Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date23 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors52 from 44 nations
Winning time54.10
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jeff Rouse Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Rodolfo Falcón Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Bronze medal icon.svg Neisser Bent Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
  1992
2000  

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 23 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. [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)53.86 Barcelona, Spain 31 July 1992
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Jeff Rouse  (USA)53.86 Barcelona, Spain 31 July 1992

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 54.20Q
251 Neisser Bent Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 54.83Q, NR
365 Rodolfo Falcón Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 55.29Q
452 Martín López-Zubero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 55.36Q
564 Tripp Schwenk Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.71Q
671 Ralf Braun Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.73Q
756 Franck Schott Flag of France.svg  France 55.77Q
873 Emanuele Merisi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 55.82Q
955 Vladimir Selkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 55.87q, WD
1068 Robert Braknis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.14q
1176 Mariusz Siembida Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 56.16q
1244 Darius Grigalionis Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 56.20q, NR
1362 Hajime Itoi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 56.22q
1467 Stev Theloke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 56.26q
1554 Neil Willey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 56.27q
1663 Steven Dewick Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 56.35q
72 Keitaro Konnai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan q
1861 Chris Renaud Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.52
1946 Volodymyr Nikolaychuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 56.71
48 Derya Büyükuncu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
2158 Nicolae Butacu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 56.73
2237 Eithan Urbach Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 56.74
2357 Jonathan Winter Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 56.92
2442 Rogério Romero Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 56.94
2553 Tamás Deutsch Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 56.96
2643 Zhao Yi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 57.17
75 Martin Harris Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2878 Mindaugas Špokas Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 57.20
2941 Carlos Arena Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 57.40
3045 Nuno Laurentino Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 57.59
3133 Raymond Papa Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 57.67
3214 Alex Lim Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 57.68 NR
3334 Miroslav Machovič Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 57.78
3435 Tomislav Karlo Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 57.89
3522 Nicholas Neckles Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 57.91
3647 Panagiotis Adamidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 58.12
3731 Rastislav Bizub Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 58.29
3823 Dulyarit Phuangthong Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 58.32
3926 Kim Min-suk Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 58.43
4032 Logi Jes Kristjánsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 58.53
4136 Adrian O'Connor Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 58.56
4225 Sergey Ushkalov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 58.61
4338 Artur Elezarov Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 59.24
4427 Nicolás Rajcevich Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 59.90
4515 Konstantin Priahin Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 1:00.26
4628 Gerald Koh Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:00.29
4724 Mike Fung-A-Wing Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 1:01.24
4813 Leandro Jorge Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1:03.86
4921 Fahad Al-Otaibi Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 1:04.27
5016 Sitaram Shahi Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 1:14.58
66 Jani Sievinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNS
77 Alexander Popov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DNS

Finals

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Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
98 Keitaro Konnai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 55.74
107 Neil Willey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 56.07
116 Hajime Itoi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 56.23
125 Mariusz Siembida Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 56.31
133 Darius Grigalionis Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 56.33
142 Stev Theloke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 56.63
151 Steven Dewick Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 56.82
164 Robert Braknis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.00

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Jeff Rouse Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.10
Silver medal icon.svg3 Rodolfo Falcón Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 54.98
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Neisser Bent Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 55.02
46 Martín López-Zubero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 55.22
52 Tripp Schwenk Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.30
68 Emanuele Merisi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 55.53
77 Ralf Braun Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.56
81 Franck Schott Flag of France.svg  France 55.76

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References

  1. "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 41. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 41. Retrieved 9 September 2017.