Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:	20 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	45
Nations:	41
Gold:	Frédérik Deburghgraeve
Goldnoc:	BEL
Silver:	Jeremy Linn
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Mark Warnecke
Bronzenoc:	GER
Longnames:	yes
Win Value:	1:00.65
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 20 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.^[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	6	4			1:00.60	Q,
2	4	3			1:01.53	Q
3	5	3			1:01.79	Q
4	5	4			1:01.80	Q
	5	5				Q
6	6	6			1:02.00	Q
7	4	5			1:02.01	Q
8	5	2			1:02.26	Q
9	5	1			1:02.46	q, NR
10	5	6			1:02.63	q
11	5	8			1:02.69	q
	6	5				q
13	4	4			1:02.70	q
14	6	3			1:02.72	q,
15	4	6			1:02.76	q
16	4	7			1:02.78	q
17	6	2			1:02.80	q
18	4	2			1:02.92
	6	1
20	3	1			1:03.05	NR
21	5	7			1:03.08
22	6	7			1:03.13
23	6	8			1:03.14
24	4	8			1:03.39
25	4	1			1:03.57
26	3	3			1:03.81
27	3	4			1:04.20
28	3	5			1:04.45
29	3	8			1:04.46	NR
30	2	4			1:04.87
31	3	7			1:04.92
32	2	3			1:05.22
33	3	2			1:05.26
34	2	7			1:05.47	NR
35	2	2			1:05.50
36	2	6			1:05.66
37	2	5			1:05.82
38	3	6			1:05.85
39	1	3			1:06.03	NR
40	2	8			1:06.97
41	1	6			1:07.34
42	2	1			1:07.44
43	1	5			1:09.05
44	1	2			1:11.47
45	1	4			1:12.65

Finals

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Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	8			1:02.28
10	4			1:02.39	NR
11	1			1:02.51
12	5			1:02.75
13	2			1:02.91
14	7			1:03.05
15	3			1:03.51
	6

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			1:00.65
	5			1:00.77	AM
	3			1:01.33	NR
4	2			1:01.49
5	6			1:01.64	OC
6	1			1:01.69
7	8			1:02.01
8	7			1:02.13

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Breaststroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165318/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/mens-100-metres-breaststroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 16 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 43–44. 10 September 2017.
3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Finals. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 44. 9 September 2017.