The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 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 31 July Final A Yang Wenyi 24.79

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 5 Zhuang Yong 25.56 Q 2 5 4 Angel Martino 25.63 Q 7 4 Jenny Thompson Q 4 5 3 Catherine Plewinski 25.78 Q 5 6 4 Simone Osygus 25.79 Q 6 7 5 Yang Wenyi 25.84 Q 7 5 5 Inge de Bruijn 25.86 Q 8 5 2 Natalya Meshcheryakova 25.89 Q 9 7 3 Franziska van Almsick 25.96 q 10 5 6 Marianne Kriel 26.05 q 11 6 3 Lisa Curry 26.07 q 12 7 6 Andrea Nugent 26.29 q 13 5 8 Kristin Topham 26.32 q 14 6 2 Linda Olofsson 26.43 q 7 8 Marianne Muis q 16 6 7 Yevgeniya Yermakova 26.45 q 17 6 8 Julie Blaise 26.48 18 7 2 Gitta Jensen 26.54 19 6 1 Cristina Chiuso 26.72 20 5 1 Ayako Nakano 26.74 21 4 5 Luminița Dobrescu 26.76 4 3 Claudia Franco 23 5 7 Louise Karlsson 26.77 24 4 4 Karen Pickering 26.78 25 4 6 Mette Nielsen 26.80 6 6 Karen van Wirdum 27 7 7 Toni Jeffs 26.90 7 1 Alison Sheppard 29 4 7 Martina Moravcová 26.92 30 4 2 Diana Ureche 26.96 31 3 3 Minna Salmela 27.00 32 3 6 Rania Elwani 27.20 33 3 4 Eva Gysling 27.21 34 2 4 Joscelin Yeo 27.36 3 5 Shina Matsudo 36 3 2 Robyn Lamsam 27.40 37 3 7 Monica Dahl 27.45 38 2 5 Marja Pärssinen 27.49 39 3 1 Joshua Ikhaghomi 27.53 40 2 7 Shelley Cramer 27.84 NR 41 1 7 Keren Regal 27.93 42 4 1 Helga Sigurðardóttir 27.94 43 1 2 Vola Hanta Ratsifa Andrihamanana 28.22 44 2 3 Ratiporn Wong 28.42 45 2 6 Ana Joselina Fortin 28.59 46 2 2 May Ooi 28.77 47 1 5 Sharon Pickering 28.90 48 1 3 Paola Peñarrieta 29.71 49 1 6 Sara Casadei 30.05 50 1 4 Elsa Freire 30.17

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 3 Lisa Curry 25.87 10 2 Kristin Topham 26.17 11 7 Marianne Muis 26.24 6 Andrea Nugent 13 5 Marianne Kriel 26.47 14 8 Yevgeniya Yermakova 26.49 15 1 Linda Olofsson 26.51 4 Franziska van Almsick

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 7 Yang Wenyi 24.79 4 Zhuang Yong 25.08 3 Angel Martino 25.23 4 6 Catherine Plewinski 25.36 NR 5 5 Jenny Thompson 25.37 6 8 Natalya Meshcheryakova 25.47 7 2 Simone Osygus 25.74 8 1 Inge de Bruijn 25.84

References

External links Official Report