These are the official results of the women's 400 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats. The finals were held on July 25. The winning margin was 0.22 seconds.

Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World record 47.60 Marita Koch Canberra (AUS) October 6, 1985 Olympic record 48.65 Olga Bryzgina Seoul (KOR) September 26, 1988

Final Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Marie-José Pérec 48.83 Olga Bryzgina 49.05 Ximena Restrepo 49.64 4 Olga Nazarova 49.69 5 Jillian Richardson 49.93 6 Rochelle Stevens 50.11 7 Sandie Richards 50.19 8 Phylis Smith 50.87

Semifinals Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Marie-José Pérec 49.48 2 Ximena Restrepo 49.76 3 Olga Bryzgina 49.76 4 Phylis Smith 50.40 5 Jearl Miles 50.57 6 Natasha Kaiser 50.60 7 Michelle Lock 50.78 8 Yelena Ruzina 51.30

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Jillian Richardson 50.02 2 Olga Nazarova 50.31 3 Sandie Richards 50.35 4 Rochelle Stevens 50.37 5 Norfalia Carabalí 51.75 6 Sandra Douglas 51.96 7 Renée Poetschka 52.09 8 Elsa Devassoigne 52.85

Quarterfinals Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Ximena Restrepo 50.63 2 Olga Bryzgina 50.68 3 Natasha Kaiser 50.71 4 Sandra Douglas 51.41 5 Cathy Freeman 51.52 6 Aïssatou Tandian 52.39 7 Jayamini Illeperuma 53.55 8 Judit Forgács 54.24

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Jillian Richardson 50.95 2 Jearl Miles 51.27 3 Olga Nazarova 51.30 4 Michelle Lock 51.71 5 Anja Rücker 52.05 6 Juliet Campbell 52.12 7 Tina Paulino 52.34 8 Ruth Morris 54.92

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Phylis Smith 51.32 2 Elsa Devassoigne 51.75 3 Renée Poetschka 52.05 4 Yelena Ruzina 52.23 5 Julia Merino 52.43 6 Claudine Williams 52.84 7 Susie Tanéfo 53.78 8 Noodang Phimpho 54.90

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Rochelle Stevens 50.70 2 Sandie Richards 50.76 3 Marie-José Pérec 50.89 4 Norfalia Carabalí 51.65 5 Myra Mayberry 53.37 6 Lorraine Hanson 53.60 7 Zoila Stewart 53.60 8 Alimata Koné 53.80

Heats Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Natasha Kaiser 51.41 2 Ximena Restrepo 52.34 3 Julia Merino 52.90 4 Juliet Campbell 53.69 5 Ruth Morris 54.37 6 Prisca Philip 55.09 7 Fanta Dao 1:01.97

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Sandie Richards 52.56 2 Jearl Miles 52.79 3 Sandra Douglas 52.91 4 Jayamini Illeperuma 54.14 5 Charmaine Gilgeous 55.48 6 Shermaine Ross 55.49

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Elsa Devassoigne 52.07 2 Olga Bryzgina 52.44 3 Michelle Lock 52.49 4 Lorraine Hanson 52.66 5 Tina Paulino 52.93 6 Zoila Stewart 53.72 7 Mary-Estelle Kapalu 55.75

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Jillian Richardson 51.99 2 Olga Nazarova 52.09 3 Norfalia Carabalí 52.18 4 Anja Rücker 52.24 5 Aïssatou Tandian 52.29 6 Susie Tanéfo 53.37 7 Jacqueline Solíz 56.78

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Phylis Smith 53.59 2 Marie-José Pérec 53.64 3 Cathy Freeman 53.70 4 Myra Mayberry 53.75 5 Judit Forgács 54.87 6 Ngozi Mwanamwambwa 54.88 7 Melrose Mansaray 55.67

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Rochelle Stevens 52.42 2 Renée Poetschka 52.85 3 Yelena Ruzina 52.94 4 Claudine Williams 52.97 5 Alimata Koné 53.76 6 Noodang Pimpol 54.28 7 Ruth Mangue 1:03.32

See also 1987 Women's World Championships 400 metres (Rome) 1988 Women's Olympic 400 metres (Seoul) 1990 Women's European Championships 400 metres (Split) 1991 Women's World Championships 400 metres (Tokyo) 1993 Women's World Championships 400 metres (Stuttgart) 1994 Women's European Championships 400 metres (Helsinki)

References

External links Official Report Results