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Host City: Barcelona, Spain
Venue(s): Montjuïc Olympic Stadium, Barcelona
Date Started: August 3, 1992
Date Finished: August 3, 1992
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Marie-José Pérec |
| Silver: | Olha Bryzhina |
| Bronze: | Ximena Restrepo |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie-José Pérec | 24 | France | FRA | 49.48 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Ximena Restrepo | 23 | Colombia | COL | 49.76 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Olha Bryzhina | 29 | Unified Team | EUN | 49.76 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | Phylis Smith | 26 | Great Britain | GBR | 50.40 | 2 | QU |
| 5 | Jearl Miles-Clark | 25 | United States | USA | 50.57 | 7 | |
| 6 | Natasha Kaiser-Brown | 25 | United States | USA | 50.60 | 6 | |
| 7 | Michelle Lock | 25 | Australia | AUS | 50.78 | 1 | |
| 8 | Yelena Ruzina | 28 | Unified Team | EUN | 51.30 | 8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jill Richardson-Briscoe | 27 | Canada | CAN | 50.02 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Olga Nazarova | 27 | Unified Team | EUN | 50.31 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Sandie Richards | 23 | Jamaica | JAM | 50.35 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | Rochelle Stevens | 25 | United States | USA | 50.37 | 3 | QU |
| 5 | Norfalia Carabalí | 28 | Colombia | COL | 51.75 | 8 | |
| 6 | Sandra Douglas | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 51.96 | 7 | |
| 7 | Renée Poetschka | 21 | Australia | AUS | 52.09 | 2 | |
| 8 | Elsa Devassoigne | 22 | France | FRA | 52.85 | 1 |