Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
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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]
| Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
| Date | 18 September 1988 (heats) 19 September 1988 (finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 62 from 47 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:02.04 NR | ||||||||||||
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Records edit
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 edit
Heats edit
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Swimoff edit
| 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 edit
Final B edit
| 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 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Adrian Moorhouse |  Great Britain |
1:02.04 | NR |
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6 | Károly Güttler | Hungary |
1:02.05 | |
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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 edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 408. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 409. Retrieved 27 March 2017.