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The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]
Men's 100 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 20 September 1988 (heats) 21 September 1988 (finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 55 from 38 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 53.00 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Pablo Morales (USA) | 52.84 | Orlando, United States | 23 June 1986 |
Olympic record | Michael Gross (FRG) | 53.08 | Los Angeles, United States | 30 July 1984 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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21 September | Final A | Anthony Nesty | Suriname | 53.00 | OR |
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 8 | Shen Jianqiang | China | 54.52 | |
10 | 5 | Anthony Mosse | New Zealand | 54.63 | |
11 | 4 | Benny Nielsen | Denmark | 54.77 | |
12 | 3 | Vlastimil Černý | Canada | 54.79 | |
13 | 1 | Rafał Szukała | Poland | 54.80 | |
14 | 7 | Hiroshi Miura | Japan | 54.98 | |
15 | 6 | Zheng Jian | China | 55.00 | |
16 | 2 | Neil Cochran | Great Britain | 55.22 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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3 | Anthony Nesty | Suriname | 53.00 | OR | |
5 | Matt Biondi | United States | 53.01 | ||
4 | Andy Jameson | Great Britain | 53.30 | ||
4 | 2 | Jon Sieben | Australia | 53.33 | |
5 | 6 | Michael Gross | West Germany | 53.44 | |
6 | 8 | Jay Mortenson | United States | 54.07 | |
7 | 1 | Tom Ponting | Canada | 54.09 | |
8 | 7 | Vadim Yaroshchuk | Soviet Union | 54.60 |
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