Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games:

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.