Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Appearance
Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 18 September 1988 (heats) 19 September 1988 (finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 62 from 47 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:02.04 NR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 18–19 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]
The winning margin was 0.01 seconds which as of 2023 remains the only time this event for men has been won at the Olympics by less than a tenth of a second.
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Steve Lundquist (USA) | 1:01.65 | Los Angeles, United States | 29 July 1984 |
Olympic record | Steve Lundquist (USA) | 1:01.65 | Los Angeles, United States | 29 July 1984 |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Swimoff
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Ronald Dekker | Netherlands | 1:02.63 | Q, WD* |
2 | 5 | Tamás Debnár | Hungary | 1:03.68 | Q |
* Opted to swim for the consolation final instead.
Finals
[edit]Final B
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 5 | Aleksey Matveyev | Soviet Union | 1:03.01 | |
10 | 4 | Ronald Dekker | Netherlands | 1:03.22 | |
11 | 6 | Mark Warnecke | West Germany | 1:03.40 | |
12 | 3 | Alexander Mayer | West Germany | 1:03.85 | |
13 | 7 | Hironobu Nagahata | Japan | 1:03.89 | |
14 | 2 | Petri Suominen | Finland | 1:04.04 | |
15 | 1 | Daniel Watters | United States | 1:04.17 | |
16 | 8 | Chen Jianhong | China | 1:04.72 |
Final A
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Adrian Moorhouse | Great Britain | 1:02.04 | NR | |
6 | Károly Güttler | Hungary | 1:02.05 | ||
3 | Dmitry Volkov | Soviet Union | 1:02.20 | ||
4 | 5 | Victor Davis | Canada | 1:02.38 | |
5 | 8 | Tamás Debnár | Hungary | 1:02.50 | |
6 | 1 | Richard Schroeder | United States | 1:02.55 | |
7 | 2 | Gianni Minervini | Italy | 1:02.93 | |
8 | 7 | Christian Poswiat | East Germany | 1:03.43 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 408. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 409. Retrieved 27 March 2017.