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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.[1]
Women's 50 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 31 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 50 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 24.79 WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Yang Wenyi (CHN) | 24.98 | Guangzhou, China | 11 April 1988 |
Olympic record | Kristin Otto (GDR) | 25.49 | Seoul, South Korea | 25 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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31 July | Final A | Yang Wenyi | China | 24.79 | WR |
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 | 3 | Lisa Curry | Australia | 25.87 | |
10 | 2 | Kristin Topham | Canada | 26.17 | |
11 | 7 | Marianne Muis | Netherlands | 26.24 | |
6 | Andrea Nugent | Canada | |||
13 | 5 | Marianne Kriel | South Africa | 26.47 | |
14 | 8 | Yevgeniya Yermakova | Unified Team | 26.49 | |
15 | 1 | Linda Olofsson | Sweden | 26.51 | |
4 | Franziska van Almsick | Germany | DSQ |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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7 | Yang Wenyi | China | 24.79 | WR | |
4 | Zhuang Yong | China | 25.08 | ||
3 | Angel Martino | United States | 25.23 | ||
4 | 6 | Catherine Plewinski | France | 25.36 | NR |
5 | 5 | Jenny Thompson | United States | 25.37 | |
6 | 8 | Natalya Meshcheryakova | Unified Team | 25.47 | |
7 | 2 | Simone Osygus | Germany | 25.74 | |
8 | 1 | Inge de Bruijn | Netherlands | 25.84 |
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