Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
Final A

Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle

Section Title: Final A
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

4	Matt Biondi	United States	48.63	OR

5	Chris Jacobs	United States	49.08

3	Stéphan Caron	France	49.62

4	2	Gennadiy Prigoda	Soviet Union	49.75

5	6	Iurie Başcatov	Soviet Union	50.08

6	1	Andrew Baildon	Australia	50.23

7	7	Per Johansson	Sweden	50.35

8	8	Tommy Werner	Sweden	50.54

Sentence(s)

France's Stéphan Caron held off a sprint battle against Soviet duo Gennadiy Prigoda and Iurie Başcatov to take home the bronze in 49.62.

final_sentence: France's Stéphan Caron held off a sprint battle against Soviet duo Gennadiy Prigoda and Iurie Başcatov to take home the bronze in 49.62.