The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 20 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record 20 July Heat 6 Frédérik Deburghgraeve 1:00.60

Results

Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 4 Frédérik Deburghgraeve 1:00.60 Q, 2 4 3 Jeremy Linn 1:01.53 Q 3 5 3 Mark Warnecke 1:01.79 Q 4 5 4 Károly Güttler 1:01.80 Q 5 5 Phil Rogers Q 6 6 6 Stanislav Lopukhov 1:02.00 Q 7 4 5 Kurt Grote 1:02.01 Q 8 5 2 Zeng Qiliang 1:02.26 Q 9 5 1 Daniel Málek 1:02.46 q, NR 10 5 6 Akira Hayashi 1:02.63 q 11 5 8 Marc Capdevila 1:02.69 q 6 5 Roman Ivanovsky q 13 4 4 Oleksandr Dzhaburiya 1:02.70 q 14 6 3 Norbert Rózsa 1:02.72 q, 15 4 6 Paul Kent 1:02.76 q 16 4 7 Richard Maden 1:02.78 q 17 6 2 Vladimir Latocha 1:02.80 q 18 4 2 Vadim Alexeev 1:02.92 6 1 Benno Kuipers 20 3 1 Mario González 1:03.05 NR 21 5 7 Todd Torres 1:03.08 22 6 7 Yoshinobu Miyazaki 1:03.13 23 6 8 Jonathan Cleveland 1:03.14 24 4 8 Cho Kwang-jea 1:03.39 25 4 1 Marek Krawczyk 1:03.57 26 3 3 Ratapong Sirisanont 1:03.81 27 3 4 Aleksey Kriventsov 1:04.20 28 3 5 Nerijus Beiga 1:04.45 29 3 8 Elvin Chia 1:04.46 NR 30 2 4 Vadim Tatarov 1:04.87 31 3 7 Børge Mørk 1:04.92 32 2 3 Mauricio Moreno 1:05.22 33 3 2 Huang Chih-yung 1:05.26 34 2 7 Juan José Madrigal 1:05.47 NR 35 2 2 Jörg Lindemeier 1:05.50 36 2 6 Christophe Verdino 1:05.66 37 2 5 Francisco Suriano 1:05.82 38 3 6 Aleksandr Savitsky 1:05.85 39 1 3 Jorge Arias 1:06.03 NR 40 2 8 Desmond Koh 1:06.97 41 1 6 Jean Luc Razakarivony 1:07.34 42 2 1 Yevgeny Petrashov 1:07.44 43 1 5 Bernard Desmarais 1:09.05 44 1 2 Karar Rahman 1:11.47 45 1 4 Sultan Al-Otaibi 1:12.65

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 8 Vladimir Latocha 1:02.28 10 4 Daniel Málek 1:02.39 NR 11 1 Richard Maden 1:02.51 12 5 Akira Hayashi 1:02.75 13 2 Oleksandr Dzhaburiya 1:02.91 14 7 Paul Kent 1:03.05 15 3 Marc Capdevila 1:03.51 6 Roman Ivanovsky

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Frédérik Deburghgraeve 1:00.65 5 Jeremy Linn 1:00.77 AM 3 Mark Warnecke 1:01.33 NR 4 2 Károly Güttler 1:01.49 5 6 Phil Rogers 1:01.64 OC 6 1 Kurt Grote 1:01.69 7 8 Zeng Qiliang 1:02.01 8 7 Stanislav Lopukhov 1:02.13

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming