At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, 31 swimming events were contested. There was a total of 641 participants from 92 countries competing.
| Swimming at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |
|---|---|
Piscines Bernat Picornell | |
| Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell |
| Dates | 26 – 31 July 1992 |
| No. of events | 31 |
| Competitors | 641 from 92 nations |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 11 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 2 | Unified Team | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | China | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Germany | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | Australia | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | France | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Suriname | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 | |
Medal summary
Men's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle | Aleksandr Popov Unified Team ( Russia) | 21.91 OR, ER | Matt Biondi United States | 22.09 | Tom Jager United States | 22.30 |
| 100 m freestyle | Aleksandr Popov Unified Team ( Russia) | 49.02 ER | Gustavo Borges Brazil | 49.43 SA | Stéphan Caron France | 49.50 |
| 200 m freestyle | Yevgeny Sadovyi Unified Team ( Russia) | 1:46.70 OR, NR | Anders Holmertz Sweden | 1:46.86 | Antti Kasvio Finland | 1:47.63 NR |
| 400 m freestyle | Yevgeny Sadovyi Unified Team ( Russia) | 3:45.00 WR | Kieren Perkins Australia | 3:45.16 OC | Anders Holmertz Sweden | 3:46.77 NR |
| 1500 m freestyle | Kieren Perkins Australia | 14:43.48 WR | Glen Housman Australia | 14:55.29 | Jörg Hoffmann Germany | 15:02.29 |
| 100 m backstroke | Mark Tewksbury Canada | 53.98 OR, NR | Jeff Rouse United States | 54.04 | David Berkoff United States | 54.78 |
| 200 m backstroke | Martin López-Zubero Spain | 1:58.47 OR | Vladimir Selkov Unified Team ( Russia) | 1:58.87 | Stefano Battistelli Italy | 1:59.40 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Nelson Diebel United States | 1:01.50 OR | Norbert Rózsa Hungary | 1:01.68 | Phil Rogers Australia | 1:01.76 OC |
| 200 m breaststroke | Mike Barrowman United States | 2:10.16 WR | Norbert Rózsa Hungary | 2:11.23 ER | Nick Gillingham Great Britain | 2:11.29 NR |
| 100 m butterfly | Pablo Morales United States | 53.32 | Rafał Szukała Poland | 53.35 NR | Anthony Nesty Suriname | 53.41 |
| 200 m butterfly | Melvin Stewart United States | 1:56.26 OR | Danyon Loader New Zealand | 1:57.93 | Franck Esposito France | 1:58.51 |
| 200 m individual medley | Tamás Darnyi Hungary | 2:00.76 | Greg Burgess United States | 2:00.97 | Attila Czene Hungary | 2:01.00 |
| 400 m individual medley | Tamás Darnyi Hungary | 4:14.23 OR | Eric Namesnik United States | 4:15.57 | Luca Sacchi Italy | 4:16.34 NR |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | United States Joe Hudepohl (50.05) Matt Biondi (48.69) Tom Jager (49.72) Jon Olsen (48.28) Shaun Jordan* Joel Thomas* | 3:16.74 | Unified Team Pavlo Khnykin (49.92) Gennadiy Prigoda (50.05) Yuri Bashkatov (49.76) Aleksandr Popov (47.83) Vladimir Pyshnenko* Veniamin Tayanovich* | 3:17.56 | Germany Dirk Richter (49.97) Christian Tröger (49.35) Steffen Zesner (49.78) Mark Pinger (48.80) Andreas Szigat* Bengt Zikarsky* | 3:17.90 NR |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Unified Team Dmitry Lepikov (1:49.55) Vladimir Pyshnenko (1:46.58) Veniamin Tayanovich (1:48.99) Yevgeny Sadovyi (1:46.83) Aleksey Kudryavtsev* Yury Mukhin* | 7:11.95 WR | Sweden Christer Wallin (1:49.69) Anders Holmertz (1:46.16) Tommy Werner (1:49.35) Lars Frölander (1:50.31) | 7:15.51 NR | United States Joe Hudepohl (1:49.52) Melvin Stewart (1:48.41) Jon Olsen (1:49.19) Doug Gjertsen (1:49.11) Scott Jaffe* Dan Jorgensen* | 7:16.23 |
| 4 × 100 medley relay | United States Jeff Rouse (53.86) WR Nelson Diebel (1:01.45) Pablo Morales (52.83) Jon Olsen (48.79) David Berkoff* Hans Dersch* Melvin Stewart* Matt Biondi* | 3:36.93 =WR | Unified Team Vladimir Selkov (55.50) Vasili Ivanov (1:01.59) Pavlo Khnykin (53.56) Aleksandr Popov (47.91) Vladimir Pyshnenko* Vladislav Kulikov* Dmitri Volkov* | 3:38.56 | Canada Mark Tewksbury (54.09) Jonathan Cleveland (1:01.93) Marcel Gery (53.72) Stephen Clarke (49.92) Tom Ponting* | 3:39.66 |
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle | Yang Wenyi China | 24.79 WR | Zhuang Yong China | 25.08 | Angel Martino United States | 25.23 |
| 100 m freestyle | Zhuang Yong China | 54.64 OR | Jenny Thompson United States | 54.84 | Franziska van Almsick Germany | 54.94 |
| 200 m freestyle | Nicole Haislett United States | 1:57.90 AM | Franziska van Almsick Germany | 1:58.00 | Kerstin Kielgass Germany | 1:59.67 |
| 400 m freestyle | Dagmar Hase Germany | 4:07.18 | Janet Evans United States | 4:07.37 | Hayley Lewis Australia | 4:11.22 |
| 800 m freestyle | Janet Evans United States | 8:25.52 | Hayley Lewis Australia | 8:30.34 | Jana Henke Germany | 8:30.99 |
| 100 m backstroke | Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary | 1:00.68 OR | Tünde Szabó Hungary | 1:01.14 | Lea Loveless United States | 1:01.43 |
| 200 m backstroke | Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary | 2:07.06 OR | Dagmar Hase Germany | 2:09.46 NR | Nicole Stevenson Australia | 2:10.20 OC |
| 100 m breaststroke | Yelena Rudkovskaya Unified Team ( Belarus) | 1:08.00 NR | Anita Nall United States | 1:08.17 AM | Samantha Riley Australia | 1:09.25 OC |
| 200 m breaststroke | Kyoko Iwasaki Japan | 2:26.65 OR, AS | Lin Li China | 2:26.85 NR | Anita Nall United States | 2:26.88 |
| 100 m butterfly | Qian Hong China | 58.62 OR | Crissy Ahmann-Leighton United States | 58.74 | Catherine Plewinski France | 59.01 NR |
| 200 m butterfly | Summer Sanders United States | 2:08.67 | Wang Xiaohong China | 2:09.01 AS | Susie O'Neill Australia | 2:09.03 OC |
| 200 m individual medley | Lin Li China | 2:11.65 WR | Summer Sanders United States | 2:11.91 AM | Daniela Hunger Germany | 2:13.92 |
| 400 m individual medley | Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary | 4:36.54 NR | Lin Li China | 4:36.73 AS | Summer Sanders United States | 4:37.58 AM |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | United States Nicole Haislett (55.33) Dara Torres (55.33) Angel Martino (54.79) Jenny Thompson (54.01) Ashley Tappin* Crissy Ahmann-Leighton* | 3:39.46 WR | China Zhuang Yong (54.51) OR Lu Bin (55.90) Yang Wenyi (54.90) Le Jingyi (54.81) Zhao Kun* | 3:40.12 AS | Germany Franziska van Almsick (54.99) Simone Osygus (55.74) Daniela Hunger (55.12) Manuela Stellmach (55.75) Kerstin Kielgass* Annette Hadding* | 3:41.60 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | United States Lea Loveless (1:00.82) AM Anita Nall (1:08.67) Crissy Ahmann-Leighton (58.58) Jenny Thompson (54.47) Janie Wagstaff* Megan Kleine* Summer Sanders* Nicole Haislett* | 4:02.54 WR | Germany Dagmar Hase (1:01.61) Jana Dörries (1:09.43) Franziska van Almsick (59.08) Daniela Hunger (55.07) Daniela Brendel* Bettina Ustrowski* Simone Osygus* | 4:05.19 | Unified Team Nina Zhivanevskaya (1:02.54) Yelena Rudkovskaya (1:07.44) Olga Kiritchenko (1:00.98) Natalya Meshcheryakova (55.48) Elena Choubina* | 4:06.44 |
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Participating nations
641 swimmers from 92 nations competed.
- Albania (1)
- Algeria (1)
- Angola (3)
- Argentina (3)
- Australia (33)
- Austria (2)
- Bahamas (2)
- Bangladesh (1)
- Belgium (7)
- Bermuda (6)
- Bolivia (2)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
- Brazil (9)
- Bulgaria (5)
- Canada (29)
- China (16)
- Republic of the Congo (1)
- Costa Rica (1)
- Colombia (1)
- Cuba (2)
- Cyprus (2)
- Czechoslovakia (8)
- Denmark (8)
- Ecuador (1)
- Egypt (2)
- El Salvador (1)
- Estonia (4)
- Fiji (3)
- Finland (12)
- France (25)
- Germany (34)
- Great Britain (30)
- Greece (2)
- Guam (7)
- Guatemala (5)
- Honduras (4)
- Hong Kong (8)
- Hungary (13)
- Iceland (2)
- Independent Olympic Athletes (4)
- Ireland (2)
- Israel (4)
- Italy (24)
- Japan (25)
- Kuwait (3)
- Latvia (1)
- Lebanon (1)
- Lithuania (2)
- Luxembourg (1)
- Madagascar (1)
- Malaysia (1)
- Maldives (2)
- Mauritius (6)
- Mexico (7)
- Monaco (1)
- Mozambique (3)
- Namibia (2)
- Netherlands (9)
- New Zealand (11)
- Nigeria (2)
- Norway (6)
- Panama (1)
- Paraguay (2)
- Peru (2)
- Philippines (5)
- Poland (14)
- Portugal (9)
- Puerto Rico (6)
- Romania (10)
- San Marino (5)
- Saudi Arabia (2)
- Senegal (2)
- Seychelles (4)
- Singapore (5)
- Slovenia (5)
- South Africa (10)
- South Korea (4)
- Spain (21)
- Sri Lanka (1)
- Suriname (3)
- Sweden (17)
- Switzerland (4)
- Syria (1)
- Thailand (5)
- Turkey (3)
- Unified Team (29)
- United Arab Emirates (5)
- United States (40)
- Virgin Islands (3)
- Uruguay (1)
- Vietnam (2)
- Zimbabwe (4)
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