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The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]
Men's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 24 September 1988 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 54 from 42 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 55.05 AS | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | David Berkoff (USA) | 54.91 | Austin, United States | 13 August 1988 |
Olympic record | Rick Carey (USA) | 55.41 | Los Angeles, CA, United States | 4 August 1984 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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24 September | Heat 6 | Igor Polyansky | Soviet Union | 55.04 | OR |
24 September | Heat 7 | David Berkoff | United States | 54.51 | WR |
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 4 | Dirk Richter | East Germany | 56.66 | |
10 | 5 | Franck Schott | France | 56.98 | |
11 | 6 | Jay Mortenson | United States | 57.06 | |
12 | 7 | Shigemori Maruyama | Japan | 57.13 | |
13 | 3 | Georgi Mihalev | Bulgaria | 57.17 | |
14 | 2 | David Lim Fong Jock | Singapore | 57.72 | |
15 | 1 | Manuel Guzmán | Puerto Rico | 57.95 | |
16 | 8 | Eðvarð Þór Eðvarðsson | Iceland | 58.20 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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3 | Daichi Suzuki | Japan | 55.05 | AS | |
4 | David Berkoff | United States | 55.18 | ||
5 | Igor Polyansky | Soviet Union | 55.20 | ||
4 | 6 | Sergei Zabolotnov | Soviet Union | 55.37 | |
5 | 1 | Mark Tewksbury | Canada | 56.09 | |
6 | 8 | Frank Baltrusch | East Germany | 56.10 | |
7 | 2 | Frank Hoffmeister | West Germany | 56.19 | |
8 | 7 | Sean Murphy | Canada | 56.32 |
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