# Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | 1:00.31 | Athens, Greece | 22 August 1991 |
| Olympic record | Rica Reinisch (GDR) | 1:00.86 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 23 July 1980 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 28 July | Heat 6 | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary | 1:00.85 | OR |
| 28 July | Final A | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary | 1:00.68 | OR |

## Results
### Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary | 1:00.85 | Q, OR |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | Lea Loveless | United States | 1:01.19 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Tünde Szabó | Hungary | 1:02.14 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | Unified Team | 1:02.25 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | Janie Wagstaff | United States | 1:02.29 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Nicole Stevenson | Australia | 1:02.54 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Yoko Koikawa | Japan | 1:02.83 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 6 | Joanne Meehan | Australia | 1:02.84 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 6 | Silvia Poll | Costa Rica | 1:02.88 | q, NR |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Sandra Völker | Germany | 1:02.90 | q |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Anna Simcic | New Zealand | 1:03.12 | q |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Marianne Kriel | South Africa | 1:03.20 | q |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Noriko Inada | Japan | 1:03.21 | q |
| 14 | 4 | 5 | Dagmar Hase | Germany | 1:03.35 | q |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Nikki Dryden | Canada | 1:03.71 | q |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | He Cihong | China | 1:03.83 | q |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Ellen Elzerman | Netherlands | 1:03.96 | |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Akiko Thomson | Philippines | 1:04.32 | NR |
| 19 | 4 | 8 | Joanne Deakins | Great Britain | 1:04.38 | |
| 20 | 6 | 8 | Claudia Stănescu | Romania | 1:04.44 | |
| 21 | 4 | 2 | Eva Gysling | Switzerland | 1:04.50 | |
| 22 | 2 | 7 | Jill Brukman | South Africa | 1:04.57 | |
| 23 | 5 | 8 | Lorenza Vigarani | Italy | 1:04.65 | |
| 24 | 6 | 7 | Katherine Read | Great Britain | 1:04.97 | |
| 25 | 3 | 3 | Lara Bianconi | Italy | 1:05.02 | |
| 26 | 5 | 7 | Natalya Shibayeva | Unified Team | 1:05.08 | |
| 27 | 3 | 4 | Núria Castelló | Spain | 1:05.09 | |
| 28 | 4 | 6 | Julie Howard | Canada | 1:05.26 | |
| 29 | 2 | 5 | Małgorzata Galwas | Poland | 1:05.36 | NR |
| 30 | 3 | 5 | Helena Straková | Czechoslovakia | 1:05.38 | |
| 31 | 3 | 6 | Martina Moravcová | Czechoslovakia | 1:05.73 | |
| 32 | 2 | 3 | Céline Bonnet | France | 1:05.75 | |
| 32 | 2 | 2 | Nathalie Wunderlich | Switzerland | 1:05.75 | |
| 34 | 3 | 8 | Rita Jean Garay | Puerto Rico | 1:05.92 | NR |
| 35 | 2 | 1 | Lee Chang-ha | South Korea | 1:06.08 | |
| 36 | 3 | 7 | Ana Barros | Portugal | 1:06.11 | |
| 37 | 3 | 1 | Mariya Kocheva | Bulgaria | 1:06.17 | |
| 38 | 2 | 4 | Diane Lacombe | France | 1:06.31 | |
| 39 | 1 | 5 | Anne Lackman | Finland | 1:06.48 | |
| 40 | 1 | 1 | Darija Alauf | Independent Olympic Participants | 1:06.81 | NR |
| 41 | 2 | 6 | Tanja Godina | Slovenia | 1:06.97 | |
| 42 | 1 | 4 | Sarah-Jane Murphy | Zimbabwe | 1:07.47 | |
| 43 | 1 | 6 | Storme Moodie | Zimbabwe | 1:07.60 | |
| 44 | 1 | 3 | Ana Joselina Fortin | Honduras | 1:08.24 | |
| 45 | 1 | 2 | Rania Elwani | Egypt | 1:10.12 | |
| | 1 | 7 | Sharon Pickering | Fiji | DNS | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 7 | Dagmar Hase | Germany | 1:02.93 |
| 10 | 6 | Marianne Kriel | South Africa | 1:03.12 |
| 11 | 3 | Anna Simcic | New Zealand | 1:03.30 |
| 12 | 2 | Noriko Inada | Japan | 1:03.42 |
| 13 | 8 | He Cihong | China | 1:03.50 |
| 14 | 1 | Nikki Dryden | Canada | 1:03.50 |
| 15 | 4 | Silvia Poll | Costa Rica | 1:03.57 |
| 16 | 5 | Sandra Völker | Germany | 1:04.52 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Krisztina Egerszegi | Hungary | 1:00.68 | OR |
| | 3 | Tünde Szabó | Hungary | 1:01.14 | |
| | 5 | Lea Loveless | United States | 1:01.43 | |
| 4 | 7 | Nicole Stevenson | Australia | 1:01.78 | OC |
| 5 | 2 | Janie Wagstaff | United States | 1:01.81 | |
| 6 | 8 | Joanne Meehan | Australia | 1:02.07 | |
| 7 | 6 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | Unified Team | 1:02.36 | |
| 8 | 1 | Yoko Koikawa | Japan | 1:03.23 | |