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


The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

Records

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

Competition format

The competition used the A/B final format instituted in 1984. The competition consisted of two rounds: heats and finals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the A final, competing for medals through 8th place. The swimmers with the next 8 times in the semifinals competed in the B final for 9th through 16th place. Swim-offs were used as necessary to determine advancement.

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A, while the next eight to final B.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1103Alexander Popov49.29Q
2105Gustavo Borges49.49Q
384Jon Olsen49.63Q
4104Matt Biondi49.75Q
594Stéphan Caron49.82Q
686Tommy Werner50.00Q
6102Gennadiy Prigoda50.00Q
897Christian Tröger50.05Q
993Raimundas Mažuolis50.17q
1083Chris Fydler50.26q
1195Nils Rudolph50.29q
1296Christophe Kalfayan50.30q
1373Ricardo Busquets50.31q
14101John Steel50.59q
14107Andrew Baildon50.59q
1685Giorgio Lamberti50.65q,
17106Roberto Gleria50.66q
1882Håkan Karlsson50.73
1888Stephen Clarke50.73
2081Béla Szabados50.78
2192Mike Fibbens50.93
2274Rodrigo González51.04
2361Stéfan Voléry51.05
24108Paul Howe51.12
2591Emanuel Nascimento51.17
2698Franz Mortensen51.29
2787Uğur Taner51.34
2875Jarl Inge Melberg51.39
2976Seddon Keyter51.42
3012Mladen Kapor51.44
3171Yoav Bruck51.46
3266Indrek Sei51.47
3272Yves Clausse51.47
3478Tsutomu Nakano51.63
3565Krzysztof Cwalina51.70
3667Nicholas Sanders51.77
3762Giovanni Linscheer51.82
3857Janne Blomqvist51.86
3968Michael Wright51.88
4064Xie Jun51.94
4163Darren Ward52.05
4254Arthur Li Kai Yien52.22
4351Allan Murray52.43
4452Stavros Michaelides52.54
4548Shigeo Ogata52.74
4655Ivor Le Roux52.92
4746Enrico Linscheer52.94
4856Marc Verbeeck52.97
4953Sebastián Lasave53.07
5045Geribryan Mewett53.14
5134Ian Steed Raynor53.16
5244Mohamed El-Azoul53.31
5343Nikos Paleokrassas53.47
5435Rhoderick McGown53.65
5558Patrick Sagisi53.90
5641Kenneth Yeo54.44
5733Plutarco Castellanos54.66
5837Gustavo Bucaro54.74
5926Adrian Romero54.77
6036Laurent Alfred54.89
6131Helder Torres55.38
6247Frank Leskaj55.50
6324Émile Lahoud55.51
6411Mouhamed Diop55.82
6523Hussein Al-Sadiq55.96
6622Ahmad Faraj56.05
6725Ivan Roberts56.15
6817Bruno N'Diaye56.39
6932Jarrah Al-Asmawi56.72
7021Mohamed Bin Abid56.82
7127Carl Probert57.25
7214Kenny Roberts58.86
7315Foy Gordon Chung1:03.96
7413Ahmed Imthiyaz1:04.96
7516Mohamed Rasheed1:08.12
42Nayef Al-Hasawi
77Peter Williams

Finals

Final B

Final A