The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

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 30 July Final A Mark Tewksbury 53.98

Results

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 4 Jeff Rouse 54.63 Q 2 6 5 Mark Tewksbury 54.75 Q 3 6 4 David Berkoff 54.84 Q 4 5 4 Martín López-Zubero 55.37 Q 5 5 8 Vladimir Selkov 55.72 Q 6 7 5 Franck Schott 55.84 Q 7 7 6 Rodolfo Falcón 55.99 Q, NR 8 5 5 Dirk Richter 56.03 Q 9 5 3 Hajime Itoi 56.18 q 10 5 6 Yasuhiro Vandewalle 56.20 q 11 6 6 Tino Weber 56.27 q 12 7 7 Stefaan Maene 56.34 q 13 7 2 Tamás Deutsch 56.47 q 14 3 7 Georgi Mihalev 56.59 q, NR 15 5 7 Carlos Ventosa 56.62 q 16 4 5 Emanuele Merisi 56.80 q 17 5 2 Manuel Guzmán 56.93 18 7 8 Raymond Brown 56.98 19 6 1 Tom Stachewicz 57.03 20 7 3 Ilmar Ojase 57.08 21 4 2 Rogério Romero 57.28 22 6 3 Derya Büyükuncu 57.38 23 7 1 Stefano Battistelli 57.40 24 4 7 Rastislav Bizub 57.57 6 7 Martin Harris 26 3 5 Marcel Blažo 57.61 27 4 4 Keita Soraoka 57.64 28 5 1 Eran Groumi 57.67 29 2 4 Alejandro Alvizuri 57.72 NR 30 4 3 Adam Ruckwood 57.75 31 6 2 Lin Laijiu 57.85 32 4 8 Seddon Keyter 57.94 33 6 8 Simon Percy 57.96 34 3 1 Dragomir Markov 58.17 35 3 3 Sebastián Lasave 58.22 36 3 2 David Holderbach 58.25 37 3 4 Rudi Dollmayer 58.26 38 3 8 Ricardo Busquets 58.42 39 4 1 Thomas Sopp 58.45 40 3 6 Ji Sang-jun 58.62 41 2 5 Olivér Ágh 59.02 42 2 1 Miguel Arrobas 59.37 43 2 2 Raymond Papa 59.58 44 2 3 Leo Najera 59.92 45 4 6 Toby Haenen 1:00.08 46 2 7 Patrick Sagisi 1:01.84 47 1 5 Marcos Prono 1:02.72 48 2 6 Timothy Eneas 1:03.10 49 1 6 Salvador Jiménez 1:04.60 50 1 2 Carl Probert 1:04.92 51 1 3 Jarrah Al-Asmawi 1:05.53 52 1 7 Abdullah Sultan 1:08.22 1 4 Nayef Al-Hasawi

Finals

Final B Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 5 Yasuhiro Vandewalle 56.36 10 6 Stefaan Maene 56.47 11 3 Tino Weber 56.49 12 4 Hajime Itoi 56.64 13 2 Tamás Deutsch 56.70 14 1 Carlos Ventosa 56.78 15 7 Georgi Mihalev 56.85 16 8 Emanuele Merisi 57.71

Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Mark Tewksbury 53.98 4 Jeff Rouse 54.04 3 David Berkoff 54.78 4 6 Martín López-Zubero 54.96 5 2 Vladimir Selkov 55.49 6 7 Franck Schott 55.72 7 1 Rodolfo Falcón 55.76 NR 8 8 Dirk Richter 56.26

References

External links Official Report