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

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date30 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors53 from 37 nations
Winning time53.98 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Mark Tewksbury Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Jeff Rouse Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg David Berkoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1988
1996  

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 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 recordFlag of the United States.svg  Jeff Rouse  (USA)53.93 Edmonton, Canada 25 August 1991
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  David Berkoff  (USA)54.51 Seoul, South Korea 24 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
30 JulyFinal A Mark Tewksbury Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53.98 OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174 Jeff Rouse Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.63Q
265 Mark Tewksbury Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 54.75Q
364 David Berkoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.84Q
454 Martín López-Zubero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 55.37Q
558 Vladimir Selkov Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 55.72Q
675 Franck Schott Flag of France.svg  France 55.84Q
776 Rodolfo Falcón Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 55.99Q, NR
855 Dirk Richter Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 56.03Q
953 Hajime Itoi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 56.18q
1056 Yasuhiro Vandewalle Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 56.20q
1166 Tino Weber Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 56.27q
1277 Stefaan Maene Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 56.34q
1372 Tamás Deutsch Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 56.47q
1437 Georgi Mihalev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 56.59q, NR
1557 Carlos Ventosa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 56.62q
1645 Emanuele Merisi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 56.80q
1752 Manuel Guzmán Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 56.93
1878 Raymond Brown Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.98
1961 Tom Stachewicz Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 57.03
2073 Ilmar Ojase Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 57.08
2142 Rogério Romero Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 57.28
2263 Derya Büyükuncu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 57.38
2371 Stefano Battistelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57.40
2447 Rastislav Bizub Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 57.57
67 Martin Harris Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2635 Marcel Blažo Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 57.61
2744 Keita Soraoka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 57.64
2851 Eran Groumi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 57.67
2924 Alejandro Alvizuri Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 57.72 NR
3043 Adam Ruckwood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 57.75
3162 Lin Laijiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 57.85
3248 Seddon Keyter South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa 57.94
3368 Simon Percy Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 57.96
3431 Dragomir Markov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 58.17
3533 Sebastián Lasave Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 58.22
3632 David Holderbach Flag of France.svg  France 58.25
3734 Rudi Dollmayer Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 58.26
3838 Ricardo Busquets Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 58.42
3941 Thomas Sopp Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 58.45
4036 Ji Sang-jun Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 58.62
4125 Olivér Ágh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 59.02
4221 Miguel Arrobas Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 59.37
4322 Raymond Papa Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 59.58
4423 Leo Najera Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 59.92
4546 Toby Haenen Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:00.08
4627 Patrick Sagisi Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 1:01.84
4715 Marcos Prono Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay 1:02.72
4826 Timothy Eneas Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 1:03.10
4916 Salvador Jiménez Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 1:04.60
5012 Carl Probert Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1:04.92
5113 Jarrah Al-Asmawi Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 1:05.53
5217 Abdullah Sultan Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1:08.22
14 Nayef Al-Hasawi Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait DNS

Finals

[3]

Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95 Yasuhiro Vandewalle Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 56.36
106 Stefaan Maene Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 56.47
113 Tino Weber Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 56.49
124 Hajime Itoi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 56.64
132 Tamás Deutsch Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 56.70
141 Carlos Ventosa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 56.78
157 Georgi Mihalev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 56.85
168 Emanuele Merisi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57.71

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Mark Tewksbury Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53.98 OR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Jeff Rouse Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.04
Bronze medal icon.svg3 David Berkoff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.78
46 Martín López-Zubero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 54.96
52 Vladimir Selkov Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 55.49
67 Franck Schott Flag of France.svg  France 55.72
71 Rodolfo Falcón Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 55.76 NR
88 Dirk Richter Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 56.26

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References

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  3. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. p. 362. Retrieved 27 August 2017.