Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
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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]
| Men's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
| Date | 30 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 53 from 37 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 53.98 OR | ||||||||||||
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Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | 53.93 | Edmonton, Canada | 25 August 1991 | |
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| Olympic record | 54.51 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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| 30 July | Final A | Mark Tewksbury | 53.98 | OR |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 5 | Yasuhiro Vandewalle | 56.36 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Stefaan Maene | 56.47 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Tino Weber | 56.49 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Hajime Itoi | 56.64 | ||
| 13 | 2 | Tamás Deutsch | 56.70 | ||
| 14 | 1 | Carlos Ventosa | 56.78 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Georgi Mihalev | 56.85 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Emanuele Merisi | 57.71 |
Final A
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Mark Tewksbury | 53.98 | OR | ||
| 4 | Jeff Rouse | 54.04 | |||
| 3 | David Berkoff | 54.78 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Martín López-Zubero | 54.96 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Vladimir Selkov | 55.49 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Franck Schott | 55.72 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Rodolfo Falcón | 55.76 | NR | |
| 8 | 8 | Dirk Richter | 56.26 |