Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics
| Swimming at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |
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 Piscines Bernat Picornell | |
| Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell |
| Dates | 26 – 31 July 1992 |
| No. of events | 31 |
| Competitors | 641 from 92 nations |
| Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, 31 swimming events were contested. There was a total of 641 participants from 92 countries competing.[1]
Medal table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 11 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 2 |  Unified Team (EUN) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 |  Hungary (HUN) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 |  China (CHN) | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 |  Australia (AUS) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Suriname (SUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 nations) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 | |
Medal summary[]
Men's events[]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle |
Alexander Popov Unified Team(  Russia) |
21.91 (OR) | Matt Biondi United States |
22.09 | Tom Jager United States |
22.30 |
| 100 m freestyle |
Alexander Popov Unified Team ( Russia) |
49.02 | Gustavo Borges Brazil |
49.43 | Stéphan Caron France |
49.50 |
| 200 m freestyle |
Yevgeny Sadovyi Unified Team ( Russia) |
1:46.70 (OR) | Anders Holmertz Sweden |
1:46.86 | Antti Kasvio Finland |
1:47.63 |
| 400 m freestyle |
Yevgeny Sadovyi Unified Team ( Russia) |
3:45.00 (WR) | Kieren Perkins Australia |
3:45.16 | Anders Holmertz Sweden |
3:46.77 |
| 1500 m freestyle |
Kieren Perkins Australia |
14:43.48 (WR) | Glen Housman Australia |
14:55.29 | Jörg Hoffmann Germany |
15:02.29 |
| 100 m backstroke |
Mark Tewksbury Canada |
53.98 (OR) | Jeff Rouse United States |
54.04 | David Berkoff United States |
54.78 |
| 200 m backstroke |
Martin López-Zubero Spain |
1:58.47 (OR) | Vladimir Selkov Unified Team ( Russia) |
1:58.87 | Stefano Battistelli Italy |
1:59.40 |
| 100 m breaststroke |
Nelson Diebel United States |
1:01.50 (OR) | Norbert Rózsa Hungary |
1:01.68 | Phil Rogers Australia |
1:01.76 |
| 200 m breaststroke |
Mike Barrowman United States |
2:10.16 (WR) | Norbert Rózsa Hungary |
2:11.23 | Nick Gillingham Great Britain |
2:11.29 |
| 100 m butterfly |
Pablo Morales United States |
53.32 | Rafał Szukała Poland |
53.35 | Anthony Nesty Suriname |
53.41 |
| 200 m butterfly |
Melvin Stewart United States |
1:56.26 (OR) | Danyon Loader New Zealand |
1:57.93 | Franck Esposito France |
1:58.51 |
| 200 m individual medley |
Tamás Darnyi Hungary |
2:00.76 | Greg Burgess United States |
2:00.97 | Attila Czene Hungary |
2:01.00 |
| 400 m individual medley |
Tamás Darnyi Hungary |
4:14.23 (OR) | Eric Namesnik United States |
4:15.57 | Luca Sacchi Italy |
4:16.34 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
United States (USA) Joe Hudepohl Matt Biondi Tom Jager Jon Olsen Shaun Jordan* Joel Thomas* |
3:16.74 | Unified Team (EUN) Pavlo Khnykin Gennadiy Prigoda Yuri Bashkatov Alexander Popov Vladimir Pyshnenko* Veniamin Tayanovich* |
3:17.56 | Germany (GER) Dirk Richter Christian Tröger Steffen Zesner Mark Pinger Andreas Szigat* Bengt Zikarsky* |
3:17.90 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
Unified Team (EUN) Dmitry Lepikov Vladimir Pyshnenko Veniamin Tayanovich Yevgeny Sadovyi Aleksey Kudryavtsev* Yury Mukhin* |
7:11.95 | Sweden (SWE) Christer Wallin Anders Holmertz Tommy Werner Lars Frölander |
7:15.51 | United States (USA) Joe Hudepohl Melvin Stewart Jon Olsen Doug Gjertsen Scott Jaffe* Dan Jorgensen* |
7:16.23 |
| 4 × 100 medley relay |
United States (USA) Jeff Rouse Nelson Diebel Pablo Morales Jon Olsen David Berkoff* Hans Dersch* Melvin Stewart* Matt Biondi* |
3:36.93 | Unified Team (EUN) Vladimir Selkov Vasili Ivanov Pavlo Khnykin Alexander Popov Vladimir Pyshnenko* Vladislav Kulikov* Dmitri Volkov* |
3:38.56 | Canada (CAN) Mark Tewksbury Jonathan Cleveland Marcel Gery Stephen Clarke Tom Ponting* |
3:39.66 |
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women's events[]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle |
Yang Wenyi China |
24.79 (WR) | Zhuang Yong China |
25.08 | Angel Martino United States |
25.23 |
| 100 m freestyle |
Zhuang Yong China |
54.64 (OR) | Jenny Thompson United States |
54.84 | Franziska van Almsick Germany |
54.94 |
| 200 m freestyle |
Nicole Haislett United States |
1:57.90 | Franziska van Almsick Germany |
1:58.00 | Kerstin Kielgass Germany |
1:59.67 |
| 400 m freestyle |
Dagmar Hase Germany |
4:07.18 | Janet Evans United States |
4:07.37 | Hayley Lewis Australia |
4:11.22 |
| 800 m freestyle |
Janet Evans United States |
8:25.52 | Hayley Lewis Australia |
8:30.34 | Jana Henke Germany |
8:30.99 |
| 100 m backstroke |
Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary |
1:00.68 (OR) | Tünde Szabó Hungary |
1:01.14 | Lea Loveless United States |
1:01.43 |
| 200 m backstroke |
Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary |
2:07.06 (OR) | Dagmar Hase Germany |
2:09.46 | Nicole Stevenson Australia |
2:10.20 |
| 100 m breaststroke |
Yelena Rudkovskaya Unified Team (  Belarus) |
1:08.00 | Anita Nall United States |
1:08.17 | Samantha Riley Australia |
1:09.25 |
| 200 m breaststroke |
Kyoko Iwasaki Japan |
2:26.65 (OR) | Lin Li China |
2:26.85 | Anita Nall United States |
2:26.88 |
| 100 m butterfly |
Hong Qian China |
58.62 (OR) | Crissy Ahmann-Leighton United States |
58.74 | Catherine Plewinski France |
59.01 |
| 200 m butterfly |
Summer Sanders United States |
2:08.67 | Wang Xiaohong China |
2:09.01 | Susie O'Neill Australia |
2:09.03 |
| 200 m individual medley |
Lin Li China |
2:11.65 (WR) | Summer Sanders United States |
2:11.91 | Daniela Hunger Germany |
2:13.92 |
| 400 m individual medley |
Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary |
4:36.54 | Lin Li China |
4:36.73 | Summer Sanders United States |
4:37.58 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
United States (USA) Nicole Haislett Angel Martino Jenny Thompson Dara Torres Ashley Tappin* Crissy Ahmann-Leighton* |
3:39.46 | China (CHN) Le Jingyi Lu Bin Zhuang Yong Yang Wenyi Zhao Kun* |
3:40.12 | Germany (GER) Franziska van Almsick Daniela Hunger Simone Osygus Manuela Stellmach Kerstin Kielgass* Annette Hadding* |
3:41.60 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay |
United States (USA) Crissy Ahmann-Leighton Lea Loveless Anita Nall Jenny Thompson Janie Wagstaff* Megan Kleine* Summer Sanders* Nicole Haislett* |
4:02.54 | Germany (GER) Franziska van Almsick Jana Dörries Dagmar Hase Daniela Hunger Daniela Brendel* Bettina Ustrowski* Simone Osygus* |
4:05.19 | Unified Team (EUN) Nina Zhivanevskaya Olga Kiritchenko Natalya Meshcheryakova Yelena Rudkovskaya Elena Choubina* |
4:06.44 |
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Participating nations[]
641 swimmers from 92 nations competed.[1]
Albania (1)
Algeria (1)
Angola (3)
Argentina (3)
Australia (33)
Austria (2)
Bahamas (2)
Bangladesh (1)
Belgium (7)
Bermuda (6)
Bolivia (2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
Brazil (9)
Bulgaria (5)
Canada (29)
China (16)
Republic of the Congo (1)
Costa Rica (1)
Colombia (1)
Cuba (2)
Cyprus (2)
Czechoslovakia (8)
Denmark (8)
Ecuador (1)
Egypt (2)
El Salvador (1)
Estonia (4)
Fiji (3)
Finland (12)
France (25)
Germany (34)
Great Britain (30)
Greece (2)
Guam (7)
Guatemala (5)
Honduras (4)
Hong Kong (8)
Hungary (13)
Iceland (2)
Independent Olympic Athletes (4)
Ireland (2)
Israel (4)
Italy (24)
Japan (25)
Kuwait (3)
Latvia (1)
Lebanon (1)
Lithuania (2)
Luxembourg (1)
Madagascar (1)
Malaysia (1)
Maldives (2)
Mauritius (6)
Mexico (7)
Monaco (1)
Mozambique (3)
Namibia (2)
Netherlands (9)
New Zealand (11)
Nigeria (2)
Norway (6)
Panama (1)
Paraguay (2)
Peru (2)
Philippines (5)
Poland (14)
Portugal (9)
Puerto Rico (6)
Romania (10)
San Marino (5)
Saudi Arabia (2)
Senegal (2)
Seychelles (4)
Singapore (5)
Slovenia (5)
South Africa (10)
South Korea (4)
Spain (21)
Sri Lanka (1)
Suriname (3)
Sweden (17)
Switzerland (4)
Syria (1)
Thailand (5)
Turkey (3)- Unified Team (29)
United Arab Emirates (5)
United States (40)
Virgin Islands (3)
Uruguay (1)
Vietnam (2)
Zimbabwe (4)
References[]
- ^ a b "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
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