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4 × 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	Number	Competitors	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 Duportey • Ana Fidelia Quirós

Round One

Date	7 August 1992
Format	Top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Team	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	United States	USA	3:22.29	Q
2	Unified Team	EUN	3:22.91	Q
3	Great Britain	GBR	3:25.20	Q
4	Jamaica	JAM	3:25.55	Q
5	Australia	AUS	3:25.68	Q
6	Canada	CAN	3:26.09	q
7	Germany	GER	3:26.25	Q
8	Portugal	POR	3:29.38	q
9	Switzerland	SUI	3:31.26
10	Spain	ESP	3:31.35
11	Hungary	HUN	3:33.81
12	Thailand	THA	3:35.48
13	Bolivia	BOL	3:53.65
DQ	Cuba	CUB	–

Heat #1

Time	20:30

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

Heat #2

Time	20:40

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

Final Round

Date	8 August 1992 — 21:15

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