Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle
The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 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 |
| 31 July | Final A | Yang Wenyi | 24.79 |
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 | 5 | Zhuang Yong | 25.56 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Angel Martino | 25.63 | Q | |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | Jenny Thompson | 25.63 | Q | |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Catherine Plewinski | 25.78 | Q | |
| 5 | 6 | 4 | Simone Osygus | 25.79 | Q | |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | Yang Wenyi | 25.84 | Q | |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | Inge de Bruijn | 25.86 | Q | |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Natalya Meshcheryakova | 25.89 | Q | |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Franziska van Almsick | 25.96 | q | |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Marianne Kriel | 26.05 | q | |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Lisa Curry | 26.07 | q | |
| 12 | 7 | 6 | Andrea Nugent | 26.29 | q | |
| 13 | 5 | 8 | Kristin Topham | 26.32 | q | |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Linda Olofsson | 26.43 | q | |
| 14 | 7 | 8 | Marianne Muis | 26.43 | q | |
| 16 | 6 | 7 | Yevgeniya Yermakova | 26.45 | q | |
| 17 | 6 | 8 | Julie Blaise | 26.48 | ||
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Gitta Jensen | 26.54 | ||
| 19 | 6 | 1 | Cristina Chiuso | 26.72 | ||
| 20 | 5 | 1 | Ayako Nakano | 26.74 | ||
| 21 | 4 | 5 | Luminița Dobrescu | 26.76 | ||
| 21 | 4 | 3 | Claudia Franco | 26.76 | ||
| 23 | 5 | 7 | Louise Karlsson | 26.77 | ||
| 24 | 4 | 4 | Karen Pickering | 26.78 | ||
| 25 | 4 | 6 | Mette Nielsen | 26.80 | ||
| 25 | 6 | 6 | Karen van Wirdum | 26.80 | ||
| 27 | 7 | 7 | Toni Jeffs | 26.90 | ||
| 27 | 7 | 1 | Alison Sheppard | 26.90 | ||
| 29 | 4 | 7 | Martina Moravcová | 26.92 | ||
| 30 | 4 | 2 | Diana Ureche | 26.96 | ||
| 31 | 3 | 3 | Minna Salmela | 27.00 | ||
| 32 | 3 | 6 | Rania Elwani | 27.20 | ||
| 33 | 3 | 4 | Eva Gysling | 27.21 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 4 | Joscelin Yeo | 27.36 | ||
| 34 | 3 | 5 | Shina Matsudo | 27.36 | ||
| 36 | 3 | 2 | Robyn Lamsam | 27.40 | ||
| 37 | 3 | 7 | Monica Dahl | 27.45 | ||
| 38 | 2 | 5 | Marja Pärssinen | 27.49 | ||
| 39 | 3 | 1 | Joshua Ikhaghomi | 27.53 | ||
| 40 | 2 | 7 | Shelley Cramer | 27.84 | NR | |
| 41 | 1 | 7 | Keren Regal | 27.93 | ||
| 42 | 4 | 1 | Helga Sigurðardóttir | 27.94 | ||
| 43 | 1 | 2 | Vola Hanta Ratsifa Andrihamanana | 28.22 | ||
| 44 | 2 | 3 | Ratiporn Wong | 28.42 | ||
| 45 | 2 | 6 | Ana Joselina Fortin | 28.59 | ||
| 46 | 2 | 2 | May Ooi | 28.77 | ||
| 47 | 1 | 5 | Sharon Pickering | 28.90 | ||
| 48 | 1 | 3 | Paola Peñarrieta | 29.71 | ||
| 49 | 1 | 6 | Sara Casadei | 30.05 | ||
| 50 | 1 | 4 | Elsa Freire | 30.17 |