Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
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Swimming events at the 1988 Summer Olympics ![]() |
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Freestyle | ||||
50 m | men | women | ||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | women | |||
1500 m | men | |||
Backstroke | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Breaststroke | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Butterfly | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Individual medley | ||||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
Freestyle relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women | ||
4×200 m | men | |||
Medley relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 100 backstroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics was held on September 24, 1998, with both preliminaries and finals on the same day.
Records
The existing World and Olympic records at the time of the competition were:
World record | ![]() |
54.91 | Austin, TX, USA | 13 August 1988 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
55.41 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 4 August 1984 |
Finals
A Final
Place | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Daichi Suzuki | ![]() |
55.05 | ||
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David Berkoff | ![]() |
55.18 | ||
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Igor Polyansky | ![]() |
55.20 | ||
4 | Sergei Zabolotnov | ![]() |
55.37 | ||
5 | Mark Tewksbury | ![]() |
56.09 | ||
6 | Frank Baltrusch | ![]() |
56.10 | ||
7 | Frank Hoffmeister | ![]() |
56.19 | ||
8 | Sean Murphy | ![]() |
56.32 |
B Final
Place | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | Dirk Richter | ![]() |
56.66 | ||
10 | Franck Schott | ![]() |
56.98 | ||
11 | Jay Mortenson | ![]() |
57.06 | ||
12 | Shigemori Maruyama | ![]() |
57.13 | ||
13 | Georgi Mihalev | ![]() |
57.17 | ||
14 | David Lim | ![]() |
57.72 | ||
15 | Manuel Guzmán | ![]() |
57.95 | ||
16 | Eðvarð Eðvarðsson | ![]() |
58.20 |
Preliminary heats
References
- Swimming World Magazine, November 1988.
- The Complete Book of the Olympics by David Wallechinsky. Published by Aurum Press Limited; 1996.