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

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. The winning margin was 0.22 seconds.

## 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 | Notes |
| | Marie-José Pérec | France | 48.83 |
| | Olga Bryzgina | Unified Team | 49.05 |
| | Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 49.64 | AR |
| 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 |