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

Event:	Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Games:	1992 Summer
Venue:	Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date:	26 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	61
Nations:	47
Gold:	Nelson Diebel
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Norbert Rózsa
Silvernoc:	HUN
Bronze:	Phil Rogers
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Win Value:	1:01.50
Prev:	1988
Next:	1996

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 26 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:

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	7			1:01.74	Q, NR
2	6	5			1:01.76	Q, NR
3	6	4			1:01.80	Q
4	7	4			1:01.81	Q
5	7	3			1:01.91	Q
6	7	5			1:02.09	Q
7	8	3			1:02.10	Q
8	8	4			1:02.25	Q
9	8	5			1:02.28	q
10	7	2			1:02.48	q
11	6	7			1:02.72	q, NR
12	8	6			1:02.73	q
13	7	7			1:02.81	q
14	8	1			1:03.08	q
15	6	3			1:03.14	q
16	6	6			1:03.23	q
17	7	6			1:03.28
18	5	6			1:03.29
19	5	3			1:03.40
20	5	8			1:03.45	NR
21	5	4			1:03.48
22	6	8			1:03.53
23	8	8			1:03.69
24	6	2			1:03.75
25	6	1			1:03.80
26	5	5			1:03.85
27	5	7			1:04.02
28	5	2			1:04.17
29	4	8			1:04.23	NR
30	5	1			1:04.28
31	7	8			1:04.43
32	4	5			1:04.88
33	3	5			1:04.93
34	7	1			1:05.10
35	3	4			1:05.16
36	8	2			1:05.17
37	4	3			1:05.47
38	4	4			1:05.48
39	3	6			1:05.61
40	4	2			1:05.79
41	4	6			1:06.05
42	3	7			1:06.19
43	2	4			1:06.34
44	4	1			1:07.94
45	3	3			1:06.81
46	3	2			1:07.75
47	3	1			1:07.88
48	2	3			1:07.90
49	2	6			1:08.27
50	1	4			1:09.65
51	2	7			1:10.32
52	1	6			1:12.77
53	2	2			1:13.49
54	1	3			1:13.51
55	2	1			1:13.76
56	2	5			1:14.28
57	1	2			1:15.12
58	1	7			1:16.52
	4	7
	1	5
	1	1

Finals

^[3]

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4			1:01.84
10	1			1:02.39
	2
	8
13	5			1:02.73
	6
15	7			1:03.00
16	3			1:03.21

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			1:01.50
	8			1:01.68
	1			1:01.76	OC
4	5			1:01.86
5	2			1:01.87
6	4			1:02.07
7	6			1:02.32
8	7			1:02.33

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Breaststroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163835/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/SWI/mens-100-metres-breaststroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 12 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 363–364. 31 August 2017.
3. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Finals. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 364. 31 August 2017.