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

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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

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.