Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

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Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date26 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors32 from 21 nations
Winning time4:36.54 NR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lin Li  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Summer Sanders  United States
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Swimming at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
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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.[1]

Records[]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Petra Schneider (GDR) 4:36.10 Guayaquil, Ecuador 1 August 1982
Olympic record  Petra Schneider (GDR) 4:36.29 Moscow, Soviet Union 26 July 1980

Results[]

Heats[]

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary 4:43.83 Q
2 2 4 Summer Sanders  United States 4:43.95 Q
3 3 4 Lin Li  China 4:45.74 Q
4 2 6 Ewa Synowska  Poland 4:46.00 Q, NR
5 3 6 Eri Kimura  Japan 4:46.17 Q
6 2 3 Hayley Lewis  Australia 4:46.57 Q
7 3 5 Daniela Hunger  Germany 4:47.39 Q
8 3 3 Hideko Hiranaka  Japan 4:47.92 Q
9 2 5 Beatrice Căşlaru  Romania 4:48.12 q
10 4 5 Erika Hansen  United States 4:48.13 q
11 4 2 Jana Haas  Germany 4:49.93 q
12 4 1 Silvia Parera  Spain 4:50.16 q
13 4 6 Jacqueline McKenzie  Australia 4:51.80 q
14 2 2 Hana Černá  Czechoslovakia 4:52.21 q
15 4 3 Nancy Sweetnam  Canada 4:52.41 q
16 3 2 Joanne Malar  Canada 4:52.85 q
17 1 3 Phillippa Langrell  New Zealand 4:53.62 NR
18 3 8 Noemi Lung  Romania 4:53.91
19 2 7 Céline Bonnet  France 4:54.70
20 4 7 Yan Ming  China 4:54.93
21 2 1 Sharron Davies  Great Britain 4:56.44
22 3 1 Elisenda Pérez  Spain 4:56.78
23 3 7 Helen Slatter  Great Britain 4:58.24
24 4 8 Marta Włodkowska  Poland 4:58.30
25 1 4 Jeanine Steenkamp  South Africa 4:58.48
26 1 5 Michelle Smith  Ireland 4:58.94
27 1 2 Jill Brukman  South Africa 5:03.34
28 1 6 Praphalsai Minpraphal  Thailand 5:04.95
29 1 7 Keren Regal  Israel 5:07.97
30 1 8 May Ooi  Singapore 5:08.19
31 1 1 Claudia Fortin  Honduras 5:09.84
2 8 Britta Vestergaard  Denmark DSQ

Finals[]

[3]

Final B[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 3 Jana Haas  Germany 4:47.74
10 5 Erika Hansen  United States 4:48.37
11 8 Joanne Malar  Canada 4:48.52
12 6 Silvia Parera  Spain 4:48.77
13 1 Nancy Sweetnam  Canada 4:50.17
14 7 Hana Černá  Czechoslovakia 4:50.30
15 4 Beatrice Căşlaru  Romania 4:50.60
16 2 Jacqueline McKenzie  Australia 4:52.04

Final A[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary 4:36.54 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Lin Li  China 4:36.73 AS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Summer Sanders  United States 4:37.58
4 7 Hayley Lewis  Australia 4:43.75
5 8 Hideko Hiranaka  Japan 4:46.24
6 1 Daniela Hunger  Germany 4:47.57
7 2 Eri Kimura  Japan 4:47.78
8 6 Ewa Synowska  Poland 4:53.32

References[]

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 381. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 381. Retrieved 4 September 2017.

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