Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
Appearance
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Men's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 30 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 53 from 37 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 53.98 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
53.93 | Edmonton, Canada | 25 August 1991 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
54.51 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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30 July | Final A | Mark Tewksbury | ![]() |
53.98 | OR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
[edit]Final B
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 5 | Yasuhiro Vandewalle | ![]() |
56.36 | |
10 | 6 | Stefaan Maene | ![]() |
56.47 | |
11 | 3 | Tino Weber | ![]() |
56.49 | |
12 | 4 | Hajime Itoi | ![]() |
56.64 | |
13 | 2 | Tamás Deutsch | ![]() |
56.70 | |
14 | 1 | Carlos Ventosa | ![]() |
56.78 | |
15 | 7 | Georgi Mihalev | ![]() |
56.85 | |
16 | 8 | Emanuele Merisi | ![]() |
57.71 |
Final A
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Mark Tewksbury | ![]() |
53.98 | OR |
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4 | Jeff Rouse | ![]() |
54.04 | |
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3 | David Berkoff | ![]() |
54.78 | |
4 | 6 | Martín López-Zubero | ![]() |
54.96 | |
5 | 2 | Vladimir Selkov | ![]() |
55.49 | |
6 | 7 | Franck Schott | ![]() |
55.72 | |
7 | 1 | Rodolfo Falcón | ![]() |
55.76 | NR |
8 | 8 | Dirk Richter | ![]() |
56.26 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 361–362. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 362. Retrieved 27 August 2017.