Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre butterfly
Games:	1988 Summer
Venue:	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date:	20 September 1988 (heats) 21 September 1988 (finals)
Competitors:	55
Nations:	38
Gold:	Anthony Nesty
Goldnoc:	SUR
Silver:	Matt Biondi
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Andy Jameson
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Win Value:	53.00
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.^[1]

Records

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

The following records were established during the competition:

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			53.34	Q
2	7			53.46	Q
3	6			53.50	Q, NR
4	7			53.78	Q
5	7			53.85	Q
6	6			54.17	Q
7	5			54.31	Q
8	6			54.44	Q
9	7			54.52	q
10	5			54.63	q
11	5			54.66	q
12	5			54.69	q
13	6			54.75	q
14	7			54.82	q
15	5			54.83	q
16	5			54.86	q
17	7			55.20
18	6			55.27
19	7			55.38
20	4			55.54
21	7			55.73
22	6			55.83
23	6			55.84
24	4			56.19
25	4			56.31
26	4			56.37
27	6			56.47
28	5			56.57
29	2			56.72
30	4			56.77
31	3			57.17
32	3			57.25
33	2			57.30
34	1			57.36
35	4			57.41
36	3			57.56
37	3			57.62
38	3			57.74
39	3			57.84
40	2			57.89
41	4			58.04
42	2			59.21
43	2			1:00.13
44	2			1:00.97
45	2			1:01.10
46	1			1:01.15
47	1			1:02.69
48	1			1:03.69
49	1			1:06.25
50	1			1:06.85
51	1			1:09.60
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Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	8			54.52
10	5			54.63
11	4			54.77
12	3			54.79
13	1			54.80
14	7			54.98
15	6			55.00
16	2			55.22

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			53.00
	5			53.01
	4			53.30
4	2			53.33
5	6			53.44
6	8			54.07
7	1			54.09
8	7			54.60

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Butterfly . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162726/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SWI/mens-100-metres-butterfly.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 25 March 2017 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heats. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 410. 27 March 2017.
3. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Finals. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 410–411. 27 March 2017.