Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
# Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Despite the presence of the world record holder Yordanka Donkova (who had her career peak four years earlier), Gail Devers came into this race as the favorite. Though her Olympic history shows her winning the 100 metres twice, the first time earlier in this Olympics, she primarily made her career as a hurdler. And true to form, Devers had a commanding lead in this race, until the final hurdle. Devers came up short and hit the hurdle, foot first, hard, knocking her off balance. She stumbled toward the finish line, falling on the last step, but still finished fifth, .001 out of fourth place. Voula Patoulidou was the gold medalist, followed by LaVonna Martin and Donkova.

## Medalists

| Gold | Voula Patoulidou Greece |
| - | - |
| Silver | LaVonna Martin United States |
| Bronze | Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria |

## Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

| World Record | 12.21 | Yordanka Donkova | Stara Zagora (BUL) | August 20, 1988 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic Record | 12.38 | Yordanka Donkova | Seoul (KOR) | September 30, 1988 |

## Final

Wind: +0.4m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Paraskevi Patoulidou | Greece | 12.64 |
| | LaVonna Martin | United States | 12.69 |
| | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 12.70 |
| 4 | Lynda Tolbert | United States | 12.75 |
| 5 | Gail Devers | United States | 12.75 |
| 6 | Aliuska López | Cuba | 12.87 |
| 7 | Natalya Kolovanova | Unified Team | 13.01 |
| 8 | Odalys Adams | Cuba | 13.57 |

## Semi finals

Heat 1. Wind: -1.9m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lynda Tolbert | United States | 13.10 |
| 2 | Gail Devers | United States | 13.14 |
| 3 | Natalya Kolovanova | Unified Team | 13.15 |
| 4 | Aliuska López | Cuba | 13.16 |
| 5 | Anne Piquereau | France | 13.32 |
| 6 | Gillian Russell | Jamaica | 13.35 |
| 7 | Zhang Yu | China | 13.39 |
| 8 | Kristin Patzwahl | Germany | 13.44 |
| 9 | Brigitta Bukovec | Slovenia | 13.68 |

Heat 2. Wind: +0.0m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | LaVonna Martin | United States | 12.81 |
| 2 | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 12.87 |
| 3 | Voula Patoulidou | Greece | 12.88 |
| 4 | Odalys Adams | Cuba | 13.14 |
| 5 | Marina Azyabina | Unified Team | 13.22 |
| 6 | Gabriele Roth | Germany | 13.22 |
| 7 | Dionne Rose | Jamaica | 13.22 |
| 8 | Cécile Cinelu | France | 13.24 |
| — | Lyudmila Narozhilenko | Unified Team | DNS |

## Quarterfinals

Heat 1. Wind: -1.5m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | LaVonna Martin | United States | 12.82 |
| 2 | Aliuska López | Cuba | 13.01 |
| 3 | Gillian Russell | Jamaica | 13.23 |
| 4 | Marina Azyabina | Unified Team | 13.26 |
| 5 | Brigitta Bukovec | Slovenia | 13.28 |
| 6 | Zhang Yu | China | 13.28 |
| 7 | Katie Anderson | Canada | 13.31 |
| 8 | Sylvia Dethier | Belgium | 13.32 |

Heat 2. Wind: +1.4m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 12.84 |
| 2 | Lynda Tolbert | United States | 12.96 |
| 3 | Voula Patoulidou | Greece | 13.05 |
| 4 | Natalya Kolovanova | Unified Team | 13.06 |
| 5 | Cécile Cinelu | France | 13.07 |
| 6 | Kristin Patzwahl | Germany | 13.16 |
| 7 | Dionne Rose | Jamaica | 13.17 |
| 8 | Liliana Nastase | Romania | 13.33 |

Heat 3. Wind: -0.7m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gail Devers | United States | 12.76 |
| 2 | Lyudmila Narozhilenko | Unified Team | 13.06 |
| 3 | Anne Piquereau | France | 13.17 |
| 4 | Odalys Adams | Cuba | 13.26 |
| 5 | Gabriele Roth | Germany | 13.28 |
| 6 | Zhu Yuqing | China | 13.31 |
| 7 | Jacqui Agyepong | Great Britain | 13.36 |
| 8 | Michelle Freeman | Jamaica | 15.84 |

## Heats

Heat 1. Wind: -1.5m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lyudmila Narozhilenko | Unified Team | 13.04 |
| 2 | Liliana Nastase | Romania | 13.23 |
| 3 | Cécile Cinelu | France | 13.40 |
| 4 | Brigitta Bukovec | Slovenia | 13.45 |
| 5 | María José Mardomingo | Spain | 13.58 |
| 6 | Anu Kaljurand | Estonia | 13.81 |
| 7 | Eunice Barber | Sierra Leone | 15.01 |
| — | Yasmina Kettab-Azzizi | Algeria | DNS |

Heat 2. Wind: +0.0m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Michelle Freeman | Jamaica | 12.90 |
| 2 | Kristin Patzwahl | Germany | 13.11 |
| 3 | Gail Devers | United States | 13.19 |
| 4 | Nataliya Kolovanova | Unified Team | 13.20 |
| 5 | Zhu Yuqing | China | 13.22 |
| 6 | Lesley-Ann Skeete | Great Britain | 13.42 |
| 7 | Nguyễn Thị Thu Hằng | Vietnam | 15.16 |

Heat 3. Wind: -0.4m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 12.96 |
| 2 | Aliuska López | Cuba | 13.08 |
| 3 | Marina Azyabina | Unified Team | 13.10 |
| 4 | Jacqui Agyepong | Great Britain | 13.25 |
| 5 | Dionne Rose | Jamaica | 13.29 |
| 6 | Katie Anderson | Canada | 13.33 |
| 7 | Monique Ewanjé-Épée | France | 13.73 |
| 8 | Louisette Renee Thobi | Cameroon | 14.37 |

Heat 4. Wind: +0.0m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | LaVonna Martin | United States | 12.82 |
| 2 | Gillian Russell | Jamaica | 13.07 |
| 3 | Sylvia Dethier | Belgium | 13.19 |
| 4 | Zhang Yu | China | 13.26 |
| 5 | Nicole Ramalalanirina | Madagascar | 13.40 |
| 6 | Sriyani Kulawansa | Sri Lanka | 13.55 |
| — | Caren Jung | Germany | DSQ |
| — | Julie Baumann | Switzerland | DNS |

Heat 5. Wind: -0.7m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lynda Tolbert | United States | 12.96 |
| 2 | Anne Piquereau | France | 13.11 |
| 3 | Gabriele Roth | Germany | 13.12 |
| 4 | Voula Patoulidou | Greece | 13.14 |
| 5 | Odalys Adams | Cuba | 13.28 |
| 6 | Kay Morley-Brown | Great Britain | 13.44 |
| 7 | Chan Sau Ying | Hong Kong | 13.88 |
| 8 | Elizabeta Pavlovska | Independent Olympic Participants | 14.26 |
