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

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 20 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]

Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date20 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors45 from 41 nations
Winning time1:00.65
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Frédérik Deburghgraeve
 Belgium
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jeremy Linn
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mark Warnecke
 Germany
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Records

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

World record   Károly Güttler (HUN) 1:00.95 Sheffield, United Kingdom 3 August 1993
Olympic record   Nelson Diebel (USA) 1:01.50 Barcelona, Spain 26 July 1992

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
20 July Heat 6 Frédérik Deburghgraeve   Belgium 1:00.60 WR

Results

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Heats

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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 6 4 Frédérik Deburghgraeve   Belgium 1:00.60 Q, WR
2 4 3 Jeremy Linn   United States 1:01.53 Q
3 5 3 Mark Warnecke   Germany 1:01.79 Q
4 5 4 Károly Güttler   Hungary 1:01.80 Q
5 5 Phil Rogers   Australia Q
6 6 6 Stanislav Lopukhov   Russia 1:02.00 Q
7 4 5 Kurt Grote   United States 1:02.01 Q
8 5 2 Zeng Qiliang   China 1:02.26 Q
9 5 1 Daniel Málek   Czech Republic 1:02.46 q, NR
10 5 6 Akira Hayashi   Japan 1:02.63 q
11 5 8 Marc Capdevila   Spain 1:02.69 q
6 5 Roman Ivanovsky   Russia q
13 4 4 Oleksandr Dzhaburiya   Ukraine 1:02.70 q
14 6 3 Norbert Rózsa   Hungary 1:02.72 q, WD
15 4 6 Paul Kent   New Zealand 1:02.76 q
16 4 7 Richard Maden   Great Britain 1:02.78 q
17 6 2 Vladimir Latocha   France 1:02.80 q
18 4 2 Vadim Alexeev   Israel 1:02.92
6 1 Benno Kuipers   Netherlands
20 3 1 Mario González   Cuba 1:03.05 NR
21 5 7 Todd Torres   Puerto Rico 1:03.08
22 6 7 Yoshinobu Miyazaki   Japan 1:03.13
23 6 8 Jonathan Cleveland   Canada 1:03.14
24 4 8 Cho Kwang-jea   South Korea 1:03.39
25 4 1 Marek Krawczyk   Poland 1:03.57
26 3 3 Ratapong Sirisanont   Thailand 1:03.81
27 3 4 Aleksey Kriventsov   Belarus 1:04.20
28 3 5 Nerijus Beiga   Lithuania 1:04.45
29 3 8 Elvin Chia   Malaysia 1:04.46 NR
30 2 4 Vadim Tatarov   Moldova 1:04.87
31 3 7 Børge Mørk   Norway 1:04.92
32 2 3 Mauricio Moreno   Colombia 1:05.22
33 3 2 Huang Chih-yung   Chinese Taipei 1:05.26
34 2 7 Juan José Madrigal   Costa Rica 1:05.47 NR
35 2 2 Jörg Lindemeier   Namibia 1:05.50
36 2 6 Christophe Verdino   Monaco 1:05.66
37 2 5 Francisco Suriano   El Salvador 1:05.82
38 3 6 Aleksandr Savitsky   Kazakhstan 1:05.85
39 1 3 Jorge Arias   Peru 1:06.03 NR
40 2 8 Desmond Koh   Singapore 1:06.97
41 1 6 Jean Luc Razakarivony   Madagascar 1:07.34
42 2 1 Yevgeny Petrashov   Kyrgyzstan 1:07.44
43 1 5 Bernard Desmarais   Mauritius 1:09.05
44 1 2 Karar Rahman   Bangladesh 1:11.47
45 1 4 Sultan Al-Otaibi   Kuwait 1:12.65

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 8 Vladimir Latocha   France 1:02.28
10 4 Daniel Málek   Czech Republic 1:02.39 NR
11 1 Richard Maden   Great Britain 1:02.51
12 5 Akira Hayashi   Japan 1:02.75
13 2 Oleksandr Dzhaburiya   Ukraine 1:02.91
14 7 Paul Kent   New Zealand 1:03.05
15 3 Marc Capdevila   Spain 1:03.51
6 Roman Ivanovsky   Russia DSQ

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Frédérik Deburghgraeve   Belgium 1:00.65
  5 Jeremy Linn   United States 1:00.77 AM
  3 Mark Warnecke   Germany 1:01.33 NR
4 2 Károly Güttler   Hungary 1:01.49
5 6 Phil Rogers   Australia 1:01.64 OC
6 1 Kurt Grote   United States 1:01.69
7 8 Zeng Qiliang   China 1:02.01
8 7 Stanislav Lopukhov   Russia 1:02.13

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. pp. 43–44. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 44. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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