| Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
| Date | 18 September 1988 (heats) 19 September 1988 (finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 62 from 47 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:02.04 NR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 18–19 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
The winning margin was 0.01 seconds which as of 2023 remains the only time this event for men has been won at the Olympics by less than a tenth of a second.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Steve Lundquist (USA) |
1:01.65 | Los Angeles, United States | 29 July 1984 |
| Olympic record |  Steve Lundquist (USA) |
1:01.65 | Los Angeles, United States | 29 July 1984 |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
Swimoff
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Ronald Dekker |  Netherlands |
1:02.63 | Q, WD* |
| 2 | 5 | Tamás Debnár |  Hungary |
1:03.68 | Q |
* Opted to swim for the consolation final instead.
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 5 | Aleksey Matveyev |  Soviet Union |
1:03.01 | |
| 10 | 4 | Ronald Dekker | Netherlands |
1:03.22 | |
| 11 | 6 | Mark Warnecke |  West Germany |
1:03.40 | |
| 12 | 3 | Alexander Mayer | West Germany |
1:03.85 | |
| 13 | 7 | Hironobu Nagahata |  Japan |
1:03.89 | |
| 14 | 2 | Petri Suominen |  Finland |
1:04.04 | |
| 15 | 1 | Daniel Watters | United States |
1:04.17 | |
| 16 | 8 | Chen Jianhong |  China |
1:04.72 |
Final A
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Adrian Moorhouse |  Great Britain |
1:02.04 | NR |
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6 | Károly Güttler | Hungary |
1:02.05 | |
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3 | Dmitry Volkov | Soviet Union |
1:02.20 | |
| 4 | 5 | Victor Davis |  Canada |
1:02.38 | |
| 5 | 8 | Tamás Debnár | Hungary |
1:02.50 | |
| 6 | 1 | Richard Schroeder | United States |
1:02.55 | |
| 7 | 2 | Gianni Minervini |  Italy |
1:02.93 | |
| 8 | 7 | Christian Poswiat |  East Germany |
1:03.43 |
References
- "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 408. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 409. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
