Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle



























Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad

Venue Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date 24 September 1988 (heats & finals)
Competitors 71 from 44 nations
Winning time 22.14 WR
Medalists



















1st, gold medalist(s)

Matt Biondi
 United States
2nd, silver medalist(s)

Tom Jager
 United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Gennadiy Prigoda
 Soviet Union

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Swimming at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Swimming pictogram.svg
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

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The inaugural men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 24 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]


U.S. swimmer Matt Biondi demolished a new world record to become the event's first ever Olympic champion. He threw down a scorching time in 22.14 to add a fourth gold and sixth medal to his Olympic hardware, and to slice 0.04 seconds off the record set by South Africa's Peter Williams.[2][3] Starting the race with a fastest reaction, Biondi's rival and teammate Tom Jager faded down the stretch to pick up the silver in 22.36. Meanwhile, Soviet Union's Gennadiy Prigoda edged out Swiss swimmer Dano Halsall by 12-hundredths of a second to take home the bronze in 22.71.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Records


  • 2 Results


    • 2.1 Heats


      • 2.1.1 Swimoff




    • 2.2 Finals


      • 2.2.1 Final B


      • 2.2.2 Final A






  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Records


Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

















World record
 Peter Williams (RSA)
 22.18
Indianapolis, United States
 10 April 1988
Olympic record Inaugural event — — —

The following records were established during the competition:



























Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
24 September Heat 8 Matt Biondi
 United States
 22.39
OR
24 September Final A Matt Biondi
 United States
 22.14
WR


Results



Heats


Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[4]

















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 Matt Biondi
 United States
 22.39 Q, OR
2 9 Gennadiy Prigoda
 Soviet Union
 22.57 Q
3 7 Dano Halsall
 Switzerland
 22.61 Q, NR
9 Tom Jager
 United States
 Q
5 7 Volodymyr Tkachenko
 Soviet Union
 22.81 Q
6 7 Frank Henter
 West Germany
 22.98 Q
7 8 Andrew Baildon
 Australia
 22.99 Q
8 8 Stéfan Voléry
 Switzerland
 23.04 Q
9 9 Ang Peng Siong
 Singapore
 23.08 q, NR
10 8 Per Johansson
 Sweden
 23.12 q
11 9 Stephan Güsgen
 West Germany
 23.22 q
7 Stéphan Caron
 France
 q, WD
13 9 Shen Jianqiang
 China
 23.41 q
9 Tsvetan Golomeev
 Bulgaria
 q, WD
15 4 Mark Andrews
 Canada
 23.44 q, NR
16 8 Göran Titus
 Sweden
 23.44 q
17 8 Hilton Woods
 Netherlands Antilles
 23.46 q
18 6 Feng Qiangbiao
 China
 23.47
qSO
6 Christophe Kalfayan
 France
qSO
20 7 Vagn Høgholm
 Denmark
 23.50
9 Hans Kroes
 Netherlands
22 7 Mark Foster
 Great Britain
 23.51
23 7 Petr Kladiva
 Czechoslovakia
 23.53
24 5 Manuel Guzmán
 Puerto Rico
 23.61
25 6 Mike Fibbens
 Great Britain
 23.67
26 8 Peter Rohde
 Denmark
 23.70
27 6 Thomas Stachewicz
 Australia
 23.72
28 6 Yves Clausse
 Luxembourg
 23.99
29 8 Rodrigo González
 Mexico
 24.01
30 6 Paulo Trindade
 Portugal
 24.02
31 5 Sérgio Esteves
 Portugal
 24.24
32 1 Garvin Ferguson
 Bahamas
 24.25
NR
33 7 José Moreira
 Brazil
 24.26
4 Joseph Eric Buhain
 Philippines
NR
35 5 Li Khai Kam
 Hong Kong
 24.30
36 6 Markus Opatril
 Austria
 24.32
37 5 Jorge Fernandes
 Brazil
 24.40
38 6 Alexander Pilhatsch
 Austria
 24.42
39 5 Michael Wright
 Hong Kong
 24.47
40 5 Magnús Ólafsson
 Iceland
 24.50
41 4 Richard Sam Bera
 Indonesia
 24.63
NR
42 5 Mohamed El-Azoul
 Egypt
 24.64
4 Murat Tahir
 Turkey
44 4 Hans Foerster
 Virgin Islands
 24.72
45 6 Urbano Zea
 Mexico
 24.86
3 Oon Jin Gee
 Singapore
47 3 Ronald Pickard
 Virgin Islands
 25.01
48 5 Mohamed Hassan
 Egypt
 25.11
49 1 Paul Yelle
 Barbados
 25.15
50 4 Hakan Eskioğlu
 Turkey
 25.24
51 3 Chiang Chi-li
 Chinese Taipei
 25.26
52 3 Vaughan Smith
 Zimbabwe
 25.29
53 3 Graham Thompson
 Zimbabwe
 25.38
54 3 Song Kwang-sun
 South Korea
 25.40
55 3 Wirmandi Sugriat
 Indonesia
 25.55
56 3 Bruno N'Diaye
 Senegal
 25.63
57 2 Warren Sorby
 Fiji
 25.64
58 2 Pablo Barahona
 Honduras
 25.79
59 1 Sergio Fafitine
 Mozambique
 25.97
60 2 Plutarco Castellanos
 Honduras
 26.00
61 2 Hasan Al-Shammari
 Kuwait
 26.27
62 2 Jason Chute
 Fiji
 26.46
63 2 Michele Piva
 San Marino
 26.60
2 Ahmad Faraj
 United Arab Emirates
65 2 Trevor Ncala
 Swaziland
 26.88
66 1 Filippo Piva
 San Marino
 26.96
67 1 Amine El-Domyati
 Lebanon
 27.34
68 1 Mubarak Faraj Bilal
 United Arab Emirates
 27.60
69 1 Yul Mark Du Pont
 Swaziland
 27.93
4 Pedro Lima
 Angola
 DSQ
4 Mouhamed Diop
 Senegal
 DSQ


Swimoff



























Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Feng Qiangbiao
 China
 23.28 q, WD
2 5 Christophe Kalfayan
 France
 23.37 q


Finals


[5]



Final B











































































Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 7 Goran Titus
 Sweden
 23.28
10 5 Per Johansson
 Sweden
 23.37
11 4 Ang Peng Siong
 Singapore
 23.39
12 6 Shen Jianqiang
 China
 23.40
13 8 Christophe Kalfayan
 France
 23.45
14 3 Stephan Güsgen
 West Germany
 23.55
15 2 Mark Andrews
 Canada
 23.64
16 1 Hilton Woods
 Netherlands Antilles
 23.65


Final A











































































Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 Matt Biondi
 United States
 22.14
WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 6 Tom Jager
 United States
 22.36
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 5 Gennadiy Prigoda
 Soviet Union
 22.71
4 3 Dano Halsall
 Switzerland
 22.83
5 8 Stéfan Voléry
 Switzerland
 22.84
6 2 Volodymyr Tkachenko
 Soviet Union
 22.88
7 7 Frank Henter
 West Germany
 23.03
8 1 Andrew Baildon
 Australia
 23.15


References





  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 50 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 19 March 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ ab Dodds, Tracy (24 September 1988). "The Seoul Games / Day 9 : Biondi, the Underdog, Ends Up Top Dog Again". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 August 2013.


  3. ^ Husar, John (25 September 1988). "Biondi, Evans Stay On Gold Standard". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 August 2013.


  4. ^ "Seoul 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 400. Retrieved 19 August 2013.


  5. ^ "Seoul 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 401. Retrieved 19 August 2013.




External links



  • Official Report

  • USA Swimming









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