American Matt Biondi set a new Olympic record to claim his first ever individual gold and fourth medal in swimming at these Games (fifth in his career, with a relay gold in 1984). Maintaining a lead from start to finish, he pulled away from a star-studded field to hit the wall first in 48.63.[3][4] Biondi also enjoyed his teammate Chris Jacobs taking home the silver in 49.08, as the Americans climbed on the top two steps of the podium for the sixth time in the event's Olympic history. Earlier in the prelims, Jacobs sliced off Rowdy Gaines' 1984 record by six-tenths of a second to establish a new Olympic standard of 49.20 in the eighth heat, until Biondi eventually lowered it to 49.04 in the final of ten heats.[5] Meanwhile, France's Stéphan Caron held off an intense sprint battle against Soviet duo Gennadiy Prigoda and Iurie Başcatov to take home the bronze in 49.62.[3]
This was the 20th appearance of the men's 100 metre freestyle. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1900 (when the shortest freestyle was the 200 metres), though the 1904 version was measured in yards rather than metres.[2]
Three of the eight finalists from the 1984 Games returned: two-time bronze medalist Per Johansson of Sweden, fifth-place finisher Dano Halsall of Switzerland, and sixth-place finisher Stéphan Caron of France. Caron was also the runner-up in the 1986 world championships behind Matt Biondi of the United States.
Biondi had come to Seoul with the goal of matching Mark Spitz's seven gold medals in a single Games. That goal had already been frustrated by the time of the 100 metre freestyle (his best race), as his first three events had resulted in only one golds along with a silver and a bronze. Biondi still had an excellent chance of achieving as many gold medals (5) as anyone not named Spitz had before 1988, however, with the 100 free, 50 free, and two relays to go, though Kristin Otto was on her way towards 6 golds in Seoul as well.[2]
Guam, Senegal, the United Arab Emirates, and Uruguay each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 19th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
Competition formatedit
This freestyle swimming competition used the A/B final format instituted in 1984. The competition consisted of two rounds: heats and finals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the A final, competing for medals through 8th place. The swimmers with the next 8 times in the semifinals competed in the B final for 9th through 16th place. Swim-offs were used as necessary to determine advancement.
Recordsedit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
^. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ abc"100 metres Freestyle, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^ ab"The Games at a Glance". New York Times. 23 September 1988. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
^Robb, Sharon (23 September 1988). "Evans Sets Record, Wins 2nd Gold". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
^Husar, John (22 September 1988). "'Tight' Biondi Sets Record In Heats". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
^"Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 401. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
^"Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 402. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
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swimming, 1988, summer, olympics, metre, freestyle, metre, freestyle, event, 1988, summer, olympics, took, place, september, jamsil, indoor, swimming, pool, seoul, south, korea, there, were, competitors, from, nations, nations, been, limited, swimmers, each, s. The men s 100 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 22 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul South Korea 1 There were 77 competitors from 51 nations 2 Nations had been limited to two swimmers each since the 1984 Games Men s 100 metre freestyleat the Games of the XXIV OlympiadVenueJamsil Indoor Swimming PoolDate22 September 1988 heats amp finals Competitors77 from 51 nationsWinning time48 63 ORMedalistsMatt Biondi United StatesChris Jacobs United StatesStephan Caron France 19841992 American Matt Biondi set a new Olympic record to claim his first ever individual gold and fourth medal in swimming at these Games fifth in his career with a relay gold in 1984 Maintaining a lead from start to finish he pulled away from a star studded field to hit the wall first in 48 63 3 4 Biondi also enjoyed his teammate Chris Jacobs taking home the silver in 49 08 as the Americans climbed on the top two steps of the podium for the sixth time in the event s Olympic history Earlier in the prelims Jacobs sliced off Rowdy Gaines 1984 record by six tenths of a second to establish a new Olympic standard of 49 20 in the eighth heat until Biondi eventually lowered it to 49 04 in the final of ten heats 5 Meanwhile France s Stephan Caron held off an intense sprint battle against Soviet duo Gennadiy Prigoda and Iurie Bascatov to take home the bronze in 49 62 3 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 5 1 Heats 5 2 Finals 5 2 1 Final B 5 2 2 Final A 6 References 7 External linksBackground editThis was the 20th appearance of the men s 100 metre freestyle The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1900 when the shortest freestyle was the 200 metres though the 1904 version was measured in yards rather than metres 2 Three of the eight finalists from the 1984 Games returned two time bronze medalist Per Johansson of Sweden fifth place finisher Dano Halsall of Switzerland and sixth place finisher Stephan Caron of France Caron was also the runner up in the 1986 world championships behind Matt Biondi of the United States Biondi had come to Seoul with the goal of matching Mark Spitz s seven gold medals in a single Games That goal had already been frustrated by the time of the 100 metre freestyle his best race as his first three events had resulted in only one golds along with a silver and a bronze Biondi still had an excellent chance of achieving as many gold medals 5 as anyone not named Spitz had before 1988 however with the 100 free 50 free and two relays to go though Kristin Otto was on her way towards 6 golds in Seoul as well 2 Guam Senegal the United Arab Emirates and Uruguay each made their debut in the event The United States made its 19th appearance most of any nation having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games Competition format editThis freestyle swimming competition used the A B final format instituted in 1984 The competition consisted of two rounds heats and finals The swimmers with the best 8 times in the semifinals advanced to the A final competing for medals through 8th place The swimmers with the next 8 times in the semifinals competed in the B final for 9th through 16th place Swim offs were used as necessary to determine advancement Records editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Matt Biondi USA 48 42 Austin United States 10 August 1988Olympic record nbsp Rowdy Gaines USA 49 80 Los Angeles United States 31 July 1984The following records were established during the competition Date Round Swimmer Nation Time Record22 September Heat 8 Chris Jacobs nbsp United States 49 20 OR22 September Heat 10 Matt Biondi nbsp United States 49 04 OR22 September Final A Matt Biondi nbsp United States 48 63 ORSchedule editAll times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings UTC 10 Date Time RoundThursday 22 September 1988 10 0020 00 HeatsFinalsResults editHeats edit Rule The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A while the next eight to final B 6 Rank Heat Swimmer Nation Time Notes1 10 Matt Biondi nbsp United States 49 04 QA OR2 8 Chris Jacobs nbsp United States 49 20 QA3 9 Stephan Caron nbsp France 49 37 QA4 9 Iurie Bascatov nbsp Soviet Union 50 08 QA5 10 Gennadiy Prigoda nbsp Soviet Union 50 13 QA6 8 Per Johansson nbsp Sweden 50 22 QA7 9 Andrew Baildon nbsp Australia 50 34 QA8 8 Tommy Werner nbsp Sweden 50 45 QA9 10 Steffen Zesner nbsp East Germany 50 73 QB WD10 7 Hilton Woods nbsp Netherlands Antilles 50 73 QB11 8 Franz Mortensen nbsp Denmark 50 74 QB12 8 Sven Lodziewski nbsp East Germany 50 77 QB13 9 Thomas Fahrner nbsp West Germany 50 78 QB14 10 Sandy Goss nbsp Canada 50 81 QB15 9 Tsvetan Golomeev nbsp Bulgaria 50 82 QB16 9 Tom Stachewicz nbsp Australia 50 90 QB17 10 Stefan Volery nbsp Switzerland 50 96 QB18 8 Roberto Gleria nbsp Italy 50 9719 9 Torsten Wiegel nbsp West Germany 51 0220 9 Christophe Kalfayan nbsp France 51 0521 10 Andy Jameson nbsp Great Britain 51 1822 8 Roland Lee nbsp Great Britain 51 2023 7 Dano Halsall nbsp Switzerland 51 2124 4 Manuel Guzman nbsp Puerto Rico 51 2525 7 Peter Rohde nbsp Denmark 51 3826 10 Petr Kladiva nbsp Czechoslovakia 51 3927 10 Shen Jianqiang nbsp China 51 4028 7 Rodrigo Gonzalez nbsp Mexico 51 4629 7 Hans Kroes nbsp Netherlands 51 6530 7 Patrick Dybiona nbsp Netherlands 51 7931 6 Magnus olafsson nbsp Iceland 52 0132 5 Shigeo Ogata nbsp Japan 52 0833 6 Jorge Fernandes nbsp Brazil 52 2334 6 Jean Marie Arnould nbsp Belgium 52 2635 6 Yves Clausse nbsp Luxembourg 52 2736 7 Ross Anderson nbsp New Zealand 52 3337 6 Emanuel Nascimento nbsp Brazil 52 4138 6 Feng Qiangbiao nbsp China 52 4539 5 Carlos Scanavino nbsp Uruguay 52 5240 6 Ang Peng Siong nbsp Singapore 52 5341 5 Markus Opatril nbsp Austria 52 6642 8 Mihaly Richard Bodor nbsp Hungary 52 7743 3 Oon Jin Gee nbsp Singapore 53 2644 5 Murat Tahir nbsp Turkey 53 2745 4 Moustafa Amer nbsp Egypt 53 5746 5 Vaughan Smith nbsp Zimbabwe 53 5847 5 Richard Sam Bera nbsp Indonesia 53 5948 1 Garvin Ferguson nbsp Bahamas 53 6249 4 Michael Wright nbsp Hong Kong 53 6450 4 Li Khai Kam nbsp Hong Kong 53 7051 4 Rene Concepcion nbsp Philippines 53 8452 5 Hakan Eskioglu nbsp Turkey 53 9553 4 Jonathan Sakovich nbsp Guam 54 2454 3 Hans Foerster nbsp Virgin Islands 54 2955 3 Kwon Sang won nbsp South Korea 54 3456 5 Ignacio Escamilla nbsp Mexico 54 5657 3 Song Kwang sun nbsp South Korea 54 6358 3 Ronald Pickard nbsp Virgin Islands 54 7259 2 Mouhamed Diop nbsp Senegal 54 9360 3 Graham Thompson nbsp Zimbabwe 55 2061 1 Paul Yelle nbsp Barbados 55 3562 3 Pedro Lima nbsp Angola 55 5363 4 Chiang Chi li nbsp Chinese Taipei 55 8764 2 Plutarco Castellanos nbsp Honduras 56 1165 3 Hasan Al Shammari nbsp Kuwait 56 4466 2 Warren Sorby nbsp Fiji 56 6667 1 Sergio Fafitine nbsp Mozambique 57 1068 2 Pablo Barahona nbsp Honduras 57 9769 2 Michele Piva nbsp San Marino 57 9970 1 Jason Chute nbsp Fiji 58 1471 2 Filippo Piva nbsp San Marino 58 3972 1 Mohamed Bin Abid nbsp United Arab Emirates 58 8173 2 Ahmad Faraj nbsp United Arab Emirates 59 1074 2 Trevor Ncala nbsp Swaziland 59 2575 1 Emile Lahoud nbsp Lebanon 1 02 4076 1 Yul Mark Du Pont nbsp Swaziland 1 02 70 6 Stefan Opatril nbsp Austria DSQ 7 Giorgio Lamberti nbsp Italy DNSFinals edit 7 Final B edit Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time9 1 Tom Stachewicz nbsp Australia 50 7110 2 Sandy Goss nbsp Canada 50 7311 8 Stefan Volery nbsp Switzerland 50 7412 3 Sven Lodziewski nbsp East Germany 51 0013 5 Franz Mortensen nbsp Denmark 51 0514 6 Thomas Fahrner nbsp West Germany 51 1215 7 Tsvetan Golomeev nbsp Bulgaria 51 1616 4 Hilton Woods nbsp Netherlands Antilles 51 25Final A edit Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes nbsp 4 Matt Biondi nbsp United States 48 63 OR nbsp 5 Chris Jacobs nbsp United States 49 08 nbsp 3 Stephan Caron nbsp France 49 624 2 Gennadiy Prigoda nbsp Soviet Union 49 755 6 Iurie Bascatov nbsp Soviet Union 50 086 1 Andrew Baildon nbsp Australia 50 237 7 Per Johansson nbsp Sweden 50 358 8 Tommy Werner nbsp Sweden 50 54References edit Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games Men s 100 metres Freestyle Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 19 March 2017 a b c 100 metres Freestyle Men Olympedia Retrieved 17 December 2020 a b The Games at a Glance New York Times 23 September 1988 Retrieved 19 August 2013 Robb Sharon 23 September 1988 Evans Sets Record Wins 2nd Gold Sun Sentinel Retrieved 19 August 2013 Husar John 22 September 1988 Tight Biondi Sets Record In Heats Chicago Tribune Retrieved 19 August 2013 Seoul 1988 Swimming Men s 100m Freestyle Heats PDF Seoul 1988 LA84 Foundation p 401 Retrieved 19 August 2013 Seoul 1988 Swimming Men s 100m Freestyle Finals PDF Seoul 1988 LA84 Foundation p 402 Retrieved 19 August 2013 External links editOfficial Report USA Swimming Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics Men 27s 100 metre freestyle amp oldid 1143841878, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
