1992 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	4 x 100 meter relay
gender	Women
Attendees	57 athletes from 14 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Barcelona
Competition phase	August 7, 1992 (preliminary round) August 8, 1992 (final)
Medalists  United States  EUN  NGR

The women's 4-by-100-meter relay at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona was played in two rounds on August 7 and 8, 1992 in the Barcelona Olympic Stadium. 57 athletes took part in fourteen relays.

The US season won the gold medal in the cast Evelyn Ashford , Esther Jones , Carlette Guidry and Gwen Torrence and Michelle Finn in the run-up. Silver went to the united team ( Olga Bogoslowskaja , Galina Maltschugina , Marina Trandenkowa , Irina Priwalowa ), bronze to Nigeria with Beatrice Utondu , Faith Idehen , Christy Opara-Thompson and Mary Onyali .

The runners used in the heats for the medal winners also received corresponding precious metal.

The relay from Germany qualified for the final and finished fifth.
Relays from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic champions in 1988	United States	41.98 s	Seoul 1988
World champions 1991	Jamaica	41.94 s	Tokyo 1991
European champions 1990	GDR	41.68 s	Split 1990
Pan American champions 1991	Jamaica	43.79 s	Havana 1991
Central America and Caribbean champions 1991	Jamaica	44.54 s	Xalapa 1991
South American champions 1991	Brazil	44.87 s	Manaus 1991
Asian champions 1991	People's Republic of China	43.41 s	Kuala Lumpur 1991
African champions 1992	South Africa	44.53 s	Belle Vue Maurel 1992
Oceania champions 1990	New Zealand	47.92 s	Suva 1990

Existing records

World record	41.37 s	GDR ( Silke Gladisch , Sabine Günther , Ingrid Auerswald , Marlies Göhr )	Canberra , Australia	October 6, 1985
Olympic record	41.60 s	GDR ( Romy Müller , Bärbel Wöckel , Ingrid Auerswald , Marlies Göhr )	Final of Moscow , Soviet Union (today Russia )	August 1, 1980

Preliminary round

Date: August 7, 1992

In the preliminary round, the fourteen relays were drawn in two runs. The first three teams per run qualified for the final. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified teams are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	United team	Olga Bogoslowskaja Galina Maltschugina Marina Trandenkowa Irina Priwalowa	42.42 s
2	United States	Evelyn Ashford Esther Jones Carlette Guidry Michelle Finn	42.50 s
3	Germany	Andrea Philipp Silke-Beate Knoll Andrea Thomas Sabine Günther	43.32 s
4th	Australia	Melissa Moore Melinda Gainsford Kathy Sambell Kerry Johnson	43.49 s
5	People's Republic of China	Gao Han Tian Yumei Chen Zhaojing Xiao Yehua	43.70 s
6th	Thailand	Nednapa Chommuak Reawadee Srithoa Ratjai Sripet Pornpim Srisurat	44.94 s
7th	Cameroon	Myriam Mani Georgette N'Koma Monique Kengné Louisette Thobi	44.97 s

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	Jamaica	Michelle Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Dahlia Duhaney Merlene Ottey	42.28 s
2	Nigeria	Beatrice Utondu Faith Idehen Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali	42.39 s
3	France	Patricia Girard Odiah Sidibé Laurence Bily Marie-José Pérec	42.58 s
4th	Cuba	Eusebia Riquelme Aliuska López Idalmis Bonne Liliana Allen	43.51 s
5	Finland	Minna Painilainen-Soon Sisko Hanhijoki Sanna Hernesniemi Marja Tennivaara	43.60 s
6th	Netherlands	Karen van der Kooij Jacqueline Poelman Karin de Lange Petra Huybrechtse	43.91 s
DSQ	Ivory Coast	Louise Ayétotché Alimata Koné Olga Mutanda Ziga Foufoué

final

space	Season	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Evelyn Ashford Esther Jones Carlette Guidry Gwen Torrence in the preliminary also: Michelle Finn	42.11 s
2	United team	Olga Bogoslowskaja Galina Maltschugina Marina Trandenkowa Irina Priwalowa	42.16 s
3	Nigeria	Beatrice Utondu Faith Idehen Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali	42.81 s
4th	France	Patricia Girard Odiah Sidibé Laurence Bily Marie-José Pérec	42.85 s
5	Germany	Andrea Philipp Silke-Beate Knoll Andrea Thomas Sabine Günther	43.12 s
6th	Australia	Melissa Moore Melinda Gainsford Kathy Sambell Kerry Johnson	43.77 s
DNF	Jamaica	Michelle Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Dahlia Duhaney Merlene Ottey
	Cuba	Eusebia Riquelme Aliuska López Idalmis Bonne Liliana Allen

Date: August 8, 1992

There was only one line-up change in the final race. In the US season, Michelle Finn was replaced by Gwen Torrence .

After German reunification , the level of female sprinters in this country or the successor association was no longer as high as before. The US relay was slightly favored for this competition. But it was clear that the world champions from Jamaica and the runners from the united team would also start with good prospects.

In the final, the Jamaicans had to bury their medal hopes after the first change when Juliet Cuthbert sustained a thigh injury and was unable to continue the race. The outcome of the relay competition was completely open until the home stretch. The united team with the last runner Irina Priwalowa was less than a meter ahead of the USA with Gwen Torrence. But the American was the faster sprinter and was able to secure victory for her team with four hundredths of a second. The battle for bronze was also close and exciting after the Jamaicans failed. The Nigerian relay finally won this medal with four hundredths of a second ahead of France. Germany was fifth ahead of Australia.

In the fifteenth Olympic final of this competition, the USA won the eighth gold medal. It was the third in a row after 1984 and 1988 .

Nigeria won a medal in the women's 4 x 100 meter relay for the first time.

Web links

• SportsReference 4 × 100 m , accessed on February 18, 2018
• Official report on the Olympic Games in Barcelona , athletics results: p. 75f, Catalan / Spanish / English / French (PDF, 38.871 MB), accessed on February 18, 2018

Video

• Women's 4x100m Relay Final Barcelona Olympics 1992 , published November 9, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed February 18, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 803 , accessed on February 18, 2018
2. ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Barcelona , athletics results: p. 75, Catalan / Spanish / English / French (PDF, 38.871 MB), accessed on February 18, 2018
3. ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Barcelona , athletics results: p. 76, Catalan / Spanish / English / French (PDF, 38.871 MB), accessed on February 18, 2018