The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 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 29 July Final A Qian Hong 58.62

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 Wang Xiaohong 59.34 Q 2 7 5 Qian Hong 59.37 Q 3 6 5 Susie O'Neill 59.95 Q 4 5 3 Franziska van Almsick 1:00.02 Q 5 5 5 Catherine Plewinski 1:00.03 Q 6 7 4 Crissy Ahmann-Leighton 1:00.10 Q 7 5 4 Summer Sanders 1:00.38 Q 8 6 6 Rie Shito 1:01.04 Q 9 7 3 Lisa Curry 1:01.07 q 10 5 6 Inge de Bruijn 1:01.12 q 11 7 2 Kristin Topham 1:01.20 q 12 7 6 Karin Brienesse 1:01.33 q 13 6 2 Ilaria Tocchini 1:01.37 q 14 5 7 Therèse Lundin 1:01.38 q 15 6 3 Yoko Kando 1:01.56 q 16 6 7 Jacqueline Delord 1:01.78 * 7 8 Olga Kirichenko 18 5 2 Bettina Ustrowski 1:02.07 19 4 3 Martina Moravcová 1:02.11 20 7 7 Madeleine Campbell 1:02.43 21 4 6 Marianne Kriel 1:02.49 22 3 4 Anna Uryniuk 1:02.50 NR 23 4 7 Diana Ureche 1:02.72 24 7 1 Malin Strömberg 1:02.78 25 5 1 María Peláez 1:02.79 26 3 2 Bárbara Franco 1:02.83 27 6 8 Julie Howard 1:02.89 28 5 8 Samantha Purvis 1:02.94 29 4 2 Timea Toth 1:03.18 6 1 Nataliya Yakovleva 31 2 4 Joscelin Yeo 1:03.82 32 4 4 Marja Pärssinen 1:03.94 33 4 1 Iuliana Pantelimon 1:04.07 34 2 3 May Ooi 1:04.14 35 3 5 Nataša Meškovska 1:04.16 36 3 6 Ana Alegria 1:04.18 37 2 2 Praphalsai Minpraphal 1:04.28 38 3 3 Berit Puggaard 1:04.57 39 2 6 Joana Arantes 1:04.59 40 3 7 Gabriela Gaja 1:04.84 41 2 5 Blanca Morales 1:05.02 42 2 7 Nguyễn Kiều Oanh 1:05.19 43 4 5 Shelley Cramer 1:05.84 44 1 7 Anja Margetić 1:06.26 NR 45 1 5 Sharon Pickering 1:06.35 46 1 4 Monica Dahl 1:06.58 47 1 3 Ana Joselina Fortin 1:07.94 48 1 6 Elsa Freire 1:10.17 49 1 2 Mariza Gregorio 1:10.27 * Delord and Kirichenko tied for sixteenth place, but the latter elected not to participate in a swimoff, allowing the former to advance to the semifinals by default.

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 5 Inge de Bruijn 1:01.02 10 6 Karin Brienesse 1:01.20 11 1 Yoko Kando 1:01.32 12 7 Therèse Lundin 1:01.43 13 4 Lisa Curry 1:01.61 14 3 Kristin Topham 1:01.91 15 2 Ilaria Tocchini 1:02.06 16 8 Jacqueline Delord 1:03.22

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Qian Hong 58.62 7 Crissy Ahmann-Leighton 58.74 2 Catherine Plewinski 59.01 NR 4 4 Wang Xiaohong 59.10 5 3 Susie O'Neill 59.69 OC 6 1 Summer Sanders 59.82 7 6 Franziska van Almsick 1:00.70 8 8 Rie Shito 1:01.16

References

External links Official Report