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

Event:	Men's 100 metre butterfly
Games:	1992 Summer
Venue:	Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date:	27 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	71
Nations:	59
Gold:	Pablo Morales
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Rafał Szukała
Silvernoc:	POL
Bronze:	Anthony Nesty
Bronzenoc:	SUR
Win Value:	53.32
Prev:	1988
Next:	1996

The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.^[1]

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	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8	4			53.59	Q
2	7	3			53.60	Q
3	9	4			53.89	Q
4	8	5			53.94	Q
5	9	7			54.02	Q
6	1	8			54.04	Q, NR
7	9	2			54.23	Q
8	7	4			54.26	Q
9	7	7			54.35	q
10	6	8			54.47	q
11	7	5			54.53	q
12	8	7			54.57	q
13	8	2			54.59	q
14	9	3			54.67	q
15	8	3			54.77	q
16	7	2			54.78	q
17	8	1			54.80
18	7	1			54.87
19	8	6			54.96
20	6	1			55.18
	6	4
22	9	1			55.26
23	7	8			55.28
24	7	6			55.31
25	5	2			55.44
26	5	5			55.45
	6	3
28	6	5			55.49
29	9	8			55.62
30	5	8			55.78	NR
31	5	7			55.81
32	4	8			55.85	NR
33	9	6			55.95
34	5	4			55.98
35	6	2			56.09
36	4	5			56.19
37	5	3			56.20
38	8	8			56.30
39	4	3			56.47
40	5	1			56.50
41	3	7			56.53
42	4	4			56.65
43	6	6			56.68
44	1	1			56.81	NR
45	4	7			56.94
46	4	6			57.07
47	6	7			57.27
48	4	1			57.29
49	3	5			58.08
50	3	3			58.20
51	3	7			58.21
52	3	4			58.36
53	3	1			58.37
54	3	8			58.50
55	5	6			58.86
56	2	7			59.03
57	2	2			59.68
	2	4
59	2	5			1:00.11
60	2	3			1:00.77
61	2	8			1:01.00
62	1	3			1:01.10
63	2	6			1:01.14
64	1	5			1:01.38
65	1	4			1:01.63
66	1	2			1:01.72
67	1	6			1:03.76
68	1	7			1:04.10
	1	1
	3	2
	4	2

Finals

^[3]

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	5			54.30
10	7			54.73
11	4			54.80
12	8			54.85
13	6			54.93
14	2			54.94
15	3			54.96
16	1			55.00

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			53.32
	5			53.35	NR
	3			53.41
4	2			53.81
5	8			54.04
6	6			54.18
7	7			54.19
8	1			54.25

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Butterfly . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163832/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/SWI/mens-100-metres-butterfly.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heats. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 365–366. 1 September 2017.
3. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Finals. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 366. 1 September 2017.