Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay explained

Event:Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
Games:1992 Summer
Venue:Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date:31 July 1992 (heats & final)
Competitors:103
Nations:23
Gold:
Jeff Rouse, Nelson Diebel, Pablo Morales, Jon Olsen, David Berkoff*, Hans Dersch*, Melvin Stewart*, Matt Biondi*
Silver:
Vladimir Selkov, Vasily Ivanov, Pavlo Khnykin, Alexander Popov, Vladimir Pyshnenko*, Vladislav Kulikov*, Dmitry Volkov*
Bronze:
Mark Tewksbury, Jonathan Cleveland, Marcel Gery, Stephen Clarke, Tom Ponting*
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
Win Value:3:36.93
Prev:1988
Next:1996

The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 31 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 new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
31 July Final 53.86 BK
31 July Final Jeff Rouse (53.86)
Nelson Diebel (1:01.45)
Pablo Morales (52.83)
Jon Olsen (48.79)
align=left 3:36.93

BK – Backstroke lead-off leg

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest teams advance to the final (Q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 3 4 David Berkoff (55.05)
Hans Dersch (1:01.79)
Melvin Stewart (54.34)
Matt Biondi (48.66)
3:39.84 Q
2 3 5 Vladimir Selkov (56.29)
Dmitry Volkov (1:01.87)
Vladislav Kulikov (54.43)
Vladimir Pyshnenko (49.63)
3:42.22 Q
3 1 4 Mark Tewksbury (55.64)
Jonathan Cleveland (1:02.16)
Marcel Gery (54.14)
Tom Ponting (50.53)
3:42.47 Q
4 2 6 Tino Weber (56.13)
Mark Warnecke (1:02.75)
Christian Keller (54.11)
Bengt Zikarsky (50.01)
3:43.00 Q
5 2 5 Franck Schott (56.63)
Stéphane Vossart (1:02.50)
Franck Esposito (54.58)
Christophe Kalfayan (49.42)
3:43.13 Q
6 1 5 Tamás Deutsch (56.88)
Norbert Rózsa (1:01.18)
Péter Horváth (54.95)
Béla Szabados (50.60)
3:43.61 Q, NR
7 2 4 Tom Stachewicz (57.17)
Phil Rogers (1:01.89)
Jon Sieben (54.73)
Chris Fydler (49.99)
3:43.78 Q
8 1 3 Hajime Itoi (56.70)
Akira Hayashi (1:01.47)
Keiichi Kawanaka (54.56)
Tsutomu Nakano (51.15)
3:43.88 Q, NR
9 3 3 Martin Harris (57.45)
Nick Gillingham (1:01.63)
Richard Leishman (54.88)
Roland Lee (50.00)
3:43.96
10 3 6 Martín López-Zubero (55.72)
Ramón Camallonga (1:03.02)
Jaime Fernández (54.60)
Carlos Ventosa (50.78)
3:44.12
11 3 2 Emanuele Merisi (57.25)
Gianni Minervini (1:02.96)
Leonardo Michelotti (54.66)
Massimo Trevisan (49.43)
3:44.30
12 1 6 Manuel Guzmán (57.50)
Todd Torres (1:02.49)
David Monasterio (56.48)
Ricardo Busquets (50.05)
3:46.52 NR
13 2 3 Lin Laijiu (57.54)
Chen Jianhong (1:02.46)
Shen Jianqiang (55.06)
Xie Jun (51.79)
3:46.85
14 1 7 Seddon Keyter (58.44)
Kenneth Cawood (1:03.49)
Peter Williams (54.13)
Darryl Cronjé (50.80)
3:46.86 AF
15 1 2 Ilmar Ojase (57.24)
Marko Pachel (1:03.32)
Aldo Suurväli (55.57)
Indrek Sei (50.74)
3:46.87
16 2 2 Yasuhiro Vandewalle (56.65)
Frédérik Deburghgraeve (1:02.89)
Stefaan Maene (55.46)
Marc Verbeeck (52.64)
3:47.64
17 3 7 Thomas Sopp (58.54)
Børge Mørk (1:05.08)
Trond Høines (57.27)
Jarl Inge Melberg (51.53)
3:52.42
18 3 1 Raymond Papa (57.86)
Patrick Concepcion (1:04.85)
Joseph Eric Buhain (55.95)
Leo Najera (54.98)
3:53.64 NR
19 2 1 Arthur Li Kai Yien (1:01.59)
Andrew Rutherfurd (1:04.87)
Duncan Todd (57.99)
Michael Wright (52.01)
3:56.46
20 2 7 Jani Sievinen (1:13.02)
Petri Suominen (1:04.89)
Vesa Hanski (57.37)
Antti Kasvio (50.90)
4:06.18
21 2 8 Mohamed Bin Abid (1:08.88)
Obaid Al-Rumaithi (1:13.20)
Mohamed Khamis (1:02.51)
Ahmad Faraj (56.44)
4:21.03
22 1 7 Patrick Sagisi (1:01.65)
Glenn Diaz (1:10.03)
Ray Flores (1:01.62)
Adrian Romero (54.68)
4:07.98 NR
23 3 8 Roberto Bonilla (1:04.65)
Helder Torres (1:12.87)
Gustavo Bucaro (1:00.12)
Andrés Sedano (55.01)
4:12.65

Final

[3]

Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes
4 Jeff Rouse (53.86)
Nelson Diebel (1:01.45)
Pablo Morales (52.83)
Jon Olsen (48.79)
3:36.93
5 Vladimir Selkov (55.50)
Vasily Ivanov (1:01.59)
Pavlo Khnykin (53.56)
Alexander Popov (47.91)
3:38.56 EU
3 Mark Tewksbury (54.09)
Jonathan Cleveland (1:01.93)
Marcel Gery (53.72)
Stephen Clarke (49.92)
3:39.66
4 6 Tino Weber (55.75)
Mark Warnecke (1:01.89)
Christian Keller (53.93)
Mark Pinger (48.62)
3:40.19 NR
5 2 Franck Schott (55.46)
Stéphane Vossart (1:02.22)
Bruno Gutzeit (53.87)
Stéphan Caron (48.96)
3:40.51 NR
6 7 Tamás Deutsch (56.18)
Norbert Rózsa (1:00.84)
Péter Horváth (54.85)
Béla Szabados (50.16)
3:42.03 NR
7 1 Tom Stachewicz (56.84)
Phil Rogers (1:01.31)
Jon Sieben (54.78)
Chris Fydler (49.72)
3:42.65
8 8 Hajime Itoi (56.53)
Akira Hayashi (1:00.98)
Keiichi Kawanaka (54.32)
Tsutomu Nakano (51.42)
3:43.25 NR

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 4 x 100 metres Medley Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163840/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/SWI/mens-4-x-100-metres-medley-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
  2. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Heats. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 371. 5 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Final. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 369. 5 September 2017.