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.
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 28 July | Heat 6 | Krisztina Egerszegi | | 1:00.85 | |
| 28 July | Final A | Krisztina Egerszegi | | 1:00.68 | |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | 4 | Krisztina Egerszegi | | 1:00.85 | Q, |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | Lea Loveless | | 1:01.19 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Tünde Szabó | | 1:02.14 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Nina Zhivanevskaya | | 1:02.25 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | Janie Wagstaff | | 1:02.29 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Nicole Stevenson | | 1:02.54 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Yoko Koikawa | | 1:02.83 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 6 | Joanne Meehan | | 1:02.84 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 6 | Silvia Poll | | 1:02.88 | q, NR |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Sandra Völker | | 1:02.90 | q |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Anna Simcic | | 1:03.12 | q |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Marianne Kriel | | 1:03.20 | q |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Noriko Inada | | 1:03.21 | q |
| 14 | 4 | 5 | Dagmar Hase | | 1:03.35 | q |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Nikki Dryden | | 1:03.71 | q |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | He Cihong | | 1:03.83 | q |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Ellen Elzerman | | 1:03.96 | |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Akiko Thomson | | 1:04.32 | NR |
| 19 | 4 | 8 | Joanne Deakins | | 1:04.38 | |
| 20 | 6 | 8 | Claudia Stănescu | | 1:04.44 | |
| 21 | 4 | 2 | Eva Gysling | | 1:04.50 | |
| 22 | 2 | 7 | Jill Brukman | | 1:04.57 | |
| 23 | 5 | 8 | Lorenza Vigarani | | 1:04.65 | |
| 24 | 6 | 7 | Katherine Read | | 1:04.97 | |
| 25 | 3 | 3 | Lara Bianconi | | 1:05.02 | |
| 26 | 5 | 7 | Natalya Shibayeva | | 1:05.08 | |
| 27 | 3 | 4 | Núria Castelló | | 1:05.09 | |
| 28 | 4 | 6 | Julie Howard | | 1:05.26 | |
| 29 | 2 | 5 | Małgorzata Galwas | | 1:05.36 | NR |
| 30 | 3 | 5 | Helena Straková | | 1:05.38 | |
| 31 | 3 | 6 | Martina Moravcová | | 1:05.73 | |
| 32 | 2 | 3 | Céline Bonnet | | 1:05.75 | |
| 32 | 2 | 2 | Nathalie Wunderlich | | 1:05.75 | |
| 34 | 3 | 8 | Rita Jean Garay | | 1:05.92 | NR |
| 35 | 2 | 1 | Lee Chang-ha | | 1:06.08 | |
| 36 | 3 | 7 | Ana Barros | | 1:06.11 | |
| 37 | 3 | 1 | Mariya Kocheva | | 1:06.17 | |
| 38 | 2 | 4 | Diane Lacombe | | 1:06.31 | |
| 39 | 1 | 5 | Anne Lackman | | 1:06.48 | |
| 40 | 1 | 1 | Darija Alauf | | 1:06.81 | NR |
| 41 | 2 | 6 | Tanja Godina | | 1:06.97 | |
| 42 | 1 | 4 | Sarah-Jane Murphy | | 1:07.47 | |
| 43 | 1 | 6 | Storme Moodie | | 1:07.60 | |
| 44 | 1 | 3 | Ana Joselina Fortin | | 1:08.24 | |
| 45 | 1 | 2 | Rania Elwani | | 1:10.12 | |
| 1 | 7 | Sharon Pickering | | | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
