1992 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)
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sport | swim | ||||||||
discipline | 100 m freestyle | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 77 athletes from 57 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 28, 1992 | ||||||||
Winning time | 49.02 s ![]() |
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![]() 1992 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 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona was held on July 28th. The Russian Alexander Popov , who competed for the United Team , became Olympic champion. Silver went to the Brazilian Gustavo Borges and bronze, like in the previous games, went to Stéphan Caron from France.
Records
Before the start of the Olympic Games, the following records were valid.
World record | 48.42 s |
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Austin , United States | August 10, 1988 |
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Olympic record | 48.63 s |
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Seoul , South Korea | September 22, 1988 |
No new world or Olympic records have been set.
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 | 2 | Ricardo Busquets |
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49.92 | NO |
10 | 4th | Raimundas Mažuolis |
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50.13 | |
11 | 6th | Christophe Kalfayan |
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50.49 | |
12 | 3 | Nils Rudolph |
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50.62 | |
13 | 7th | John Steel |
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50.69 | |
14th | 5 | Chris Fydler |
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50.78 | |
15th | 8th | Roberto Gleria |
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50.81 | |
16 | 1 | Andrew Baildon |
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50.93 |
A final
rank | train | athlete | nation | Time (s) | Note |
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1 | 4th | Alexander Popov |
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49.02 | NO |
2 | 5 | Gustavo Borges |
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49.43 | CR |
3 | 2 | Stéphan Caron |
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49.50 | |
4th | 3 | Jon Olsen |
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49.51 | |
5 | 6th | Matt Biondi |
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49.53 | |
6th | 1 | Tommy Werner |
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49.63 | |
7th | 8th | Christian Tröger |
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49.84 | |
8th | 7th | Gennady Prigoda |
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50.25 |