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100 metres Breaststroke, Men

Date	26 July 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Participants	59 from 45 countries

The favorite was Hungary’s Norbert Rózsa, who had set the world record in a prelim at the 1991 European Championships, and later won that event as well as the 1991 World Championships. But in the prelims he showed that he might be off form by qualifying only last with 1:02.25, as the leader was the surprising Russian Dmitry Volkov, with 1:01.74. American Nelson Diebel made it through with 1:01.80, but he was considered only an outside medal contender. His biggest international result as a bronze at the 1991 Pan American Games in the 200 breast, and he had a history in injuries and a wild past.

But Diebel overcame all that. In the final the leaders at the turn were the Unified Team’s Volkov and Vasily Ivanov, with Diebel third, but the Russians faded on the second lap and Diebel came on for a shocking gold medal, with Rózsa hanging on for the silver, the bronze going to Australia’s Philip Rogers. Diebel’s time was only the 13th-best performance ever and had been bettered four times by Rózsa, but Diebel had the gold.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	B Final	Final
1	606	Nelson Diebel	USA	1:01.80 (2 h6)	–	1:01.50 (1)	Gold
2	335	Norbert Rózsa	HUN	1:02.25 (3 h8)	–	1:01.68 (2)	Silver
3	36	Phil Rogers	AUS	1:02.10 (2 h8)	–	1:01.76 (3)	Bronze
4	382	Akira Hayashi	JPN	1:01.76 (1 h6)	–	1:01.86 (4)
5	173	Vasily Ivanov	EUN	1:01.91 (2 h7)	–	1:01.87 (5)
6	194	Dmitry Volkov	EUN	1:01.74 (1 h8)	–	1:02.07 (6)
7	246	Nick Gillingham	GBR	1:01.81 (1 h7)	–	1:02.32 (7)
8	254	Adrian Moorhouse	GBR	1:02.09 (3 h7)	–	1:02.33 (8)
9	332	Károly Güttler	HUN	1:02.28 (4 h8)	1:01.84 (1)	–
=10	235	Stéphane Vossart	FRA	1:02.81 (5 h7)	1:02.39 (=2)	–
=10	370	Gianni Minervini	ITA	1:03.23 (5 h6)	1:02.39 (=2)	–
=10	605	Hans Dersch	USA	1:03.14 (4 h6)	1:02.39 (=2)	–
=13	83	Jon Cleveland	CAN	1:02.73 (5 h8)	1:02.73 (=5)	–
=13	294	Mark Warnecke	GER	1:02.48 (4 h7)	1:02.73 (=5)	–
15	108	Chen Jianhong	CHN	1:03.08 (6 h8)	1:03.00 (7)	–
16	508	Todd Torres	PUR	1:02.72 (3 h6)	1:03.21 (8)	–
17	359	Andrea Cecchi	ITA	1:03.28 (6 h7)	–	–
18	403	Kenji Watanabe	JPN	1:03.29 (1 h5)	–	–
19	164	Marko Pachel	EST	1:03.40 (2 h5)	–	–
20	422	Javier Careaga	MEX	1:03.45 (3 h5)	–	–
21	144	Ramón Camallonga	ESP	1:03.48 (4 h5)	–	–
22	127	Mario González	CUB	1:03.53 (6 h6)	–	–
23	152	Sergio López	ESP	1:03.69 (7 h8)	–	–
24	208	Petri Suominen	FIN	1:03.75 (7 h6)	–	–
25	97	Curtis Myden	CAN	1:03.80 (8 h6)	–	–
26	284	Christian Poswiat	GER	1:03.85 (5 h5)	–	–
27	520	Kenneth Cawood	RSA	1:04.02 (6 h5)	–	–
28	23	Shane Lewis	AUS	1:04.17 (7 h5)	–	–
29	318	Andrew Rutherford	HKG	1:04.23 (1 h4)	–	–
30	475	Eric Buhain	PHI	1:04.28 (8 h5)	–	–
31	214	Christophe Bourdon	FRA	1:04.43 (7 h7)	–	–
32	578	Radek Beinhauer	TCH	1:04.88 (2 h4)	–	–
33	55	Chris Flook	BER	1:04.93 (1 h3)	–	–
34	50	Fred Deburghgraeve	BEL	1:05.10 (8 h7)	–	–
35	476	Patrick Concepcion	PHI	1:05.16 (2 h3)	–	–
36	416	Nerijus Beiga	LTU	1:05.17 (8 h8)	–	–
37	457	Børge Mørk	NOR	1:05.47 (3 h4)	–	–
38	344	Gary O'Toole	IRL	1:05.48 (4 h4)	–	–
39	502	Alexandre Yokochi	POR	1:05.61 (3 h3)	–	–
40	599	Gustavo Gorriarán	URU	1:05.79 (5 h4)	–	–
41	470	Ricardo Torres	PAN	1:06.05 (6 h4)	–	–
42	129	Charalampos Panagidis	CYP	1:06.19 (4 h3)	–	–
43	441	Jörg Lindemeier	NAM	1:06.34 (1 h2)	–	–
44	314	Chi Jia Han	HKG	1:06.81 (5 h3)	–	–
45	433	Bernard Desmarais	MRI	1:07.75 (6 h3)	–	–
46	2	Abderzak Bella	ALG	1:07.88 (7 h3)	–	–
47	429	Christophe Verdino	MON	1:07.90 (2 h2)	–	–
48	136	Lars Sørensen	DEN	1:07.94 (7 h4)	–	–
49	302	Roberto Bonilla	GUA	1:08.27 (3 h2)	–	–
50	549	Danilo Zavoli	SMR	1:09.65 (1 h1)	–	–
51	307	Glenn Diaz	GUM	1:10.32 (4 h2)	–	–
52	594	Obaid Al-Rumaithi	UAE	1:12.77 (2 h1)	–	–
53	411	Ayman Al-Enazy	KUW	1:13.49 (5 h2)	–	–
54	196	Foy Gordon Chung	FIJ	1:13.51 (3 h1)	–	–
55	430	Sergio Fafitine	MOZ	1:13.76 (6 h2)	–	–
56	1	Frank Leskaj	ALB	1:14.28 (7 h2)	–	–
57	595	Mohamed Bin Abid	UAE	1:15.12 (4 h1)	–	–
58	533	Kenny Roberts	SEY	1:16.52 (5 h1)	–	–
DQ	8	Pablo Minelli	ARG	– (DQ h4)	–	–
DNS	46	Mohamed Mukhesur Rahman	BAN	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	529	Mouhamed Diop	SEN	– (DNS h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	26 July 1992 — 10:30
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Dmitry Volkov	EUN	1:01.74	Q
2	–	Akira Hayashi	JPN	1:01.76	Q
3	–	Nelson Diebel	USA	1:01.80	Q
4	–	Nick Gillingham	GBR	1:01.81	Q
5	–	Vasily Ivanov	EUN	1:01.91	Q
6	–	Adrian Moorhouse	GBR	1:02.09	Q
7	–	Phil Rogers	AUS	1:02.10	Q
8	–	Norbert Rózsa	HUN	1:02.25	Q
9	–	Károly Güttler	HUN	1:02.28	q
10	–	Mark Warnecke	GER	1:02.48	q
11	–	Todd Torres	PUR	1:02.72	q
12	–	Jon Cleveland	CAN	1:02.73	q
13	–	Stéphane Vossart	FRA	1:02.81	q
14	–	Chen Jianhong	CHN	1:03.08	q
15	–	Hans Dersch	USA	1:03.14	q
16	–	Gianni Minervini	ITA	1:03.23	q
17	–	Andrea Cecchi	ITA	1:03.28
18	–	Kenji Watanabe	JPN	1:03.29
19	–	Marko Pachel	EST	1:03.40
20	–	Javier Careaga	MEX	1:03.45
21	–	Ramón Camallonga	ESP	1:03.48
22	–	Mario González	CUB	1:03.53
23	–	Sergio López	ESP	1:03.69
24	–	Petri Suominen	FIN	1:03.75
25	–	Curtis Myden	CAN	1:03.80
26	–	Christian Poswiat	GER	1:03.85
27	–	Kenneth Cawood	RSA	1:04.02
28	–	Shane Lewis	AUS	1:04.17
29	–	Andrew Rutherford	HKG	1:04.23
30	–	Eric Buhain	PHI	1:04.28
31	–	Christophe Bourdon	FRA	1:04.43
32	–	Radek Beinhauer	TCH	1:04.88
33	–	Chris Flook	BER	1:04.93
34	–	Fred Deburghgraeve	BEL	1:05.10
35	–	Patrick Concepcion	PHI	1:05.16
36	–	Nerijus Beiga	LTU	1:05.17
37	–	Børge Mørk	NOR	1:05.47
38	–	Gary O'Toole	IRL	1:05.48
39	–	Alexandre Yokochi	POR	1:05.61
40	–	Gustavo Gorriarán	URU	1:05.79
41	–	Ricardo Torres	PAN	1:06.05
42	–	Charalampos Panagidis	CYP	1:06.19
43	–	Jörg Lindemeier	NAM	1:06.34
44	–	Chi Jia Han	HKG	1:06.81
45	–	Bernard Desmarais	MRI	1:07.75
46	–	Abderzak Bella	ALG	1:07.88
47	–	Christophe Verdino	MON	1:07.90
48	–	Lars Sørensen	DEN	1:07.94
49	–	Roberto Bonilla	GUA	1:08.27
50	–	Danilo Zavoli	SMR	1:09.65
51	–	Glenn Diaz	GUM	1:10.32
52	–	Obaid Al-Rumaithi	UAE	1:12.77
53	–	Ayman Al-Enazy	KUW	1:13.49
54	–	Foy Gordon Chung	FIJ	1:13.51
55	–	Sergio Fafitine	MOZ	1:13.76
56	–	Frank Leskaj	ALB	1:14.28
57	–	Mohamed Bin Abid	UAE	1:15.12
58	–	Kenny Roberts	SEY	1:16.52
DQ	–	Pablo Minelli	ARG	–
DNS	–	Mohamed Mukhesur Rahman	BAN	–
DNS	–	Mouhamed Diop	SEN	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Danilo Zavoli	SMR	1:09.65	32.65 (1)	37.00 (1)
2	–	Obaid Al-Rumaithi	UAE	1:12.77	33.74 (2)	39.03 (2)
3	–	Foy Gordon Chung	FIJ	1:13.51	34.15 (3)	39.36 (3)
4	–	Mohamed Bin Abid	UAE	1:15.12	34.74 (4)	40.38 (4)
5	–	Kenny Roberts	SEY	1:16.52	35.28 (5)	41.24 (5)
DNS	–	Mohamed Mukhesur Rahman	BAN	–	– (–)	–
DNS	–	Mouhamed Diop	SEN	–	– (–)	–

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Jörg Lindemeier	NAM	1:06.34	30.89 (1)	35.45 (2)
2	–	Christophe Verdino	MON	1:07.90	32.46 (3)	35.44 (1)
3	–	Roberto Bonilla	GUA	1:08.27	31.99 (2)	36.28 (3)
4	–	Glenn Diaz	GUM	1:10.32	33.30 (4)	37.02 (4)
5	–	Ayman Al-Enazy	KUW	1:13.49	34.33 (6)	39.16 (5)
6	–	Sergio Fafitine	MOZ	1:13.76	33.40 (5)	40.36 (7)
7	–	Frank Leskaj	ALB	1:14.28	34.47 (7)	39.81 (6)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Chris Flook	BER	1:04.93	30.53 (1)	34.40 (2)
2	–	Patrick Concepcion	PHI	1:05.16	30.80 (2)	34.36 (1)
3	–	Alexandre Yokochi	POR	1:05.61	30.87 (3)	34.74 (3)
4	–	Charalampos Panagidis	CYP	1:06.19	31.03 (4)	35.16 (4)
5	–	Chi Jia Han	HKG	1:06.81	31.37 (6)	35.44 (5)
6	–	Bernard Desmarais	MRI	1:07.75	31.72 (7)	36.03 (6)
7	–	Abderzak Bella	ALG	1:07.88	31.28 (5)	36.60 (7)

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Andrew Rutherford	HKG	1:04.23	29.62 (1)	34.61 (3)
2	–	Radek Beinhauer	TCH	1:04.88	30.35 (2)	34.53 (1)
3	–	Børge Mørk	NOR	1:05.47	30.75 (4)	34.72 (4)
4	–	Gary O'Toole	IRL	1:05.48	30.91 (6)	34.57 (2)
5	–	Gustavo Gorriarán	URU	1:05.79	30.87 (5)	34.92 (5)
6	–	Ricardo Torres	PAN	1:06.05	30.44 (3)	35.61 (6)
7	–	Lars Sørensen	DEN	1:07.94	31.75 (7)	36.19 (7)
DQ	–	Pablo Minelli	ARG	–	– (–)	–

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Kenji Watanabe	JPN	1:03.29	30.10 (8)	33.19 (1)
2	–	Marko Pachel	EST	1:03.40	29.40 (1)	34.00 (=4)
3	–	Javier Careaga	MEX	1:03.45	29.88 (6)	33.57 (2)
4	–	Ramón Camallonga	ESP	1:03.48	29.72 (5)	33.76 (3)
5	–	Christian Poswiat	GER	1:03.85	29.54 (2)	34.31 (6)
6	–	Kenneth Cawood	RSA	1:04.02	30.02 (7)	34.00 (=4)
7	–	Shane Lewis	AUS	1:04.17	29.61 (4)	34.56 (7)
8	–	Eric Buhain	PHI	1:04.28	29.57 (3)	34.71 (8)

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Akira Hayashi	JPN	1:01.76	29.58 (4)	32.18 (1)	Q
2	–	Nelson Diebel	USA	1:01.80	29.02 (1)	32.78 (2)	Q
3	–	Todd Torres	PUR	1:02.72	29.04 (2)	33.68 (4)	q
4	–	Hans Dersch	USA	1:03.14	29.41 (3)	33.73 (5)	q
5	–	Gianni Minervini	ITA	1:03.23	29.60 (5)	33.63 (3)	q
6	–	Mario González	CUB	1:03.53	29.71 (=6)	33.82 (6)
7	–	Petri Suominen	FIN	1:03.75	29.71 (=6)	34.04 (8)
8	–	Curtis Myden	CAN	1:03.80	29.87 (8)	33.93 (7)

Heat #7

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Nick Gillingham	GBR	1:01.81	29.54 (5)	32.27 (1)	Q
2	–	Vasily Ivanov	EUN	1:01.91	28.55 (1)	33.36 (4)	Q
3	–	Adrian Moorhouse	GBR	1:02.09	28.93 (2)	33.16 (3)	Q
4	–	Mark Warnecke	GER	1:02.48	29.07 (3)	33.41 (5)	q
5	–	Stéphane Vossart	FRA	1:02.81	29.99 (7)	32.82 (2)	q
6	–	Andrea Cecchi	ITA	1:03.28	29.45 (4)	33.83 (6)
7	–	Christophe Bourdon	FRA	1:04.43	30.39 (8)	34.04 (7)
8	–	Fred Deburghgraeve	BEL	1:05.10	29.81 (6)	35.29 (8)

Heat #8

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Dmitry Volkov	EUN	1:01.74	28.69 (1)	33.05 (2)	Q
2	–	Phil Rogers	AUS	1:02.10	29.56 (5)	32.54 (1)	Q
3	–	Norbert Rózsa	HUN	1:02.25	29.13 (3)	33.12 (3)	Q
4	–	Károly Güttler	HUN	1:02.28	29.01 (2)	33.27 (5)	q
5	–	Jon Cleveland	CAN	1:02.73	29.59 (6)	33.14 (4)	q
6	–	Chen Jianhong	CHN	1:03.08	29.30 (4)	33.78 (7)	q
7	–	Sergio López	ESP	1:03.69	30.07 (7)	33.62 (6)
8	–	Nerijus Beiga	LTU	1:05.17	30.25 (8)	34.92 (8)

B Final

Date	26 July 1992 — 18:15

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Károly Güttler	HUN	1:01.84	28.90 (1)	32.94 (5)
=2	–	Stéphane Vossart	FRA	1:02.39	29.88 (6)	32.51 (1)
=2	–	Hans Dersch	USA	1:02.39	29.70 (4)	32.69 (2)
=2	–	Gianni Minervini	ITA	1:02.39	29.12 (2)	33.27 (7)
=5	–	Mark Warnecke	GER	1:02.73	29.80 (5)	32.93 (4)
=5	–	Jon Cleveland	CAN	1:02.73	30.03 (7)	32.70 (3)
7	–	Chen Jianhong	CHN	1:03.00	30.05 (8)	32.95 (6)
8	–	Todd Torres	PUR	1:03.21	29.54 (3)	33.67 (8)

Final Round

Date	26 July 1992 — 18:15

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Nelson Diebel	USA	1:01.50	29.09 (3)	32.41 (2)	OR
2	–	Norbert Rózsa	HUN	1:01.68	29.19 (4)	32.49 (4)
3	–	Phil Rogers	AUS	1:01.76	29.31 (5)	32.45 (3)
4	–	Akira Hayashi	JPN	1:01.86	29.73 (7)	32.13 (1)
5	–	Vasily Ivanov	EUN	1:01.87	28.98 (2)	32.89 (7)
6	–	Dmitry Volkov	EUN	1:02.07	28.89 (1)	33.18 (8)
7	–	Nick Gillingham	GBR	1:02.32	29.76 (8)	32.56 (5)
8	–	Adrian Moorhouse	GBR	1:02.33	29.46 (6)	32.87 (6)