Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
January 01, 1970
The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1] There were 75 competitors from 52 nations.[2] Nations had been limited to two swimmers each since the 1984 Games. The event was won by Alexander Popov of the Unified Team. Gustavo Borges's silver was Brazil's first medal in the men's 100 metre freestyle since 1960. Stéphan Caron of France repeated as bronze medalist, the eighth man to win multiple medals in the event. It was the first time since 1968 that the United States had competed and not won the event and the first time since 1956 that the Americans had competed and not taken any medal, as Jon Olsen finished fourth and defending champion Matt Biondi came in fifth.
This was the 21st 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]
Five of the eight finalists from the 1988 Games returned: gold medalist Matt Biondi of the United States, bronze medalist Stéphan Caron of France, fourth-place finisher Gennadiy Prigoda of the Soviet Union (now competing for the Unified Team), sixth-place finisher Andrew Baildon of Australia, and eighth-place finisher Tommy Werner of Sweden.
Biondi was the favorite, having also won the 1991 World Championship and his 1988 world record still standing. Caron and 1991 European Champion Alexander Popov were also contenders.[2]
Albania, Lithuania, the Maldives, Saudi Arabia, and the Seychelles each made their debut in the event; some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team and competitors from Yugoslavia competed as Independent Olympic Participants. The United States made its 20th 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.
No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. Gustavo Borges set a new South American area record, and two national records were set: the Russian record by Alexander Popov and the Puerto Rican record by Ricardo Busquets.
Popov won, well ahead of everyone else. An equipment error resulted in the scoreboard initially displaying Caron as the second-place swimmer and Borges as last. Borges last was an obvious mistake to anyone watching; he had been fighting for second. His touchpad had malfunctioned. Officials reviewed film of "his" finish, assigning him a time of 49.53—equal to Biondi; they then realized that the film had been of Biondi. Looking at the correct finish, the officials gave Borges a time of 49.43, good for the silver medal.[2]
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External linksedit
Official Report
January 01, 1970
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The men s 100 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona Spain 1 There were 75 competitors from 52 nations 2 Nations had been limited to two swimmers each since the 1984 Games The event was won by Alexander Popov of the Unified Team Gustavo Borges s silver was Brazil s first medal in the men s 100 metre freestyle since 1960 Stephan Caron of France repeated as bronze medalist the eighth man to win multiple medals in the event It was the first time since 1968 that the United States had competed and not won the event and the first time since 1956 that the Americans had competed and not taken any medal as Jon Olsen finished fourth and defending champion Matt Biondi came in fifth Men s 100 metre freestyleat the Games of the XXV OlympiadAlexander PopovVenuePiscines Bernat PicornellDate28 July 1992 heats amp finals Competitors75 from 52 nationsWinning time49 02MedalistsAlexander Popov Unified TeamGustavo Borges BrazilStephan Caron France 19881996 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 21st 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 Five of the eight finalists from the 1988 Games returned gold medalist Matt Biondi of the United States bronze medalist Stephan Caron of France fourth place finisher Gennadiy Prigoda of the Soviet Union now competing for the Unified Team sixth place finisher Andrew Baildon of Australia and eighth place finisher Tommy Werner of Sweden Biondi was the favorite having also won the 1991 World Championship and his 1988 world record still standing Caron and 1991 European Champion Alexander Popov were also contenders 2 Albania Lithuania the Maldives Saudi Arabia and the Seychelles each made their debut in the event some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team and competitors from Yugoslavia competed as Independent Olympic Participants The United States made its 20th 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 1988 Olympic record nbsp Matt Biondi USA 48 63 Seoul South Korea 22 September 1988 No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition Gustavo Borges set a new South American area record and two national records were set the Russian record by Alexander Popov and the Puerto Rican record by Ricardo Busquets Schedule editAll times are Central European Summer Time UTC 2 Date Time Round Tuesday 28 July 1992 10 3018 30 HeatsFinalsResults editHeats edit Rule The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A Q while the next eight to final B q 3 Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 10 3 Alexander Popov nbsp Unified Team 49 29 QA 2 10 5 Gustavo Borges nbsp Brazil 49 49 QA 3 8 4 Jon Olsen nbsp United States 49 63 QA 4 10 4 Matt Biondi nbsp United States 49 75 QA 5 9 4 Stephan Caron nbsp France 49 82 QA 6 8 6 Tommy Werner nbsp Sweden 50 00 QA 10 2 Gennadiy Prigoda nbsp Unified Team 50 00 QA 8 9 7 Christian Troger nbsp Germany 50 05 QA 9 9 3 Raimundas Mazuolis nbsp Lithuania 50 17 QB 10 8 3 Chris Fydler nbsp Australia 50 26 QB 11 9 5 Nils Rudolph nbsp Germany 50 29 QB 12 9 6 Christophe Kalfayan nbsp France 50 30 QB 13 7 3 Ricardo Busquets nbsp Puerto Rico 50 31 QB 14 10 1 John Steel nbsp New Zealand 50 59 QB 10 7 Andrew Baildon nbsp Australia 50 59 QB 16 8 5 Giorgio Lamberti nbsp Italy 50 65 QB WD 17 10 6 Roberto Gleria nbsp Italy 50 66 QB 18 8 2 Hakan Karlsson nbsp Sweden 50 73 8 8 Stephen Clarke nbsp Canada 50 73 20 8 1 Bela Szabados nbsp Hungary 50 78 21 9 2 Mike Fibbens nbsp Great Britain 50 93 22 7 4 Rodrigo Gonzalez nbsp Mexico 51 04 23 6 1 Stefan Volery nbsp Switzerland 51 05 24 10 8 Paul Howe nbsp Great Britain 51 12 25 9 1 Emanuel Nascimento nbsp Brazil 51 17 26 9 8 Franz Mortensen nbsp Denmark 51 29 27 8 7 Ugur Taner nbsp Turkey 51 34 28 7 5 Jarl Inge Melberg nbsp Norway 51 39 29 7 6 Seddon Keyter nbsp South Africa 51 42 30 1 2 Mladen Kapor nbsp Independent Olympic Participants 51 44 31 7 1 Yoav Bruck nbsp Israel 51 46 32 6 6 Indrek Sei nbsp Estonia 51 47 7 2 Yves Clausse nbsp Luxembourg 51 47 34 7 8 Tsutomu Nakano nbsp Japan 51 63 35 6 5 Krzysztof Cwalina nbsp Poland 51 70 36 6 7 Nicholas Sanders nbsp New Zealand 51 77 37 6 2 Giovanni Linscheer nbsp Suriname 51 82 38 5 7 Janne Blomqvist nbsp Finland 51 86 39 6 8 Michael Wright nbsp Hong Kong 51 88 40 6 4 Xie Jun nbsp China 51 94 41 6 3 Darren Ward nbsp Canada 52 05 42 5 4 Arthur Li Kai Yien nbsp Hong Kong 52 22 43 5 1 Allan Murray nbsp Bahamas 52 43 44 5 2 Stavros Michaelides nbsp Cyprus 52 54 45 4 8 Shigeo Ogata nbsp Japan 52 74 46 5 5 Ivor Le Roux nbsp Zimbabwe 52 92 47 4 6 Enrico Linscheer nbsp Suriname 52 94 48 5 6 Marc Verbeeck nbsp Belgium 52 97 49 5 3 Sebastian Lasave nbsp Argentina 53 07 50 4 5 Geribryan Mewett nbsp Bermuda 53 14 51 3 4 Ian Steed Raynor nbsp Bermuda 53 16 52 4 4 Mohamed El Azoul nbsp Egypt 53 31 53 4 3 Nikos Paleokrassas nbsp Greece 53 47 54 3 5 Rhoderick McGown nbsp Zimbabwe 53 65 55 5 8 Patrick Sagisi nbsp Guam 53 90 56 4 1 Kenneth Yeo nbsp Singapore 54 44 57 3 3 Plutarco Castellanos nbsp Honduras 54 66 58 3 7 Gustavo Bucaro nbsp Guatemala 54 74 59 2 6 Adrian Romero nbsp Guam 54 77 60 3 6 Laurent Alfred nbsp Virgin Islands 54 89 61 3 1 Helder Torres nbsp Guatemala 55 38 62 4 7 Frank Leskaj nbsp Albania 55 50 63 2 4 Emile Lahoud nbsp Lebanon 55 51 64 1 1 Mouhamed Diop nbsp Senegal 55 82 65 2 3 Hussein Al Sadiq nbsp Saudi Arabia 55 96 66 2 2 Ahmad Faraj nbsp United Arab Emirates 56 05 67 2 5 Ivan Roberts nbsp Seychelles 56 15 68 1 7 Bruno N Diaye nbsp Senegal 56 39 69 3 2 Jarrah Al Asmawi nbsp Kuwait 56 72 70 2 1 Mohamed Bin Abid nbsp United Arab Emirates 56 82 71 2 7 Carl Probert nbsp Fiji 57 25 72 1 4 Kenny Roberts nbsp Seychelles 58 86 73 1 5 Foy Gordon Chung nbsp Fiji 1 03 96 74 1 3 Ahmed Imthiyaz nbsp Maldives 1 04 96 75 1 6 Mohamed Rasheed nbsp Maldives 1 08 12 4 2 Nayef Al Hasawi nbsp Kuwait DNS 7 7 Peter Williams nbsp South Africa DNS Finals edit 4 Final B edit Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 9 2 Ricardo Busquets nbsp Puerto Rico 49 92 NR 10 4 Raimundas Mazuolis nbsp Lithuania 50 13 11 6 Christophe Kalfayan nbsp France 50 49 12 3 Nils Rudolph nbsp Germany 50 62 13 7 John Steel nbsp New Zealand 50 69 14 5 Chris Fydler nbsp Australia 50 78 15 8 Roberto Gleria nbsp Italy 50 81 16 1 Andrew Baildon nbsp Australia 50 93 Final A edit Popov won well ahead of everyone else An equipment error resulted in the scoreboard initially displaying Caron as the second place swimmer and Borges as last Borges last was an obvious mistake to anyone watching he had been fighting for second His touchpad had malfunctioned Officials reviewed film of his finish assigning him a time of 49 53 equal to Biondi they then realized that the film had been of Biondi Looking at the correct finish the officials gave Borges a time of 49 43 good for the silver medal 2 Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes nbsp 4 Alexander Popov nbsp Unified Team 49 02 NR nbsp 5 Gustavo Borges nbsp Brazil 49 43 SA nbsp 2 Stephan Caron nbsp France 49 50 4 3 Jon Olsen nbsp United States 49 51 5 6 Matt Biondi nbsp United States 49 53 6 1 Tommy Werner nbsp Sweden 49 63 7 8 Christian Troger nbsp Germany 49 84 8 7 Gennadiy Prigoda nbsp Unified Team 50 25References edit Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games Men s 100 metres Freestyle Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 12 March 2020 a b c d 100 metres Freestyle Men Olympedia Archived from the original on 14 March 2023 Retrieved 17 December 2020 Barcelona 1992 Swimming Men s 100m Freestyle Heats PDF Barcelona 1992 LA84 Foundation p 358 Archived PDF from the original on 5 November 2018 Retrieved 27 August 2017 Barcelona 1992 Swimming Men s 100m Freestyle Finals PDF Barcelona 1992 LA84 Foundation p 358 Archived PDF from the original on 5 November 2018 Retrieved 27 August 2017 External links editOfficial Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics Men 27s 100 metre freestyle amp oldid 1221465622, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
