Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 x 100 metres relay

Athletics at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

These are the official results of the women's 4x100 metres relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of fourteen nations competing.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 United States (USA)
Evelyn Ashford
Esther Jones
Carlette Guidry
Gwen Torrence
Michelle Finn*
 Unified Team (EUN)
Olga Bogoslovskaya
Galina Malchugina
Marina Trandenkova
Irina Privalova
 Nigeria (NGR)
Beatrice Utondu
Faith Idehen
Christy Opara-Thompson
Mary Onyali

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record 41.37 Silke Gladisch
Sabine Rieger
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr
Canberra (AUS) October 6, 1985
Olympic Record 41.60 Romy Müller
Bärbel Wöckel
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr
Moscow (URS) August 1, 1980

Final

RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
 United States (USA) Evelyn Ashford
Esther Jones
Carlette Guidry
Gwen Torrence
42.11
 Unified Team (EUN) Olga Bogoslovskaya
Galina Malchugina
Marina Trandenkova
Irina Privalova
42.16
 Nigeria (NGR) Beatrice Utondu
Faith Idehen
Christy Opara-Thompson
Mary Onyali
42.81
4.  France (FRA) Patricia Girard-Léno
Odiah Sidibé
Laurence Bily
Marie-José Pérec
42.85
5.  Germany (GER) Andrea Philipp
Silke Knoll
Andrea Thomas
Sabine Günther
43.12
6.  Australia (AUS) Melissa Moore
Melinda Gainsford
• Kathy Sambell
• Kerry Johnson
43.77
 Jamaica (JAM) Michelle Freeman
Juliet Cuthbert
Dahlia Duhaney
Merlene Ottey
DNF
 Cuba (CUB) Eusebia Riquelme
Aliuska López
Idalmis Bonne
Liliana Allen
DNF

Heats

See also

References