Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle

Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date30 July 1992 (heats & finals)
Competitors76 from 41 nations
Winning time21.91 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexander Popov  Unified Team
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Matt Biondi  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tom Jager  United States
Swimming at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The men's 50-metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Records

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

World record  Tom Jager (USA) 21.81 Nashville, United States 24 March 1990
Olympic record  Matt Biondi (USA) 22.14 Seoul, South Korea 24 September 1988

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
30 July Final A Alexander Popov  Unified Team 21.91 OR

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds: heats and finals. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advanced to final A, where they competed for the top 8 places. The swimmers with the next 8 times in the heats swam in final B, for ninth through the sixteenth place. Swim-offs were used as necessary to determine advancement.

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 4 Alexander Popov  Unified Team 22.21 Q
2 10 4 Matt Biondi  United States 22.32 Q
3 9 4 Tom Jager  United States 22.45 Q
4 10 1 Gennadiy Prigoda  Unified Team 22.57 Q
5 9 3 Peter Williams  South Africa 22.65 Q
6 9 6 Christophe Kalfayan  France 22.70 Q
9 5 Nils Rudolph  Germany Q
8 10 5 Mark Foster  Great Britain 22.72 Q
9 8 5 Raimundas Mažuolis  Lithuania 22.77 q
10 9 2 Mark Pinger  Germany 22.88 q
11 10 3 Pär Lindström  Sweden 22.92 q
10 7 René Gusperti  Italy q
13 8 3 Darren Lange  Australia 23.01 q
8 6 Stéphan Caron  France q, WD
15 8 2 Gustavo Borges  Brazil 23.10 q
10 2 Angus Waddell  Australia q
17 8 7 Dano Halsall  Switzerland 23.15 q
18 8 8 Krzysztof Cwalina  Poland 23.20
19 10 6 Mike Fibbens  Great Britain 23.27
20 6 5 Stavros Michaelides  Cyprus 23.34
21 9 1 Allan Murray  Bahamas 23.35
22 9 8 Darryl Cronjé  South Africa 23.39
23 1 6 Mladen Kapor  Independent Olympic Participants 23.42
24 7 2 Ricardo Busquets  Puerto Rico 23.44
25 7 4 Stéfan Voléry  Switzerland 23.47
26 7 5 Nikos Paleokrassas  Greece 23.51
27 7 8 Rodrigo González  Mexico 23.52
28 7 3 Nikos Steliou  Greece 23.55
29 10 8 Franz Mortensen  Denmark 23.61
30 5 5 Janne Blomqvist  Finland 23.63
31 8 1 Indrek Sei  Estonia 23.68
32 7 7 Yoav Bruck  Israel 23.72
33 6 2 Enrico Linscheer  Suriname 23.74
34 4 7 Todd Torres  Puerto Rico 23.79
7 1 Nicholas Sanders  New Zealand
36 7 6 Paulo Trindade  Portugal 23.81
37 6 1 Mark Weldon  New Zealand 23.87
6 4 Mohamed El-Azoul  Egypt
39 6 3 Michael Wright  Hong Kong 23.90
40 5 3 Stephen Clarke  Canada 23.95
41 5 7 Teófilo Ferreira  Brazil 24.13
6 8 Musa Bakare  Nigeria
43 5 4 Pedro Lima  Angola 24.14
44 5 1 Geribryan Mewett  Bermuda 24.20
45 5 2 Ian Steed Raynor  Bermuda 24.23
46 3 5 Ivor Le Roux  Zimbabwe 24.32
47 4 1 Toshiaki Kurasawa  Japan 24.61
48 4 3 Laurent Alfred  Virgin Islands 24.66
49 1 7 Mouhamed Diop  Senegal 24.69
50 6 6 Frank Leskaj  Albania 24.72
51 4 8 Rhoderick McGown  Zimbabwe 24.75
52 4 6 Patrick Sagisi  Guam 24.78
53 5 8 Marc Verbeeck  Belgium 24.85
54 2 4 Adrian Romero  Guam 25.12
55 3 4 Plutarco Castellanos  Honduras 25.27
56 4 2 Kenneth Yeo  Singapore 25.29
57 1 2 Bruno N'Diaye  Senegal 25.35
58 2 3 Ivan Roberts  Seychelles 25.44
59 3 3 Wu Tat Cheung  Hong Kong 25.45
60 3 2 Andrés Sedano  Guatemala 25.53
61 3 6 Émile Lahoud  Lebanon 25.76
62 2 5 Mohamed Bin Abid  United Arab Emirates 25.79
63 3 1 Gustavo Bucaro  Guatemala 25.84
64 3 7 Ahmad Faraj  United Arab Emirates 25.91
65 2 7 Carl Probert  Fiji 26.31
66 2 2 Filippo Piva  San Marino 26.41
67 2 6 Roberto Pellandra  San Marino 26.51
68 2 1 Kenny Roberts  Seychelles 26.78
69 1 1 Gilles Coudray  Republic of the Congo 28.11
70 1 4 Foy Gordon Chung  Fiji 28.75
71 1 5 Ahmed Imthiyaz  Maldives 29.27
72 1 3 Mohamed Rasheed  Maldives 30.37
5 6 Yves Clausse  Luxembourg DSQ
4 5 José Mossiane  Mozambique DSQ
4 4 Tsutomu Nakano  Japan DSQ
9 7 Joakim Holmqvist  Sweden DNS

Finals

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Final B

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 2 Darren Lange  Australia 22.69
10 4 Raimundas Mažuolis  Lithuania 22.71
11 5 Mark Pinger  Germany 22.88
6 Pär Lindström  Sweden
13 1 Gustavo Borges  Brazil 23.01
14 3 René Gusperti  Italy 23.04
15 7 Angus Waddell  Australia 23.06
16 8 Dano Halsall  Switzerland 23.18

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Alexander Popov  Unified Team 21.91 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Matt Biondi  United States 22.09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Tom Jager  United States 22.30
4 2 Peter Williams  South Africa 22.50
1 Christophe Kalfayan  France
6 8 Mark Foster  Great Britain 22.52
7 6 Gennadiy Prigoda  Unified Team 22.54
8 7 Nils Rudolph  Germany 22.73

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 50 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 357. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 357. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
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