| Date | 27 July 1992 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Piscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona |
| Participants | 69 from 48 countries |
Swimming World noted that “The comeback was complete.” They were referring to Pablo Morales, who won gold in the 100 fly in Barcelona. Morales was the world record holder from 1986, but the victory here was somewhat of a surprise. He had been favored in the 100 fly at Los Angeles in 1984, but lost out to German Michael Groß. Then, in 1988, again with a solid chance at gold, he failed to even make the US Olympic team. After Seoul, he retired from swimming and entered Cornell Law School. However, in November 1991, after his mother’s death, he was inspired to return to the pool and was able to make the US team for Barcelona, despite training for less than a year.
In the prelims, Morales led with 53.59, followed closely by Poland’s Rafał Szukała. Morales led out in the final, and appeared to have the gold, but the Pole came on strongly at the end and the result was in doubt until the scoreboard showed that Morales had won by 0.03 seconds, with Szukała second. The bronze went to the defending gold medalist, Suriname’s Anthony Nesty.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | R1 | B Final | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pablo Morales |  USA | 53.59 (1 h8) | – | 53.32 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Rafał Szukała |  POL | 53.60 (1 h7) | – | 53.35 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Anthony Nesty |  SUR | 53.89 (1 h9) | – | 53.41 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Pavlo Khnykin |  EUN | 54.02 (2 h9) | – | 53.81 (4) | |||
| 5 | Mel Stewart | USA | 54.26 (2 h7) | – | 54.04 (5) | |||
| 6 | Marcel Gery |  CAN | 53.94 (2 h8) | – | 54.18 (6) | |||
| 7 | Martín López-Zubero |  ESP | 54.04 (1 h1) | – | 54.19 (7) | |||
| 8 | Vladislav Kulikov | EUN | 54.23 (3 h9) | – | 54.26 (8) | |||
| 9 | Christian Keller |  GER | 54.47 (1 h6) | 54.30 (1) | – | |||
| 10 | Jon Sieben |  AUS | 54.67 (4 h9) | 54.73 (2) | – | |||
| 11 | Bruno Gutzeit |  FRA | 54.35 (3 h7) | 54.80 (3) | – | |||
| 12 | José Carlos Souza |  BRA | 54.78 (5 h7) | 54.85 (4) | – | |||
| 13 | Jani Sievinen |  FIN | 54.57 (3 h8) | 54.93 (5) | – | |||
| 14 | Martin Herrmann | GER | 54.59 (4 h8) | 54.94 (6) | – | |||
| 15 | Shen Jianqiang |  CHN | 54.53 (4 h7) | 54.96 (7) | – | |||
| 16 | Tom Ponting | CAN | 54.77 (5 h8) | 55.00 (8) | – | |||
| 17 | Andrew Baildon | AUS | 54.82 (6 h8) | – | – | |||
| 18 | Eduardo Piccinini | BRA | 54.87 (6 h7) | – | – | |||
| 19 | Richard Leishman |  GBR | 54.96 (7 h8) | – | – | |||
| =20 | Eran Groumi |  ISR | 55.18 (=2 h6) | – | – | |||
| =20 | Keiichi Kawanaka |  JPN | 55.18 (=2 h6) | – | – | |||
| 22 | Franck Esposito | FRA | 55.26 (5 h9) | – | – | |||
| 23 | Leonardo Michelotti |  ITA | 55.28 (7 h7) | – | – | |||
| 24 | Uğur Taner |  TUR | 55.31 (8 h7) | – | – | |||
| 25 | Nick Sanders |  NZL | 55.44 (1 h5) | – | – | |||
| =26 | Alexander Brandl |  AUT | 55.45 (4 h6) | – | – | |||
| =26 | Craig Jackson |  RSA | 55.45 (2 h5) | – | – | |||
| 28 | Guy Callaghan | NZL | 55.49 (5 h6) | – | – | |||
| 29 | Jaime Fernández | ESP | 55.62 (6 h9) | – | – | |||
| 30 | Aldo Suurväli |  EST | 55.78 (3 h5) | – | – | |||
| 31 | Vesa Hanski | FIN | 55.81 (4 h5) | – | – | |||
| 32 | Dragomir Markov |  BUL | 55.85 (1 h4) | – | – | |||
| 33 | Artūrs Jakovļevs |  LAT | 55.95 (7 h9) | – | – | |||
| 34 | Tomohiro Miyoshi | JPN | 55.98 (5 h5) | – | – | |||
| 35 | Péter Horváth |  HUN | 56.09 (6 h6) | – | – | |||
| 36 | Eric Buhain |  PHI | 56.19 (2 h4) | – | – | |||
| 37 | Giovanni Linscheer | SUR | 56.20 (6 h5) | – | – | |||
| 38 | Can Ergenekan | TUR | 56.30 (8 h8) | – | – | |||
| 39 | Arthur Li |  HKG | 56.47 (3 h4) | – | – | |||
| 40 | Marco Braida | ITA | 56.50 (7 h5) | – | – | |||
| 41 | Simon Wainwright | GBR | 56.53 (1 h3) | – | – | |||
| 42 | Matjaž Kozelj |  SLO | 56.65 (4 h4) | – | – | |||
| 43 | Kire Filipovski |  IOA | 56.68 (7 h6) | – | – | |||
| 44 | Janko Gojković |  BIH | 56.81 (2 h1) | – | – | |||
| 45 | Kristiyan Minkovski | BUL | 56.94 (5 h4) | – | – | |||
| 46 | Miguel Cabrita |  POR | 57.07 (6 h4) | – | – | |||
| 47 | Rudi Dollmayer |  SWE | 57.27 (8 h6) | – | – | |||
| 48 | Duncan Todd | HKG | 57.29 (7 h4) | – | – | |||
| 49 | Patrick Sagisi |  GUM | 58.08 (2 h3) | – | – | |||
| 50 | Kristan Singleton |  ISV | 58.20 (3 h3) | – | – | |||
| 51 | Gary Tan |  SGP | 58.21 (4 h3) | – | – | |||
| 52 | Musa Bakare |  NGR | 58.36 (5 h3) | – | – | |||
| 53 | Pedro Lima |  ANG | 58.37 (6 h3) | – | – | |||
| 54 | Leo Najera | PHI | 58.50 (7 h3) | – | – | |||
| 55 | Konrad Gałka | POL | 58.86 (8 h5) | – | – | |||
| 56 | Ian Raynor |  BER | 59.03 (1 h2) | – | – | |||
| =57 | Gustavo Búcaro |  GUA | 59.68 (=2 h2) | – | – | |||
| =57 | Plutarco Castellanos |  HON | 59.68 (=2 h2) | – | – | |||
| 59 | Timothy Eneas |  BAH | 1:00.11 (4 h2) | – | – | |||
| 60 | Jarrah Al-Asmawi |  KUW | 1:00.77 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 61 | Ziyad Kashmiri |  KSA | 1:01.00 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 62 | Ray Flores | GUM | 1:01.10 (3 h1) | – | – | |||
| 63 | Luis Medina |  BOL | 1:01.14 (7 h2) | – | – | |||
| 64 | Alan Espínola |  PAR | 1:01.38 (4 h1) | – | – | |||
| 65 | Julian Bolling |  SRI | 1:01.63 (5 h1) | – | – | |||
| 66 | Mohamed Khamis |  UAE | 1:01.72 (6 h1) | – | – | |||
| 67 | Salvador Jiménez | HON | 1:03.76 (7 h1) | – | – | |||
| 68 | Carl Probert |  FIJ | 1:04.10 (8 h1) | – | – | |||
| Rory McGown |  ZIM | – (DQ h2) | – | – | ||||
| Tamas Vajda | HUN | – (DNS h5) | – | – | ||||
| Ricardo Busquets |  PUR | – (DNS h4) | – | – |
| Date | 27 July 1992 — 10:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final. |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martín López-Zubero | ESP | 54.04 | ||
| 2 | Janko Gojković | BIH | 56.81 | ||
| 3 | Ray Flores | GUM | 1:01.10 | ||
| 4 | Alan Espínola | PAR | 1:01.38 | ||
| 5 | Julian Bolling | SRI | 1:01.63 | ||
| 6 | Mohamed Khamis | UAE | 1:01.72 | ||
| 7 | Salvador Jiménez | HON | 1:03.76 | ||
| 8 | Carl Probert | FIJ | 1:04.10 |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Raynor | BER | 59.03 | ||
| =2 | Plutarco Castellanos | HON | 59.68 | ||
| =2 | Gustavo Búcaro | GUA | 59.68 | ||
| 4 | Timothy Eneas | BAH | 1:00.11 | ||
| 5 | Jarrah Al-Asmawi | KUW | 1:00.77 | ||
| 6 | Ziyad Kashmiri | KSA | 1:01.00 | ||
| 7 | Luis Medina | BOL | 1:01.14 | ||
| Rory McGown | ZIM | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Wainwright | GBR | 56.53 | ||
| 2 | Patrick Sagisi | GUM | 58.08 | ||
| 3 | Kristan Singleton | ISV | 58.20 | ||
| 4 | Gary Tan | SGP | 58.21 | ||
| 5 | Musa Bakare | NGR | 58.36 | ||
| 6 | Pedro Lima | ANG | 58.37 | ||
| 7 | Leo Najera | PHI | 58.50 |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dragomir Markov | BUL | 55.85 | ||
| 2 | Eric Buhain | PHI | 56.19 | ||
| 3 | Arthur Li | HKG | 56.47 | ||
| 4 | Matjaž Kozelj | SLO | 56.65 | ||
| 5 | Kristiyan Minkovski | BUL | 56.94 | ||
| 6 | Miguel Cabrita | POR | 57.07 | ||
| 7 | Duncan Todd | HKG | 57.29 | ||
| Ricardo Busquets | PUR | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Sanders | NZL | 55.44 | ||
| 2 | Craig Jackson | RSA | 55.45 | ||
| 3 | Aldo Suurväli | EST | 55.78 | ||
| 4 | Vesa Hanski | FIN | 55.81 | ||
| 5 | Tomohiro Miyoshi | JPN | 55.98 | ||
| 6 | Giovanni Linscheer | SUR | 56.20 | ||
| 7 | Marco Braida | ITA | 56.50 | ||
| 8 | Konrad Gałka | POL | 58.86 | ||
| Tamas Vajda | HUN | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Keller | GER | 54.47 | ||
| =2 | Eran Groumi | ISR | 55.18 | ||
| =2 | Keiichi Kawanaka | JPN | 55.18 | ||
| 4 | Alexander Brandl | AUT | 55.45 | ||
| 5 | Guy Callaghan | NZL | 55.49 | ||
| 6 | Péter Horváth | HUN | 56.09 | ||
| 7 | Kire Filipovski | IOA | 56.68 | ||
| 8 | Rudi Dollmayer | SWE | 57.27 |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rafał Szukała | POL | 53.60 | ||
| 2 | Mel Stewart | USA | 54.26 | ||
| 3 | Bruno Gutzeit | FRA | 54.35 | ||
| 4 | Shen Jianqiang | CHN | 54.53 | ||
| 5 | José Carlos Souza | BRA | 54.78 | ||
| 6 | Eduardo Piccinini | BRA | 54.87 | ||
| 7 | Leonardo Michelotti | ITA | 55.28 | ||
| 8 | Uğur Taner | TUR | 55.31 |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pablo Morales | USA | 53.59 | ||
| 2 | Marcel Gery | CAN | 53.94 | ||
| 3 | Jani Sievinen | FIN | 54.57 | ||
| 4 | Martin Herrmann | GER | 54.59 | ||
| 5 | Tom Ponting | CAN | 54.77 | ||
| 6 | Andrew Baildon | AUS | 54.82 | 2 | |
| 7 | Richard Leishman | GBR | 54.96 | ||
| 8 | Can Ergenekan | TUR | 56.30 |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Nesty | SUR | 53.89 | ||
| 2 | Pavlo Khnykin | EUN | 54.02 | ||
| 3 | Vladislav Kulikov | EUN | 54.23 | ||
| 4 | Jon Sieben | AUS | 54.67 | ||
| 5 | Franck Esposito | FRA | 55.26 | ||
| 6 | Jaime Fernández | ESP | 55.62 | ||
| 7 | Artūrs Jakovļevs | LAT | 55.95 |
| Date | 27 July 1992 — 18:00 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Keller | GER | 54.30 | ||
| 2 | Jon Sieben | AUS | 54.73 | ||
| 3 | Bruno Gutzeit | FRA | 54.80 | ||
| 4 | José Carlos Souza | BRA | 54.85 | ||
| 5 | Jani Sievinen | FIN | 54.93 | ||
| 6 | Martin Herrmann | GER | 54.94 | ||
| 7 | Shen Jianqiang | CHN | 54.96 | ||
| 8 | Tom Ponting | CAN | 55.00 |
| Date | 27 July 1992 — 18:00 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pablo Morales | USA | 53.32 | ||
| 2 | Rafał Szukała | POL | 53.35 | ||
| 3 | Anthony Nesty | SUR | 53.41 | ||
| 4 | Pavlo Khnykin | EUN | 53.81 | ||
| 5 | Mel Stewart | USA | 54.04 | ||
| 6 | Marcel Gery | CAN | 54.18 | ||
| 7 | Martín López-Zubero | ESP | 54.19 | ||
| 8 | Vladislav Kulikov | EUN | 54.26 |
