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:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record 26 July Heat 6 Jenny Thompson 54.69 26 July Final A Zhuang Yong 54.64

Results

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 4 Jenny Thompson 54.69 Q, 2 6 5 Franziska van Almsick 55.40 Q 3 6 6 Catherine Plewinski 55.44 Q 4 5 4 Nicole Haislett 55.67 Q 5 4 4 Zhuang Yong 55.78 Q 6 6 2 Le Jingyi 55.87 Q 7 4 5 Karin Brienesse 55.98 Q 5 3 Simone Osygus Q 9 5 6 Suzu Chiba 56.26 q, NR 10 6 8 Yelena Shubina 56.31 q 11 5 7 Luminița Dobrescu 56.45 q 12 6 3 Gitta Jensen 56.47 q 13 5 5 Susie O'Neill 56.58 q 14 4 6 Mildred Muis 56.67 q 5 1 Yevgeniya Yermakova q 16 5 2 Andrea Nugent 56.82 q 17 4 3 Karen Pickering 57.17 18 6 7 Martina Moravcová 57.19 19 4 1 Eva Nyberg 57.36 20 3 5 Marianne Kriel 57.50 21 3 1 Claudia Franco 57.57 22 4 7 Ayako Nakano 57.71 23 6 1 Ellenor Svensson 58.03 24 3 8 Minna Salmela 58.04 NR 25 4 8 Allison Higson 58.47 26 3 2 Natalia Pulido 58.54 27 3 3 Mette Nielsen 58.67 28 4 2 Karen van Wirdum 58.75 29 5 8 Toni Jeffs 58.80 30 2 5 Rania Elwani 58.82 31 3 4 Alison Sheppard 58.83 3 7 Diana Ureche 33 1 5 Joscelin Yeo 58.93 34 2 7 Akiko Thomson 59.02 35 2 4 Monica Dahl 59.05 36 3 6 Ilaria Sciorelli 59.11 37 1 4 Robyn Lamsam 59.26 38 2 8 Marja Pärssinen 59.46 39 2 7 Shelley Cramer 59.99 NR 40 2 2 Helga Sigurðardóttir 1:00.29 41 2 1 Ana Alegria 1:00.35 42 1 2 Joshua Ikhaghomi 1:00.72 43 2 3 Ratiporn Wong 1:00.85 44 1 6 Corinne Leclair 1:00.95 45 1 7 Sharon Pickering 1:01.42 46 1 3 Ana Joselina Fortin 1:01.50 47 1 1 Paola Peñarrieta 1:04.08 48 1 8 Elsa Freire 1:05.45

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Suzu Chiba 55.97 NR 10 3 Luminița Dobrescu 56.17 11 5 Yelena Shubina 56.19 12 6 Gitta Jensen 56.59 13 7 Mildred Muis 56.64 14 1 Yevgeniya Yermakova 56.66 15 2 Susie O'Neill 56.68 16 8 Andrea Nugent 56.91

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Zhuang Yong 54.64 4 Jenny Thompson 54.84 5 Franziska van Almsick 54.94 4 6 Nicole Haislett 55.19 5 3 Catherine Plewinski 55.72 6 7 Le Jingyi 55.89 7 1 Simone Osygus 55.93 8 8 Karin Brienesse 56.59

References

External links Official Report