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

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]

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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Records

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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

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Heats

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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 Anthony Mosse   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 Michael Adam   Austria DNS

Finals

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Final B

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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

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Anthony Nesty   Suriname 53.00 OR
  5 Matt Biondi   United States 53.01
  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

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  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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