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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.[1]
Women's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 28 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 46 from 32 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:00.68 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | 1:00.31 | Athens, Greece | 22 August 1991 |
Olympic record | Rica Reinisch (GDR) | 1:00.86 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 23 July 1980 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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28 July | Heat 6 | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary | 1:00.85 | OR |
28 July | Final A | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary | 1:00.68 | OR |
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 7 | Dagmar Hase | Germany | 1:02.93 | |
10 | 6 | Marianne Kriel | South Africa | 1:03.12 | |
11 | 3 | Anna Simcic | New Zealand | 1:03.30 | |
12 | 2 | Noriko Inada | Japan | 1:03.42 | |
13 | 8 | He Cihong | China | 1:03.50 | |
14 | 1 | Nikki Dryden | Canada | 1:03.50 | |
15 | 4 | Silvia Poll | Costa Rica | 1:03.57 | |
16 | 5 | Sandra Völker | Germany | 1:04.52 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary | 1:00.68 | OR | |
3 | Tünde Szabó | Hungary | 1:01.14 | ||
5 | Lea Loveless | United States | 1:01.43 | ||
4 | 7 | Nicole Stevenson | Australia | 1:01.78 | OC |
5 | 2 | Janie Wagstaff | United States | 1:01.81 | |
6 | 8 | Joanne Meehan | Australia | 1:02.07 | |
7 | 6 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | Unified Team | 1:02.36 | |
8 | 1 | Yoko Koikawa | Japan | 1:03.23 |
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