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

The men's 100 backstroke 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 24, 1998, with both preliminaries and finals on the same day.

Records

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

A Final

Place	Name	Time
	Daichi Suzuki Daichi Suzuki is a retired Japanese backstroke swimmer. He won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.In the early 1980s, Suzuki was a budding high school swimmer in his native country...	55.05
	David Berkoff David Berkoff David Charles Berkoff is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won a total number of four Olympic medals during his career. He is best known for his powerful underwater start, the eponymous "Berkoff Blastoff"...	55.18
	Igor Polyansky Igor Polyansky "Polyansky" redirects here. For other people with the same name, see disambiguation page Igor Polyanski.Igor Nikolaevich Polyansky is a former backstroke swimmer from the USSR. He is married and has a son and a daughter living in New Zealand.Polyansky trained at Dynamo in Novosibirsk...	55.20
4	Sergei Zabolotnov Sergei Zabolotnov Sergei Zabolotnov , born 11 August 1963, is a former backstroke swimmer from the USSR. In 1983, he set a European record in the 200 metre backstroke. The time of 2:00.42 was achieved on 4 July 1983 at Edmonton, Canada, when winning a gold medal whilst competing in the World University Games...	55.37
5	Mark Tewksbury Mark Tewksbury Mark Tewksbury, MSM is a Canadian former swimmer. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the 100 metres backstroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics...	56.09
6	Frank Baltrusch Frank Baltrusch Frank Baltrusch is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea in a time of 1:59.60....	56.10
7	Frank Hoffmeister Frank Hoffmeister Frank Hoffmeister, born 9 October 1965, is a former backstroke swimmer from West Germany.Frank competed in the 100 metre backstroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, finishing seventh in the Championship Final in a time of 56.19 seconds.He swam the opening backstroke leg for the...	56.19
8	Sean Murphy Sean Murphy (swimmer) Sean Murphy is a former international backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for 6 years on the Canadian National Swimming Team including setting several National Records...	56.32

B Final

Place	Name	Time
9	Dirk Richter Dirk Richter Dirk Richter is a former swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 freestyle medley twice during the Summer Olympics...	56.66
10	Franck Schott Franck Schott Franck Schott is a retired backstroke and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won a bronze and a silver medal at the 1991 European Long Course Championships in Athens, Greece.-References:* *...	56.98
11	Jay Mortenson	57.06
12	Shigemori Maruyama	57.13
13	Georgi Mihalev Georgi Mihalev Georgi Petrov Mihalev is a retired backstroke swimmer from Bulgaria. He was a member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team for the period of 1981 to 1994.-Major Achievements:...	57.17
14	David Lim	57.72
15	Manuel Guzmán Manuel Guzmán Manuel Guzmán Flores is a former international backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. His best result was a 12th place in the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics in...	57.95
16	Eðvarð Eðvarðsson	58.20

Preliminary heats

Rank	Heat (Heat Rank)	Name	Time	Notes
1	7 (1)	David Berkoff David Berkoff David Charles Berkoff is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won a total number of four Olympic medals during his career. He is best known for his powerful underwater start, the eponymous "Berkoff Blastoff"...	54.51	q-A WR
2	6 (1)	Igor Polyansky Igor Polyansky "Polyansky" redirects here. For other people with the same name, see disambiguation page Igor Polyanski.Igor Nikolaevich Polyansky is a former backstroke swimmer from the USSR. He is married and has a son and a daughter living in New Zealand.Polyansky trained at Dynamo in Novosibirsk...	55.04	q-A
3	7 (2)	Daichi Suzuki Daichi Suzuki is a retired Japanese backstroke swimmer. He won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.In the early 1980s, Suzuki was a budding high school swimmer in his native country...	55.90	q-A
4	7 (3)	Sergei Zabolotnov Sergei Zabolotnov Sergei Zabolotnov , born 11 August 1963, is a former backstroke swimmer from the USSR. In 1983, he set a European record in the 200 metre backstroke. The time of 2:00.42 was achieved on 4 July 1983 at Edmonton, Canada, when winning a gold medal whilst competing in the World University Games...	56.13	q-A
5	7 (4)	Frank Hoffmeister Frank Hoffmeister Frank Hoffmeister, born 9 October 1965, is a former backstroke swimmer from West Germany.Frank competed in the 100 metre backstroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, finishing seventh in the Championship Final in a time of 56.19 seconds.He swam the opening backstroke leg for the...	56.19	q-A
6	5 (1)	Sean Murphy Sean Murphy (swimmer) Sean Murphy is a former international backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for 6 years on the Canadian National Swimming Team including setting several National Records...	56.20	q-A
6	6 (2)	Mark Tewksbury Mark Tewksbury Mark Tewksbury, MSM is a Canadian former swimmer. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the 100 metres backstroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics...	56.20	q-A
8	6 (3)	Frank Baltrusch Frank Baltrusch Frank Baltrusch is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea in a time of 1:59.60....	56.45	q-A

9	5 (2)	Dirk Richter Dirk Richter Dirk Richter is a former swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 freestyle medley twice during the Summer Olympics...	56.52	q-B
10	6 (4)	Franck Schott Franck Schott Franck Schott is a retired backstroke and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won a bronze and a silver medal at the 1991 European Long Course Championships in Athens, Greece.-References:* *...	56.76	q-B
11	6 (5)	Georgi Mihalev Georgi Mihalev Georgi Petrov Mihalev is a retired backstroke swimmer from Bulgaria. He was a member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team for the period of 1981 to 1994.-Major Achievements:...	57.06	q-B
12	5 (3)	Jens-Peter Berndt	57.08	q-B Scratched final
13	5 (4)	Jay Mortenson	57.19	q-B
14	3 (1)	David Lim	57.34	q-B, NR
15	5 (5)	Shigemori Maruyama	57.54	q-B
16	4 (1)	Manuel Guzmán Manuel Guzmán Manuel Guzmán Flores is a former international backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. His best result was a 12th place in the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics in...	57.62	q-B

17	5 (6)	Eðvarð Eðvarðsson	57.70
18	6 (6)	Lin Laijiu	57.74
19	7 (5)	Paul Kingsman Paul Kingsman Paul Kingsman is a swimmer and Olympic medalist from New Zealand. He participated at the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 200 metre backstroke. He also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...	57.80
20	7 (6)	Rogério Romero Rogério Romero Rogério Aoki Romero is a former backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at five consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. A resident of Belo Horizonte, he won the gold medal in the 200 m Backstroke at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba...	57.91
21	6 (7)	Lars Sørensen	58.01
22	4 (2)	Neil Harper	58.02
23	4 (3)	Martin López-Zubero Martin López-Zubero Martín López-Zubero Purcell , also known as Martin Zubero, is a former college and international swimmer who was an Olympic gold medalist. López-Zubero was born in the United States, swam in international competition for Spain, and holds dual Spanish-American citizenship.- Family background...	58.06
24	4 (4)	Patrick Ferland	58.17
25		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...	58.25
26		Alejandro Alvizuri Alejandro Alvizuri Alejandro Luis Alvisuri Mack is a retired backstroke swimmer from Peru, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984 . His biggest success was winning the bronze medal in the men's 100 m backstroke at the 1987 Pan American Games. He currently works...	58.37
27		Carl Wilson	58.40
28		Tamás Deutsch Tamás Deutsch Tamás Deutsch is a former backstroke swimmer from Hungary, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. He won a bronze medal over 200 m at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships.Deutsch was part of the California Convertible Club from 1992...	58.65
29		Stephen Cullen	58.82
30		Pavel Vokoun	58.88
31		Renaud Boucher	58.90
32		Simon Upton	59.06
33		Ernesto Vela	59.19
34		Helias Malamas	59.24
35		Guoxiong Huang	59.36
36		Richard Gheel	59.37
37		Valerio Giambalvo	59.48
38		Wladimir 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:*...	59.76
39		Amin Amer	1:00.76
40		Dong-Pil Park	1:01.25
41		Patrick Sagisi	1:01.86
42		Horst Niehaus	1:01.91
42		Hor Man Yip	1:01.91
44		Brett Halford	1:02.95
45		Eric Greenwood	1:03.11
46		Pablo Barahona	1:03.90
47		Bruno Ndiaye	1:05.06
48		Filippo Piva	1:07.63
49		Mohamed Abdulla	1:08.91
50		Rami Kantari	1:09.35
51		Mohammed Binabid	1:10.01
52		Yul Mark Du Pont	1:12.50

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