan Ming China4:54.93
2121Sharron Davies Great Britain4:56.44
2231Elisenda Pérez Spain4:56.78
2337Helen Slatter Great Britain4:58.24
2448Marta Włodkowska Poland4:58.30
2514Jeanine Steenkamp South Africa4:58.48
2615Michelle Smith Ireland4:58.94
2712Jill Brukman South Africa5:03.34
2816Praphalsai Minpraphal Thailand5:04.95
2917Keren Regal Israel5:07.97
3018May Ooi Singapore5:08.19
3111Claudia Fortin Honduras5:09.84
28Britta Vestergaard DenmarkDSQ

Finals

[3]

Final B
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
93Jana Haas Germany4:47.74
105Erika Hansen United States4:48.37
118Joanne Malar Canada4:48.52
126Silvia Parera Spain4:48.77
131Nancy Sweetnam Canada4:50.17
147Hana Černá Czechoslovakia4:50.30
154Beatrice Căşlaru Romania4:50.60
162Jacqueline McKenzie Australia4:52.04

Final A
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary4:36.54NR
3Lin Li China4:36.73AS
5Summer Sanders United States4:37.58
47Hayley Lewis Australia4:43.75
58Hideko Hiranaka Japan4:46.24
61Daniela Hunger Germany4:47.57
72Eri Kimura Japan4:47.78
86Ewa Synowska Poland4:53.32

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 381. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 381. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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