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4 x 400 metres Relay, Women

Date	7 – 8 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona
Participants	62 from 14 countries

East Germany had won the 1990 European Championships, while the Soviet Union had won the 1991 World Championships, but neither team was around in 1992. The Soviet Union remnant of the Unified Team, however, had all of the top former Soviet runners. The Unifieds and the United States were considered favorites, with the US running the fastest time in the heats with 3:22.29. As in 1988, the former Soviets Olga Nazarova and Olga Bryzgina led the team, with Bryzgina again running the anchor. The US led by less than a metre at the final exchange, but Bryzgina pulled ahead of US anchor Rochelle Stevens, but only in the final straight, to win the gold medal, with the US second and Great Britain getting the bronze.

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	Unified Team	EUN	3:22.91 (1 h2)	3:20.20 (1)	Gold
		Yelena Ruzina • Lyudmila Dzhigalova • Olga Nazarova • Olga Bryzgina • Liliya Nurutdinova • Marina Shmonina
2	–	United States	USA	3:22.29 (1 h1)	3:20.92 (2)	Silver
		Natasha Kaiser-Brown • Gwen Torrence • Jearl Miles • Rochelle Stevens • Denean Howard-Hill • Dannette Young
3	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:25.20 (2 h2)	3:24.23 (3)	Bronze
		Phylis Smith • Sandra Douglas • Jenny Stoute • Sally Gunnell
4	–	Canada	CAN	3:26.09 (4 h1)	3:25.20 (4)
		Rosey Edeh • Charmaine Crooks • Camille Noel • Jill Richardson-Briscoe • Karen Clarke
5	–	Jamaica	JAM	3:25.55 (2 h1)	3:25.68 (5)
		Catherine Pomales • Cathy Rattray-Williams • Juliet Campbell • Sandie Richards • Claudine Williams
6	–	Germany	GER	3:26.25 (3 h2)	3:26.37 (6)
		Uta Rohländer • Heike Meißner • Linda Kisabaka • Anja Rücker
7	–	Australia	AUS	3:25.68 (3 h1)	3:26.42 (7)
		Cathy Freeman • Sue Andrews • Renée Poetschka • Michelle Lock
8	–	Portugal	POR	3:29.38 (4 h2)	3:36.85 (8)
		Marta Moreira • Lucrécia Jardim • Elsa Amaral • Eduarda Coelho
5 h1 r1/2	–	Hungary	HUN	3:33.81 (5 h1)	–
		Edit Molnár • Ágnes Kozáry • Éva Baráti • Judit Forgács
5 h2 r1/2	–	Switzerland	SUI	3:31.26 (5 h2)	–
		Kathrin Lüthi • Regula Scalabrin • Martha Grossenbacher • Helen Burkart
6 h1 r1/2	–	Thailand	THA	3:35.48 (6 h1)	–
		Saleerat Srimek • Sukanya Sang-Nguen • Srirat Chimrak • Noodang Pimpol
6 h2 r1/2	–	Spain	ESP	3:31.35 (6 h2)	–
		Esther Lahoz • Cristina Pérez • Gregoria Ferrer • Julia Merino
7 h2 r1/2	–	Bolivia	BOL	3:53.65 (7 h2)	–
		Jacqueline Soliz • Sandra Antelo • Gloria Burgos • Moré Galetovic
AC h1 r1/2	–	Cuba	CUB	– (DQ h1)	–
		Nancy McLeón • Odalmis Limonta • Daysi Duporty • Ana Fidelia Quirós

Round One (7 August 1992)

Top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (20:30)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Split (Pos)
1	–	United States	USA	3:22.29		Q
	1709	Denean Howard-Hill		51.7	51.7 (1)
	1737	Jearl Miles		49.6	1:41.3 (1)
	1784	Dannette Young		50.2	2:31.5 (1)
	1723	Natasha Kaiser-Brown		50.8	3:22.3 (1)
2	–	Jamaica	JAM	3:25.55		Q
	1063	Catherine Pomales		–	– (–)
	1059	Cathy Rattray-Williams		–	– (–)
	1068	Claudine Williams		–	– (–)
	1040	Juliet Campbell		–	– (–)
3	–	Australia	AUS	3:25.68		Q
	34	Sue Andrews		–	– (–)
	61	Renée Poetschka		–	– (–)
	45	Cathy Freeman		–	– (–)
	54	Michelle Lock		–	– (–)
4	–	Canada	CAN	3:26.09		q
	214	Rosey Edeh		–	– (–)
	210	Karen Clarke		–	– (–)
	237	Camille Noel		–	– (–)
	211	Charmaine Crooks		–	– (–)
5	–	Hungary	HUN	3:33.81
	1866	Edit Molnár		–	– (–)
	925	Ágnes Kozáry		–	– (–)
	914	Éva Baráti		–	– (–)
	918	Judit Forgács		–	– (–)
6	–	Thailand	THA	3:35.48
	1629	Saleerat Srimek		–	– (–)
	1627	Sukanya Sang-Nguen		–	– (–)
	1616	Srirat Chimrak		–	– (–)
	1623	Noodang Pimpol		–	– (–)
DQ	–	Cuba	CUB	–
	357	Nancy McLeón		–	– (–)
	352	Odalmis Limonta		–	– (–)
	342	Daysi Duporty		–	– (–)
	363	Ana Fidelia Quirós		–	– (–)

Heat Two (20:40)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Split (Pos)
1	–	Unified Team	EUN	3:22.91		Q
	496	Marina Shmonina		51.1	51.1 (1)
	498	Lyudmila Dzhigalova		50.7	1:41.8 (1)
	555	Yelena Ruzina		50.2	2:32.0 (1)
	540	Liliya Nurutdinova		50.9	3:22.9 (1)
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:25.20		Q
	700	Sandra Douglas		–	– (–)
	759	Phylis Smith		–	– (–)
	761	Jenny Stoute		–	– (–)
	715	Sally Gunnell		–	– (–)
3	–	Germany	GER	3:26.25		Q
	844	Uta Rohländer		–	– (–)
	828	Heike Meißner		–	– (–)
	819	Linda Kisabaka		–	– (–)
	846	Anja Rücker		–	– (–)
4	–	Portugal	POR	3:29.38		q
	1409	Marta Moreira		–	– (–)
	1391	Eduarda Coelho		–	– (–)
	1387	Elsa Amaral		–	– (–)
	1401	Lucrécia Jardim		–	– (–)
5	–	Switzerland	SUI	3:31.26
	1555	Kathrin Lüthi		–	– (–)
	1559	Regula Scalabrin		–	– (–)
	1552	Martha Grossenbacher		–	– (–)
	1546	Helen Burkart		–	– (–)
6	–	Spain	ESP	3:31.35
	428	Esther Lahoz		–	– (–)
	444	Cristina Pérez		–	– (–)
	415	Gregoria Ferrer		–	– (–)
	435	Julia Merino		–	– (–)
7	–	Bolivia	BOL	3:53.65
	130	Jacqueline Soliz		–	– (–)
	123	Sandra Antelo		–	– (–)
	124	Gloria Burgos		–	– (–)
	128	Moré Galetovic		–	– (–)

Final (8 August 1992 — 21:15)

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	Time (A)	Split (Pos)
1	–	Unified Team	EUN	3:20.20
	555	Yelena Ruzina		51.5	51.5 (3)
	498	Lyudmila Dzhigalova		50.1	1:41.6 (2)
	536	Olga Nazarova		49.1	2:30.7 (=1)
	488	Olga Bryzgina		49.5	3:20.2 (1)
2	–	United States	USA	3:20.92
	1723	Natasha Kaiser-Brown		51.4	51.4 (2)
	1772	Gwen Torrence		49.8	1:41.2 (1)
	1737	Jearl Miles		49.5	2:30.7 (=1)
	1767	Rochelle Stevens		50.2	3:20.9 (2)
3	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:24.23
	759	Phylis Smith		51.3	51.3 (1)
	700	Sandra Douglas		52.0	1:43.3 (=4)
	761	Jenny Stoute		50.5	2:33.8 (3)
	715	Sally Gunnell		50.4	3:24.2 (3)
4	–	Canada	CAN	3:25.20
	214	Rosey Edeh		52.2	52.2 (7)
	211	Charmaine Crooks		50.2	1:42.4 (3)
	237	Camille Noel		52.6	2:35.0 (5)
	243	Jill Richardson-Briscoe		50.2	3:25.2 (4)
5	–	Jamaica	JAM	3:25.68
	1063	Catherine Pomales		51.9	51.9 (4)
	1059	Cathy Rattray-Williams		51.4	1:43.3 (=4)
	1040	Juliet Campbell		52.6	2:35.9 (6)
	1060	Sandie Richards		49.8	3:25.7 (5)
6	–	Germany	GER	3:26.37
	844	Uta Rohländer		52.0	52.0 (5)
	828	Heike Meißner		51.4	1:43.4 (6)
	819	Linda Kisabaka		51.5	2:34.9 (4)
	846	Anja Rücker		51.5	3:26.4 (=6)
7	–	Australia	AUS	3:26.42
	45	Cathy Freeman		52.1	52.1 (6)
	34	Sue Andrews		51.9	1:44.0 (7)
	61	Renée Poetschka		52.3	2:36.3 (7)
	54	Michelle Lock		50.1	3:26.4 (=6)
8	–	Portugal	POR	3:36.85
	1409	Marta Moreira		–	– (8)
	1401	Lucrécia Jardim		–	– (8)
	1387	Elsa Amaral		–	– (8)
	1391	Eduarda Coelho		–	– (8)