Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle
| Men's 50 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
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| Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
| Date | September 24, 1988 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 71 from 44 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 22.14 WR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming events at the 1988 Summer Olympics  |
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| 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 | ||
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.
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.[1][2] 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.[1]
Contents
Records
The existing World and Olympic records at the time of the competition were:
| 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 |
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| September 24 | Heat 8 | Matt Biondi |  United States |
22.39 | OR |
| September 24 | Final | 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).[3]
Qualification swim-off
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 4 | Feng Qiangbiao |  China |
23.28 | Q, WD |
| 2 | 5 | Christophe Kalfayan |  France |
23.37 | Q |
Finals
Final B
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 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 | 23x15px Netherlands Antilles | 23.65 |
Final A
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Matt Biondi | United States |
22.14 | WR |
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6 | Tom Jager | United States |
22.36 | |
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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
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