1988 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)
sport | swim | ||||||||
discipline | 100 m freestyle | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 78 athletes from 50 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Jamsil swimming pool | ||||||||
Competition phase | September 22, 1988 | ||||||||
Winning time | 48.63 s | ||||||||
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Swimming competitions at the 1988 Olympic Games |
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50 m freestyle | Men | Women |
100 m freestyle | Men | Women |
200 m freestyle | Men | Women |
400 m freestyle | Men | Women |
800 m freestyle | Women | |
1500 m freestyle | Men | |
100 m back | Men | Women |
200 m back | Men | Women |
100 m chest | Men | Women |
200 m chest | Men | Women |
100 m butterfly | Men | Women |
200 m butterfly | Men | Women |
200 m layers | Men | Women |
400 m layers | Men | Women |
4 × 100 m freestyle | Men | Women |
4 × 200 m freestyle | Men | |
4 × 100 m layers | Men | Women |
The men's 100-meter freestyle swimming competition at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul was held on September 22nd. Matthew Biondi from the United States won the gold medal with a new Olympic record. His compatriot Christopher Jacobs won silver and Stéphan Caron from France won bronze.
Records
Before the start of the Olympic Games, the following records were valid.
World record | 49.44 s | Matthew Biondi | Austin , United States | August 10, 1988 |
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Olympic record | 49.99 s | Ambrose Gaines | Los Angeles , United States | July 31, 1984 |
The following new records were set:
Olympic record | 49.20 s | Christopher Jacobs | Forward 8 |
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49.04 s | Matthew Biondi | Forward 10 | |
48.63 s | Matthew Biondi | A final |
Results
Prelims
The eight fastest swimmers of all runs qualified for the A final. Places 9 to 16 for the B final.
B final
rank | train | athlete | nation | Time (s) | Note |
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9 | 1 | Tom Stachewicz | Australia | 50.71 | |
10 | 2 | Sandy Goss | Canada | 50.73 | |
11 | 8th | Stéfan Voléry | Switzerland | 50.74 | |
12 | 3 | Sven Lodziewski | GDR | 51.00 | |
13 | 5 | Franz Mortensen | Denmark | 51.05 | |
14th | 6th | Thomas Fahrner | BR Germany | 51.12 | |
15th | 7th | Tsvetan Golomeev | Bulgaria | 51.16 | |
16 | 4th | Hilton Woods | Netherlands Antilles | 51.25 |
A final
rank | train | athlete | nation | Time (s) | Note |
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1 | 4th | Matthew Biondi | United States | 48.63 | OR |
2 | 5 | Christopher Jacobs | United States | 49.08 | |
3 | 3 | Stéphan Caron | France | 49.62 | |
4th | 2 | Gennady Prigoda | Soviet Union | 49.75 | |
5 | 6th | Iurie Bascatov | Soviet Union | 50.08 | |
6th | 1 | Andrew Baildon | Australia | 50.23 | |
7th | 7th | Per Johansson | Sweden | 50.35 | |
8th | 8th | Tommy Werner | Sweden | 50.54 |