The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
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 24 September Heat 6 Igor Polyansky 55.04 24 September Heat 7 David Berkoff 54.51
Results
Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 David Berkoff 54.51 Q, 2 6 Igor Polyansky 55.04 Q 3 7 Daichi Suzuki 55.90 Q 4 7 Sergei Zabolotnov 56.13 Q 5 7 Frank Hoffmeister 56.19 Q 6 5 Sean Murphy 56.20 Q 6 Mark Tewksbury Q 8 6 Frank Baltrusch 56.45 Q 9 5 Dirk Richter 56.52 q 10 6 Franck Schott 56.76 q 11 6 Georgi Mihalev 57.06 q 12 5 Jens-Peter Berndt 57.08 q, 13 5 Jay Mortenson 57.19 q 14 3 David Lim Fong Jock 57.34 q, NR 15 5 Shigemori Maruyama 57.54 q 16 4 Manuel Guzmán 57.62 q 17 5 Eðvarð Þór Eðvarðsson 57.70 q 18 6 Lin Laijiu 57.74 19 7 Paul Kingsman 57.80 20 7 Rogério Romero 57.91 21 6 Lars Sørensen 58.01 22 4 Neil Harper 58.02 23 4 Martín López-Zubero 58.06 24 4 Patrick Ferland 58.17 25 3 Neil Cochran 58.25 26 3 Alejandro Alvizuri 58.37 27 5 Carl Wilson 58.40 28 4 Tamás Deutsch 58.65 29 3 Stephen Cullen 58.82 30 5 Pavel Vokoun 58.88 31 4 Renaud Boucher 58.90 32 5 Simon Upton 59.06 33 3 Ernesto Vela 59.19 34 3 Ilias Malamas 59.24 35 4 Huang Guoxiong 59.36 36 3 Richard Gheel 59.37 37 5 Valerio Giambalvo 59.48 38 4 Wladimir Ribeiro 59.76 39 3 Amin Amer 1:00.76 40 2 Park Dong-pil 1:01.25 41 2 Patrick Sagisi 1:01.86 42 2 Yip Hor Man 1:01.91 2 Horst Niehaus 44 2 Brett Halford 1:02.95 45 2 Eric Greenwood 1:03.11 46 2 Pablo Barahona 1:03.90 47 2 Bruno N'Diaye 1:05.06 48 1 Filippo Piva 1:07.63 49 1 Mohamed Abdullah 1:08.91 50 1 Rami Kantari 1:09.35 51 1 Mohamed Bin Abid 1:10.01 52 1 Yul Mark Du Pont 1:12.50 1 Paul Yelle
Finals
Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Dirk Richter 56.66 10 5 Franck Schott 56.98 11 6 Jay Mortenson 57.06 12 7 Shigemori Maruyama 57.13 13 3 Georgi Mihalev 57.17 14 2 David Lim Fong Jock 57.72 15 1 Manuel Guzmán 57.95 16 8 Eðvarð Þór Eðvarðsson 58.20
Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Daichi Suzuki 55.05 AS 4 David Berkoff 55.18 5 Igor Polyansky 55.20 4 6 Sergei Zabolotnov 55.37 5 1 Mark Tewksbury 56.09 6 8 Frank Baltrusch 56.10 7 2 Frank Hoffmeister 56.19 8 7 Sean Murphy 56.32
References
External links Official Report USA Swimming