Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre relay

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Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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
10000 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

These are the official results of the women's 4x100 metre relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of fourteen nations competing.

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Evelyn Ashford Michelle Finn Carlette Guidry Esther Jones Gwen Torrence	Unified Team (EUN) Olga Bogoslovskaya Galina Malchugina Irina Privalova Marina Trandenkova	Nigeria (NGR) Faith Idehen Mary Onyali Christy Opara-Thompson Beatrice Utondu

[edit] Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record	41.37	Silke Gladisch Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	Canberra (AUS)	October 6, 1985
Olympic Record	41.60	Romy Müller Bärbel Wöckel Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	Moscow (URS)	August 1, 1980

[edit] Final

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
	United States (USA)	• Evelyn Ashford • Esther Jones • Carlette Guidry • Gwen Torrence	42.11
	Unified Team (EUN)	• Olga Bogoslovskaya • Galina Malchugina • Marina Trandenkova • Irina Privalova	42.16
	Nigeria (NGR)	• Beatrice Utondu • Faith Idehen • Christy Opara-Thompson • Mary Onyali	42.81
4.	France (FRA)	• Patricia Girard-Léno • Odiah Sidibé • Laurence Bily • Marie-José Perec	42.85
5.	Germany (GER)	• Andrea Philipp • Silke Knoll • Andrea Thomas • Sabine Günther	43.12
6.	Australia (AUS)	• Melissa Moore • Melinda Gainsford • Kathy Sambell • Kerry Johnson	43.77
—	Jamaica (JAM)	• Michelle Freeman • Juliet Cuthbert • Dahlia Duhaney • Merlene Ottey	DNF
—	Cuba (CUB)	• Eusebia Riquelme • Aliuska López • Idalmis Bonne • Liliana Allen	DNF

[edit] Heats

[edit] See also

• 1990 Women's European Championships 4x100m Relay (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships 4x100m Relay (Tokyo)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 4x100m Relay (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 4x100m Relay (Helsinki)

[edit] References

• Official Report
• Results