Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

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Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date18 September 1988 (heats)
19 September 1988 (finals)
Competitors62 from 47 nations
Winning time1:02.04 NR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Adrian Moorhouse Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Károly Güttler Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg Dmitry Volkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
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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

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Steve Lundquist  (USA)1:01.65 Los Angeles, United States29 July 1984
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Steve Lundquist  (USA)1:01.65 Los Angeles, United States29 July 1984

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
18 Adrian Moorhouse Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:02.19Q, NR
26 Victor Davis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:02.48Q
38 Dmitry Volkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:02.49Q
48 Károly Güttler Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:02.80Q
57 Gianni Minervini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:02.86Q
68 Christian Poswiat Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:02.99Q
77 Richard Schroeder Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:03.05Q
87 Ronald Dekker Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:03.08QSO
7 Tamás Debnár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary QSO
106 Aleksey Matveyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:03.25q
116 Alexander Mayer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:03.54q
128 Mark Warnecke Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:03.56q
138 Petri Suominen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:03.58q
147 Hironobu Nagahata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:04.02q
156 Daniel Watters Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:04.04q
166 Chen Jianhong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:04.09q
176 James Parrack Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:04.23
185 Kenji Watanabe Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:04.35
197 Pablo Restrepo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:04.43
207 Raik Hannemann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:04.46
215 Pierre-Yves Eberle Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:04.53
225 Ian McAdam Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:04.56
5 David Leblanc Flag of France.svg  France
244 Tsai Hsin-yen Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 1:04.58
254 Radek Beinhauer Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:04.61
263 Yoon Joo-il Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 1:04.68
277 Étienne Dagon Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:04.71
286 Alexander Marček Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:04.95
298 Thomas Böhm Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:04.96
305 Jin Fu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:05.02
318 Cameron Grant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:05.10
324 Joaquín Fernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:05.19
333 Sidney Appelboom Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:05.21
344 Gary O'Toole Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 1:05.34
353 Javier Careaga Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:05.37
365 Cédric Penicaud Flag of France.svg  France 1:05.46
375 Cícero Tortelli Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 1:05.50
386 Jan-Erick Olsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:05.54
394 Anthony Beks Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:05.65
402 Alexandre Yokochi Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:05.68
412 Ng Yue Meng Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:05.87
425 Eyal Stigman Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:05.92
434 Sergio López Miró Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:06.08
443 Wirmandi Sugriat Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 1:06.22
453 Luc van de Vondel Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:06.24
464 Richard Lockhart Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:06.27
474 Nikolaos Fokianos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:06.30
482 Lars Sørensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:06.48
493 Manuel Gutiérrez Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1:06.73
503 Patrick Concepcion Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 1:06.74
512 Arnþór Ragnarsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:07.93
522 Watt Kam Sing Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 1:08.03
533 Victor Ruberry Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda 1:09.49
542 Quách Hoài Nam Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 1:10.90
552 Kraig Singleton Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 1:11.68
561 Michele Piva Flag of San Marino (before 2011).svg  San Marino 1:13.94
571 Amine El-Domyati Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1:14.40
582 Bazlur Mohamed Rahman Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1:14.97
591 Gaspar Fragata Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 1:16.18
601 Obaid Al-Rumaithi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1:17.01
611 Vivaldo Fernandes Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 1:17.98
1 Trevor Ncala Flag of Swaziland.svg  Swaziland DNS

Swimoff

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Ronald Dekker Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:02.63Q, WD*
25 Tamás Debnár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:03.68Q

* Opted to swim for the consolation final instead.

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95 Aleksey Matveyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:03.01
104 Ronald Dekker Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:03.22
116 Mark Warnecke Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:03.40
123 Alexander Mayer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:03.85
137 Hironobu Nagahata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:03.89
142 Petri Suominen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:04.04
151 Daniel Watters Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:04.17
168 Chen Jianhong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:04.72

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Adrian Moorhouse Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:02.04 NR
Silver medal icon.svg6 Károly Güttler Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:02.05
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Dmitry Volkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:02.20
45 Victor Davis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:02.38
58 Tamás Debnár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:02.50
61 Richard Schroeder Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:02.55
72 Gianni Minervini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:02.93
87 Christian Poswiat Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:03.43

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References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988 . LA84 Foundation. p. 408. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988 . LA84 Foundation. p. 409. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
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