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

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]

Records

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

The following records were established during the competition:

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	7	4	54.63	Q
2	6	5	54.75	Q
3	6	4	54.84	Q
4	5	4	55.37	Q
5	5	8	55.72	Q
6	7	5	55.84	Q
7	7	6	55.99	Q, NR
8	5	5	56.03	Q
9	5	3	56.18	q
10	5	6	56.20	q
11	6	6	56.27	q
12	7	7	56.34	q
13	7	2	56.47	q
14	3	7	56.59	q, NR
15	5	7	56.62	q
16	4	5	56.80	q
17	5	2	56.93
18	7	8	56.98
19	6	1	57.03
20	7	3	57.08
21	4	2	57.28
22	6	3	57.38
23	7	1	57.40
24	4	7	57.57
24	6	7	57.57
26	3	5	57.61
27	4	4	57.64
28	5	1	57.67
29	2	4	57.72	NR
30	4	3	57.75
31	6	2	57.85
32	4	8	57.94
33	6	8	57.96
34	3	1	58.17
35	3	3	58.22
36	3	2	58.25
37	3	4	58.26
38	3	8	58.42
39	4	1	58.45
40	3	6	58.62
41	2	5	59.02
42	2	1	59.37
43	2	2	59.58
44	2	3	59.92
45	4	6	1:00.08
46	2	7	1:01.84
47	1	5	1:02.72
48	2	6	1:03.10
49	1	6	1:04.60
50	1	2	1:04.92
51	1	3	1:05.53
52	1	7	1:08.22
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Web site: Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163850/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/SWI/mens-100-metres-backstroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 12 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Heats. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 361–362. 27 August 2017.
Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Finals. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 362. 27 August 2017.