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

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 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 | Mary T. Meagher (USA) | 57.93 | Brown Deer, United States | 16 August 1981 |
| Olympic record | Kristin Otto (GDR) | 59.00 | Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 29 July | Final A | Qian Hong | China | 58.62 | 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 | Wang Xiaohong | China | 59.34 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | 5 | Qian Hong | China | 59.37 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | Susie O'Neill | Australia | 59.95 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Franziska van Almsick | Germany | 1:00.02 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Catherine Plewinski | France | 1:00.03 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 4 | Crissy Ahmann-Leighton | United States | 1:00.10 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | Summer Sanders | United States | 1:00.38 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | Rie Shito | Japan | 1:01.04 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Lisa Curry | Australia | 1:01.07 | q |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Inge de Bruijn | Netherlands | 1:01.12 | q |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Kristin Topham | Canada | 1:01.20 | q |
| 12 | 7 | 6 | Karin Brienesse | Netherlands | 1:01.33 | q |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Ilaria Tocchini | Italy | 1:01.37 | q |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | Therèse Lundin | Sweden | 1:01.38 | q |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Yoko Kando | Japan | 1:01.56 | q |
| 16 | 6 | 7 | Jacqueline Delord | France | 1:01.78 | qSO* |
| 16 | 7 | 8 | Olga Kirichenko | Unified Team | 1:01.78 | qSO |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | Bettina Ustrowski | Germany | 1:02.07 | |
| 19 | 4 | 3 | Martina Moravcová | Czechoslovakia | 1:02.11 | |
| 20 | 7 | 7 | Madeleine Campbell | Great Britain | 1:02.43 | |
| 21 | 4 | 6 | Marianne Kriel | South Africa | 1:02.49 | |
| 22 | 3 | 4 | Anna Uryniuk | Poland | 1:02.50 | NR |
| 23 | 4 | 7 | Diana Ureche | Romania | 1:02.72 | |
| 24 | 7 | 1 | Malin Strömberg | Sweden | 1:02.78 | |
| 25 | 5 | 1 | María Peláez | Spain | 1:02.79 | |
| 26 | 3 | 2 | Bárbara Franco | Spain | 1:02.83 | |
| 27 | 6 | 8 | Julie Howard | Canada | 1:02.89 | |
| 28 | 5 | 8 | Samantha Purvis | Great Britain | 1:02.94 | |
| 29 | 4 | 2 | Timea Toth | Israel | 1:03.18 | |
| 29 | 6 | 1 | Nataliya Yakovleva | Unified Team | 1:03.18 | |
| 31 | 2 | 4 | Joscelin Yeo | Singapore | 1:03.82 | |
| 32 | 4 | 4 | Marja Pärssinen | Finland | 1:03.94 | |
| 33 | 4 | 1 | Iuliana Pantelimon | Romania | 1:04.07 | |
| 34 | 2 | 3 | May Ooi | Singapore | 1:04.14 | |
| 35 | 3 | 5 | Nataša Meškovska | Independent Olympic Participants | 1:04.16 | |
| 36 | 3 | 6 | Ana Alegria | Portugal | 1:04.18 | |
| 37 | 2 | 2 | Praphalsai Minpraphal | Thailand | 1:04.28 | |
| 38 | 3 | 3 | Berit Puggaard | Denmark | 1:04.57 | |
| 39 | 2 | 6 | Joana Arantes | Portugal | 1:04.59 | |
| 40 | 3 | 7 | Gabriela Gaja | Mexico | 1:04.84 | |
| 41 | 2 | 5 | Blanca Morales | Guatemala | 1:05.02 | |
| 42 | 2 | 7 | Nguyễn Kiều Oanh | Vietnam | 1:05.19 | |
| 43 | 4 | 5 | Shelley Cramer | Virgin Islands | 1:05.84 | |
| 44 | 1 | 7 | Anja Margetić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:06.26 | NR |
| 45 | 1 | 5 | Sharon Pickering | Fiji | 1:06.35 | |
| 46 | 1 | 4 | Monica Dahl | Namibia | 1:06.58 | |
| 47 | 1 | 3 | Ana Joselina Fortin | Honduras | 1:07.94 | |
| 48 | 1 | 6 | Elsa Freire | Angola | 1:10.17 | |
| 49 | 1 | 2 | Mariza Gregorio | Mozambique | 1:10.27 | |
* Delord and Kirichenko tied for sixteenth place, but the latter elected not to participate in a swimoff, allowing the former to advance to the semifinals by default.

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 5 | Inge de Bruijn | Netherlands | 1:01.02 |
| 10 | 6 | Karin Brienesse | Netherlands | 1:01.20 |
| 11 | 1 | Yoko Kando | Japan | 1:01.32 |
| 12 | 7 | Therèse Lundin | Sweden | 1:01.43 |
| 13 | 4 | Lisa Curry | Australia | 1:01.61 |
| 14 | 3 | Kristin Topham | Canada | 1:01.91 |
| 15 | 2 | Ilaria Tocchini | Italy | 1:02.06 |
| 16 | 8 | Jacqueline Delord | France | 1:03.22 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Qian Hong | China | 58.62 | OR |
| | 7 | Crissy Ahmann-Leighton | United States | 58.74 | |
| | 2 | Catherine Plewinski | France | 59.01 | NR |
| 4 | 4 | Wang Xiaohong | China | 59.10 | |
| 5 | 3 | Susie O'Neill | Australia | 59.69 | OC |
| 6 | 1 | Summer Sanders | United States | 59.82 | |
| 7 | 6 | Franziska van Almsick | Germany | 1:00.70 | |
| 8 | 8 | Rie Shito | Japan | 1:01.16 | |