Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 23 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date23 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors52 from 44 nations
Winning time54.10
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jeff Rouse  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rodolfo Falcón  Cuba
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Neisser Bent  Cuba
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Records

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

World record   Jeff Rouse (USA) 53.86 Barcelona, Spain 31 July 1992
Olympic record   Jeff Rouse (USA) 53.86 Barcelona, Spain 31 July 1992

Results

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Heats

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Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 4 Jeff Rouse   United States 54.20 Q
2 5 1 Neisser Bent   Cuba 54.83 Q, NR
3 6 5 Rodolfo Falcón   Cuba 55.29 Q
4 5 2 Martín López-Zubero   Spain 55.36 Q
5 6 4 Tripp Schwenk   United States 55.71 Q
6 7 1 Ralf Braun   Germany 55.73 Q
7 5 6 Franck Schott   France 55.77 Q
8 7 3 Emanuele Merisi   Italy 55.82 Q
9 5 5 Vladimir Selkov   Russia 55.87 q, WD
10 6 8 Robert Braknis   Canada 56.14 q
11 7 6 Mariusz Siembida   Poland 56.16 q
12 4 4 Darius Grigalionis   Lithuania 56.20 q, NR
13 6 2 Hajime Itoi   Japan 56.22 q
14 6 7 Stev Theloke   Germany 56.26 q
15 5 4 Neil Willey   Great Britain 56.27 q
16 6 3 Steven Dewick   Australia 56.35 q
7 2 Keitaro Konnai   Japan q
18 6 1 Chris Renaud   Canada 56.52
19 4 6 Volodymyr Nikolaychuk   Ukraine 56.71
4 8 Derya Büyükuncu   Turkey
21 5 8 Nicolae Butacu   Romania 56.73
22 3 7 Eithan Urbach   Israel 56.74
23 5 7 Jonathan Winter   New Zealand 56.92
24 4 2 Rogério Romero   Brazil 56.94
25 5 3 Tamás Deutsch   Hungary 56.96
26 4 3 Zhao Yi   China 57.17
7 5 Martin Harris   Great Britain
28 7 8 Mindaugas Špokas   Lithuania 57.20
29 4 1 Carlos Arena   Mexico 57.40
30 4 5 Nuno Laurentino   Portugal 57.59
31 3 3 Raymond Papa   Philippines 57.67
32 1 4 Alex Lim   Malaysia 57.68 NR
33 3 4 Miroslav Machovič   Slovakia 57.78
34 3 5 Tomislav Karlo   Croatia 57.89
35 2 2 Nicholas Neckles   Barbados 57.91
36 4 7 Panagiotis Adamidis   Greece 58.12
37 3 1 Rastislav Bizub   Czech Republic 58.29
38 2 3 Dulyarit Phuangthong   Thailand 58.32
39 2 6 Kim Min-suk   South Korea 58.43
40 3 2 Logi Jes Kristjánsson   Iceland 58.53
41 3 6 Adrian O'Connor   Ireland 58.56
42 2 5 Sergey Ushkalov   Kazakhstan 58.61
43 3 8 Artur Elezarov   Moldova 59.24
44 2 7 Nicolás Rajcevich   Chile 59.90
45 1 5 Konstantin Priahin   Kyrgyzstan 1:00.26
46 2 8 Gerald Koh   Singapore 1:00.29
47 2 4 Mike Fung-A-Wing   Suriname 1:01.24
48 1 3 Leandro Jorge   Mozambique 1:03.86
49 2 1 Fahad Al-Otaibi   Kuwait 1:04.27
50 1 6 Sitaram Shahi   Nepal 1:14.58
6 6 Jani Sievinen   Finland DNS
7 7 Alexander Popov   Russia DNS

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 8 Keitaro Konnai   Japan 55.74
10 7 Neil Willey   Great Britain 56.07
11 6 Hajime Itoi   Japan 56.23
12 5 Mariusz Siembida   Poland 56.31
13 3 Darius Grigalionis   Lithuania 56.33
14 2 Stev Theloke   Germany 56.63
15 1 Steven Dewick   Australia 56.82
16 4 Robert Braknis   Canada 57.00

Final A

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Jeff Rouse   United States 54.10
  3 Rodolfo Falcón   Cuba 54.98
  5 Neisser Bent   Cuba 55.02
4 6 Martín López-Zubero   Spain 55.22
5 2 Tripp Schwenk   United States 55.30
6 8 Emanuele Merisi   Italy 55.53
7 7 Ralf Braun   Germany 55.56
8 1 Franck Schott   France 55.76

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 41. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Finals" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 41. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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