Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle

Men's 100 metre freestyle; at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date	28 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors	77 from 57 nations
Winning time	49.02 NR
Medalists

The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 28 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	Matt Biondi (USA)	48.42	Austin, United States	10 August 1988
Olympic record	Matt Biondi (USA)	48.63	Seoul, South Korea	22 September 1988

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	10	3	Alexander Popov	Unified Team	49.29	Q
2	10	5	Gustavo Borges	Brazil	49.49	Q
3	8	4	Jon Olsen	United States	49.63	Q
4	10	4	Matt Biondi	United States	49.75	Q
5	9	4	Stéphan Caron	France	49.82	Q
6	8	6	Tommy Werner	Sweden	50.00	Q
6	10	2	Gennadiy Prigoda	Unified Team	50.00	Q
8	9	7	Christian Tröger	Germany	50.05	Q
9	9	3	Raimundas Mažuolis	Lithuania	50.17	q
10	8	3	Chris Fydler	Australia	50.26	q
11	9	5	Nils Rudolph	Germany	50.29	q
12	9	6	Christophe Kalfayan	France	50.30	q
13	7	3	Ricardo Busquets	Puerto Rico	50.31	q
14	10	1	John Steel	New Zealand	50.59	q
14	10	7	Andrew Baildon	Australia	50.59	q
16	8	5	Giorgio Lamberti	Italy	50.65	q, WD
17	10	6	Roberto Gleria	Italy	50.66	q
18	8	2	Håkan Karlsson	Sweden	50.73
18	8	8	Stephen Clarke	Canada	50.73
20	8	1	Béla Szabados	Hungary	50.78
21	9	2	Mike Fibbens	Great Britain	50.93
22	7	4	Rodrigo González	Mexico	51.04
23	6	1	Stéfan Voléry	Switzerland	51.05
24	10	8	Paul Howe	Great Britain	51.12
25	9	1	Emanuel Nascimento	Brazil	51.17
26	9	8	Franz Mortensen	Denmark	51.29
27	8	7	Uğur Taner	Turkey	51.34
28	7	5	Jarl Inge Melberg	Norway	51.39
29	7	6	Seddon Keyter	South Africa	51.42
30	1	2	Mladen Kapor	Independent Olympic Participants	51.44
31	7	1	Yoav Bruck	Israel	51.46
32	6	6	Indrek Sei	Estonia	51.47
32	7	2	Yves Clausse	Luxembourg	51.47
34	7	8	Tsutomu Nakano	Japan	51.63
35	6	5	Krzysztof Cwalina	Poland	51.70
36	6	7	Nicholas Sanders	New Zealand	51.77
37	6	2	Giovanni Linscheer	Suriname	51.82
38	5	7	Janne Blomqvist	Finland	51.86
39	6	8	Michael Wright	Hong Kong	51.88
40	6	4	Xie Jun	China	51.94
41	6	3	Darren Ward	Canada	52.05
42	5	4	Arthur Li Kai Yien	Hong Kong	52.22
43	5	1	Allan Murray	Bahamas	52.43
44	5	2	Stavros Michaelides	Cyprus	52.54
45	4	8	Shigeo Ogata	Japan	52.74
46	5	5	Ivor Le Roux	Zimbabwe	52.92
47	4	6	Enrico Linscheer	Suriname	52.94
48	5	6	Marc Verbeeck	Belgium	52.97
49	5	3	Sebastián Lasave	Argentina	53.07
50	4	5	Geribryan Mewett	Bermuda	53.14
51	3	4	Ian Steed Raynor	Bermuda	53.16
52	4	4	Mohamed El-Azoul	Egypt	53.31
53	4	3	Nikos Paleokrassas	Greece	53.47
54	3	5	Rhoderick McGown	Zimbabwe	53.65
55	5	8	Patrick Sagisi	Guam	53.90
56	4	1	Kenneth Yeo	Singapore	54.44
57	3	3	Plutarco Castellanos	Honduras	54.66
58	3	7	Gustavo Bucaro	Guatemala	54.74
59	2	6	Adrian Romero	Guam	54.77
60	3	6	Laurent Alfred	Virgin Islands	54.89
61	3	1	Helder Torres	Guatemala	55.38
62	4	7	Frank Leskaj	Albania	55.50
63	2	4	Émile Lahoud	Lebanon	55.51
64	1	1	Mouhamed Diop	Senegal	55.82
65	2	3	Hussein Al-Sadiq	Saudi Arabia	55.96
66	2	2	Ahmad Faraj	United Arab Emirates	56.05
67	2	5	Ivan Roberts	Seychelles	56.15
68	1	7	Bruno N'Diaye	Senegal	56.39
69	3	2	Jarrah Al-Asmawi	Kuwait	56.72
70	2	1	Mohamed Bin Abid	United Arab Emirates	56.82
71	2	7	Carl Probert	Fiji	57.25
72	1	4	Kenny Roberts	Seychelles	58.86
73	1	5	Foy Gordon Chung	Fiji	1:03.96
74	1	3	Ahmed Imthiyaz	Maldives	1:04.96
75	1	6	Mohamed Rasheed	Maldives	1:08.12
	4	2	Nayef Al-Hasawi	Kuwait	DNS
	7	7	Peter Williams	South Africa	DNS

Finals

^[3]

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	2	Ricardo Busquets	Puerto Rico	49.92	NR
10	4	Raimundas Mažuolis	Lithuania	50.13
11	6	Christophe Kalfayan	France	50.49
12	3	Nils Rudolph	Germany	50.62
13	7	John Steel	New Zealand	50.69
14	5	Chris Fydler	Australia	50.78
15	8	Roberto Gleria	Italy	50.81
16	1	Andrew Baildon	Australia	50.93

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Alexander Popov	Unified Team	49.02	NR
	5	Gustavo Borges	Brazil	49.43	SA
	2	Stéphan Caron	France	49.50
4	3	Jon Olsen	United States	49.51
5	6	Matt Biondi	United States	49.53
6	1	Tommy Werner	Sweden	49.63
7	8	Christian Tröger	Germany	49.84
8	7	Gennadiy Prigoda	Unified Team	50.25

References

↑ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
↑ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 358. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
↑ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 358. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

External links

Official Report

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[SportsRef-1] "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[2] "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 358. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[3] "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 358. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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