Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Swimming events at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, 31 swimming events were contested. There was a total of 641 participants from 92 countries competing.

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 11 9 7 27
2  Unified Team (EUN) 6 3 1 10
3  Hungary (HUN) 5 3 1 9
4  China (CHN) 4 5 0 9
5  Germany (GER) 1 3 7 11
6  Australia (AUS) 1 3 5 9
7  Canada (CAN) 1 0 1 2
8  Spain (ESP) 1 0 0 1
 Japan (JPN) 1 0 0 1
10  Sweden (SWE) 0 2 1 3
11  Brazil (BRA) 0 1 0 1
 New Zealand (NZL) 0 1 0 1
 Poland (POL) 0 1 0 1
14  France (FRA) 0 0 3 3
15  Italy (ITA) 0 0 2 2
16  Finland (FIN) 0 0 1 1
 Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 1 1
 Suriname (SUR) 0 0 1 1

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle  Alexander Popov
Unified Team (EUN)
21.91 (OR)  Matt Biondi
United States (USA)
22.09  Tom Jager
United States (USA)
22.30
100 m freestyle  Alexander Popov
Unified Team (EUN)
49.02  Gustavo Borges
Brazil (BRA)
49.43  Stéphan Caron
France (FRA)
49.50
200 m freestyle  Yevgeny Sadovyi
Unified Team (EUN)
1:46.70 (OR)  Anders Holmertz
Sweden (SWE)
1:46.86  Antti Kasvio
Finland (FIN)
1:47.63
400 m freestyle  Yevgeny Sadovyi
Unified Team (EUN)
3:45.00 (WR)  Kieren Perkins
Australia (AUS)
3:45.16  Anders Holmertz
Sweden (SWE)
3:46.77
1500 m freestyle  Kieren Perkins
Australia (AUS)
14:43.48 (WR)  Glen Housman
Australia (AUS)
14:55.29  Jörg Hoffmann
Germany (GER)
15:02.29
100 m backstroke  Mark Tewksbury
Canada (CAN)
53.98 (OR)  Jeff Rouse
United States (USA)
54.04  David Berkoff
United States (USA)
54.78
200 m backstroke  Martin López-Zubero
Spain (ESP)
1:58.47 (OR)  Vladimir Selkov
Unified Team (EUN)
1:58.87  Stefano Battistelli
Italy (ITA)
1:59.40
100 m breaststroke  Nelson Diebel
United States (USA)
1:01.50 (OR)  Norbert Rózsa
Hungary (HUN)
1:01.68  Phil Rogers
Australia (AUS)
1:01.76
200 m breaststroke  Mike Barrowman
United States (USA)
2:10.16 (WR)  Norbert Rózsa
Hungary (HUN)
2:11.23  Nick Gillingham
Great Britain (GBR)
2:11.29
100 m butterfly  Pablo Morales
United States (USA)
53.32  Rafał Szukała
Poland (POL)
53.35  Anthony Nesty
Suriname (SUR)
53.41
200 m butterfly  Melvin Stewart
United States (USA)
1:56.26 (OR)  Danyon Loader
New Zealand (NZL)
1:57.93  Franck Esposito
France (FRA)
1:58.51
200 m individual medley  Tamás Darnyi
Hungary (HUN)
2:00.76  Greg Burgess
United States (USA)
2:00.97  Attila Czene
Hungary (HUN)
2:01.00
400 m individual medley  Tamás Darnyi
Hungary (HUN)
4:14.23 (OR)  Eric Namesnik
United States (USA)
4:15.57  Luca Sacchi
Italy (ITA)
4:16.34
4×100 m freestyle relay  United States (USA)
Joe Hudepohl
Matt Biondi
Tom Jager
Jon Olsen
Shaun Jordan*
Joel Thomas*
3:16.74  Unified Team (EUN)
Pavlo Khnykin
Gennadiy Prigoda
Yuri Bashkatov
Alexander Popov
Vladimir Pyshnenko*
Veniamin Tayanovich*
3:17.56  Germany (GER)
Dirk Richter
Christian Tröger
Steffen Zesner
Mark Pinger
Andreas Szigat*
Bengt Zikarsky*
3:17.90
4×200 m freestyle relay  Unified Team (EUN)
Dmitry Lepikov
Vladimir Pyshnenko
Veniamin Tayanovich
Yevgeny Sadovyi
Aleksey Kudryavtsev*
Yury Mukhin*
7:11.95  Sweden (SWE)
Christer Wallin
Anders Holmertz
Tommy Werner
Lars Frölander
7:15.51  United States (USA)
Joe Hudepohl
Melvin Stewart
Jon Olsen
Doug Gjertsen
Scott Jaffe*
Dan Jorgensen*
7:16.23
4×100 m medley relay  United States (USA)
Jeff Rouse
Nelson Diebel
Pablo Morales
Jon Olsen
David Berkoff*
Hans Dersch*
Melvin Stewart*
Matt Biondi*
3:36.93  Unified Team (EUN)
Vladimir Selkov
Vasili Ivanov
Pavlo Khnykin
Alexander Popov
Vladimir Pyshnenko*
Vladislav Kulikov*
Dmitri Volkov*
3:38.56  Canada (CAN)
Mark Tewksbury
Jonathan Cleveland
Marcel Gery
Stephen Clarke
Tom Ponting*
3:39.66

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

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle  Yang Wenyi
China (CHN)
24.79 (WR)  Zhuang Yong
China (CHN)
25.08  Angel Martino
United States (USA)
25.23
100 m freestyle  Zhuang Yong
China (CHN)
54.64 (OR)  Jenny Thompson
United States (USA)
54.84  Franziska van Almsick
Germany (GER)
54.94
200 m freestyle  Nicole Haislett
United States (USA)
1:57.90  Franziska van Almsick
Germany (GER)
1:58.00  Kerstin Kielgass
Germany (GER)
1:59.67
400 m freestyle  Dagmar Hase
Germany (GER)
4:07.18  Janet Evans
United States (USA)
4:07.37  Hayley Lewis
Australia (AUS)
4:11.22
800 m freestyle  Janet Evans
United States (USA)
8:25.52  Hayley Lewis
Australia (AUS)
8:30.34  Jana Henke
Germany (GER)
8:30.99
100 m backstroke  Krisztina Egerszegi
Hungary (HUN)
1:00.68 (OR)  Tünde Szabó
Hungary (HUN)
1:01.14  Lea Loveless
United States (USA)
1:01.43
200 m backstroke  Krisztina Egerszegi
Hungary (HUN)
2:07.06 (OR)  Dagmar Hase
Germany (GER)
2:09.46  Nicole Stevenson
Australia (AUS)
2:10.20
100 m breaststroke  Yelena Rudkovskaya
Unified Team (EUN)
1:08.00  Anita Nall
United States (USA)
1:08.17  Samantha Riley
Australia (AUS)
1:09.25
200 m breaststroke  Kyoko Iwasaki
Japan (JPN)
2:26.65 (OR)  Lin Li
China (CHN)
2:26.85  Anita Nall
United States (USA)
2:26.88
100 m butterfly  Hong Qian
China (CHN)
58.62 (OR)  Crissy Ahmann-Leighton
United States (USA)
58.74  Catherine Plewinski
France (FRA)
59.01
200 m butterfly  Summer Sanders
United States (USA)
2:08.67  Wang Xiaohong
China (CHN)
2:09.01  Susie O'Neill
Australia (AUS)
2:09.03
200 m individual medley  Lin Li
China (CHN)
2:11.65 (WR)  Summer Sanders
United States (USA)
2:11.91  Daniela Hunger
Germany (GER)
2:13.92
400 m individual medley  Krisztina Egerszegi
Hungary (HUN)
4:36.54  Lin Li
China (CHN)
4:36.73  Summer Sanders
United States (USA)
4:37.58
4×100 m freestyle relay  United States (USA)
Nicole Haislett
Angel Martino
Jenny Thompson
Dara Torres
Ashley Tappin*
Crissy Ahmann-Leighton*
3:39.46  China (CHN)
Le Jingyi
Lu Bin
Zhuang Yong
Yang Wenyi
Zhao Kun*
3:40.12  Germany (GER)
Franziska van Almsick
Daniela Hunger
Simone Osygus
Manuela Stellmach
Kerstin Kielgass*
Annette Hadding*
3:41.60
4×100 m medley relay  United States (USA)
Crissy Ahmann-Leighton
Lea Loveless
Anita Nall
Jenny Thompson
Janie Wagstaff*
Megan Kleine*
Summer Sanders*
Nicole Haislett*
4:02.54  Germany (GER)
Franziska van Almsick
Jana Dörries
Dagmar Hase
Daniela Hunger
Daniela Brendel*
Bettina Ustrowski*
Simone Osygus*
4:05.19  Unified Team (EUN)
Nina Zhivanevskaya
Olga Kiritchenko
Natalya Meshcheryakova
Elena Rudkovskaya
Elena Choubina*
4:06.44

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

References