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.
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 |
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). [2]
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.
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 |
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 |
The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 20 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 21 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.
The final of the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on July 29, 1984.
The final of the women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 2, 1984.
The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 18–19 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 18–19 September at the Olympic Park Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea. There were 63 competitors from 41 nations, with each nation having up to two swimmers.
The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 25 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 22 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20 and 21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.