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100 metres Butterfly, Women

Date	29 July 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Participants	49 from 34 countries

China’s Qian Hong had won the silver medal in this event in Seoul and was favored in 1992, having won the 1991 World Championship. She was expected to be challenged by her teammate Wang Xiaohong. At the 1990 Asian Games the two had been the first butterflyers to break 59 seconds since Mary T. Meagher’s inviolate world record of 57.93 from 1981. But then at the US Olympic Trials, Crissy Ahmann-Leighton (58.61) and Summer Sanders (59.51) swam the two fastest times of the year, with Ahmann-Leighton posting a non-Meagher world record, and actually the second fastest time ever.

In the final Ahmann-Leighton exploded off the blocks and was ahead of her Trials pace at the wall, with the two Chinese in second and third. But Qian had much more left, racing home to win by about a hand over Ahmann-Leighton. Wang faltered near the end and was passed by France’s Catherine Plewinski, the 1991 European Champion, for bronze.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	Qian Hong	CHN	59.37 (1 h7)	–	58.62 (1)	Gold
2	Crissy Ahmann-Leighton	USA	1:00.10 (2 h7)	–	58.74 (2)	Silver
3	Catherine Plewinski	FRA	1:00.03 (2 h5)	–	59.01 (3)	Bronze
4	Wang Xiaohong	CHN	59.34 (1 h6)	–	59.10 (4)
5	Susie O'Neill	AUS	59.95 (2 h6)	–	59.69 (5)
6	Summer Sanders	USA	1:00.38 (3 h5)	–	59.82 (6)
7	Franziska van Almsick	GER	1:00.02 (1 h5)	–	1:00.70 (7)
8	Rie Shito	JPN	1:01.04 (3 h6)	–	1:01.16 (8)
9	Inge de Bruijn	NED	1:01.12 (4 h5)	1:01.02 (1)	–
10	Karin Brienesse	NED	1:01.33 (5 h7)	1:01.20 (2)	–
11	Yoko Kando	JPN	1:01.56 (5 h6)	1:01.32 (3)	–
12	Therèse Lundin	SWE	1:01.38 (5 h5)	1:01.43 (4)	–
13	Lisa Curry-Kenny	AUS	1:01.07 (3 h7)	1:01.61 (5)	–
14	Kristin Topham	CAN	1:01.20 (4 h7)	1:01.91 (6)	–
15	Ilaria Tocchini	ITA	1:01.37 (4 h6)	1:02.06 (7)	–
16	Jacqueline Delord	FRA	1:01.78 (6 h6)	1:03.22 (8)	–
17	Olga Kirichenko	EUN	1:01.78 (6 h7)	–	–
18	Bettina Ustrowski	GER	1:02.07 (6 h5)	–	–
19	Martina Moravcová	TCH	1:02.11 (1 h4)	–	–
20	Madeleine Campbell	GBR	1:02.43 (7 h7)	–	–
21	Marianne Kriel	RSA	1:02.49 (2 h4)	–	–
22	Anna Uryniuk	POL	1:02.50 (1 h3)	–	–
23	Diana Ureche	ROU	1:02.72 (3 h4)	–	–
24	Malin Strömberg	SWE	1:02.78 (8 h7)	–	–
25	María Peláez	ESP	1:02.79 (7 h5)	–	–
26	Bárbara Franco	ESP	1:02.83 (2 h3)	–	–
27	Julie Howard	CAN	1:02.89 (7 h6)	–	–
28	Samantha Purvis	GBR	1:02.94 (8 h5)	–	–
=29	Timea Toth	ISR	1:03.18 (4 h4)	–	–
=29	Nataliya Yakovleva	EUN	1:03.18 (8 h6)	–	–
31	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	1:03.82 (1 h2)	–	–
32	Marja Päivinen	FIN	1:03.94 (5 h4)	–	–
33	Iuliana Pantelimon	ROU	1:04.07 (6 h4)	–	–
34	May Ooi	SGP	1:04.14 (2 h2)	–	–
35	Nataša Meškovska	IOA	1:04.16 (3 h3)	–	–
36	Ana Alegria	POR	1:04.18 (4 h3)	–	–
37	Praphalsai Minpraphal	THA	1:04.28 (3 h2)	–	–
38	Berit Puggaard	DEN	1:04.57 (5 h3)	–	–
39	Joana Arantes	POR	1:04.59 (4 h2)	–	–
40	Gabriela Gaja	MEX	1:04.84 (6 h3)	–	–
41	Blanca Morales	GUA	1:05.02 (5 h2)	–	–
42	Nguyễn Kiều Oanh	VIE	1:05.19 (6 h2)	–	–
43	Shelley Cramer	ISV	1:05.84 (7 h4)	–	–
44	Anja Margetić	BIH	1:06.26 (1 h1)	–	–
45	Sharon Pickering	FIJ	1:06.35 (2 h1)	–	–
46	Monica Dahl	NAM	1:06.58 (3 h1)	–	–
47	Ana Fortín	HON	1:07.94 (4 h1)	–	–
48	Elsa Freire	ANG	1:10.17 (5 h1)	–	–
49	Mariza Gregorio	MOZ	1:10.27 (6 h1)	–	–

Round One (29 July 1992 — 18:30)

Fastest eight advanced to the final. Swimmers placing 9th-16th advanced to the B Final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time
1	7	Anja Margetić	BIH	30.38 (2) 35.88 (2)	1:06.26
2	5	Sharon Pickering	FIJ	31.46 (4) 34.89 (1)	1:06.35
3	4	Monica Dahl	NAM	30.29 (1) 36.29 (3)	1:06.58
4	3	Ana Fortín	HON	30.82 (3) 37.12 (4)	1:07.94
5	6	Elsa Freire	ANG	32.90 (6) 37.27 (5)	1:10.17
6	2	Mariza Gregorio	MOZ	32.01 (5) 38.26 (6)	1:10.27

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time
1	4	Joscelin Yeo	SGP	30.25 (2) 33.57 (2)	1:03.82
2	3	May Ooi	SGP	30.60 (5) 33.54 (1)	1:04.14
3	2	Praphalsai Minpraphal	THA	30.27 (3) 34.01 (=4)	1:04.28
4	6	Joana Arantes	POR	30.58 (4) 34.01 (=4)	1:04.59
5	5	Blanca Morales	GUA	30.24 (1) 34.78 (6)	1:05.02
6	7	Nguyễn Kiều Oanh	VIE	31.21 (6) 33.98 (3)	1:05.19

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time
1	4	Anna Uryniuk	POL	29.61 (2) 32.89 (1)	1:02.50
2	2	Bárbara Franco	ESP	29.91 (3) 32.92 (2)	1:02.83
3	5	Nataša Meškovska	IOA	30.26 (4) 33.90 (4)	1:04.16
4	6	Ana Alegria	POR	30.49 (6) 33.69 (3)	1:04.18
5	3	Berit Puggaard	DEN	30.42 (5) 34.15 (5)	1:04.57
6	7	Gabriela Gaja	MEX	29.56 (1) 35.28 (6)	1:04.84

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time
1	3	Martina Moravcová	TCH	29.15 (3) 32.96 (1)	1:02.11
2	6	Marianne Kriel	RSA	29.02 (1) 33.47 (3)	1:02.49
3	7	Diana Ureche	ROU	29.13 (2) 33.59 (4)	1:02.72
4	2	Timea Toth	ISR	29.88 (5) 33.30 (2)	1:03.18
5	4	Marja Päivinen	FIN	29.55 (4) 34.39 (6)	1:03.94
6	1	Iuliana Pantelimon	ROU	30.40 (7) 33.67 (5)	1:04.07
7	5	Shelley Cramer	ISV	30.29 (6) 35.55 (7)	1:05.84

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time
1	3	Franziska van Almsick	GER	28.00 (2) 32.02 (2)	1:00.02	Q
2	5	Catherine Plewinski	FRA	28.17 (3) 31.86 (1)	1:00.03	Q
3	4	Summer Sanders	USA	27.96 (1) 32.42 (3)	1:00.38	Q
4	6	Inge de Bruijn	NED	28.26 (4) 32.86 (5)	1:01.12	q
5	7	Therèse Lundin	SWE	28.58 (5) 32.80 (4)	1:01.38	q
6	2	Bettina Ustrowski	GER	28.65 (6) 33.42 (7)	1:02.07
7	1	María Peláez	ESP	29.52 (8) 33.27 (6)	1:02.79
8	8	Samantha Purvis	GBR	29.49 (7) 33.45 (8)	1:02.94

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time
1	4	Wang Xiaohong	CHN	28.03 (1) 31.31 (1)	59.34	Q
2	5	Susie O'Neill	AUS	28.27 (2) 31.68 (3)	59.95	Q
3	6	Rie Shito	JPN	29.42 (6) 31.62 (2)	1:01.04	Q
4	2	Ilaria Tocchini	ITA	28.59 (3) 32.78 (5)	1:01.37	q
5	3	Yoko Kando	JPN	29.02 (5) 32.54 (4)	1:01.56	q
6	7	Jacqueline Delord	FRA	28.80 (4) 32.98 (6)	1:01.78	q
7	8	Julie Howard	CAN	29.68 (7) 33.21 (7)	1:02.89
8	1	Nataliya Yakovleva	EUN	29.89 (8) 33.29 (8)	1:03.18

Heat Seven

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time
1	5	Qian Hong	CHN	28.02 (2) 31.35 (1)	59.37	Q
2	4	Crissy Ahmann-Leighton	USA	27.91 (1) 32.19 (2)	1:00.10	Q
3	3	Lisa Curry-Kenny	AUS	28.80 (5) 32.27 (3)	1:01.07	q
4	2	Kristin Topham	CAN	28.37 (3) 32.83 (6)	1:01.20	q
5	6	Karin Brienesse	NED	28.75 (4) 32.58 (5)	1:01.33	q
6	8	Olga Kirichenko	EUN	29.37 (6) 32.41 (4)	1:01.78
7	7	Madeleine Campbell	GBR	29.51 (8) 32.92 (7)	1:02.43
8	1	Malin Strömberg	SWE	29.50 (7) 33.28 (8)	1:02.78

B Final (29 July 1992 — 18:30)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time
1	5	Inge de Bruijn	NED	28.22 (1) 32.80 (5)	1:01.02
2	6	Karin Brienesse	NED	28.93 (5) 32.27 (2)	1:01.20
3	1	Yoko Kando	JPN	29.59 (7) 31.73 (1)	1:01.32
4	7	Therèse Lundin	SWE	28.81 (3) 32.62 (3)	1:01.43
5	4	Lisa Curry-Kenny	AUS	28.28 (2) 33.33 (7)	1:01.61
6	3	Kristin Topham	CAN	28.89 (4) 33.02 (6)	1:01.91
7	2	Ilaria Tocchini	ITA	29.32 (6) 32.74 (4)	1:02.06
8	8	Jacqueline Delord	FRA	29.81 (8) 33.41 (8)	1:03.22

Final (29 July 1992 — 18:30)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time
1	5	Qian Hong	CHN	27.83 (3) 30.79 (1)	58.62	OR
2	7	Crissy Ahmann-Leighton	USA	27.50 (1) 31.24 (3)	58.74
3	2	Catherine Plewinski	FRA	27.88 (4) 31.13 (2)	59.01
4	4	Wang Xiaohong	CHN	27.81 (2) 31.29 (4)	59.10
5	3	Susie O'Neill	AUS	28.09 (6) 31.60 (5)	59.69
6	1	Summer Sanders	USA	27.99 (5) 31.83 (7)	59.82
7	6	Franziska van Almsick	GER	28.48 (7) 32.22 (8)	1:00.70
8	8	Rie Shito	JPN	29.48 (8) 31.68 (6)	1:01.16