Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Women's 50 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date31 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors50 from 35 nations
Winning time24.79 WR
Medalists
Yang Wenyi  China
Zhuang Yong  China
Angel Martino  United States

Records

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

World record Yang Wenyi (CHN)24.98Guangzhou, China11 April 1988
Olympic record Kristin Otto (GDR)25.49Seoul, South Korea25 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
31 JulyFinal AYang Wenyi China24.79WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
165Zhuang Yong China25.56Q
254Angel Martino United States25.63Q
74Jenny Thompson United StatesQ
453Catherine Plewinski France25.78Q
564Simone Osygus Germany25.79Q
675Yang Wenyi China25.84Q
755Inge de Bruijn Netherlands25.86Q
852Natalya Meshcheryakova Unified Team25.89Q
973Franziska van Almsick Germany25.96q
1056Marianne Kriel South Africa26.05q
1163Lisa Curry Australia26.07q
1276Andrea Nugent Canada26.29q
1358Kristin Topham Canada26.32q
1462Linda Olofsson Sweden26.43q
78Marianne Muis Netherlandsq
1667Yevgeniya Yermakova Unified Team26.45q
1768Julie Blaise France26.48
1872Gitta Jensen Denmark26.54
1961Cristina Chiuso Italy26.72
2051Ayako Nakano Japan26.74
2145Luminița Dobrescu Romania26.76
43Claudia Franco Spain
2357Louise Karlsson Sweden26.77
2444Karen Pickering Great Britain26.78
2546Mette Nielsen Denmark26.80
66Karen van Wirdum Australia
2777Toni Jeffs New Zealand26.90
71Alison Sheppard Great Britain
2947Martina Moravcová Czechoslovakia26.92
3042Diana Ureche Romania26.96
3133Minna Salmela Finland27.00
3236Rania Elwani Egypt27.20
3334Eva Gysling Switzerland27.21
3424Joscelin Yeo Singapore27.36
35Shina Matsudo Japan
3632Robyn Lamsam Hong Kong27.40
3737Monica Dahl Namibia27.45
3825Marja Pärssinen Finland27.49
3931Joshua Ikhaghomi Nigeria27.53
4027Shelley Cramer Virgin Islands27.84NR
4117Keren Regal Israel27.93
4241Helga Sigurðardóttir Iceland27.94
4312Vola Hanta Ratsifa Andrihamanana Madagascar28.22
4423Ratiporn Wong Thailand28.42
4526Ana Joselina Fortin Honduras28.59
4622May Ooi Singapore28.77
4715Sharon Pickering Fiji28.90
4813Paola Peñarrieta Bolivia29.71
4916Sara Casadei San Marino30.05
5014Elsa Freire Angola30.17

Finals

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Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
93Lisa Curry Australia25.87
102Kristin Topham Canada26.17
117Marianne Muis Netherlands26.24
6Andrea Nugent Canada
135Marianne Kriel South Africa26.47
148Yevgeniya Yermakova Unified Team26.49
151Linda Olofsson Sweden26.51
4Franziska van Almsick GermanyDSQ

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
7Yang Wenyi China24.79WR
4Zhuang Yong China25.08
3Angel Martino United States25.23
46Catherine Plewinski France25.36NR
55Jenny Thompson United States25.37
68Natalya Meshcheryakova Unified Team25.47
72Simone Osygus Germany25.74
81Inge de Bruijn Netherlands25.84

References

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