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Host City: Barcelona, Spain
Venue(s): Montjuïc Olympic Stadium, Barcelona
Date Started: August 1, 1992
Date Finished: August 1, 1992
Format: Top four in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Gold: | Marie-José Pérec |
| Silver: | Olha Bryzhina |
| Bronze: | Ximena Restrepo |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natasha Kaiser-Brown | 25 | United States | USA | 51.41 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | Ximena Restrepo | 23 | Colombia | COL | 52.34 | 1 | QU |
| 3 | Julia Merino | 21 | Spain | ESP | 52.90 | 6 | QU |
| 4 | Juliet Campbell | 22 | Jamaica | JAM | 53.69 | 3 | QU |
| 5 | Ruth Morris | 29 | United States Virgin Islands | ISV | 54.37 | 7 | QC |
| 6 | Prisca Philip | 24 | Barbados | BAR | 55.09 | 2 | |
| 7 | Fanta Dao | 19 | Mali | MLI | 1:01.97 | 4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandie Richards | 23 | Jamaica | JAM | 52.56 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Jearl Miles-Clark | 25 | United States | USA | 52.79 | 6 | QU |
| 3 | Sandra Douglas | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 52.91 | 1 | QU |
| 4 | Jayamini Illeperuma | 25 | Sri Lanka | SRI | 54.14 | 5 | QU |
| 5 | Charmaine Gilgeous | 20 | Antigua and Barbuda | ANT | 55.48 | 2 | |
| 6 | Shermaine Ross | 20 | Grenada | GRN | 55.49 | 3 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elsa Devassoigne | 22 | France | FRA | 52.07 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Olha Bryzhina | 29 | Unified Team | EUN | 52.44 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Michelle Lock | 25 | Australia | AUS | 52.49 | 2 | QU |
| 4 | Lorraine Hanson | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 52.66 | 5 | QU |
| 5 | Tina Paulino | 19 | Mozambique | MOZ | 52.93 | 4 | QC |
| 6 | Zoila Stewart | 23 | Costa Rica | CRC | 53.72 | 1 | QC |
| 7 | Mary-Estelle Kapalu | 25 | Vanuatu | VAN | 55.75 | 7 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jill Richardson-Briscoe | 27 | Canada | CAN | 51.99 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Olga Nazarova | 27 | Unified Team | EUN | 52.09 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Norfalia Carabalí | 28 | Colombia | COL | 52.18 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | Anja Rücker | 19 | Germany | GER | 52.24 | 2 | QU |
| 5 | Aïssatou Tandian | 25 | Senegal | SEN | 52.29 | 1 | QC |
| 6 | Susie Tanéfo | 23 | Cameroon | CMR | 53.37 | 3 | QC |
| 7 | Jacqueline Solíz | 27 | Bolivia | BOL | 56.78 | 7 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phylis Smith | 26 | Great Britain | GBR | 53.59 | 2 | QU |
| 2 | Marie-José Pérec | 24 | France | FRA | 53.64 | 5 | QU |
| 3 | Cathy Freeman | 19 | Australia | AUS | 53.70 | 6 | QU |
| 4 | Myra Mayberry-Wilkinson | 27 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 53.75 | 1 | QU |
| 5 | Judit Forgács | 33 | Hungary | HUN | 54.87 | 7 | QC |
| 6 | Ngozi Mwanamwambwa | 21 | Zambia | ZAM | 54.88 | 3 | |
| 7 | Melrose Mansaray | 20 | Sierra Leone | SLE | 55.67 | 4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rochelle Stevens | 25 | United States | USA | 52.42 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Renée Poetschka | 21 | Australia | AUS | 52.85 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Yelena Ruzina | 28 | Unified Team | EUN | 52.94 | 7 | QU |
| 4 | Claudine Williams | 16 | Jamaica | JAM | 52.97 | 3 | QU |
| 5 | Alimata Koné | 27 | Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | 53.76 | 1 | QC |
| 6 | Noodang Phimphoo | 23 | Thailand | THA | 54.28 | 2 | QC |
| 7 | Ruth Mangue | 17 | Equatorial Guinea | GEQ | 1:03.32 | 5 |