| Event: | Women's 50 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 1992 Summer |
| Venue: | Piscines Bernat Picornell |
| Date: | 31 July 1992 (heats & finals) |
| Competitors: | 50 |
| Nations: | 35 |
| Gold: | Yang Wenyi |
| Goldnoc: | CHN |
| Silver: | Zhuang Yong |
| Silvernoc: | CHN |
| Bronze: | Angel Martino |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Win Value: | 24.79 |
| Prev: | 1988 |
| Next: | 1996 |
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.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 25.56 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 25.63 | Q | |||
| 7 | 4 | Q | |||||
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 25.78 | Q | |||
| 5 | 6 | 4 | 25.79 | Q | |||
| 6 | 7 | 5 | 25.84 | Q | |||
| 7 | 5 | 5 | 25.86 | Q | |||
| 8 | 5 | 2 | 25.89 | Q | |||
| 9 | 7 | 3 | 25.96 | q | |||
| 10 | 5 | 6 | 26.05 | q | |||
| 11 | 6 | 3 | 26.07 | q | |||
| 12 | 7 | 6 | 26.29 | q | |||
| 13 | 5 | 8 | 26.32 | q | |||
| 14 | 6 | 2 | 26.43 | q | |||
| 7 | 8 | q | |||||
| 16 | 6 | 7 | 26.45 | q | |||
| 17 | 6 | 8 | 26.48 | ||||
| 18 | 7 | 2 | 26.54 | ||||
| 19 | 6 | 1 | 26.72 | ||||
| 20 | 5 | 1 | 26.74 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 5 | 26.76 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | ||||||
| 23 | 5 | 7 | 26.77 | ||||
| 24 | 4 | 4 | 26.78 | ||||
| 25 | 4 | 6 | 26.80 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | ||||||
| 27 | 7 | 7 | 26.90 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | ||||||
| 29 | 4 | 7 | 26.92 | ||||
| 30 | 4 | 2 | 26.96 | ||||
| 31 | 3 | 3 | 27.00 | ||||
| 32 | 3 | 6 | 27.20 | ||||
| 33 | 3 | 4 | 27.21 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 4 | 27.36 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | ||||||
| 36 | 3 | 2 | 27.40 | ||||
| 37 | 3 | 7 | 27.45 | ||||
| 38 | 2 | 5 | 27.49 | ||||
| 39 | 3 | 1 | 27.53 | ||||
| 40 | 2 | 7 | 27.84 | NR | |||
| 41 | 1 | 7 | 27.93 | ||||
| 42 | 4 | 1 | 27.94 | ||||
| 43 | 1 | 2 | 28.22 | ||||
| 44 | 2 | 3 | 28.42 | ||||
| 45 | 2 | 6 | 28.59 | ||||
| 46 | 2 | 2 | 28.77 | ||||
| 47 | 1 | 5 | 28.90 | ||||
| 48 | 1 | 3 | 29.71 | ||||
| 49 | 1 | 6 | 30.05 | ||||
| 50 | 1 | 4 | 30.17 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 3 | 25.87 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 26.17 | ||||
| 11 | 7 | 26.24 | ||||
| 6 | ||||||
| 13 | 5 | 26.47 | ||||
| 14 | 8 | 26.49 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 26.51 | ||||
| 4 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 24.79 | |||||
| 4 | 25.08 | |||||
| 3 | 25.23 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 25.36 | NR | |||
| 5 | 5 | 25.37 | ||||
| 6 | 8 | 25.47 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 25.74 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 25.84 |