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

Event:	Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Games:	1988 Summer
Venue:	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date:	18 September 1988 (heats) 19 September 1988 (finals)
Competitors:	62
Nations:	47
Gold:	Adrian Moorhouse
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silver:	Károly Güttler
Silvernoc:	HUN
Bronze:	Dmitry Volkov
Bronzenoc:	URS
Win Value:	1:02.04 NR
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

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]

The winning margin was 0.01 seconds which as of 2023 remains the only time this event for men has been won at the Olympics by less than a tenth of a second.

Records

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

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	8			1:02.19	Q, NR
2	6			1:02.48	Q
3	8			1:02.49	Q
4	8			1:02.80	Q
5	7			1:02.86	Q
6	8			1:02.99	Q
7	7			1:03.05	Q
8	7			1:03.08
	7
10	6			1:03.25	q
11	6			1:03.54	q
12	8			1:03.56	q
13	8			1:03.58	q
14	7			1:04.02	q
15	6			1:04.04	q
16	6			1:04.09	q
17	6			1:04.23
18	5			1:04.35
19	7			1:04.43
20	7			1:04.46
21	5			1:04.53
22	5			1:04.56
	5
24	4			1:04.58
25	4			1:04.61
26	3			1:04.68
27	7			1:04.71
28	6			1:04.95
29	8			1:04.96
30	5			1:05.02
31	8			1:05.10
32	4			1:05.19
33	3			1:05.21
34	4			1:05.34
35	3			1:05.37
36	5			1:05.46
37	5			1:05.50
38	6			1:05.54
39	4			1:05.65
40	2			1:05.68
41	2			1:05.87
42	5			1:05.92
43	4			1:06.08
44	3			1:06.22
45	3			1:06.24
46	4			1:06.27
47	4			1:06.30
48	2			1:06.48
49	3			1:06.73
50	3			1:06.74
51	2			1:07.93
52	2			1:08.03
53	3			1:09.49
54	2			1:10.90
55	2			1:11.68
56	1			1:13.94
57	1			1:14.40
58	2			1:14.97
59	1			1:16.18
60	1			1:17.01
61	1			1:17.98
	1

Swimoff

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			1:02.63	Q, *
2	5			1:03.68	Q

* Opted to swim for the consolation final instead.

Finals

^[3]

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	5			1:03.01
10	4			1:03.22
11	6			1:03.40
12	3			1:03.85
13	7			1:03.89
14	2			1:04.04
15	1			1:04.17
16	8			1:04.72

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			1:02.04	NR
	6			1:02.05
	3			1:02.20
4	5			1:02.38
5	8			1:02.50
6	1			1:02.55
7	2			1:02.93
8	7			1:03.43

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Breaststroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162817/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/SWI/mens-100-metres-breaststroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 March 2017 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 408. 27 March 2017.
3. Web site: Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Finals. PDF. Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. 409. 27 March 2017.