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

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
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date30 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors53 from 37 nations
Winning time53.98 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mark Tewksbury  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jeff Rouse  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) David Berkoff  United States
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Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Jeff Rouse (USA) 53.93 Edmonton, Canada 25 August 1991
Olympic record   David Berkoff (USA) 54.51 Seoul, South Korea 24 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
30 July Final A Mark Tewksbury   Canada 53.98 OR

Results

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Heats

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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 7 4 Jeff Rouse   United States 54.63 Q
2 6 5 Mark Tewksbury   Canada 54.75 Q
3 6 4 David Berkoff   United States 54.84 Q
4 5 4 Martín López-Zubero   Spain 55.37 Q
5 5 8 Vladimir Selkov   Unified Team 55.72 Q
6 7 5 Franck Schott   France 55.84 Q
7 7 6 Rodolfo Falcón   Cuba 55.99 Q, NR
8 5 5 Dirk Richter   Germany 56.03 Q
9 5 3 Hajime Itoi   Japan 56.18 q
10 5 6 Yasuhiro Vandewalle   Belgium 56.20 q
11 6 6 Tino Weber   Germany 56.27 q
12 7 7 Stefaan Maene   Belgium 56.34 q
13 7 2 Tamás Deutsch   Hungary 56.47 q
14 3 7 Georgi Mihalev   Bulgaria 56.59 q, NR
15 5 7 Carlos Ventosa   Spain 56.62 q
16 4 5 Emanuele Merisi   Italy 56.80 q
17 5 2 Manuel Guzmán   Puerto Rico 56.93
18 7 8 Raymond Brown   Canada 56.98
19 6 1 Tom Stachewicz   Australia 57.03
20 7 3 Ilmar Ojase   Estonia 57.08
21 4 2 Rogério Romero   Brazil 57.28
22 6 3 Derya Büyükuncu   Turkey 57.38
23 7 1 Stefano Battistelli   Italy 57.40
24 4 7 Rastislav Bizub   Czechoslovakia 57.57
6 7 Martin Harris   Great Britain
26 3 5 Marcel Blažo   Czechoslovakia 57.61
27 4 4 Keita Soraoka   Japan 57.64
28 5 1 Eran Groumi   Israel 57.67
29 2 4 Alejandro Alvizuri   Peru 57.72 NR
30 4 3 Adam Ruckwood   Great Britain 57.75
31 6 2 Lin Laijiu   China 57.85
32 4 8 Seddon Keyter   South Africa 57.94
33 6 8 Simon Percy   New Zealand 57.96
34 3 1 Dragomir Markov   Bulgaria 58.17
35 3 3 Sebastián Lasave   Argentina 58.22
36 3 2 David Holderbach   France 58.25
37 3 4 Rudi Dollmayer   Sweden 58.26
38 3 8 Ricardo Busquets   Puerto Rico 58.42
39 4 1 Thomas Sopp   Norway 58.45
40 3 6 Ji Sang-jun   South Korea 58.62
41 2 5 Olivér Ágh   Hungary 59.02
42 2 1 Miguel Arrobas   Portugal 59.37
43 2 2 Raymond Papa   Philippines 59.58
44 2 3 Leo Najera   Philippines 59.92
45 4 6 Toby Haenen   Australia 1:00.08
46 2 7 Patrick Sagisi   Guam 1:01.84
47 1 5 Marcos Prono   Paraguay 1:02.72
48 2 6 Timothy Eneas   Bahamas 1:03.10
49 1 6 Salvador Jiménez   Honduras 1:04.60
50 1 2 Carl Probert   Fiji 1:04.92
51 1 3 Jarrah Al-Asmawi   Kuwait 1:05.53
52 1 7 Abdullah Sultan   United Arab Emirates 1:08.22
1 4 Nayef Al-Hasawi   Kuwait DNS

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 5 Yasuhiro Vandewalle   Belgium 56.36
10 6 Stefaan Maene   Belgium 56.47
11 3 Tino Weber   Germany 56.49
12 4 Hajime Itoi   Japan 56.64
13 2 Tamás Deutsch   Hungary 56.70
14 1 Carlos Ventosa   Spain 56.78
15 7 Georgi Mihalev   Bulgaria 56.85
16 8 Emanuele Merisi   Italy 57.71

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Mark Tewksbury   Canada 53.98 OR
  4 Jeff Rouse   United States 54.04
  3 David Berkoff   United States 54.78
4 6 Martín López-Zubero   Spain 54.96
5 2 Vladimir Selkov   Unified Team 55.49
6 7 Franck Schott   France 55.72
7 1 Rodolfo Falcón   Cuba 55.76 NR
8 8 Dirk Richter   Germany 56.26

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 361–362. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 362. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
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