The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20 and 21 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 Nation Time Record21 September Final A Anthony Nesty 53.00

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 5 Andy Jameson 53.34 Q 2 7 Matt Biondi 53.46 Q 3 6 Anthony Nesty 53.50 Q, NR 4 7 Michael Gross 53.78 Q 5 7 Jon Sieben 53.85 Q 6 6 Vadim Yaroshchuk 54.17 Q 7 5 Tom Ponting 54.31 Q 8 6 Jay Mortenson 54.44 Q 9 7 Benny Nielsen 54.52 q 10 5 Anthony Mosse 54.63 q 11 5 Vlastimil Černý 54.66 q 12 5 Zheng Jian 54.69 q 13 6 Neil Cochran 54.75 q 14 7 Hiroshi Miura 54.82 q 15 5 Rafał Szukała 54.83 q 16 5 Shen Jianqiang 54.86 q 17 7 Martin Herrmann 55.20 18 6 José Luis Ballester 55.27 19 7 Frank Drost 55.38 20 4 David Wilson 55.54 21 7 Robert Wolf 55.73 22 6 Leonardo Michelotti 55.83 23 6 Konstantin Petrov 55.84 24 4 Yukinori Tanaka 56.19 25 4 Ross Anderson 56.31 26 4 Eduardo de Poli 56.37 27 6 Ludovic Depickère 56.47 28 5 Valerio Giambalvo 56.57 29 2 Reinhold Leitner 56.72 30 4 Théophile David 56.77 31 3 Joseph Eric Buhain 57.17 32 3 Wladimir Ribeiro 57.25 33 2 Mabílio Albuquerque 57.30 34 1 Paul Yelle 57.36 35 4 Ang Peng Siong 57.41 36 3 Theodoros Griniazakis 57.56 37 3 Paulo Camacho 57.62 38 3 Park Yeong-cheol 57.74 39 3 Tsang Yi Ming 57.84 40 2 Urbano Zea 57.89 41 4 Carlos Romo 58.04 42 2 Pedro Lima 59.21 43 2 Graham Thompson 1:00.13 44 2 Kristan Singleton 1:00.97 45 2 William Cleveland 1:01.10 46 1 Sergio Fafitine 1:01.15 47 1 Plutarco Castellanos 1:02.69 48 1 Salam Mohamed Abdul Salam 1:03.69 49 1 Mohamed Bin Abid 1:06.25 50 1 Trevor Ncala 1:06.85 51 1 Jorge Gomes 1:09.60 1 Salvador Vassallo 2 Oon Jin Gee 3 Matjaž Kozelj 4 Michael Adam

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 8 Shen Jianqiang 54.52 10 5 Anthony Mosse 54.63 11 4 Benny Nielsen 54.77 12 3 Vlastimil Černý 54.79 13 1 Rafał Szukała 54.80 14 7 Hiroshi Miura 54.98 15 6 Zheng Jian 55.00 16 2 Neil Cochran 55.22

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Anthony Nesty 53.00 5 Matt Biondi 53.01 4 Andy Jameson 53.30 4 2 Jon Sieben 53.33 5 6 Michael Gross 53.44 6 8 Jay Mortenson 54.07 7 1 Tom Ponting 54.09 8 7 Vadim Yaroshchuk 54.60

References

External links Official Report USA Swimming