1988 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)
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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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![]() 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 |
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Austin , United States | August 10, 1988 |
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Olympic record | 49.99 s |
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Los Angeles , United States | July 31, 1984 |
The following new records were set:
Olympic record | 49.20 s |
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Forward 8 |
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49.04 s |
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Forward 10 | |
48.63 s |
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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 |
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50.71 | |
10 | 2 | Sandy Goss |
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50.73 | |
11 | 8th | Stéfan Voléry |
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50.74 | |
12 | 3 | Sven Lodziewski |
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51.00 | |
13 | 5 | Franz Mortensen |
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51.05 | |
14th | 6th | Thomas Fahrner |
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51.12 | |
15th | 7th | Tsvetan Golomeev |
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51.16 | |
16 | 4th | Hilton Woods |
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51.25 |
A final
rank | train | athlete | nation | Time (s) | Note |
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1 | 4th | Matthew Biondi |
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48.63 | OR |
2 | 5 | Christopher Jacobs |
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49.08 | |
3 | 3 | Stéphan Caron |
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49.62 | |
4th | 2 | Gennady Prigoda |
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49.75 | |
5 | 6th | Iurie Bascatov |
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50.08 | |
6th | 1 | Andrew Baildon |
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50.23 | |
7th | 7th | Per Johansson |
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50.35 | |
8th | 8th | Tommy Werner |
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50.54 |