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

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]

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date30 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors53 from 37 nations
Winning time53.98 OR
Medalists
Mark Tewksbury  Canada
Jeff Rouse  United States
David Berkoff  United States

Records

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

World record Jeff Rouse (USA)53.93Edmonton, Canada25 August 1991
Olympic record David Berkoff (USA)54.51Seoul, South Korea24 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
30 JulyFinal AMark Tewksbury Canada53.98OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
174Jeff Rouse United States54.63Q
265Mark Tewksbury Canada54.75Q
364David Berkoff United States54.84Q
454Martín López-Zubero Spain55.37Q
558Vladimir Selkov Unified Team55.72Q
675Franck Schott France55.84Q
776Rodolfo Falcón Cuba55.99Q, NR
855Dirk Richter Germany56.03Q
953Hajime Itoi Japan56.18q
1056Yasuhiro Vandewalle Belgium56.20q
1166Tino Weber Germany56.27q
1277Stefaan Maene Belgium56.34q
1372Tamás Deutsch Hungary56.47q
1437Georgi Mihalev Bulgaria56.59q, NR
1557Carlos Ventosa Spain56.62q
1645Emanuele Merisi Italy56.80q
1752Manuel Guzmán Puerto Rico56.93
1878Raymond Brown Canada56.98
1961Tom Stachewicz Australia57.03
2073Ilmar Ojase Estonia57.08
2142Rogério Romero Brazil57.28
2263Derya Büyükuncu Turkey57.38
2371Stefano Battistelli Italy57.40
2447Rastislav Bizub Czechoslovakia57.57
67Martin Harris Great Britain
2635Marcel Blažo Czechoslovakia57.61
2744Keita Soraoka Japan57.64
2851Eran Groumi Israel57.67
2924Alejandro Alvizuri Peru57.72NR
3043Adam Ruckwood Great Britain57.75
3162Lin Laijiu China57.85
3248Seddon Keyter South Africa57.94
3368Simon Percy New Zealand57.96
3431Dragomir Markov Bulgaria58.17
3533Sebastián Lasave Argentina58.22
3632David Holderbach France58.25
3734Rudi Dollmayer Sweden58.26
3838Ricardo Busquets Puerto Rico58.42
3941Thomas Sopp Norway58.45
4036Ji Sang-jun South Korea58.62
4125Olivér Ágh Hungary59.02
4221Miguel Arrobas Portugal59.37
4322Raymond Papa Philippines59.58
4423Leo Najera Philippines59.92
4546Toby Haenen Australia1:00.08
4627Patrick Sagisi Guam1:01.84
4715Marcos Prono Paraguay1:02.72
4826Timothy Eneas Bahamas1:03.10
4916Salvador Jiménez Honduras1:04.60
5012Carl Probert Fiji1:04.92
5113Jarrah Al-Asmawi Kuwait1:05.53
5217Abdullah Sultan United Arab Emirates1:08.22
14Nayef Al-Hasawi KuwaitDNS

Finals

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Final B

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95Yasuhiro Vandewalle Belgium56.36
106Stefaan Maene Belgium56.47
113Tino Weber Germany56.49
124Hajime Itoi Japan56.64
132Tamás Deutsch Hungary56.70
141Carlos Ventosa Spain56.78
157Georgi Mihalev Bulgaria56.85
168Emanuele Merisi Italy57.71

Final A

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Mark Tewksbury Canada53.98OR
4Jeff Rouse United States54.04
3David Berkoff United States54.78
46Martín López-Zubero Spain54.96
52Vladimir Selkov Unified Team55.49
67Franck Schott France55.72
71Rodolfo Falcón Cuba55.76NR
88Dirk Richter Germany56.26

References

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