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Host City: Barcelona, Spain
Venue(s): Montjuïc Olympic Stadium, Barcelona
Date Started: August 2, 1992
Date Finished: August 2, 1992
Format: Top three in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Sally Gunnell |
| Silver: | Sandra Farmer-Patrick |
| Bronze: | Janeene Vickers |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Farmer-Patrick | 29 | United States | USA | 55.12 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Margarita Ponomaryova | 29 | Unified Team | EUN | 55.36 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Myrtle Bothma | 28 | South Africa | RSA | 55.60 | 2 | QU |
| 4 | Rosey Edeh | 25 | Canada | CAN | 55.66 | 1 | QC |
| 5 | Louise Fraser | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 57.49 | 5 | |
| AC | Addo Ndala | 19 | Congo (Brazzaville) | CGO | 3 | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatyana Ledovskaya | 26 | Unified Team | EUN | 55.03 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Heike Meißner | 22 | Germany | GER | 55.62 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Gowry Retchakan | 32 | Great Britain | GBR | 55.62 | 2 | QU |
| 4 | Monica Westén | 26 | Sweden | SWE | 56.68 | 1 | |
| 5 | Nicoleta Căruţaşu | 28 | Romania | ROU | 57.18 | 7 | |
| 6 | Marta Moreira | 25 | Portugal | POR | 58.24 | 6 | |
| 7 | Liliana Chalá | 37 | Ecuador | ECU | 58.55 | 5 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janeene Vickers | 23 | United States | USA | 55.24 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Vera Ordina | 24 | Unified Team | EUN | 55.25 | 7 | QU |
| 3 | Deon Hemmings | 23 | Jamaica | JAM | 55.48 | 1 | QU |
| 4 | Nezha Bidouane | 22 | Morocco | MAR | 55.95 | 2 | QC |
| 5 | Frida Johansson | 22 | Sweden | SWE | 56.13 | 5 | QC |
| 6 | Donalda Duprey | 25 | Canada | CAN | 56.37 | 3 | QC |
| 7 | Mary-Estelle Kapalu | 25 | Vanuatu | VAN | 1:00.97 | 6 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sally Gunnell | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 54.98 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Irmgard Trojer | 28 | Italy | ITA | 55.49 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Tonja Buford-Bailey | 21 | United States | USA | 56.35 | 2 | QU |
| 4 | Silvia Rieger | 21 | Germany | GER | 56.61 | 5 | |
| 5 | Miriam Alonso | 22 | Spain | ESP | 57.66 | 7 | |
| 6 | Gail Luke | 29 | Australia | AUS | 58.32 | 6 | |
| 7 | Reawadee Srithoa | 23 | Thailand | THA | 58.80 | 1 |