Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Women's 100 metres hurdles
Games:	1992 Summer
Venue:	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Date:	5 August 1992 (heats and quarter-finals) 6 August 1992 (semi-finals and final)
Competitors:	37
Nations:	22
Win Value:	12.64
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Voula Patoulidou
Goldnoc:	GRE
Silver:	LaVonna Martin
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Yordanka Donkova
Bronzenoc:	BUL
Prev:	1988
Next:	1996

These are the official results of the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.^[1]

Despite the presence of the world record holder Yordanka Donkova (who had her career peak four years earlier), Gail Devers came into this race as the favorite. Though her Olympic history shows her winning the 100 metres twice, the first time earlier in this Olympics, she primarily made her career as a hurdler. And true to form, Devers had a commanding lead in this race, until the final hurdle. Devers came up short and hit the hurdle, foot first, hard, knocking her off balance. She stumbled toward the finish line, falling on the last step, but still finished fifth, .001 out of fourth place. Voula Patoulidou was the gold medalist, followed by LaVonna Martin and Donkova.

Records

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

World Record	12.21	Yordanka Donkova	Stara Zagora (BUL)	August 20, 1988
Olympic Record	12.38	Yordanka Donkova	Seoul (KOR)	September 30, 1988

Final

Wind: +0.4m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	5			12.64
	4			12.69
	6			12.70
4	3			12.75
5	2			12.75
6	7			12.87
7	8			13.01
8	1			13.57

Semi finals

Heat 1.Wind: -1.9m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			13.10
2			13.14
3			13.15
4			13.16
5			13.32
6			13.35
7			13.39
8			13.44
9			13.68

Heat 2.Wind: +0.0m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.81
2			12.87
3			12.88
4			13.14
5			13.22
6			13.22
7			13.22
8			13.24
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Quarterfinals

Heat 1. Wind: -1.5m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.82
2			13.01
3			13.23
4			13.26
5			13.28
6			13.28
7			13.31
8			13.32

Heat 2. Wind: +1.4m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.84
2			12.96
3			13.05
4			13.06
5			13.07
6			13.16
7			13.17
8			13.33

Heat 3. Wind: -0.7m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.76
2			13.06
3			13.17
4			13.26
5			13.28
6			13.31
7			13.36
8			15.84

Heats

Heat 1. Wind: -1.5m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			13.04
2			13.23
3			13.40
4			13.45
5			13.58
6			13.81
7			15.01
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Heat 2. Wind: +0.0m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.90
2			13.11
3			13.19
4			13.20
5			13.22
6			13.42
7			15.16

Heat 3. Wind: -0.4m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.96
2			13.08
3			13.10
4			13.25
5			13.29
6			13.33
7			13.73
8			14.37

Heat 4. Wind: +0.0m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.82
2			13.07
3			13.19
4			13.26
5			13.40
6			13.55
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Heat 5. Wind: -0.7m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.96
2			13.11
3			13.12
4			13.14
5			13.28
6			13.44
7			13.88
8			14.26

See also

• 1986 European World Championships 100m Hurdles (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships 100m Hurdles (Rome)
• 1988 Women's Olympic 100m Hurdles (Seoul)
• 1990 European World Championships 100m Hurdles (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships 100m Hurdles (Tokyo)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 100m Hurdles (Stuttgart)
• 1994 European World Championships 100m Hurdles (Helsinki)

External links

• Official Report
• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Hurdles . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173121/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ATH/womens-100-metres-hurdles.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 28 September 2017 . sports-reference.com.