The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 28 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 28 July Heat 6 Krisztina Egerszegi 1:00.85 28 July Final A Krisztina Egerszegi 1:00.68

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 4 Krisztina Egerszegi 1:00.85 Q, 2 6 5 Lea Loveless 1:01.19 Q 3 4 4 Tünde Szabó 1:02.14 Q 4 5 3 Nina Zhivanevskaya 1:02.25 Q 5 5 4 Janie Wagstaff 1:02.29 Q 6 5 5 Nicole Stevenson 1:02.54 Q 7 6 3 Yoko Koikawa 1:02.83 Q 8 5 6 Joanne Meehan 1:02.84 Q 9 6 6 Silvia Poll 1:02.88 q, NR 10 4 3 Sandra Völker 1:02.90 q 11 5 2 Anna Simcic 1:03.12 q 12 5 1 Marianne Kriel 1:03.20 q 13 6 1 Noriko Inada 1:03.21 q 14 4 5 Dagmar Hase 1:03.35 q 15 4 7 Nikki Dryden 1:03.71 q 16 4 1 He Cihong 1:03.83 q 17 6 2 Ellen Elzerman 1:03.96 18 3 2 Akiko Thomson 1:04.32 NR 19 4 8 Joanne Deakins 1:04.38 20 6 8 Claudia Stănescu 1:04.44 21 4 2 Eva Gysling 1:04.50 22 2 7 Jill Brukman 1:04.57 23 5 8 Lorenza Vigarani 1:04.65 24 6 7 Katherine Read 1:04.97 25 3 3 Lara Bianconi 1:05.02 26 5 7 Natalya Shibayeva 1:05.08 27 3 4 Núria Castelló 1:05.09 28 4 6 Julie Howard 1:05.26 29 2 5 Małgorzata Galwas 1:05.36 NR 30 3 5 Helena Straková 1:05.38 31 3 6 Martina Moravcová 1:05.73 32 2 3 Céline Bonnet 1:05.75 2 2 Nathalie Wunderlich 34 3 8 Rita Jean Garay 1:05.92 NR 35 2 1 Lee Chang-ha 1:06.08 36 3 7 Ana Barros 1:06.11 37 3 1 Mariya Kocheva 1:06.17 38 2 4 Diane Lacombe 1:06.31 39 1 5 Anne Lackman 1:06.48 40 1 1 Darija Alauf 1:06.81 NR 41 2 6 Tanja Godina 1:06.97 42 1 4 Sarah-Jane Murphy 1:07.47 43 1 6 Storme Moodie 1:07.60 44 1 3 Ana Joselina Fortin 1:08.24 45 1 2 Rania Elwani 1:10.12 1 7 Sharon Pickering

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 7 Dagmar Hase 1:02.93 10 6 Marianne Kriel 1:03.12 11 3 Anna Simcic 1:03.30 12 2 Noriko Inada 1:03.42 13 8 He Cihong 1:03.50 14 1 Nikki Dryden 1:03.50 15 4 Silvia Poll 1:03.57 16 5 Sandra Völker 1:04.52

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Krisztina Egerszegi 1:00.68 3 Tünde Szabó 1:01.14 5 Lea Loveless 1:01.43 4 7 Nicole Stevenson 1:01.78 OC 5 2 Janie Wagstaff 1:01.81 6 8 Joanne Meehan 1:02.07 7 6 Nina Zhivanevskaya 1:02.36 8 1 Yoko Koikawa 1:03.23

References

External links Official Report