Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Women's 400 metres; at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Dates	1 August 1992 (heats); 2 August 1992 (quarter-finals); 3 August 1992 (semi-finals); 5 August 1992 (final)
Competitors	41 from 29 nations
Winning time	48.83
Medalists

These are the official results of the women's 400 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats. The finals were held on July 25.[1]

Records

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

World Record	47.60	Marita Koch	Canberra (AUS)	October 6, 1985
Olympic Record	48.65	Olga Bryzgina	Seoul (KOR)	September 26, 1988

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Marie-José Pérec	France	48.83
	Olga Bryzgina	Unified Team	49.05
	Ximena Restrepo	Colombia	49.64
4	Olga Nazarova	Unified Team	49.69
5	Jillian Richardson	Canada	49.93
6	Rochelle Stevens	United States	50.11
7	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	50.19
8	Phylis Smith	Great Britain	50.87

Semifinals

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Marie-José Pérec	France	49.48
2	Ximena Restrepo	Colombia	49.76
3	Olga Bryzgina	Unified Team	49.76
4	Phylis Smith	Great Britain	50.40
5	Jearl Miles	United States	50.57
6	Natasha Kaiser	United States	50.60
7	Michelle Lock	Australia	50.78
8	Yelena Ruzina	Unified Team	51.30

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Jillian Richardson	Canada	50.02
2	Olga Nazarova	Unified Team	50.31
3	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	50.35
4	Rochelle Stevens	United States	50.37
5	Norfalia Carabalí	Colombia	51.75
6	Sandra Douglas	Great Britain	51.96
7	Renée Poetschka	Australia	52.09
8	Elsa Devassoigne	France	52.85

Quarterfinals

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Ximena Restrepo	Colombia	50.63
2	Olga Bryzgina	Unified Team	50.68
3	Natasha Kaiser	United States	50.71
4	Sandra Douglas	Great Britain	51.41
5	Cathy Freeman	Australia	51.52
6	Aïssatou Tandian	Senegal	52.39
7	Jayamini Illeperuma	Sri Lanka	53.55
8	Judit Forgács	Hungary	54.24

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Jillian Richardson	Canada	50.95
2	Jearl Miles	United States	51.27
3	Olga Nazarova	Unified Team	51.30
4	Michelle Lock	Australia	51.71
5	Anja Rücker	Germany	52.05
6	Juliet Campbell	Jamaica	52.12
7	Tina Paulino	Mozambique	52.34
8	Ruth Morris	Virgin Islands	54.92

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Phylis Smith	Great Britain	51.32
2	Elsa Devassoigne	France	51.75
3	Renée Poetschka	Australia	52.05
4	Yelena Ruzina	Unified Team	52.23
5	Julia Merino	Spain	52.43
6	Claudine Williams	Jamaica	52.84
7	Susie Tanéfo	Cameroon	53.78
8	Noodang Phimpho	Thailand	54.90

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Rochelle Stevens	United States	50.70
2	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	50.76
3	Marie-José Pérec	France	50.89
4	Norfalia Carabalí	Colombia	51.65
5	Myra Mayberry	Puerto Rico	53.37
6	Lorraine Hanson	Great Britain	53.60
7	Zoila Stewart	Costa Rica	53.60
8	Alimata Koné	Ivory Coast	53.80

Heats

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Natasha Kaiser	United States	51.41
2	Ximena Restrepo	Colombia	52.34
3	Julia Merino	Spain	52.90
4	Juliet Campbell	Jamaica	53.69
5	Ruth Morris	Virgin Islands	54.37
6	Prisca Philip	Barbados	55.09
7	Fanta Dao	Mali	1:01.97

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	52.56
2	Jearl Miles	United States	52.79
3	Sandra Douglas	Great Britain	52.91
4	Jayamini Illeperuma	Sri Lanka	54.14
5	Charmaine Gilgeous	Antigua and Barbuda	55.48
6	Shermaine Ross	Grenada	55.49

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Elsa Devassoigne	France	52.07
2	Olga Bryzgina	Unified Team	52.44
3	Michelle Lock	Australia	52.49
4	Lorraine Hanson	Great Britain	52.66
5	Tina Paulino	Mozambique	52.93
6	Zoila Stewart	Costa Rica	53.72
7	Mary-Estelle Kapalu	Vanuatu	55.75

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Jillian Richardson	Canada	51.99
2	Olga Nazarova	Unified Team	52.09
3	Norfalia Carabalí	Colombia	52.18
4	Anja Rücker	Germany	52.24
5	Aïssatou Tandian	Senegal	52.29
6	Susie Tanéfo	Cameroon	53.37
7	Jacqueline Solíz	Bolivia	56.78

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Phylis Smith	Great Britain	53.59
2	Marie-José Pérec	France	53.64
3	Cathy Freeman	Australia	53.70
4	Myra Mayberry	Puerto Rico	53.75
5	Judit Forgács	Hungary	54.87
6	Ngozi Mwanamwambwa	Zambia	54.88
7	Melrose Mansaray	Sierra Leone	55.67

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Rochelle Stevens	United States	52.42
2	Renée Poetschka	Australia	52.85
3	Yelena Ruzina	Unified Team	52.94
4	Claudine Williams	Jamaica	52.97
5	Alimata Koné	Ivory Coast	53.76
6	Noodang Pimpol	Thailand	54.28
7	Ruth Mangue	Equatorial Guinea	1:03.32

References

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400 metres at the Olympic Games
Summary
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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
Wheelchair races