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

Event:	Men's 100 metre backstroke
Games:	1988 Summer
Venue:	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date:	24 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	54
Nations:	42
Gold:	Daichi Suzuki
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	David Berkoff
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Igor Polyansky
Bronzenoc:	URS
Win Value:	55.05 AS
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 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:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
24 September	Heat 6			55.04
24 September	Heat 7			54.51

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	7			54.51	Q,
2	6			55.04	Q
3	7			55.90	Q
4	7			56.13	Q
5	7			56.19	Q
6	5			56.20	Q
	6				Q
8	6			56.45	Q
9	5			56.52	q
10	6			56.76	q
11	6			57.06	q
12	5			57.08	q,
13	5			57.19	q
14	3			57.34	q, NR
15	5			57.54	q
16	4			57.62	q
17	5			57.70	q
18	6			57.74
19	7			57.80
20	7			57.91
21	6			58.01
22	4			58.02
23	4			58.06
24	4			58.17
25	3			58.25
26	3			58.37
27	5			58.40
28	4			58.65
29	3			58.82
30	5			58.88
31	4			58.90
32	5			59.06
33	3			59.19
34	3			59.24
35	4			59.36
36	3			59.37
37	5			59.48
38	4			59.76
39	3			1:00.76
40	2			1:01.25
41	2			1:01.86
42	2			1:01.91
	2
44	2			1:02.95
45	2			1:03.11
46	2			1:03.90
47	2			1:05.06
48	1			1:07.63
49	1			1:08.91
50	1			1:09.35
51	1			1:10.01
52	1			1:12.50
	1

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4			56.66
10	5			56.98
11	6			57.06
12	7			57.13
13	3			57.17
14	2			57.72
15	1			57.95
16	8			58.20

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			55.05	AS
	4			55.18
	5			55.20
4	6			55.37
5	1			56.09
6	8			56.10
7	2			56.19
8	7			56.32

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162759/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SWI/mens-100-metres-backstroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 22 March 2017 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Heats. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 406–407. 27 March 2017.
3. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Finals. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 407. 27 March 2017.