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

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]

Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date26 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors61 from 47 nations
Winning time1:01.50 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nelson Diebel  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Norbert Rózsa  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Phil Rogers  Australia
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Records edit

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

World record   Norbert Rózsa (HUN) 1:01.45 Perth, Australia 7 January 1991
Olympic record   Steve Lundquist (USA) 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   United States 1:01.50 OR

Results edit

Heats edit

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 7 Dmitry Volkov   Unified Team 1:01.74 Q, NR
2 6 5 Akira Hayashi   Japan 1:01.76 Q
3 6 4 Nelson Diebel   United States 1:01.80 Q
4 7 4 Nick Gillingham   Great Britain 1:01.81 Q
5 7 3 Vasily Ivanov   Unified Team 1:01.91 Q
6 7 5 Adrian Moorhouse   Great Britain 1:02.09 Q
7 8 3 Phil Rogers   Australia 1:02.10 Q
8 8 4 Norbert Rózsa   Hungary 1:02.25 Q
9 8 5 Károly Güttler   Hungary 1:02.28 q
10 7 2 Mark Warnecke   Germany 1:02.48 q
11 6 7 Todd Torres   Puerto Rico 1:02.72 q, NR
12 8 6 Jonathan Cleveland   Canada 1:02.73 q
13 7 7 Stéphane Vossart   France 1:02.81 q
14 8 1 Chen Jianhong   China 1:03.08 q
15 6 3 Hans Dersch   United States 1:03.14 q
16 6 6 Gianni Minervini   Italy 1:03.23 q
17 7 6 Andrea Cecchi   Italy 1:03.28
18 5 6 Kenji Watanabe   Japan 1:03.29
19 5 3 Marko Pachel   Estonia 1:03.40
20 5 8 Javier Careaga   Mexico 1:03.45 NR
21 5 4 Ramón Camallonga   Spain 1:03.48
22 6 8 Mario González   Cuba 1:03.53
23 8 8 Sergio López Miró   Spain 1:03.69
24 6 2 Petri Suominen   Finland 1:03.75
25 6 1 Curtis Myden   Canada 1:03.80
26 5 5 Christian Poswiat   Germany 1:03.85
27 5 7 Kenneth Cawood   South Africa 1:04.02
28 5 2 Shane Lewis   Australia 1:04.17
29 4 8 Andrew Rutherfurd   Hong Kong 1:04.23 NR
30 5 1 Joseph Eric Buhain   Philippines 1:04.28
31 7 8 Christophe Bourdon   France 1:04.43
32 4 5 Radek Beinhauer   Czechoslovakia 1:04.88
33 3 5 Chris Flook   Bermuda 1:04.93
34 7 1 Frédérik Deburghgraeve   Belgium 1:05.10
35 3 4 Patrick Concepcion   Philippines 1:05.16
36 8 2 Nerijus Beiga   Lithuania 1:05.17
37 4 3 Børge Mørk   Norway 1:05.47
38 4 4 Gary O'Toole   Ireland 1:05.48
39 3 6 Alexandre Yokochi   Portugal 1:05.61
40 4 2 Gustavo Gorriarán   Uruguay 1:05.79
41 4 6 Ricardo Torres   Panama 1:06.05
42 3 7 Charalambos Panagidis   Cyprus 1:06.19
43 2 4 Jörg Lindemeier   Namibia 1:06.34
44 4 1 Lars Sørensen   Denmark 1:07.94
45 3 3 Chi Jia Han   Hong Kong 1:06.81
46 3 2 Bernard Desmarais   Mauritius 1:07.75
47 3 1 Abderzak Bella   Algeria 1:07.88
48 2 3 Christophe Verdino   Monaco 1:07.90
49 2 6 Roberto Bonilla   Guatemala 1:08.27
50 1 4 Danilo Zavoli   San Marino 1:09.65
51 2 7 Glenn Diaz   Guam 1:10.32
52 1 6 Obaid Al-Rumaithi   United Arab Emirates 1:12.77
53 2 2 Ayman Al-Enazy   Kuwait 1:13.49
54 1 3 Foy Gordon Chung   Fiji 1:13.51
55 2 1 Sergio Fafitine   Mozambique 1:13.76
56 2 5 Frank Leskaj   Albania 1:14.28
57 1 2 Mohamed Bin Abid   United Arab Emirates 1:15.12
58 1 7 Kenny Roberts   Seychelles 1:16.52
4 7 Pablo Minelli   Argentina DSQ
1 5 Mohamed Mukhesur Rahman   Bangladesh DNS
1 1 Mouhamed Diop   Senegal DNS

Finals edit

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Final B edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Károly Güttler   Hungary 1:01.84
10 1 Hans Dersch   United States 1:02.39
2 Stéphane Vossart   France
8 Gianni Minervini   Italy
13 5 Mark Warnecke   Germany 1:02.73
6 Jonathan Cleveland   Canada
15 7 Chen Jianhong   China 1:03.00
16 3 Todd Torres   Puerto Rico 1:03.21

Final A edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Nelson Diebel   United States 1:01.50 OR
  8 Norbert Rózsa   Hungary 1:01.68
  1 Phil Rogers   Australia 1:01.76 OC
4 5 Akira Hayashi   Japan 1:01.86
5 2 Vasily Ivanov   Unified Team 1:01.87
6 4 Dmitry Volkov   Unified Team 1:02.07
7 6 Nick Gillingham   Great Britain 1:02.32
8 7 Adrian Moorhouse   Great Britain 1:02.33

References edit

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 363–364. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 364. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

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