| Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
| Date | 26 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 61 from 47 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:01.50 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 breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | 1:01.45 | Perth, Australia | 7 January 1991 | |
| Olympic record | 1:01.65 | Los Angeles, United States | 29 July 1984 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July | Final A | Nelson Diebel | 1:01.50 | OR |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | Károly Güttler | 1:01.84 | ||
| 10 | 1 | Hans Dersch | 1:02.39 | ||
| 2 | Stéphane Vossart | ||||
| 8 | Gianni Minervini | ||||
| 13 | 5 | Mark Warnecke | 1:02.73 | ||
| 6 | Jonathan Cleveland | ||||
| 15 | 7 | Chen Jianhong | 1:03.00 | ||
| 16 | 3 | Todd Torres | 1:03.21 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Nelson Diebel | 1:01.50 | OR | ||
| 8 | Norbert Rózsa | 1:01.68 | |||
| 1 | Phil Rogers | 1:01.76 | OC | ||
| 4 | 5 | Akira Hayashi | 1:01.86 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Vasily Ivanov | 1:01.87 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Dmitry Volkov | 1:02.07 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Nick Gillingham | 1:02.32 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Adrian Moorhouse | 1:02.33 |