| 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) | – | – | |||
| 8 | Pablo Minelli |  ARG | – (DQ h4) | – | – | ||||
| 46 | Mohamed Mukhesur Rahman |  BAN | – (DNS h1) | – | – | ||||
| 529 | Mouhamed Diop |  SEN | – (DNS h1) | – | – |
| 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 | 4 | Danilo Zavoli | SMR | 1:09.65 | ||
| 2 | 6 | Obaid Al-Rumaithi | UAE | 1:12.77 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Foy Gordon Chung | FIJ | 1:13.51 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Mohamed Bin Abid | UAE | 1:15.12 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Kenny Roberts | SEY | 1:16.52 | ||
| 5 | Mohamed Mukhesur Rahman | BAN | – | |||
| 1 | Mouhamed Diop | SEN | – |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Jörg Lindemeier | NAM | 1:06.34 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Christophe Verdino | MON | 1:07.90 | ||
| 3 | 6 | Roberto Bonilla | GUA | 1:08.27 | ||
| 4 | 7 | Glenn Diaz | GUM | 1:10.32 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Ayman Al-Enazy | KUW | 1:13.49 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Sergio Fafitine | MOZ | 1:13.76 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Frank Leskaj | ALB | 1:14.28 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Chris Flook | BER | 1:04.93 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Patrick Concepcion | PHI | 1:05.16 | ||
| 3 | 6 | Alexandre Yokochi | POR | 1:05.61 | ||
| 4 | 7 | Charalampos Panagidis | CYP | 1:06.19 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Chi Jia Han | HKG | 1:06.81 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Bernard Desmarais | MRI | 1:07.75 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Abderzak Bella | ALG | 1:07.88 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Andrew Rutherford | HKG | 1:04.23 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Radek Beinhauer | TCH | 1:04.88 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Børge Mørk | NOR | 1:05.47 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Gary O'Toole | IRL | 1:05.48 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Gustavo Gorriarán | URU | 1:05.79 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Ricardo Torres | PAN | 1:06.05 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lars Sørensen | DEN | 1:07.94 | ||
| 7 | Pablo Minelli | ARG | – |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Kenji Watanabe | JPN | 1:03.29 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Marko Pachel | EST | 1:03.40 | ||
| 3 | 8 | Javier Careaga | MEX | 1:03.45 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Ramón Camallonga | ESP | 1:03.48 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Christian Poswiat | GER | 1:03.85 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Kenneth Cawood | RSA | 1:04.02 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Shane Lewis | AUS | 1:04.17 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Eric Buhain | PHI | 1:04.28 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Akira Hayashi | JPN | 1:01.76 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Nelson Diebel | USA | 1:01.80 | ||
| 3 | 7 | Todd Torres | PUR | 1:02.72 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Hans Dersch | USA | 1:03.14 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Gianni Minervini | ITA | 1:03.23 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Mario González | CUB | 1:03.53 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Petri Suominen | FIN | 1:03.75 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Curtis Myden | CAN | 1:03.80 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Nick Gillingham | GBR | 1:01.81 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Vasily Ivanov | EUN | 1:01.91 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Adrian Moorhouse | GBR | 1:02.09 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Mark Warnecke | GER | 1:02.48 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Stéphane Vossart | FRA | 1:02.81 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Andrea Cecchi | ITA | 1:03.28 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Christophe Bourdon | FRA | 1:04.43 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Fred Deburghgraeve | BEL | 1:05.10 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Dmitry Volkov | EUN | 1:01.74 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Phil Rogers | AUS | 1:02.10 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Norbert Rózsa | HUN | 1:02.25 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Károly Güttler | HUN | 1:02.28 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Jon Cleveland | CAN | 1:02.73 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Chen Jianhong | CHN | 1:03.08 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Sergio López | ESP | 1:03.69 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Nerijus Beiga | LTU | 1:05.17 |
| Date | 26 July 1992 — 18:15 |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Károly Güttler | HUN | 1:01.84 | ||
| =2 | 2 | Stéphane Vossart | FRA | 1:02.39 | ||
| =2 | 1 | Hans Dersch | USA | 1:02.39 | ||
| =2 | 8 | Gianni Minervini | ITA | 1:02.39 | ||
| =5 | 5 | Mark Warnecke | GER | 1:02.73 | ||
| =5 | 6 | Jon Cleveland | CAN | 1:02.73 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Chen Jianhong | CHN | 1:03.00 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Todd Torres | PUR | 1:03.21 |
| Date | 26 July 1992 — 18:15 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Nelson Diebel | USA | 1:01.50 | ||
| 2 | 8 | Norbert Rózsa | HUN | 1:01.68 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Phil Rogers | AUS | 1:01.76 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Akira Hayashi | JPN | 1:01.86 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Vasily Ivanov | EUN | 1:01.87 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Dmitry Volkov | EUN | 1:02.07 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Nick Gillingham | GBR | 1:02.32 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Adrian Moorhouse | GBR | 1:02.33 |
