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4 x 100 metres Medley Relay, Women

Date30 July 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationPiscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Participants78 from 17 countries

The world record was still the 4:03.69 set by East Germany to win the 1984 Friendship Games in Moscow. But the drug-enhanced East German swimmers were no more, their swimming hegemony ended by the political dissolution of the two Germanies. Germany had not even won the 1991 Europeans, that going to the Netherlands. The United States was favored in Barcelona, having won the 1991 World Championship and Pan Pacifics, trailed at both races by Australia. The USA qualified only third fastest, behind the Unified Team and Germany, but they had used only their B team in the prelims. In the final Lea Loveless put the US well in front on the opening backstroke leg, splitting an American record 1:00.82, with Germany second, but 0.79 seconds behind. On the breaststroke leg, Russian Yelena Rudkovskaya finished in 1:07.44, the second fastest ever breaststroke split, which almost caught the USA’s Anita Nall, and moved the Unifieds into second. Crissy Ahmann-Leighton then swam fly for the US, putting the race away, as Germany and the Unified Team settled into second and third. That is how they would finish, Jenny Thompson anchoring the Americans on freestyle for the gold medal, splitting 54.47 for the third-fastest split of all-time. The USA won in 4:02.54, breaking the world record which had been held by an East German team since 1973.

PosSwimmerNOCR1Final
1United StatesUSA4:10.83 (1 h3)4:02.54 (1)Gold
Lea LovelessAnita NallCrissy Ahmann-LeightonJenny ThompsonJanie WagstaffMegan KleineSummer SandersNicole Haislett
2GermanyGER4:10.62 (2 h1)4:05.19 (2)Silver
Dagmar HaseJana DörriesFranziska van AlmsickDaniela HungerDaniela BrendelBettina UstrowskiSimone Osygus
3Unified TeamEUN4:10.37 (1 h1)4:06.44 (3)Bronze
Nina ZhivanevskayaAlena RudkouskayaOlga KirichenkoNataliya MeshcheryakovaYelena Shubina
4People's Republic of ChinaCHN4:12.55 (3 h3)4:06.78 (4)
Lin LiLou XiaQian HongLe JingyiHe Cihong
5AustraliaAUS4:12.54 (2 h2)4:07.01 (5)
Nicole StevensonSam RileySusie O'NeillLisa Curry-KennyJoanne Meehan
6CanadaCAN4:11.67 (1 h2)4:09.26 (6)
Nikki DrydenGuylaine CloutierKristin TophamAndrea Nugent
7JapanJPN4:11.48 (2 h3)4:09.92 (7)
Yoko KoikawaKyoko IwasakiYoko KandoSuzu Chiba
8NetherlandsNED4:11.25 (3 h1)4:10.87 (8)
Ellen ElzermanKira BultenInge de BruijnMarianne Muis
9ItalyITA4:12.77 (4 h3)
Lorenza VigaraniManuela Dalla ValleIlaria TocchiniIlaria Sciorelli
10Great BritainGBR4:16.51 (3 h2)
Joanne DeakinsSuki BrownsdonMadeleine CampbellKaren Pickering
11DenmarkDEN4:17.20 (4 h1)
Mette JacobsenBritta VestergaardBerit PuggaardGitta Jensen
12RomaniaROU4:17.91 (4 h2)
Claudia StănescuBeatrice CoadăDiana UrecheLuminița Dobrescu
13SpainESP4:19.27 (5 h1)
Núria CastellóRocío RuizMaría PeláezClaudia Franco
14FranceFRA4:21.19 (5 h3)
Céline BonnetAudrey GuéritJacqueline DelordJulie Blaise
15FinlandFIN4:23.07 (5 h2)
Anne LackmanRiikka UkkolaMarja PäivinenMinna Salmela
16South AfricaRSA4:24.28 (6 h3)
Jill BrukmanPenny HeynsJeanine SteenkampMarianne Kriel
17MexicoMEX4:26.73 (6 h1)
Heike KoernerAna MendozaGabriela GajaLaura Sánchez

Round One (30 July 1992 — 13:00)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

PosLaneSwimmerNOC50 mTimeExchange (Pos)
14Unified TeamEUN4:10.37Q
Nina Zhivanevskaya30.461:02.241:02.24 (1)
Alena Rudkouskaya33.311:10.042:12.28 (1)
Olga Kirichenko28.201:01.553:13.83 (1)
Yelena Shubina26.9656.544:10.37 (1)
25GermanyGER4:10.62Q
Dagmar Hase30.941:02.671:02.67 (2)
Daniela Brendel32.831:10.272:12.94 (2)
Bettina Ustrowski28.191:01.933:14.87 (2)
Simone Osygus26.5655.754:10.62 (2)
33NetherlandsNED4:11.25Q
Ellen Elzerman31.131:04.191:04.19 (4)
Kira Bulten33.251:10.842:15.03 (3)
Inge de Bruijn27.131:00.643:15.67 (3)
Marianne Muis26.5055.584:11.25 (3)
46DenmarkDEN4:17.20
Mette Jacobsen31.951:04.061:04.06 (3)
Britta Vestergaard34.241:12.582:16.64 (4)
Berit Puggaard29.901:03.893:20.53 (4)
Gitta Jensen27.4556.674:17.20 (4)
52SpainESP4:19.27
Núria Castelló31.561:04.871:04.87 (5)
Rocío Ruiz34.081:12.862:17.73 (5)
María Peláez29.841:03.543:21.27 (5)
Claudia Franco27.3258.004:19.27 (5)
67MexicoMEX4:26.73
Heike Koerner32.621:06.771:06.77 (6)
Ana Mendoza35.301:16.422:23.19 (6)
Gabriela Gaja29.571:04.573:27.76 (6)
Laura Sánchez28.2958.974:26.73 (6)

Heat Two

PosLaneSwimmerNOC50 mTimeExchange (Pos)
15CanadaCAN4:11.67Q
Nikki Dryden31.331:03.961:03.96 (2)
Guylaine Cloutier33.021:10.162:14.12 (1)
Kristin Topham27.961:01.063:15.18 (1)
Andrea Nugent26.8856.494:11.67 (1)
24AustraliaAUS4:12.54Q
Joanne Meehan30.981:03.701:03.70 (1)
Sam Riley32.411:10.832:14.53 (2)
Susie O'Neill28.291:01.283:15.81 (2)
Lisa Curry-Kenny27.0656.734:12.54 (2)
33Great BritainGBR4:16.51
Joanne Deakins31.831:04.511:04.51 (3)
Suki Brownsdon34.031:13.522:18.03 (3)
Madeleine Campbell29.321:02.703:20.73 (3)
Karen Pickering26.7555.784:16.51 (3)
42RomaniaROU4:17.91
Claudia Stănescu31.411:04.901:04.90 (4)
Beatrice Coadă34.341:13.352:18.25 (4)
Diana Ureche28.981:02.513:20.76 (4)
Luminița Dobrescu27.5757.154:17.91 (4)
57FinlandFIN4:23.07
Anne Lackman32.351:06.561:06.56 (5)
Riikka Ukkola35.241:15.582:22.14 (5)
Marja Päivinen29.001:03.073:25.21 (5)
Minna Salmela27.7057.864:23.07 (5)

Heat Three

PosLaneSwimmerNOC50 mTimeExchange (Pos)
14United StatesUSA4:10.83Q
Janie Wagstaff30.791:03.191:03.19 (2)
Megan Kleine33.651:12.052:15.24 (4)
Summer Sanders27.891:00.153:15.39 (3)
Nicole Haislett27.0255.444:10.83 (1)
23JapanJPN4:11.48Q
Yoko Koikawa31.131:02.811:02.81 (1)
Kyoko Iwasaki34.171:11.112:13.92 (2)
Yoko Kando28.721:01.143:15.06 (1)
Suzu Chiba27.3656.424:11.48 (2)
35People's Republic of ChinaCHN4:12.55Q
He Cihong31.411:04.481:04.48 (4)
Lou Xia32.491:10.472:14.95 (3)
Qian Hong28.431:00.823:15.77 (4)
Le Jingyi27.4756.784:12.55 (3)
42ItalyITA4:12.77
Lorenza Vigarani31.261:03.971:03.97 (3)
Manuela Dalla Valle32.491:09.602:13.57 (1)
Ilaria Tocchini28.731:01.673:15.24 (2)
Ilaria Sciorelli27.4057.534:12.77 (4)
56FranceFRA4:21.19
Céline Bonnet32.081:05.731:05.73 (5)
Audrey Guérit34.351:12.902:18.63 (5)
Jacqueline Delord30.131:05.103:23.73 (5)
Julie Blaise27.5957.464:21.19 (5)
67South AfricaRSA4:24.28
Jill Brukman31.971:05.781:05.78 (6)
Penny Heyns34.191:14.432:20.21 (6)
Jeanine Steenkamp30.611:06.193:26.40 (6)
Marianne Kriel27.5657.884:24.28 (6)

Final (30 July 1992 — 20:00)

PosLaneSwimmerNOC50 mTimeExchange (Pos)
13United StatesUSA4:02.54WR
Lea Loveless29.551:00.821:00.82 (1)
Anita Nall32.281:08.672:09.49 (1)
Crissy Ahmann-Leighton27.1858.583:08.07 (1)
Jenny Thompson26.7254.474:02.54 (1)
25GermanyGER4:05.19
Dagmar Hase30.511:01.611:01.61 (2)
Jana Dörries32.861:09.432:11.04 (3)
Franziska van Almsick27.4059.083:10.12 (2)
Daniela Hunger26.4455.074:05.19 (2)
34Unified TeamEUN4:06.44
Nina Zhivanevskaya30.471:02.541:02.54 (4)
Alena Rudkouskaya31.551:07.442:09.98 (2)
Olga Kirichenko28.281:00.983:10.96 (3)
Nataliya Meshcheryakova25.8755.484:06.44 (3)
48People's Republic of ChinaCHN4:06.78
Lin Li31.091:02.901:02.90 (5)
Lou Xia31.881:09.512:12.41 (5)
Qian Hong27.9458.973:11.38 (4)
Le Jingyi26.6055.404:06.78 (4)
51AustraliaAUS4:07.01
Nicole Stevenson30.681:02.091:02.09 (3)
Sam Riley32.181:10.062:12.15 (4)
Susie O'Neill27.4759.383:11.53 (5)
Lisa Curry-Kenny26.1555.484:07.01 (5)
67CanadaCAN4:09.26
Nikki Dryden31.291:03.511:03.51 (7)
Guylaine Cloutier32.641:09.552:13.06 (6)
Kristin Topham27.651:00.383:13.44 (6)
Andrea Nugent26.2855.824:09.26 (6)
72JapanJPN4:09.92
Yoko Koikawa31.351:03.121:03.12 (6)
Kyoko Iwasaki34.051:10.752:13.87 (7)
Yoko Kando28.651:00.513:14.38 (7)
Suzu Chiba26.5955.544:09.92 (7)
86NetherlandsNED4:10.87
Ellen Elzerman31.211:03.811:03.81 (8)
Kira Bulten33.411:11.302:15.11 (8)
Inge de Bruijn27.571:00.393:15.50 (8)
Marianne Muis26.3955.374:10.87 (8)