Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley
The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Krisztina Egerszegi | | 4:43.83 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Summer Sanders | | 4:43.95 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Lin Li | | 4:45.74 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Ewa Synowska | | 4:46.00 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Eri Kimura | | 4:46.17 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Hayley Lewis | | 4:46.57 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Daniela Hunger | | 4:47.39 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Hideko Hiranaka | | 4:47.92 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 5 | Beatrice Căşlaru | | 4:48.12 | q |
| 10 | 4 | 5 | Erika Hansen | | 4:48.13 | q |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Jana Haas | | 4:49.93 | q |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Silvia Parera | | 4:50.16 | q |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | Jacqueline McKenzie | | 4:51.80 | q |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Hana Černá | | 4:52.21 | q |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | Nancy Sweetnam | | 4:52.41 | q |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Joanne Malar | | 4:52.85 | q |
| 17 | 1 | 3 | Phillippa Langrell | | 4:53.62 | NR |
| 18 | 3 | 8 | Noemi Lung | | 4:53.91 | |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Céline Bonnet | | 4:54.70 | |
| 20 | 4 | 7 | Yan Ming | | 4:54.93 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Sharron Davies | | 4:56.44 | |
| 22 | 3 | 1 | Elisenda Pérez | | 4:56.78 | |
| 23 | 3 | 7 | Helen Slatter | | 4:58.24 | |
| 24 | 4 | 8 | Marta Włodkowska | | 4:58.30 | |
| 25 | 1 | 4 | Jeanine Steenkamp | | 4:58.48 | |
| 26 | 1 | 5 | Michelle Smith | | 4:58.94 | |
| 27 | 1 | 2 | Jill Brukman | | 5:03.34 | |
| 28 | 1 | 6 | Praphalsai Minpraphal | | 5:04.95 | |
| 29 | 1 | 7 | Keren Regal | | 5:07.97 | |
| 30 | 1 | 8 | May Ooi | | 5:08.19 | |
| 31 | 1 | 1 | Claudia Fortin | | 5:09.84 | |
| 2 | 8 | Britta Vestergaard | | | |
Finals
Final B
Final A
