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

Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date18 September 1988 (heats)
19 September 1988 (finals)
Competitors62 from 47 nations
Winning time1:02.04 NR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Adrian Moorhouse  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Károly Güttler  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dmitry Volkov  Soviet Union
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Swimming at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

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 record  Steve Lundquist (USA) 1:01.65 Los Angeles, United States 29 July 1984
Olympic record  Steve Lundquist (USA) 1:01.65 Los Angeles, United States 29 July 1984

Results

Heats

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 Adrian Moorhouse  Great Britain 1:02.19 Q, NR
2 6 Victor Davis  Canada 1:02.48 Q
3 8 Dmitry Volkov  Soviet Union 1:02.49 Q
4 8 Károly Güttler  Hungary 1:02.80 Q
5 7 Gianni Minervini  Italy 1:02.86 Q
6 8 Christian Poswiat  East Germany 1:02.99 Q
7 7 Richard Schroeder  United States 1:03.05 Q
8 7 Ronald Dekker  Netherlands 1:03.08 QSO
7 Tamás Debnár  Hungary QSO
10 6 Aleksey Matveyev  Soviet Union 1:03.25 q
11 6 Alexander Mayer  West Germany 1:03.54 q
12 8 Mark Warnecke  West Germany 1:03.56 q
13 8 Petri Suominen  Finland 1:03.58 q
14 7 Hironobu Nagahata  Japan 1:04.02 q
15 6 Daniel Watters  United States 1:04.04 q
16 6 Chen Jianhong  China 1:04.09 q
17 6 James Parrack  Great Britain 1:04.23
18 5 Kenji Watanabe  Japan 1:04.35
19 7 Pablo Restrepo  Colombia 1:04.43
20 7 Raik Hannemann  East Germany 1:04.46
21 5 Pierre-Yves Eberle  Switzerland 1:04.53
22 5 Ian McAdam  Australia 1:04.56
5 David Leblanc  France
24 4 Tsai Hsin-yen  Chinese Taipei 1:04.58
25 4 Radek Beinhauer  Czechoslovakia 1:04.61
26 3 Yoon Joo-il  South Korea 1:04.68
27 7 Étienne Dagon  Switzerland 1:04.71
28 6 Alexander Marček  Czechoslovakia 1:04.95
29 8 Thomas Böhm  Austria 1:04.96
30 5 Jin Fu  China 1:05.02
31 8 Cameron Grant  Canada 1:05.10
32 4 Joaquín Fernández  Spain 1:05.19
33 3 Sidney Appelboom  Belgium 1:05.21
34 4 Gary O'Toole  Ireland 1:05.34
35 3 Javier Careaga  Mexico 1:05.37
36 5 Cédric Penicaud  France 1:05.46
37 5 Cícero Tortelli  Brazil 1:05.50
38 6 Jan-Erick Olsen  Norway 1:05.54
39 4 Anthony Beks  New Zealand 1:05.65
40 2 Alexandre Yokochi  Portugal 1:05.68
41 2 Ng Yue Meng  Singapore 1:05.87
42 5 Eyal Stigman  Israel 1:05.92
43 4 Sergio López Miró  Spain 1:06.08
44 3 Wirmandi Sugriat  Indonesia 1:06.22
45 3 Luc van de Vondel  Belgium 1:06.24
46 4 Richard Lockhart  New Zealand 1:06.27
47 4 Nikolaos Fokianos  Greece 1:06.30
48 2 Lars Sørensen  Denmark 1:06.48
49 3 Manuel Gutiérrez  Panama 1:06.73
50 3 Patrick Concepcion  Philippines 1:06.74
51 2 Arnþór Ragnarsson  Iceland 1:07.93
52 2 Watt Kam Sing  Hong Kong 1:08.03
53 3 Victor Ruberry  Bermuda 1:09.49
54 2 Quách Hoài Nam  Vietnam 1:10.90
55 2 Kraig Singleton  Virgin Islands 1:11.68
56 1 Michele Piva  San Marino 1:13.94
57 1 Amine El-Domyati  Lebanon 1:14.40
58 2 Bazlur Mohamed Rahman  Bangladesh 1:14.97
59 1 Gaspar Fragata  Angola 1:16.18
60 1 Obaid Al-Rumaithi  United Arab Emirates 1:17.01
61 1 Vivaldo Fernandes  Angola 1:17.98
1 Trevor Ncala  Swaziland DNS

Swimoff

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Ronald Dekker  Netherlands 1:02.63 Q, WD*
2 5 Tamás Debnár  Hungary 1:03.68 Q

* Opted to swim for the consolation final instead.

Finals

[3]

Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 5 Aleksey Matveyev  Soviet Union 1:03.01
10 4 Ronald Dekker  Netherlands 1:03.22
11 6 Mark Warnecke  West Germany 1:03.40
12 3 Alexander Mayer  West Germany 1:03.85
13 7 Hironobu Nagahata  Japan 1:03.89
14 2 Petri Suominen  Finland 1:04.04
15 1 Daniel Watters  United States 1:04.17
16 8 Chen Jianhong  China 1:04.72

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Adrian Moorhouse  Great Britain 1:02.04 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Károly Güttler  Hungary 1:02.05
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Dmitry Volkov  Soviet Union 1:02.20
4 5 Victor Davis  Canada 1:02.38
5 8 Tamás Debnár  Hungary 1:02.50
6 1 Richard Schroeder  United States 1:02.55
7 2 Gianni Minervini  Italy 1:02.93
8 7 Christian Poswiat  East Germany 1:03.43

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.