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

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date24 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors54 from 42 nations
Winning time55.05 AS
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Daichi Suzuki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg David Berkoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Igor Polyansky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1984
1992  

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. [1]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  David Berkoff  (USA)54.91 Austin, United States13 August 1988
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Rick Carey  (USA)55.41 Los Angeles, CA, United States4 August 1984

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
24 SeptemberHeat 6 Igor Polyansky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 55.04 OR
24 SeptemberHeat 7 David Berkoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.51 WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
17 David Berkoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.51Q, WR
26 Igor Polyansky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 55.04Q
37 Daichi Suzuki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 55.90Q
47 Sergei Zabolotnov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 56.13Q
57 Frank Hoffmeister Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 56.19Q
65 Sean Murphy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.20Q
6 Mark Tewksbury Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Q
86 Frank Baltrusch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 56.45Q
95 Dirk Richter Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 56.52q
106 Franck Schott Flag of France.svg  France 56.76q
116 Georgi Mihalev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 57.06q
125 Jens-Peter Berndt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 57.08q, WD
135 Jay Mortenson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.19q
143 David Lim Fong Jock Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 57.34q, NR
155 Shigemori Maruyama Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 57.54q
164 Manuel Guzmán Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 57.62q
175 Eðvarð Þór Eðvarðsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 57.70q
186 Lin Laijiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 57.74
197 Paul Kingsman Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 57.80
207 Rogério Romero Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 57.91
216 Lars Sørensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 58.01
224 Neil Harper Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 58.02
234 Martín López-Zubero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 58.06
244 Patrick Ferland Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 58.17
253 Neil Cochran Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 58.25
263 Alejandro Alvizuri Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 58.37
275 Carl Wilson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.40
284 Tamás Deutsch Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 58.65
293 Stephen Cullen Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 58.82
305 Pavel Vokoun Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 58.88
314 Renaud Boucher Flag of France.svg  France 58.90
325 Simon Upton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.06
333 Ernesto Vela Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 59.19
343 Ilias Malamas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 59.24
354 Huang Guoxiong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 59.36
363 Richard Gheel Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 59.37
375 Valerio Giambalvo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 59.48
384 Wladimir Ribeiro Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 59.76
393 Amin Amer Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:00.76
402 Park Dong-pil Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 1:01.25
412 Patrick Sagisi Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 1:01.86
422 Yip Hor Man Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 1:01.91
2 Horst Niehaus Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
442 Brett Halford Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:02.95
452 Eric Greenwood Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1:03.11
462 Pablo Barahona Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 1:03.90
472 Bruno N'Diaye Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1:05.06
481 Filippo Piva Flag of San Marino (before 2011).svg  San Marino 1:07.63
491 Mohamed Abdullah Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1:08.91
501 Rami Kantari Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1:09.35
511 Mohamed Bin Abid Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1:10.01
521 Yul Mark Du Pont Flag of Swaziland.svg  Swaziland 1:12.50
1 Paul Yelle Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados DNS

Finals

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Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 Dirk Richter Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 56.66
105 Franck Schott Flag of France.svg  France 56.98
116 Jay Mortenson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.06
127 Shigemori Maruyama Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 57.13
133 Georgi Mihalev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 57.17
142 David Lim Fong Jock Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 57.72
151 Manuel Guzmán Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 57.95
168 Eðvarð Þór Eðvarðsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 58.20

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Daichi Suzuki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 55.05 AS
Silver medal icon.svg4 David Berkoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.18
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Igor Polyansky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 55.20
46 Sergei Zabolotnov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 55.37
51 Mark Tewksbury Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.09
68 Frank Baltrusch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 56.10
72 Frank Hoffmeister Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 56.19
87 Sean Murphy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.32

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References

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