The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July 1992 at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
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 4 4 Krisztina Egerszegi 4:43.83 Q 2 2 4 Summer Sanders 4:43.95 Q 3 3 4 Lin Li 4:45.74 Q 4 2 6 Ewa Synowska 4:46.00 Q, NR 5 3 6 Eri Kimura 4:46.17 Q, NR 6 2 3 Hayley Lewis 4:46.57 Q 7 3 5 Daniela Hunger 4:47.39 Q 8 3 3 Hideko Hiranaka 4:47.92 Q 9 2 5 Beatrice Câșlaru 4:48.12 q 10 4 5 Erika Hansen 4:48.13 q 11 4 2 Jana Haas 4:49.93 q 12 4 1 Silvia Parera 4:50.16 q 13 4 6 Jacqueline McKenzie 4:51.80 q 14 2 2 Hana Černá 4:52.21 q 15 4 3 Nancy Sweetnam 4:52.41 q 16 3 2 Joanne Malar 4:52.85 q 17 1 3 Phillippa Langrell 4:53.62 NR 18 3 8 Noemi Lung 4:53.91 19 2 7 Céline Bonnet 4:54.70 20 4 7 Yan Ming 4:54.93 21 2 1 Sharron Davies 4:56.44 22 3 1 Elisenda Pérez 4:56.78 23 3 7 Helen Slatter 4:58.24 24 4 8 Marta Włodkowska 4:58.30 25 1 4 Jeanine Steenkamp 4:58.48 26 1 5 Michelle Smith 4:58.94 27 1 2 Jill Brukman 5:03.34 28 1 6 Praphalsai Minpraphal 5:04.95 29 1 7 Keren Regal 5:07.97 30 1 8 May Ooi 5:08.19 31 1 1 Claudia Fortin 5:09.84 2 8 Britta Vestergaard
Finals
Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 3 Jana Haas 4:47.74 10 5 Erika Hansen 4:48.37 11 8 Joanne Malar 4:48.52 12 6 Silvia Parera 4:48.77 13 1 Nancy Sweetnam 4:50.17 14 7 Hana Černá 4:50.30 15 4 Beatrice Câșlaru 4:50.60 16 2 Jacqueline McKenzie 4:52.04
Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Krisztina Egerszegi 4:36.54 NR 3 Lin Li 4:36.73 AS 5 Summer Sanders 4:37.58 4 7 Hayley Lewis 4:43.75 5 8 Hideko Hiranaka 4:46.24 6 1 Daniela Hunger 4:47.57 7 2 Eri Kimura 4:47.78 8 6 Ewa Synowska 4:53.32
References
External links Official Report