Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Swimming
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Stade Olympique Bercelone 3.jpg
Piscines Bernat Picornell
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Dates26 – 31 July 1992
No. of events31
Competitors641 from 92 nations
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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[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)119727
2 Unified Team (EUN)63110
3 Hungary (HUN)5319
4 China (CHN)4509
5 Germany (GER)13711
6 Australia (AUS)1359
7 Canada (CAN)1012
8 Japan (JPN)1001
 Spain (ESP)1001
10 Sweden (SWE)0213
11 Brazil (BRA)0101
 New Zealand (NZL)0101
 Poland (POL)0101
14 France (FRA)0033
15 Italy (ITA)0022
16 Finland (FIN)0011
 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 Suriname (SUR)0011
Totals (18 nations)31313193

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle
details
Alexander Popov
 Unified Team
( Russia)
21.91 (OR) Matt Biondi
 United States
22.09 Tom Jager
 United States
22.30
100 m freestyle
details
Alexander Popov
 Unified Team
( Russia)
49.02 Gustavo Borges
 Brazil
49.43 Stéphan Caron
 France
49.50
200 m freestyle
details
Yevgeny Sadovyi
 Unified Team
( Russia)
1:46.70 (OR) Anders Holmertz
 Sweden
1:46.86 Antti Kasvio
 Finland
1:47.63
400 m freestyle
details
Yevgeny Sadovyi
 Unified Team
( Russia)
3:45.00 (WR) Kieren Perkins
 Australia
3:45.16 Anders Holmertz
 Sweden
3:46.77
1500 m freestyle
details
Kieren Perkins
 Australia
14:43.48 (WR) Glen Housman
 Australia
14:55.29 Jörg Hoffmann
 Germany
15:02.29
100 m backstroke
details
Mark Tewksbury
 Canada
53.98 (OR) Jeff Rouse
 United States
54.04 David Berkoff
 United States
54.78
200 m backstroke
details
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
details
Nelson Diebel
 United States
1:01.50 (OR) Norbert Rózsa
 Hungary
1:01.68 Phil Rogers
 Australia
1:01.76
200 m breaststroke
details
Mike Barrowman
 United States
2:10.16 (WR) Norbert Rózsa
 Hungary
2:11.23 Nick Gillingham
 Great Britain
2:11.29
100 m butterfly
details
Pablo Morales
 United States
53.32 Rafał Szukała
 Poland
53.35 Anthony Nesty
 Suriname
53.41
200 m butterfly
details
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
details
Tamás Darnyi
 Hungary
2:00.76 Greg Burgess
 United States
2:00.97 Attila Czene
 Hungary
2:01.00
400 m individual medley
details
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
details
 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
details
 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
details
 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
details
Yang Wenyi
 China
24.79 (WR) Zhuang Yong
 China
25.08 Angel Martino
 United States
25.23
100 m freestyle
details
Zhuang Yong
 China
54.64 (OR) Jenny Thompson
 United States
54.84 Franziska van Almsick
 Germany
54.94
200 m freestyle
details
Nicole Haislett
 United States
1:57.90 Franziska van Almsick
 Germany
1:58.00 Kerstin Kielgass
 Germany
1:59.67
400 m freestyle
details
Dagmar Hase
 Germany
4:07.18 Janet Evans
 United States
4:07.37 Hayley Lewis
 Australia
4:11.22
800 m freestyle
details
Janet Evans
 United States
8:25.52 Hayley Lewis
 Australia
8:30.34 Jana Henke
 Germany
8:30.99
100 m backstroke
details
Krisztina Egerszegi
 Hungary
1:00.68 (OR) Tünde Szabó
 Hungary
1:01.14 Lea Loveless
 United States
1:01.43
200 m backstroke
details
Krisztina Egerszegi
 Hungary
2:07.06 (OR) Dagmar Hase
 Germany
2:09.46 Nicole Stevenson
 Australia
2:10.20
100 m breaststroke
details
Yelena Rudkovskaya
 Unified Team
( Belarus)
1:08.00 Anita Nall
 United States
1:08.17 Samantha Riley
 Australia
1:09.25
200 m breaststroke
details
Kyoko Iwasaki
 Japan
2:26.65 (OR) Lin Li
 China
2:26.85 Anita Nall
 United States
2:26.88
100 m butterfly
details
Hong Qian
 China
58.62 (OR) Crissy Ahmann-Leighton
 United States
58.74 Catherine Plewinski
 France
59.01
200 m butterfly
details
Summer Sanders
 United States
2:08.67 Wang Xiaohong
 China
2:09.01 Susie O'Neill
 Australia
2:09.03
200 m individual medley
details
Lin Li
 China
2:11.65 (WR) Summer Sanders
 United States
2:11.91 Daniela Hunger
 Germany
2:13.92
400 m individual medley
details
Krisztina Egerszegi
 Hungary
4:36.54 Lin Li
 China
4:36.73 Summer Sanders
 United States
4:37.58
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
details
 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
details
 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]

References[]

  1. ^ 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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