Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 x 400 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 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of fourteen nations competing.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Unified Team (EUN)
Yelena Ruzina
Lyudmila Dzhigalova
Olga Nazarova
Olga Bryzgina
Liliya Nurutdinova*
Marina Shmonina*
 United States (USA)
Natasha Kaiser
Gwen Torrence
Jearl Miles
Rochelle Stevens
Denean Hill*
Dannette Young*
 Great Britain (GBR)
Phylis Smith
Sandra Douglas
Jennifer Stoute
Sally Gunnell

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

Records

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

World Record 3:15.17 Tatyana Ledovskaya
Olga Nazarova
Mariya Pinigina
Olga Bryzgina
Seoul (KOR) October 1, 1988
Olympic Record 3:15.17 Tatyana Ledovskaya
Olga Nazarova
Mariya Pinigina
Olga Bryzgina
Seoul (KOR) October 1, 1988

Final

RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
 Unified Team (EUN) Yelena Ruzina
Lyudmila Dzhigalova
Olga Nazarova
Olga Bryzgina
3:20.20
 United States (USA) Natasha Kaiser
Gwen Torrence
Jearl Miles
Rochelle Stevens
3:20.92
 Great Britain (GBR) Phylis Smith
Sandra Douglas
Jennifer Stoute
Sally Gunnell
3:24.23
4.  Canada (CAN) Rosey Edeh
Charmaine Crooks
• Camille-Anise Noel
• Jill Richardson-Briscoe
3:25.20
5.  Jamaica (JAM) Catherine Scott
• Cathy Ann Rattray
Juliet Campbell
Sandie Richards
3:25.68
6.  Germany (GER) Uta Rohländer
Heike Meissner
Linda Kisabaka
Anja Rücker
3:26.37
7.  Australia (AUS) Cathy Freeman
• Susan Andrews
• Renee Poetschka
• Michelle Lock
3:26.42
8.  Portugal (POR) • Marta Moreira
Lucrecia Jardim
• Elsa Amaral
• Eduarda Coelho
3:36.85

Heats

See also

References