Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Bernat Olympic Pools
Date	July 26, 1992
Medalists
Zhuang Yong  China Jenny Thompson  United States Franziska van Almsick  Germany

Swimming events at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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

The Women's 100 metres Freestyle event for the 1992 Summer Olympics was held in Barcelona, Spain. The event took place on 26 July.

Results

RANK	FINAL A	TIME
	Zhuang Yong (CHN)	54.64
	Jenny Thompson (USA)	54.84
	Franziska van Almsick (GER)	54.94
4.	Nicole Haislett (USA)	55.19
5.	Catherine Plewinski (FRA)	55.72
6.	Le Jingyi (CHN)	55.89
7.	Simone Osygus (GER)	55.93
8.	Karin Brienesse (NED)	56.59

RANK	FINAL B	TIME
9.	Suzu Chiba (JPN)	55.97
10.	Liliana Dobrescu (ROU)	56.17
11.	Yelena Shubina (EUN)	56.19
12.	Gitta Jensen (DEN)	56.59
13.	Mildred Muis (NED)	56.64
14.	Yevgeniya Yermakova (EUN)	56.66
15.	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	56.68
16.	Andrea Nugent (CAN)	56.91

Qualifying heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Joscelin Yeo (SIN)	58.93
2.	22x20px Robyn Lamsam (HKG)	59.26
3.	Joshua Ikhaghomi (NGR)	1:00.72
4.	Corinne Leclair (MRI)	1:00.95
5.	Sharon Pickering (FIJ)	1:01.42
6.	22x20px Ana Fortin (HON)	1:01.50
7.	Paola Peñarrieta (BOL)	1:04.08
8.	Elsa Freire (ANG)	1:05.45

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Rania El-Wani (EGY)	58.82
2.	22x20px Akiko Thomson (PHI)	59.02
3.	Monica Dahl (NAM)	59.05
4.	Marja Pärssinen (FIN)	59.46
5.	Shelley Cramer (ISV)	59.99 NR
6.	Helga Sigurðardóttir (ISL)	1:00.29
7.	Ana Alegria (POR)	1:00.35
8.	Ratiporn Wong (THA)	1:00.85

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Marianne Kriel (RSA)	57.50
2.	Claudia Franco (ESP)	57.57
3.	Minna Salmela (FIN)	58.04
4.	Natalia Pulido (ESP)	58.54
5.	Mette Nørskov Nielsen (DEN)	58.67
6.	Alison Sheppard (GBR)	58.85
6.	Diana Ureche (ROM)	58.83
8.	Ilaria Sciorelli (ITA)	59.11

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Zhuang Yong (CHN)	55.78
2.	Karin Brienesse (NED)	55.98
3.	Mildred Muis (NED)	56.67
4.	Karen Pickering (GBR)	57.17
5.	Eva Nyberg (SWE)	57.36
6.	Ayako Nakano (JPN)	57.71
7.	Allison Higson (CAN)	58.47
8.	Karen van Wirdum (AUS)	58.75

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Nicole Haislett (USA)	55.67
2.	Simone Osygus (GER)	55.98
3.	Suzu Chiba (JPN)	56.26
4.	Liliana Dobrescu (ROM)	56.45
5.	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	56.58
6.	Yevgeniya Yermakova (EUN)	56.67
7.	Andrea Nugent (CAN)	56.82
8.	Toni Jeffs (NZL)	58.80

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Jenny Thompson (USA)	54.69
2.	Franziska van Almsick (GER)	55.40
3.	Catherine Plewinski (FRA)	55.44
4.	Le Jingyi (CHN)	55.87
5.	Yelena Shubina (EUN)	56.31
6.	Gitta Jensen (DEN)	56.47
7.	Martina Moravcová (TCH)	57.19
8.	Ellenor Svensson (SWE)	58.03

See also

• 1993 World SC Championships Women's 100m Freestyle

References

• Official Olympic Report