Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre breaststroke

The men's 100 breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. The swimming competition, held from September 18 to September 25, was notable for the seven medals, including five golds, won by Matt Biondi, the six golds won by Kristin Otto, and the three individual golds won by Janet Evans...

was held on September 18 (prelims) and September 19 (finals).

Records

The existing World and Olympic records at the time of the competition were:

A Final

Place	Name	Time
	Adrian Moorhouse Adrian Moorhouse Adrian David Moorhouse MBE is a British former swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won the 100 m breaststroke gold medal at the Seoul Olympics. Since then Moorhouse, a former pupil of Bradford Grammar School, has translated his sporting success to a successful career...	1:02.04
	Károly Güttler Károly Güttler Károly Güttler is a former breaststroker from Hungary, who represented his native country at four consecutive Olympics, beginning with the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and ending with the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...	1:02.05
	Dmitry Volkov	1:02.20
4^th	Victor Davis Victor Davis Victor Davis, CM was a Canadian Olympic and world champion swimmer, a well known breaststroker from Canada. He also enjoyed success in the individual medley and the butterfly.-Biography:...	1:02.38
5^th	Tamas Debnar	1:02.50
6^th	Richard Schroeder Richard Schroeder Richard Alan "Rich" Schroeder is a two-time Olympic breaststroke swimmer from the United States. He competed at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics; and earned a gold medal at both Games for his legs on the USA's winning 4x100 Medley Relay .-References:...	1:02.55
7^th	Gianni Minervini	1:02.93
8^th	Christian Poswiat	1:03.43

B Final

Place	Name	Time
9^th	Alexei Matveev	1:03.01
10^th	Ronald Dekker Ron Dekker Ronald "Ron" Dekker is a former swimmer from Netherlands on the breaststroke. He was a specialist on short course, and won the silver medal on the 100 metres breaststroke at the 1993 FINA Short Course World Championships in Palma de Mallorca.-External links:*...	1:03.22
11^th	Mark Warnecke Mark Warnecke Mark Warnecke is a German former breaststroke swimmer who, at age 35, won the world title in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Canada. That made him the oldest swimming world champion since 1971...	1:03.40
12^th	Alexander Mayer	1:03.85
13^th	Hironobu Nagahata	1:03.89
14^th	Petri Suominen	1:04.04
15^th	Daniel Watters	1:04.17
16^th	Chen Jianhong	1:04.72

Preliminary heats

Rank	Name	Time	Notes
1	Adrian Moorhouse Adrian Moorhouse Adrian David Moorhouse MBE is a British former swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won the 100 m breaststroke gold medal at the Seoul Olympics. Since then Moorhouse, a former pupil of Bradford Grammar School, has translated his sporting success to a successful career...	1:02.19	q-A
2	Victor Davis Victor Davis Victor Davis, CM was a Canadian Olympic and world champion swimmer, a well known breaststroker from Canada. He also enjoyed success in the individual medley and the butterfly.-Biography:...	1:02.48	q-A
3	Dmitry Volkov	1:02.49	q-A
4	Károly Güttler Károly Güttler Károly Güttler is a former breaststroker from Hungary, who represented his native country at four consecutive Olympics, beginning with the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and ending with the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...	1:02.80	q-A
5	Gianni Minervini	1:02.86	q-A
6	Christian Poswiat	1:02.99	q-A
7	Richard Schroeder Richard Schroeder Richard Alan "Rich" Schroeder is a two-time Olympic breaststroke swimmer from the United States. He competed at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics; and earned a gold medal at both Games for his legs on the USA's winning 4x100 Medley Relay .-References:...	1:03.05	q-A
8	Ronald Dekker Ron Dekker Ronald "Ron" Dekker is a former swimmer from Netherlands on the breaststroke. He was a specialist on short course, and won the silver medal on the 100 metres breaststroke at the 1993 FINA Short Course World Championships in Palma de Mallorca.-External links:*...	1:03.08	q-A swim-off= 1:02.63
8	Tamás Debnár	1:03.08	q-B swim-off= 1:03.68
10	Alexei Mateev	1:03.25	q-B
11	Alexander Mayer	1:03.54	q-B
12	Mark Warnecke Mark Warnecke Mark Warnecke is a German former breaststroke swimmer who, at age 35, won the world title in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Canada. That made him the oldest swimming world champion since 1971...	1:03.56	q-B
13	Petri Suominen	1:03.58	q-B
14	Hironobu Nagahata	1:04.02	q-B
15	Daniel Watters	1:04.04	q-B
16	Chen Jianhong	1:04.09	q-B
17	James Parrack James Parrack James Parrack is an English sports journalist and former competitive swimmer.As a breaststroke swimmer, he represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games on Seoul and England at the 1990 and 1994 Commonwealth Games, picking up silver at the 1990 games.Parrack currently commentates on swimming...	1:04.23
18	Kenji Watanaoe	1:04.35
19	Rablo Restrepo	1:04.43
20	Raik Hannemann	1:04.46
21	Pierre-Yves Eberie	1:04.53
22	Ian McAdam	1:04.56
22	David Leblanc	1:04.56
24	Hsin-Yen Tsai	1:04.58
25	Radek Beinhauer	1:04.61
26	Joo-Il Yoon	1:04.68
27	Étienne Dagon Étienne Dagon Étienne Dagon is a former breaststroke swimmer from Switzerland who won the bronze medal in the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. For that performance he was named Swiss Sportsman of the Year.-References:...	1:04.71
28	Alexander Marcek	1:04.95
29	Thomas Boehm	1:04.96
30	Fu Jin	1:05.02
31	Cameron Grant	1:05.10
32	Joaquín Fernández Joaquín Fernández Joaquín Fernández Corredor is a former medley and breaststroke swimmer from Spain. He competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.-References:*...	1:05.19
33	Sidney Appelboom	1:05.21
34	Gary O'Toole Gary O'Toole Gary O'Toole, M.D., is a retired Irish Olympic swimmer. He represented Ireland at the Seoul, and Barcelona Games.While studying at University College Dublin, O'Toole won a 200 m breaststroke silver medal at the 1989 European Long Course Championships in Bonn...	1:05.34
35	Javier Careaga Javier Careaga Javier Careaga Tagueña is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul, South Korea ....	1:05.37
36	Cédric Penicaud Cédric Penicaud Cédric Penicaud is a retired breaststroke swimmer from France, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He won a silver medal at the 1991 European Long Course Championships in Athens, Greece as a member of the French relay team in the men's 4×100 m...	1:05.46
37	Cicero Torteli	1:05.50
38	Jan Erick Olsen	1:05.54
39	Anthony Beks Anthony Beks Anthony Johannes Joseph Maria Beks is a former breaststroke swimmer from New Zealand, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the 100m and 200m Breaststroke. He was born in Christchurch.-External...	1:05.65
40	Alexandre Yokochi Alexandre Yokochi Alexandre Felske Tadayuki Yokochi was a Portuguese swimmer and is a professor of chemical engineering at Oregon State University....	1:05.68
41	Yue Meng Ng	1:05.87
42	Eyal Shtigman	1:05.92
43	Sergio López Sergio López Miró Sergio López Miró is a former international top swimmer from Spain, who won the bronze medal in the 200 meters breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....	1:06.08
44	Wirmandi Sugriat	1:06.22
45	Luc van de Vondel	1:06.24
46	Richard Lockhart	1:06.27
47	Nikolaos Fokianos	1:06.30
48	Lars Sørensen	1:06.48
49	Manuel Gutierrez Manuel Gutiérrez Manuel Gutiérrez is a Mexican football defender who played for Mexico in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club América.-External links:*...	1:06.73
50	Lee Concepcion	1:06.74
51	Arnþór Ragnarsson	1:07.93
52	Kam Sing Watt	1:08.03
53	Victor Ruderry	1:09.49
54	Man Quach Hoai	1:10.90
55	Kraig Singleton	1:11.68
56	Michele Piva	1:13.94
57	Amine El-Domyati	1:14.40
58	Mohamed Bazlur Rahman	1:14.97
59	Gaspar Fragata	1:16.18
60	Obaid Airumaithi	1:17.01
61	Vivaldo Fernandes	1:17.98

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