Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
| Women's 400 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc |
| Dates | 2 August 1992 (heats) 3 August 1992 (semi-finals) 5 August 1992 (final) |
| Competitors | 27 from 18 nations |
| Winning time | 53.23 |
| Medalists | |
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| Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 27 participating athletes plus one non-starter.[1] The main contenders for the gold medal in Barcelona were the American Sandra Farmer-Patrick, the Soviet World champion Tatyana Ledovskaya and Great Britain's Sally Gunnell. Ledovskaya, who had so narrowly lost the gold to Debbie Flintoff-King at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, won the gold medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo in 53.11 seconds, with Gunnell winning silver in 53.16. Those performances moved Ledovskaya and Gunnell to second and third on the world all-time list behind Marina Stepanova's 1986 world record of 52.94. Farmer-Patrick, who was fourth in the Tokyo final and whose personal best of 53.37 dated back to 1989, ran the fastest pre-Olympic time of the 1992 season, when winning the US Olympic trials in June in 53.62 secs. Other medal contenders included the American Janeene Vickers, who had won the bronze medal in Tokyo in 53.47, and the former world record holder Margarita Ponomaryova. In Barcelona, all the main contenders reached the final, with the fastest qualifiers being Gunnell, who won the first semifinal in 53.78, Farmer-Patrick, who won the second semifinal in 53.90, and Ponomaryova, who was second in the second semifinal in 53.98, which was the Russian's fastest time since her 1984 world record run of 53.58 secs. In the final, Farmer-Patrick in lane 4 held a slight lead over the fifth hurdle. Over the seventh and eighth hurdles, Vickers (lane 1), Gunnell (lane 3) and Farmer-Patrick were virtually level, with Ponomaryova (lane 6) fourth and Ledovskaya (lane 8) fifth. Gunnell's superior technique and better stride pattern saw her move clear in the home straight and she went on to win by three metres in 53.23 secs, the fastest time in the world for 1992. Farmer-Patrick was clear in second, winning silver in 53.69 secs, while Vickers narrowly held on for the bronze medal from a fast-finishing Ledovskaya, both being timed at 54.31 secs. The following year at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Gunnell and Farmer-Patrick would both run inside Marina Stepanova's world record. Gunnell won gold in the world record time of 52.74 secs, with Farmer-Patrick again having to settle for silver running 52.79 secs.
Medalists
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 52.94 | Soviet Union Marina Stepanova | Tashkent (URS) | September 17, 1986 |
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| Olympic Record | 53.17 | Australia Debbie Flintoff-King | Seoul (KOR) | September 28, 1988 |
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Final
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
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| File:Med 1.png | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Sally Gunnell (GBR) | 53.23 |
| File:Med 2.png | File:Flag of the United States.svg Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) | 53.69 |
| File:Med 3.png | File:Flag of the United States.svg Janeene Vickers (USA) | 54.31 |
| 4. | File:Olympic flag.svg Tatyana Ledovskaya (EUN) | 54.31 |
| 5. | File:Olympic flag.svg Vera Ordina (EUN) | 54.83 |
| 6. | File:Olympic flag.svg Margarita Ponomaryova (EUN) | 54.83 |
| 7. | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Deon Hemmings (JAM) | 55.58 |
| — | File:South African Olympic Flag.svg Myrtle Bothma (RSA) | DNF |
Semi finals
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Sally Gunnell (GBR) | 53.78 |
| 2. | File:Olympic flag.svg Vera Ordina (EUN) | 54.37 |
| 3. | File:Flag of the United States.svg Janeene Vickers (USA) | 54.67 |
| 4. | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Deon Hemmings (JAM) | 54.70 |
| 5. | File:Flag of Morocco.svg Nezha Bidouane (MAR) | 55.08 |
| 6. | File:Flag of Germany.svg Heike Meißner (GER) | 55.35 |
| 7. | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Frida Johansson (SWE) | 55.85 |
| 8. | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Donalda Duprey (CAN) | 56.30 |
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| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | File:Flag of the United States.svg Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) | 53.90 |
| 2. | File:Olympic flag.svg Margarita Ponomaryova (EUN) | 53.98 |
| 3. | File:Olympic flag.svg Tatyana Ledovskaya (EUN) | 54.53 |
| 4. | File:South African Olympic Flag.svg Myrtle Bothma (RSA) | 54.53 |
| 5. | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Gowry Retchakan (GBR) | 54.63 |
| 6. | File:Flag of the United States.svg Tonja Buford (USA) | 55.04 |
| 7. | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rosey Edeh (CAN) | 55.76 |
| 8. | File:Flag of Italy.svg Irmgard Trojer (ITA) | 56.34 |
Heats
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | File:Flag of the United States.svg Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) | 55.12 |
| 2. | File:Olympic flag.svg Margarita Ponomaryova (EUN) | 55.36 |
| 3. | File:South African Olympic Flag.svg Myrtle Bothma (RSA) | 55.60 |
| 4. | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rosey Edeh (CAN) | 55.66 |
| 5. | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Louise Fraser (GBR) | 57.49 |
| — | File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Addo Ndala (CGO) | DNF |
| — | File:Flag of Germany.svg Linda Kisabaka (GER) | DNS |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | File:Olympic flag.svg Tatyana Ledovskaya (EUN) | 55.03 |
| 2. | File:Flag of Germany.svg Heike Meißner (GER) | 55.62 |
| 3. | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Gowry Retchakan (GBR) | 55.62 |
| 4. | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Monica Westén (SWE) | 56.68 |
| 5. | File:Flag of Romania.svg Nicoleta Vornicu (ROU) | 57.18 |
| 6. | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Marta Moreira (POR) | 58.24 |
| 7. | File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Liliana Chalá (ECU) | 58.55 |
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| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
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| 1. | File:Flag of the United States.svg Janeene Vickers (USA) | 55.24 |
| 2. | File:Olympic flag.svg Vera Ordina (EUN) | 55.25 |
| 3. | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Deon Hemmings (JAM) | 55.48 |
| 4. | File:Flag of Morocco.svg Nezha Bidouane (MAR) | 55.95 |
| 5. | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Frida Johansson (SWE) | 56.13 |
| 6. | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Donalda Duprey (CAN) | 56.37 |
| 7. | File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Mary-Estelle Kapalu (VAN) | 1:00.97 |
| RANK | HEAT 4 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Sally Gunnell (GBR) | 54.98 |
| 2. | File:Flag of Italy.svg Irmgard Trojer (ITA) | 55.49 |
| 3. | File:Flag of the United States.svg Tonja Buford (USA) | 56.35 |
| 4. | File:Flag of Germany.svg Silvia Rieger (GER) | 56.61 |
| 5. | File:Flag of Spain.svg Miriam Alonso Manteca (ESP) | 57.66 |
| 6. | File:Flag of Australia.svg Gail Luke (AUS) | 58.32 |
| 7. | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Reawadee Srithoa (THA) | 58.80 |
See also
- 1988 Women's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Seoul)
- 1990 Women's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Split)
- 1991 Women's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Tokyo)
- 1993 Women's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Stuttgart)
- 1994 Women's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Helsinki)
References
- ↑ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
