| Men 100m Freestyle Swimming XXIV Olympic Games 1988 Seoul, South Korea - Thursday, 22nd September - Matthew Biondi, United States | 
| | Final |  | time |  | gap | L | Y | 50m |  | 1. Matthew Biondi |  United States | 48.63s |  | OR | - | 22 | 23.21s |  | 2. Christopher Jacobs |  United States | 49.08s |  | +0.45s | - | 23 | 23.76s |  | 3. Stephan Caron |  France | 49.62s |  | +0.99s | - | 22 | 23.79s |  | 4. Gennady Prigoda |  Soviet Union | 49.75s |  | +1.12s | - | 23 | 23.46s |  | 5. Yury Bashkatov |  Soviet Union | 50.08s |  | +1.45s | - | 20 | 24.07s |  | 6. Andrew Baildon |  Australia | 50.23s |  | +1.60s | - | 17 | 23.92s |  | 7. Per Johansson |  Sweden | 50.35s |  | +1.72s | - | 25 | 24.21s |  | 8. Tommy Werner |  Sweden | 50.54s |  | +1.91s | - | 22 | 24.29s | 
 | World Record: Matthew Biondi, United States 58.42s Austin, United States 10 August 1988 |  | Olympic Record: Rowdy Gaines, United States 49.80s Los Angeles United States 31 July 1984 | 
 | | 53.60s LCM-time done since Jan 1, 1987 | 
 | | 51.70s SCM-time done since Sep 1, 1987 | 
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 | Final B |  | time |  | gap | L | Y | 50m |  | 9. Thomas Stachewicz |  Australia | 50.71s |  |  | - | 22 | 24.90s |  | 10.Sandy Goss |  Canada | 50.73s |  | +0.02s | - | 21 | 24.20s |  | 11.Stefan Volery |  Switzerland | 50.74s |  | +0.03s | - | 27 | 24.23s |  | 12.Sven Lodziewski |  East Germany | 51.00s |  | +0.29s | - | 23 | 24.97s |  | 13.Frantz Mortensen |  Denmark | 51.05s |  | +0.34s | - | 24 | 24.23s |  | 14.Thomas Fahrner |  West Germany | 51.12s |  | +0.41s | - | 25 | 24.58s |  | 15.Tzvetan Golomeev |  Bulgaria | 51.16s |  | +0.45s | - | 27 | 24.41s |  | 16.Hilton Woods |  Neth. Antilles | 51.25s |  | +0.54s | - | 20 | 24.80s | 
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| Heats - Thursday, 22nd September 10:00 | 
| | Heat 10 |  | time |  | gap | L | Y | Rk | 50m |  | 1. Matthew Biondi |  United States | 49.04s | Q | OR | - | 22 | 1. | 23.75s |  | 5. Gennady Prigoda |  Soviet Union | 50.13s | Q | +1.09s | - | 23 | 2. | 23.86s |  | 9. Steffen Zesner |  East Germany | 50.73s | WD | +1.69s | - | 20 | 3. | 24.60s |  | 17.Stefan Volery |  Switzerland | 50.96s | q | +1.92s | - | 27 | 5. | 24.13s |  | 21.Andrew Jameson |  Great Britain | 51.18s |  | +2.14s | - | 23 | 6. | 24.58s |  | 26.Petr Kladiva |  Czechoslovakia | 51.39s |  | +2.35s | - | 21 | 7. | 24.67s |  | 27.Jianqiang Shen |  China | 51.40s |  | +2.36s | - | 23 | 8. | 24.98s | 
 | | Heat 9 |  | time |  | gap | L | Y | Rk | 50m |  | 3. Stephan Caron |  France | 49.37s | Q | +0.33s | - | 22 | 1. | 23.91s |  | 4. Yury Bashkatov |  Soviet Union | 50.08s | Q | +1.04s | - | 20 | 2. | 24.49s |  | 7. Andrew Baildon |  Australia | 50.34s | Q | +1.30s | - | 17 | 3. | 23.72s |  | 13.Thomas Fahrner |  West Germany | 50.78s | q | +1.74s | - | 25 | 4. | 24.63s |  | 15.Tzvetan Golomeev |  Bulgaria | 50.82s | q | +1.78s | - | 27 | 5. | 24.40s |  | 16.Thomas Stachewicz |  Australia | 50.90s | q | +1.86s | - | 22 | 6. | 24.38s |  | 19.Torsten Wiegel |  West Germany | 51.02s |  | +1.98s | - | 21 | 7. | 24.90s |  | 20.Christophe Kalfayan |  France | 51.05s |  | +2.01s | - | 19 | 8. | 24.81s | 
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| | Heat 8 |  | time |  | gap | L | Y | Rk | 50m |  | 2. Christopher Jacobs |  United States | 49.20s | Q | +0.16s | - | 23 | 1. | 23.90s |  | 6. Per Johansson |  Sweden | 50.22s | Q | +1.18s | - | 25 | 2. | 24.11s |  | 8. Tommy Werner |  Sweden | 50.45s | Q | +1.41s | - | 22 | 3. | 24.31s |  | 11.Frantz Mortensen |  Denmark | 50.74s | q | +1.70s | - | 24 | 4. | 24.23s |  | 12.Sven Lodziewski |  East Germany | 50.77s | q | +1.73s | - | 23 | 5. | 24.77s |  | 18.Roberto Gleria |  Italy | 50.97s |  | +1.93s | - | 19 | 6. | 24.67s |  | 22.Roland Lee |  Great Britain | 51.20s |  | +2.16s | - | 24 | 7. | 24.41s |  | 42.Richard Bodor |  Hungary | 52.77s |  | +3.73s | - | 9 | 8. | 24.84s | 
 | | Heat 7 |  | time |  | gap | L | Y | Rk | 50m |  | 9. Hilton Woods |  Neth. Antilles | 50.73s | q | +1.69s | - | 20 | 1. | 24.71s |  | 23.Dano Halsall |  Switzerland | 51.21s |  | +2.17s | - | 25 | 2. | 24.12s |  | 25.Peter Rohde |  Denmark | 51.38s |  | +2.34s | - | 23 | 3. | 24.64s |  | 28.Rodrigo Gonzalez |  Mexico | 51.46s |  | +2.42s | - | 20 | 4. | 24.73s |  | 29.Hans Kroes |  Netherlands | 51.65s |  | +2.61s | - | 23 | 5. | 24.36s |  | 30.Patrick Dybiona |  Netherlands | 51.79s |  | +2.75s | - | 25 | 6. | 24.83s |  | 36.Ross Anderson |  New Zealand | 52.33s |  | +3.29s | - | 19 | 7. | 25.18s |  | -. Giorgio Lamberti |  Italy | DNS |  |  | - | 19 |  |  | 
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| | Heat 6 |  | time |  | gap | L | Y | Rk | 50m |  | 31.Magnus Olafsson |  Iceland | 52.01s |  | +2.97s | - | 21 | 1. | 25.39s |  | 33.Jorge Fernandes |  Brazil | 52.23s |  | +3.19s | - | 26 | 2. | 25.32s |  | 34.Jean-Marie Arnould |  Belgium | 52.26s |  | +3.22s | - | 22 | 3. | 25.50s |  | 35.Yves Clausse |  Luxembourg | 52.27s |  | +3.23s | - | 19 | 4. | 24.24s |  | 37.Emanuel Nascimento |  Brazil | 52.41s |  | +3.37s | - | 18 | 5. | 25.54s |  | 38.Qiangbiao Feng |  China | 52.45s |  | +3.41s | - | 23 | 6. | 25.07s |  | 40.Peng Siong Ang |  Singapore | 52.53s |  | +3.49s | - | 25 | 7. | 25.21s |  | -. Stefan Opatril |  Austria | DSQ |  |  | - | 21 |  |  | 
 | | Heat 5 |  | time |  | gap | L | Y | Rk | 50m |  | 32.Shigeo Ogata |  Japan | 52.08s |  | +3.04s | - | 19 | 1. | 25.36s |  | 39.Carlos Scanavino |  Uruguay | 52.52s |  | +3.48s | - | 24 | 2. | 25.68s |  | 41.Markus Opatril |  Austria | 52.66s |  | +3.62s | - | 23 | 3. | 25.32s |  | 44.Murat Tahir |  Turkey | 53.27s |  | +4.23s | - | 24 | 4. | 25.94s |  | 46.Vaughan Smith |  Zimbabwe | 53.58s |  | +4.54s | - | 19 | 5. | 25.83s |  | 47.Richard Sam Bera |  Indonesia | 53.59s |  | +4.55s | - | 16 | 6. | 25.89s |  | 52.Hakan Eskioglu |  Turkey | 53.95s |  | +4.91s | - | 17 | 7. | 26.58s |  | 56.Ignacio Escamilla |  Mexico | 54.56s |  | +5.52s | - | 31 | 8. | 26.08s | 
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| | Heat 4 |  | time |  | gap | L | Y | Rk | 50m |  | 24.Manuel Guzman |  Puerto Rico | 51.25s |  | +2.21s | - | 18 | 1. | 24.59s |  | 45.Moustafa Ahmed |  Egypt | 53.57s |  | +4.53s | - | 5 | 2. | 26.06s |  | 48.Garvin Ferguson |  Bahamas | 53.62s |  | +4.58s | - | 20 | 3. | 25.74s |  | 49.Michael Wright |  Hong Kong | 53.64s |  | +4.60s | - | 22 | 4. | 25.71s |  | 50.Khai-Kam Li |  Hong Kong | 53.70s |  | +4.66s | - | 22 | 5. | 26.27s |  | 51.Rene Concepcion |  Philippines | 53.84s |  | +4.80s | - | 19 | 6. | 26.37s |  | 53.Jonathan Sakovich |  Guam | 54.24s |  | +5.20s | - | 18 | 7. | 26.64s |  | 63.Chi-Li Chiang |  Taiwan | 55.87s |  | +6.83s | - | 17 | 8. | 26.43s | 
 | | Heat 3 |  | time |  | gap | L | Y | Rk | 50m |  | 43.Jin-Gee Oon |  Singapore | 53.26s |  | +4.22s | - | 21 | 1. | 25.84s |  | 54.Hans Foerster |  US Virgin Islands | 54.29s |  | +5.25s | - | 2. | 2. | 25.99s |  | 55.Sang-Won Kwon |  South Korea | 54.34s |  | +5.30s | - | 3. | 3. | 25.78s |  | 57.Kwang-Sun Song |  South Korea | 54.63s |  | +5.59s | - | 18 | 4. | 26.28s |  | 58.Ronald Pickard |  US Virgin Islands | 54.72s |  | +5.68s | - | 19 | 5. | 25.52s |  | 60.Graham Lewis Thompson |  Zimbabwe | 55.20s |  | +6.16s | - | 24 | 6. | 26.49s |  | 62.Pedro Lima Barata |  Angola | 55.53s |  | +6.49s | - | 17 | 7. | 27.05s |  | 65.Hasan Al-Shammari |  Kuwait | 56.44s |  | +7.40s | - | 21 | 8. | 26.91s | 
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| | Heat 2 |  | time |  | gap | L | Y | Rk | 50m |  | 59.Mouhamedou Diop |  Senegal | 54.93s |  | +5.89s | - | 24 | 1. | 26.19s |  | 64.Plutarco Castellanos Dusavage |  Honduras | 56.11s |  | +7.07s | - | 17 | 2. | 26.81s |  | 66.Warren Sorby |  Fiji | 56.66s |  | +7.62s | - | 23 | 3. | 26.63s |  | 68.Rodolfo Barahona |  Honduras | 57.97s |  | +8.93s | - | 18 | 4. | 28.34s |  | 69.Michele Piva |  San Marino | 57.99s |  | +8.95s | - | 23 | 5. | 27.74s |  | 71.Filippo Piva |  San Marino | 58.39s |  | +9.35s | - | 21 | 6. | 27.83s |  | 73.Ahmad Faraj |  UA Emirates | 59.10s |  | +10.06s | - | 22 | 7. | 27.77s |  | 74.Trevor Ncala |  Eswatini | 59.25s |  | +10.21s | - | 23 | 8. | 27.53s | 
 | | Heat 1 |  | time |  | gap | L | Y | Rk | 50m |  | 61.Paul Yelle |  Barbados | 55.35s |  | +6.31s | - | 24 | 1. | 26.40s |  | 67.Sergio Fafitine |  Mozambique | 57.10s |  | +8.06s | - | 19 | 2. | 26.57s |  | 70.Jason Chute |  Fiji | 58.14s |  | +9.10s | - | 16 | 3. | 28.12s |  | 72.Mohamed Bin Abid |  UA Emirates | 58.81s |  | +9.77s | - | 19 | 4. | 28.37s |  | 75.Emile Lahoud |  Lebanon | 1:02.40 |  | +13.36s | - | 13 | 6. | 30.24s |  | 76.Yul Mark Du Pont |  Eswatini | 1:02.70 |  | +13.66s | - | 17 | 7. | 29.64s | 
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| | Final |  | time |  | gap | L | Y | 50m |  | 1. Matthew Biondi |  United States | 48.63s |  | OR | - | 22 | 23.21s |  | 2. Christopher Jacobs |  United States | 49.08s |  | +0.45s | - | 23 | 23.76s |  | 3. Stephan Caron |  France | 49.62s |  | +0.99s | - | 22 | 23.79s |  | 4. Gennady Prigoda |  Soviet Union | 49.75s |  | +1.12s | - | 23 | 23.46s |  | 5. Yury Bashkatov |  Soviet Union | 50.08s |  | +1.45s | - | 20 | 24.07s |  | 6. Andrew Baildon |  Australia | 50.23s |  | +1.60s | - | 17 | 23.92s |  | 7. Per Johansson |  Sweden | 50.35s |  | +1.72s | - | 25 | 24.21s |  | 8. Tommy Werner |  Sweden | 50.54s |  | +1.91s | - | 22 | 24.29s |  | Final B |  | time |  | gap | L | Y | 50m |  | 9. Thomas Stachewicz |  Australia | 50.71s |  |  | - | 22 | 24.90s |  | 10.Sandy Goss |  Canada | 50.73s |  | +0.02s | - | 21 | 24.20s |  | 11.Stefan Volery |  Switzerland | 50.74s |  | +0.03s | - | 27 | 24.23s |  | 12.Sven Lodziewski |  East Germany | 51.00s |  | +0.29s | - | 23 | 24.97s |  | 13.Frantz Mortensen |  Denmark | 51.05s |  | +0.34s | - | 24 | 24.23s |  | 14.Thomas Fahrner |  West Germany | 51.12s |  | +0.41s | - | 25 | 24.58s |  | 15.Tzvetan Golomeev |  Bulgaria | 51.16s |  | +0.45s | - | 27 | 24.41s |  | 16.Hilton Woods |  Neth. Antilles | 51.25s |  | +0.54s | - | 20 | 24.80s |  | Heats |  | time |  | gap | L | Y | 50m |  | 1. Matthew Biondi |  United States | 49.04s | Q | OR | - | 22 | 23.75s |  | 2. Christopher Jacobs |  United States | 49.20s | Q | +0.16s | - | 23 | 23.90s |  | 3. Stephan Caron |  France | 49.37s | Q | +0.33s | - | 22 | 23.91s |  | 4. Yury Bashkatov |  Soviet Union | 50.08s | Q | +1.04s | - | 20 | 24.49s |  | 5. Gennady Prigoda |  Soviet Union | 50.13s | Q | +1.09s | - | 23 | 23.86s |  | 6. Per Johansson |  Sweden | 50.22s | Q | +1.18s | - | 25 | 24.11s |  | 7. Andrew Baildon |  Australia | 50.34s | Q | +1.30s | - | 17 | 23.72s |  | 8. Tommy Werner |  Sweden | 50.45s | Q | +1.41s | - | 22 | 24.31s |  | 9. Steffen Zesner |  East Germany | 50.73s | WD | +1.69s | - | 20 | 24.60s |  | 9. Hilton Woods |  Neth. Antilles | 50.73s | q | +1.69s | - | 20 | 24.71s |  | 11.Frantz Mortensen |  Denmark | 50.74s | q | +1.70s | - | 24 | 24.23s |  | 12.Sven Lodziewski |  East Germany | 50.77s | q | +1.73s | - | 23 | 24.77s |  | 13.Thomas Fahrner |  West Germany | 50.78s | q | +1.74s | - | 25 | 24.63s |  | 14.Sandy Goss |  Canada | 50.81s | q | +1.77s | - | 21 | 24.66s |  | 15.Tzvetan Golomeev |  Bulgaria | 50.82s | q | +1.78s | - | 27 | 24.40s |  | 16.Thomas Stachewicz |  Australia | 50.90s | q | +1.86s | - | 22 | 24.38s |  | 17.Stefan Volery |  Switzerland | 50.96s | q | +1.92s | - | 27 | 24.13s |  | 18.Roberto Gleria |  Italy | 50.97s |  | +1.93s | - | 19 | 24.67s |  | 19.Torsten Wiegel |  West Germany | 51.02s |  | +1.98s | - | 21 | 24.90s |  | 20.Christophe Kalfayan |  France | 51.05s |  | +2.01s | - | 19 | 24.81s |  | 21.Andrew Jameson |  Great Britain | 51.18s |  | +2.14s | - | 23 | 24.58s |  | 22.Roland Lee |  Great Britain | 51.20s |  | +2.16s | - | 24 | 24.41s |  | 23.Dano Halsall |  Switzerland | 51.21s |  | +2.17s | - | 25 | 24.12s |  | 24.Manuel Guzman |  Puerto Rico | 51.25s |  | +2.21s | - | 18 | 24.59s |  | 25.Peter Rohde |  Denmark | 51.38s |  | +2.34s | - | 23 | 24.64s |  | 26.Petr Kladiva |  Czechoslovakia | 51.39s |  | +2.35s | - | 21 | 24.67s |  | 27.Jianqiang Shen |  China | 51.40s |  | +2.36s | - | 23 | 24.98s |  | 28.Rodrigo Gonzalez |  Mexico | 51.46s |  | +2.42s | - | 20 | 24.73s |  | 29.Hans Kroes |  Netherlands | 51.65s |  | +2.61s | - | 23 | 24.36s |  | 30.Patrick Dybiona |  Netherlands | 51.79s |  | +2.75s | - | 25 | 24.83s |  | 31.Magnus Olafsson |  Iceland | 52.01s |  | +2.97s | - | 21 | 25.39s |  | 32.Shigeo Ogata |  Japan | 52.08s |  | +3.04s | - | 19 | 25.36s |  | 33.Jorge Fernandes |  Brazil | 52.23s |  | +3.19s | - | 26 | 25.32s |  | 34.Jean-Marie Arnould |  Belgium | 52.26s |  | +3.22s | - | 22 | 25.50s |  | 35.Yves Clausse |  Luxembourg | 52.27s |  | +3.23s | - | 19 | 24.24s |  | 36.Ross Anderson |  New Zealand | 52.33s |  | +3.29s | - | 19 | 25.18s |  | 37.Emanuel Nascimento |  Brazil | 52.41s |  | +3.37s | - | 18 | 25.54s |  | 38.Qiangbiao Feng |  China | 52.45s |  | +3.41s | - | 23 | 25.07s |  | 39.Carlos Scanavino |  Uruguay | 52.52s |  | +3.48s | - | 24 | 25.68s |  | 40.Peng Siong Ang |  Singapore | 52.53s |  | +3.49s | - | 25 | 25.21s |  | 41.Markus Opatril |  Austria | 52.66s |  | +3.62s | - | 23 | 25.32s |  | 42.Richard Bodor |  Hungary | 52.77s |  | +3.73s | - | 9 | 24.84s |  | 43.Jin-Gee Oon |  Singapore | 53.26s |  | +4.22s | - | 21 | 25.84s |  | 44.Murat Tahir |  Turkey | 53.27s |  | +4.23s | - | 24 | 25.94s |  | 45.Moustafa Ahmed |  Egypt | 53.57s |  | +4.53s | - | 5 | 26.06s |  | 46.Vaughan Smith |  Zimbabwe | 53.58s |  | +4.54s | - | 19 | 25.83s |  | 47.Richard Sam Bera |  Indonesia | 53.59s |  | +4.55s | - | 16 | 25.89s |  | 48.Garvin Ferguson |  Bahamas | 53.62s |  | +4.58s | - | 20 | 25.74s |  | 49.Michael Wright |  Hong Kong | 53.64s |  | +4.60s | - | 22 | 25.71s |  | 50.Khai-Kam Li |  Hong Kong | 53.70s |  | +4.66s | - | 22 | 26.27s |  | 51.Rene Concepcion |  Philippines | 53.84s |  | +4.80s | - | 19 | 26.37s |  | 52.Hakan Eskioglu |  Turkey | 53.95s |  | +4.91s | - | 17 | 26.58s |  | 53.Jonathan Sakovich |  Guam | 54.24s |  | +5.20s | - | 18 | 26.64s |  | 54.Hans Foerster |  US Virgin Islands | 54.29s |  | +5.25s | - | 2. | 25.99s |  | 55.Sang-Won Kwon |  South Korea | 54.34s |  | +5.30s | - | 3. | 25.78s |  | 56.Ignacio Escamilla |  Mexico | 54.56s |  | +5.52s | - | 31 | 26.08s |  | 57.Kwang-Sun Song |  South Korea | 54.63s |  | +5.59s | - | 18 | 26.28s |  | 58.Ronald Pickard |  US Virgin Islands | 54.72s |  | +5.68s | - | 19 | 25.52s |  | 59.Mouhamedou Diop |  Senegal | 54.93s |  | +5.89s | - | 24 | 26.19s |  | 60.Graham Lewis Thompson |  Zimbabwe | 55.20s |  | +6.16s | - | 24 | 26.49s |  | 61.Paul Yelle |  Barbados | 55.35s |  | +6.31s | - | 24 | 26.40s |  | 62.Pedro Lima Barata |  Angola | 55.53s |  | +6.49s | - | 17 | 27.05s |  | 63.Chi-Li Chiang |  Taiwan | 55.87s |  | +6.83s | - | 17 | 26.43s |  | 64.Plutarco Castellanos Dusavage |  Honduras | 56.11s |  | +7.07s | - | 17 | 26.81s |  | 65.Hasan Al-Shammari |  Kuwait | 56.44s |  | +7.40s | - | 21 | 26.91s |  | 66.Warren Sorby |  Fiji | 56.66s |  | +7.62s | - | 23 | 26.63s |  | 67.Sergio Fafitine |  Mozambique | 57.10s |  | +8.06s | - | 19 | 26.57s |  | 68.Rodolfo Barahona |  Honduras | 57.97s |  | +8.93s | - | 18 | 28.34s |  | 69.Michele Piva |  San Marino | 57.99s |  | +8.95s | - | 23 | 27.74s |  | 70.Jason Chute |  Fiji | 58.14s |  | +9.10s | - | 16 | 28.12s |  | 71.Filippo Piva |  San Marino | 58.39s |  | +9.35s | - | 21 | 27.83s |  | 72.Mohamed Bin Abid |  UA Emirates | 58.81s |  | +9.77s | - | 19 | 28.37s |  | 73.Ahmad Faraj |  UA Emirates | 59.10s |  | +10.06s | - | 22 | 27.77s |  | 74.Trevor Ncala |  Eswatini | 59.25s |  | +10.21s | - | 23 | 27.53s |  | 75.Emile Lahoud |  Lebanon | 1:02.40 |  | +13.36s | - | 13 | 30.24s |  | 76.Yul Mark Du Pont |  Eswatini | 1:02.70 |  | +13.66s | - | 17 | 29.64s |  | -. Stefan Opatril |  Austria | DSQ |  |  | - | 21 |  |  | -. Giorgio Lamberti |  Italy | DNS |  |  | - | 19 |  | 
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