Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle
The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 26 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 |
| 26 July | Heat 6 | Jenny Thompson | | 54.69 | |
| 26 July | Final A | Zhuang Yong | | 54.64 | |
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 | Jenny Thompson | | 54.69 | Q, |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | Franziska van Almsick | | 55.40 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 6 | Catherine Plewinski | | 55.44 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Nicole Haislett | | 55.67 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Zhuang Yong | | 55.78 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | Le Jingyi | | 55.87 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Karin Brienesse | | 55.98 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Simone Osygus | | 55.98 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 6 | Suzu Chiba | | 56.26 | q |
| 10 | 6 | 8 | Yelena Shubina | | 56.31 | q |
| 11 | 5 | 7 | Luminița Dobrescu | | 56.45 | q |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Gitta Jensen | | 56.47 | q |
| 13 | 5 | 5 | Susie O'Neill | | 56.58 | q |
| 14 | 4 | 6 | Mildred Muis | | 56.67 | q |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Yevgeniya Yermakova | | 56.67 | q |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Andrea Nugent | | 56.82 | q |
| 17 | 4 | 3 | Karen Pickering | | 57.17 | |
| 18 | 6 | 7 | Martina Moravcová | | 57.19 | |
| 19 | 4 | 1 | Eva Nyberg | | 57.36 | |
| 20 | 3 | 5 | Marianne Kriel | | 57.50 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Claudia Franco | | 57.57 | |
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Ayako Nakano | | 57.71 | |
| 23 | 6 | 1 | Ellenor Svensson | | 58.03 | |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Minna Salmela | | 58.04 | NR |
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Allison Higson | | 58.47 | |
| 26 | 3 | 2 | Natalia Pulido | | 58.54 | |
| 27 | 3 | 3 | Mette Nielsen | | 58.67 | |
| 28 | 4 | 2 | Karen van Wirdum | | 58.75 | |
| 29 | 5 | 8 | Toni Jeffs | | 58.80 | |
| 30 | 2 | 5 | Rania Elwani | | 58.82 | |
| 31 | 3 | 4 | Alison Sheppard | | 58.83 | |
| 31 | 3 | 7 | Diana Ureche | | 58.83 | |
| 33 | 1 | 5 | Joscelin Yeo | | 58.93 | |
| 34 | 2 | 7 | Akiko Thomson | | 59.02 | |
| 35 | 2 | 4 | Monica Dahl | | 59.05 | |
| 36 | 3 | 6 | Ilaria Sciorelli | | 59.11 | |
| 37 | 1 | 4 | Robyn Lamsam | | 59.26 | |
| 38 | 2 | 8 | Marja Pärssinen | | 59.46 | |
| 39 | 2 | 7 | Shelley Cramer | | 59.99 | NR |
| 40 | 2 | 2 | Helga Sigurðardóttir | | 1:00.29 | |
| 41 | 2 | 1 | Ana Alegria | | 1:00.35 | |
| 42 | 1 | 2 | Joshua Ikhaghomi | | 1:00.72 | |
| 43 | 2 | 3 | Ratiporn Wong | | 1:00.85 | |
| 44 | 1 | 6 | Corinne Leclair | | 1:00.95 | |
| 45 | 1 | 7 | Sharon Pickering | | 1:01.42 | |
| 46 | 1 | 3 | Ana Joselina Fortin | | 1:01.50 | |
| 47 | 1 | 1 | Paola Peñarrieta | | 1:04.08 | |
| 48 | 1 | 8 | Elsa Freire | | 1:05.45 | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
