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Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 Metres
These are the official results of the women's 200 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a pop .... There were a total number of 52 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats. The winning margin was 0.21 seconds. Medalists Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics. Final Semifinals Quarterfinals Heats See also * 1988 Women's Olympic 200 metres (Seoul) * 1990 Women's European Championships 200 metres (Split) * 1991 Women's World Championships 200 metres (Tokyo) * 1993 Women's World Championships 200 metres (Stuttgart) * 1994 Women's European Championships 200 metres (Helsinki) References External links Offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium formerly known as the Estadi de Montjuïc and Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc and also known in English language, English as the Barcelona Olympic Stadium, is a stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Originally built in 1927 for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition, 1929 International Exposition in the city (and Barcelona's failed bid for the 1936 Summer Olympics, which were awarded to Berlin), it was renovated in 1989 to be the main stadium for the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Paralympics. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Barcelona, Barcelona since the 2023–24 season, due to the renovation of their regular ground, the Camp Nou. The stadium is named after Lluís Companys, a president of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia) executed by Francoist Spain. With its current capacity of 55,926 seats (67,007 during the 1992 Olympics), it is the list of stadiums in Spain#Current stadiums, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Jackson
Grace Jackson (born Juny 14, 1961) is a Jamaican former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres. She won an Olympic silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and is a former Jamaican record-holder in the 200m and 400m. She was Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year in 1986 and 1988. Career Born in St. Ann, Jamaica, West Indies Federation, Jackson reached the 100m and 200m finals in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, finishing fifth in both. A year later, she won the 200m title at the 1985 Universiade and finished second in the 100m and 200m at the 1985 IAAF World Cup. She won a bronze medal in the 200m at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships behind Heike Drechsler and Merlene Ottey. The highlight of her career was at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where she won a silver medal in the 200m behind Florence Griffith-Joyner's still-standing world record of 21.34. Jackson ran a Jamaican record time of 21.72 seconds that was .01 seconds short of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simmone Jacobs
Kim Simmone Geraldine Jacobs (born 5 September 1966) is a female retired British athlete who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She represented Great Britain at four Olympic Games (1984–96), winning a bronze medal as a 17-year-old at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in the 4 x 100 metres relay. She also won a relay bronze medal at the 1990 European Championships and relay medals at three Commonwealth Games. Biography Jacobs was born in Reading, Berkshire, and was a member of the Reading Athletic Club and later Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers. Her career best times are 11.31 secs for 100 metres (1988) and 22.95 for the 200 metres (1996). She won the AAA Championships 200 metres title in 1986, 1988 and 1996, and the UK Championship 200 metres title in 1997. A talented junior, she won three medals at the 1983 European Junior Championships and won an Olympic bronze medal aged 17, along with Heather Oakes, Kathy Cook and Bev Callender, with Jacobs replacing an injured Shirl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Trandenkova
Marina Evgenevna Trandenkova (; born 7 January 1967) is a Russian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain in the 4 × 100 metres where she won the silver medal with her teammates Olga Bogoslovskaya, Galina Malchugina and Irina Privalova. She was reprimanded in 1996 after testing positive for Bromantane.Olympic News , Sports LibraryDoping Irregularities at the Olympics sports-reference.com She is married to the former pole vaulter [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anelia Nuneva
Aneliya Nuneva-Vechernikova (; born June 30, 1962) is a retired sprinter from Bulgaria who competed mainly in the 100 metres. In the final of the 100 m at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games she was drawn in lane four alongside the favorite, Florence Griffith-Joyner. She got out of the blocks well and challenged Griffith-Joyner up to about seventy metres when she abruptly pulled a muscle, resulting in her crossing the line in last place and injured. She reached the Olympic final again in 1992, finishing sixth. Her greatest successes were winning silver medals at the 1986 European Championships and 1987 World Indoor Championships. She was trained by Georgi Draganov. Personal bests * 50 metres - 6.12 (1988) * 60 metres - 7.03 (1987) * 100 metres - 10.85 (1988) * 200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melinda Gainsford
Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (born 1 October 1971 in Narromine, New South Wales) is a retired Australian athlete, who specialised in sprint events. In 1995 Gainsford-Taylor won the World Indoor championship over 200 m. During her career she also won international medals at the World Championships and Commonwealth Games. She is the cousin of Australian Olympic backstroke swimmer Josh Watson who won silver in the Men's 4 × 100-metre medley relay at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Junior career In 1989, she won the first of three consecutive Australian Junior 100 m titles, also winning the Junior 200 m championships in 1989 and 1991. At the 1990 World Junior Championships Gainsford reached the semi-finals of both the 100 and 200 metres sprints and assisted the Australian 4 × 100 metres relay team to a new national junior record of 45.01 seconds. Senior career Although Gainsford-Taylor became a world champion in 1995, her senior career really began when she won the first of five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Stoute
Jennifer Elaine "Jenny" Stoute (born 16 April 1965) is an English former sprinter. She represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, where she won a bronze medal in the 4x400 metres relay. She also appeared as Rebel in the ITV show ''Gladiators'' from 1996 to 1999. Biography Stoute was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, to Barbadian parents. She first came to prominence when she finished second behind Simmone Jacobs in the 200 metres event at the 1986 WAAA Championships. Shortly after she reached the 200 metres final representing England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she pulled up injured and failed to finish. In 1988, at the Olympic Games, she was a member of the British 4 × 400 m relay quartet that finished sixth in the final. In 1989, she finished fourth in the 200 metres final at the European Indoor Championships. In January 1990, representing E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Onyali
Nkemdilim “Mary” Onyali-Omagbemi (née Onyali, born 3 February 1968) is a Nigerian former sprinter, she was a 5x Olympian 1988 - 2004. She had won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1992 Olympic Games and in the 200 m at the 1996 Olympic Games. She also won the 1994 Commonwealth Games 100 metres title. Career Onyali-Omagbemi performed especially well in the All-Africa Games, winning a total of 7 individual medals in the short sprints. She won 100 m in 1991, 1995 and 2003 and took a bronze medal in 1987. Gold medals in 200 m were taken in 1987, 1995 and 2003. Furthermore, the Nigerian 4 × 100 m relay team won all races between 1987 and 2003, at the African Games. Born Mary Onyali, by the time of the 2000 Olympics she was known as Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, having married fellow Nigerian sprinter Victor Omagbemi. Competing for the Texas Southern Tigers track and field program, she won an NCAA title in the 200 metres. Her consecutive Olympic appearances from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisko Hanhijoki
Reeta Sisko Hanhijoki, née Markkanen (born 25 April 1962 in Rautalampi) is a retired Finnish sprinter, who specialized in the 60, 100 and 200 metres. She won a bronze medal at the 1989 European Indoor Championships. Domestically, she won 28 national championship titles in the 60, 100 and 200 metres indoor and outdoor between 1985 and 1993. Early career Hanhijoki was born in Rautalampi and represented the club Vesannon Urheilijat. In her early career she competed in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1983 World Championships, and in the 100 metres at the 1986 European Championships without reaching the final. She competed at 60 metres and 200 metres at the 1988 European Indoor Championships and the 1989 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final. International breakthrough At the 1989 European Indoor Championships she won the bronze medal in the 60 metres behind Nelli Fiere-Cooman and Laurence Bily. She also finished sixth in the 200 metres. At the 1990 Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elinda Vorster
Elinda Vorster (née Rademeyer; born 8 September 1965 in Cape Town) is a retired South African athlete who specialised in sprinting events. She represented her country at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1993 World Championships. Her personal bests are 11.22 seconds in the 100 metres (+1.4 m/s, Germiston 1990) and 22.58 seconds in the 200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ... (+1.2 m/s, Germiston 1990). Competition record References 1965 births Living people Athletes from Cape Town South African female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for South Africa World Athletics Championships athletes for South Africa Olympic female sprinters 20th-century South African sportswomen {{SouthAfri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Davis-Thompson
Pauline Elaine Davis-Thompson (born 9 July 1966) is a former Bahamian sprinter. She competed at five Olympics, a rarity for a track and field athlete. She won her first medal at her fourth Olympics and her first gold medals at her fifth Olympics ( Sydney 2000) at age 34 in the 4 × 100 m Relay and, after Marion Jones' belated disqualification nine years later, in the 200 m. In 2022, Davis released her memoirs through Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History has won two international book awards. Winner, Autobiography/Memoir, International Book Awards, 2023 Winner, Biography/Autobiography, Track and Field Writers of America (TAFWA) Book Award, 2022 In 2024, Davis signed a publishing deal to have Running Sideways translated and published within China. Career In 1984, she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 1984 CARIFTA Games. Her first high-profile success came in 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
