Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
| Men's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
| Date | 30 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 53 from 37 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 53.98 OR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1992 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 backstroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  | 53.93 | Edmonton, Canada | 25 August 1991 |
| Olympic record | | 54.51 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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| 30 July | Final A | Mark Tewksbury |  | 53.98 | OR |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
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Finals
Final B
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 9 | 5 | Yasuhiro Vandewalle | .svg.png){kind=small} | 56.36 | |
| 10 | 6 | Stefaan Maene | | 56.47 | |
| 11 | 3 | Tino Weber |  | 56.49 | |
| 12 | 4 | Hajime Itoi | .svg.png){kind=small} | 56.64 | |
| 13 | 2 | Tamás Deutsch |  | 56.70 | |
| 14 | 1 | Carlos Ventosa |  | 56.78 | |
| 15 | 7 | Georgi Mihalev |  | 56.85 | |
| 16 | 8 | Emanuele Merisi |  | 57.71 |
Final A
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 5 | Mark Tewksbury | | 53.98 | OR |
 | 4 | Jeff Rouse | | 54.04 | |
 | 3 | David Berkoff | | 54.78 | |
| 4 | 6 | Martín López-Zubero | | 54.96 | |
| 5 | 2 | Vladimir Selkov |  | 55.49 | |
| 6 | 7 | Franck Schott |  | 55.72 | |
| 7 | 1 | Rodolfo Falcón |  | 55.76 | NR |
| 8 | 8 | Dirk Richter | | 56.26 |
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ↑ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 361–362. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ↑ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 362. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
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