Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley
Women's 400 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 26 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:36.54 NR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 400 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July 1992 at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
4:36.10 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 1 August 1982 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
4:36.29 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 26 July 1980 |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
Final B
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 3 | Jana Haas | ![]() |
4:47.74 | |
10 | 5 | Erika Hansen | ![]() |
4:48.37 | |
11 | 8 | Joanne Malar | ![]() |
4:48.52 | |
12 | 6 | Silvia Parera | ![]() |
4:48.77 | |
13 | 1 | Nancy Sweetnam | ![]() |
4:50.17 | |
14 | 7 | Hana Černá | ![]() |
4:50.30 | |
15 | 4 | Beatrice Căşlaru | ![]() |
4:50.60 | |
16 | 2 | Jacqueline McKenzie | ![]() |
4:52.04 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Krisztina Egerszegi | ![]() |
4:36.54 | NR |
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3 | Lin Li | ![]() |
4:36.73 | AS |
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5 | Summer Sanders | ![]() |
4:37.58 | |
4 | 7 | Hayley Lewis | ![]() |
4:43.75 | |
5 | 8 | Hideko Hiranaka | ![]() |
4:46.24 | |
6 | 1 | Daniela Hunger | ![]() |
4:47.57 | |
7 | 2 | Eri Kimura | ![]() |
4:47.78 | |
8 | 6 | Ewa Synowska | ![]() |
4:53.32 |
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