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

The men's 100 butterfly 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 contested on September 20 (preliminaries) and September 21 (finals).

Records

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

A Final

Place	Name	Time	Notes
	Anthony Nesty Anthony Nesty Anthony Conrad Nesty is a former Surinamese international swimmer who was an Olympic gold medalist in the 100-metre butterfly event in 1988.- Early years :...	53.00	OR
	Matt Biondi Matt Biondi Matthew Nicholas Biondi is a three-time U.S. Olympic swimmer in the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Summer Olympics, winning a total of 11 medals...	53.01
	Andy Jameson	53.30
4^th	Jon Sieben Jon Sieben Jonathan Scott Sieben is an Australian former butterfly swimmer active in the 1980s, who won gold in the 200 m butterfly at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....	53.33
5^th	Michael Groß	53.44
6^th	Jay Mortenson	54.07
7^th	Tom Ponting Tom Ponting Thomas Harold Ponting is a former international butterfly swimmer from Canada, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984 in Los Angeles, California...	54.09
8^th	Vadim Yaroshchuk Vadim Yaroshchuk Vadim Yaroshchuk is a former butterfly and medley swimmer from the Soviet Union, who won two bronze medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He did so as a member of the 4×100 medley relay, and in the 200 m individual medley.-References:*...	54.60

B Final

Place	Name	Time
9^th	Shen Jianqiang	54.52
10^th	Anthony Mosse Anthony Mosse Anthony Mosse was the standard bearer for New Zealand competitive swimming through the 1980s. He swam at his first Commonwealth Games, in Brisbane, Australia in 1982, when he was 17...	54.63
11^th	Benny Nielsen Benny Nielsen Benny Leo Nielsen is a former butterfly swimmer from Denmark, who won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-External links:* *...	54.77
12^th	Vlastimil Černý Vlastimil Cerny Vlastimil Černý is a former international butterfly and freestyle swimmer, who competed for Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he finished in 12th position in the 100m Butterfly, and in ninth place with the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Team.- References :...	54.79
13^th	Rafał Szukała	54.80
14^th	Hiroshi Miura	54.98
15^th	Zheng Jian	55.00
16^th	Neil Cochran Neil Cochran Neil Cochran is a retired medley and freestyle swimmer from Scotland, who won two bronze medals for Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He did so in the 200 m individual medley, and in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, alongside Paul Easter, Paul Howe, and...	55.22

Preliminary heats

Rank	Heat (Heat Place)	Name	Time	Notes
1	5 (1)	Andy Jameson	53.34	q-A
2	7 (1)	Matt Biondi Matt Biondi Matthew Nicholas Biondi is a three-time U.S. Olympic swimmer in the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Summer Olympics, winning a total of 11 medals...	53.46	q-A
3	6 (1)	Anthony Nesty Anthony Nesty Anthony Conrad Nesty is a former Surinamese international swimmer who was an Olympic gold medalist in the 100-metre butterfly event in 1988.- Early years :...	53.50	q-A
4	7 (2)	Michael Groß	53.78	q-A
5	7 (3)	Jon Sieben Jon Sieben Jonathan Scott Sieben is an Australian former butterfly swimmer active in the 1980s, who won gold in the 200 m butterfly at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics....	53.85	q-A
6	6 (2)	Vadim Yaroshchuk Vadim Yaroshchuk Vadim Yaroshchuk is a former butterfly and medley swimmer from the Soviet Union, who won two bronze medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He did so as a member of the 4×100 medley relay, and in the 200 m individual medley.-References:*...	54.17	q-A
7	5 (2)	Tom Ponting Tom Ponting Thomas Harold Ponting is a former international butterfly swimmer from Canada, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984 in Los Angeles, California...	54.31	q-A
8	6 (3)	Jay Mortenson	54.44	q-A
9	7 (4)	Benny Nielsen Benny Nielsen Benny Leo Nielsen is a former butterfly swimmer from Denmark, who won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-External links:* *...	54.52	q-B
10	5 (3)	Anthony Mosse Anthony Mosse Anthony Mosse was the standard bearer for New Zealand competitive swimming through the 1980s. He swam at his first Commonwealth Games, in Brisbane, Australia in 1982, when he was 17...	54.63	q-B
11	5 (4)	Vlastimil Černý Vlastimil Cerny Vlastimil Černý is a former international butterfly and freestyle swimmer, who competed for Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he finished in 12th position in the 100m Butterfly, and in ninth place with the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Team.- References :...	54.66	q-B
12	5 (5)	Zheng Jian	54.69	q-B
13	6 (4)	Neil Cochran Neil Cochran Neil Cochran is a retired medley and freestyle swimmer from Scotland, who won two bronze medals for Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He did so in the 200 m individual medley, and in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, alongside Paul Easter, Paul Howe, and...	54.75	q-B
14	7 (5)	Hiroshi Miura	54.82	q-B
15	5 (6)	Rafał Szukała	54.83	q-B
16	5 (7)	Shen Jianqiang	54.86	q-B
17		Martin Hermann	55.20
18		José Luis Ballester	55.27
19		Frank Drost Frank Drost Frank Willem Drost is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984....	55.38
20		David Wilson	55.54
21		Robert Wolf	55.73
22		Leonardo Michelotti	55.83
23		Konstantine Petrov	55.84
24		Yukinori Tanaka	56.19
25		Ross Anderson Ross Anderson (swimmer) Ross Woods Anderson is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from New Zealand, who competed for the latter country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the 100m Freestyle, and 100m and 200m Butterfly...	56.31
26		Eduardo Poli	56.37
27		Ludovic Depickère Ludovic Depickère Ludovic Depickère is a retired magician and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He was affiliated with a club called Dauphins Wattrelos....	56.47
28		Valerio Giambalvo	56.57
29		Reinhold Leitner	56.72
30		Théophile David	56.77
31		Joseph Buhain	57.17
32		Vladimir Ribeiro Wladimir Ribeiro Vladimir Ribeiro is a former international butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who participated for his native South American country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There his best finish was the 32nd place in the men's 100m butterfly event.-References:*...	57.25
33		M. Albuquerque	57.30
34		Paul Yelle	57.36
35		Pen Siong Ang	57.41
36		Theodoras Griniazakis	57.56
37		Paulo Camacho	57.62
38		Young-Chui Park	57.74
39		Yi Ming Tsang	57.84
40		Urbano Zea	57.89
41		Carlos Ramo	58.04
42		Pedro Lima Pedro Lima Pedro Manuel Barata Lima is a former Olympic swimmer from Angola. He represented Angola in 1988 and 1992.Lima participated in several swimming contests but never advanced past preliminaries. In 1988, he was disqualified from the Men's 50 m Freestyle, finished 62nd in the Men's 100 m Freestyle,...	59.21
43		Graham Thompson	1:00.13
44		Kristan Singleton	1:00.97
45		William Cleveland	1:01.10
46		Sergio Faffine	1:01.15
47		Plutarco Castellanos	1:02.69
48		Salam Mohamed Abdul Salam	1:03.69
49		Mohammed Binabid	1:06.25
50		Trevor Ncala	1:06.85
51		Jorge Gomes	1:09.60

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