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

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Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date20 September 1988 (heats)
21 September 1988 (finals)
Competitors55 from 38 nations
Winning time53.00 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anthony Nesty  Suriname
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Matt Biondi  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andy Jameson  Great Britain
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Swimming at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
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The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]

Records[]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Pablo Morales (USA) 52.84 Orlando, United States 23 June 1986
Olympic record  Michael Gross (FRG) 53.08 Los Angeles, United States 30 July 1984

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
21 September Final A Anthony Nesty  Suriname 53.00 OR

Results[]

Heats[]

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Andy Jameson  Great Britain 53.34 Q
2 7 Matt Biondi  United States 53.46 Q
3 6 Anthony Nesty  Suriname 53.50 Q, NR
4 7 Michael Gross  West Germany 53.78 Q
5 7 Jon Sieben  Australia 53.85 Q
6 6 Vadim Yaroshchuk  Soviet Union 54.17 Q
7 5 Tom Ponting  Canada 54.31 Q
8 6 Jay Mortenson  United States 54.44 Q
9 7 Benny Nielsen  Denmark 54.52 q
10 5  New Zealand 54.63 q
11 5 Vlastimil Černý  Canada 54.66 q
12 5 Zheng Jian  China 54.69 q
13 6 Neil Cochran  Great Britain 54.75 q
14 7 Hiroshi Miura  Japan 54.82 q
15 5 Rafał Szukała  Poland 54.83 q
16 5 Shen Jianqiang  China 54.86 q
17 7 Martin Herrmann  West Germany 55.20
18 6 José Luis Ballester  Spain 55.27
19 7 Frank Drost  Netherlands 55.38
20 4 David Wilson  Australia 55.54
21 7 Robert Wolf  Czechoslovakia 55.73
22 6 Leonardo Michelotti  Italy 55.83
23 6 Konstantin Petrov  Soviet Union 55.84
24 4 Yukinori Tanaka  Japan 56.19
25 4 Ross Anderson  New Zealand 56.31
26 4 Eduardo de Poli  Brazil 56.37
27 6 Ludovic Depickère  France 56.47
28 5 Valerio Giambalvo  Italy 56.57
29 2 Reinhold Leitner  Austria 56.72
30 4 Théophile David  Switzerland 56.77
31 3 Joseph Eric Buhain  Philippines 57.17
32 3 Wladimir Ribeiro  Brazil 57.25
33 2 Mabílio Albuquerque  Portugal 57.30
34 1 Paul Yelle  Barbados 57.36
35 4 Ang Peng Siong  Singapore 57.41
36 3 Theodoros Griniazakis  Greece 57.56
37 3 Paulo Camacho  Portugal 57.62
38 3 Park Yeong-cheol  South Korea 57.74
39 3 Tsang Yi Ming  Hong Kong 57.84
40 2 Urbano Zea  Mexico 57.89
41 4 Carlos Romo  Mexico 58.04
42 2 Pedro Lima  Angola 59.21
43 2 Graham Thompson  Zimbabwe 1:00.13
44 2 Kristan Singleton  Virgin Islands 1:00.97
45 2 William Cleveland  Virgin Islands 1:01.10
46 1 Sergio Fafitine  Mozambique 1:01.15
47 1 Plutarco Castellanos  Honduras 1:02.69
48 1 Salam Mohamed Abdul Salam  Bangladesh 1:03.69
49 1 Mohamed Bin Abid  United Arab Emirates 1:06.25
50 1 Trevor Ncala  Swaziland 1:06.85
51 1 Jorge Gomes  Angola 1:09.60
1 Salvador Vassallo  Puerto Rico DNS
2 Oon Jin Gee  Singapore DNS
3 Matjaž Kozelj  Yugoslavia DNS
4  Austria DNS

Finals[]

[3]

Final B[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 8 Shen Jianqiang  China 54.52
10 5 Anthony Mosse  New Zealand 54.63
11 4 Benny Nielsen  Denmark 54.77
12 3 Vlastimil Černý  Canada 54.79
13 1 Rafał Szukała  Poland 54.80
14 7 Hiroshi Miura  Japan 54.98
15 6 Zheng Jian  China 55.00
16 2 Neil Cochran  Great Britain 55.22

Final A[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Anthony Nesty  Suriname 53.00 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Matt Biondi  United States 53.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Andy Jameson  Great Britain 53.30
4 2 Jon Sieben  Australia 53.33
5 6 Michael Gross  West Germany 53.44
6 8 Jay Mortenson  United States 54.07
7 1 Tom Ponting  Canada 54.09
8 7 Vadim Yaroshchuk  Soviet Union 54.60

References[]

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 410. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 410–411. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

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