Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle
Appearance
Women's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 28 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 33 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:07.18 | ||||||||||||
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 freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July 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 | ![]() |
4:03.85 | Seoul, South Korea | 22 September 1988 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
4:03.85 | Seoul, South Korea | 22 September 1988 |
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 | 4 | Phillippa Langrell | ![]() |
4:12.96 | NR |
10 | 7 | Sandra Cam | ![]() |
4:14.11 | |
11 | 3 | Irene Dalby | ![]() |
4:14.46 | |
12 | 6 | Beatrice Câșlaru | ![]() |
4:14.90 | |
13 | 2 | Carla Negrea | ![]() |
4:14.92 | |
14 | 5 | Olga Šplíchalová | ![]() |
4:16.41 | |
15 | 1 | Manuela Melchiorri | ![]() |
4:20.75 | |
16 | 8 | Hana Černá | ![]() |
4:21.50 |
Final A
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Dagmar Hase | ![]() |
4:07.18 | |
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4 | Janet Evans | ![]() |
4:07.37 | |
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2 | Hayley Lewis | ![]() |
4:11.22 | |
4 | 3 | Erika Hansen | ![]() |
4:11.50 | |
5 | 6 | Kerstin Kielgaß | ![]() |
4:11.52 | |
6 | 1 | Isabelle Arnould | ![]() |
4:13.75 | |
7 | 7 | Malin Nilsson | ![]() |
4:14.10 | |
8 | 8 | Suzu Chiba | ![]() |
4:15.71 |
References
- ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 374. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 374. Retrieved 2 September 2017.