# Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Jeff Rouse (USA) | 53.93 | Edmonton, Canada | 25 August 1991 |
| Olympic record | David Berkoff (USA) | 54.51 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 30 July | Final A | Mark Tewksbury | Canada | 53.98 | OR |

## Results
### Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Jeff Rouse | United States | 54.63 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | Mark Tewksbury | Canada | 54.75 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | David Berkoff | United States | 54.84 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Martín López-Zubero | Spain | 55.37 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 8 | Vladimir Selkov | Unified Team | 55.72 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | Franck Schott | France | 55.84 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 6 | Rodolfo Falcón | Cuba | 55.99 | Q, NR |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Dirk Richter | Germany | 56.03 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Hajime Itoi | Japan | 56.18 | q |
| 10 | 5 | 6 | Yasuhiro Vandewalle | Belgium | 56.20 | q |
| 11 | 6 | 6 | Tino Weber | Germany | 56.27 | q |
| 12 | 7 | 7 | Stefaan Maene | Belgium | 56.34 | q |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Tamás Deutsch | Hungary | 56.47 | q |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Georgi Mihalev | Bulgaria | 56.59 | q, NR |
| 15 | 5 | 7 | Carlos Ventosa | Spain | 56.62 | q |
| 16 | 4 | 5 | Emanuele Merisi | Italy | 56.80 | q |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Manuel Guzmán | Puerto Rico | 56.93 | |
| 18 | 7 | 8 | Raymond Brown | Canada | 56.98 | |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | Tom Stachewicz | Australia | 57.03 | |
| 20 | 7 | 3 | Ilmar Ojase | Estonia | 57.08 | |
| 21 | 4 | 2 | Rogério Romero | Brazil | 57.28 | |
| 22 | 6 | 3 | Derya Büyükuncu | Turkey | 57.38 | |
| 23 | 7 | 1 | Stefano Battistelli | Italy | 57.40 | |
| 24 | 4 | 7 | Rastislav Bizub | Czechoslovakia | 57.57 | |
| 24 | 6 | 7 | Martin Harris | Great Britain | 57.57 | |
| 26 | 3 | 5 | Marcel Blažo | Czechoslovakia | 57.61 | |
| 27 | 4 | 4 | Keita Soraoka | Japan | 57.64 | |
| 28 | 5 | 1 | Eran Groumi | Israel | 57.67 | |
| 29 | 2 | 4 | Alejandro Alvizuri | Peru | 57.72 | NR |
| 30 | 4 | 3 | Adam Ruckwood | Great Britain | 57.75 | |
| 31 | 6 | 2 | Lin Laijiu | China | 57.85 | |
| 32 | 4 | 8 | Seddon Keyter | South Africa | 57.94 | |
| 33 | 6 | 8 | Simon Percy | New Zealand | 57.96 | |
| 34 | 3 | 1 | Dragomir Markov | Bulgaria | 58.17 | |
| 35 | 3 | 3 | Sebastián Lasave | Argentina | 58.22 | |
| 36 | 3 | 2 | David Holderbach | France | 58.25 | |
| 37 | 3 | 4 | Rudi Dollmayer | Sweden | 58.26 | |
| 38 | 3 | 8 | Ricardo Busquets | Puerto Rico | 58.42 | |
| 39 | 4 | 1 | Thomas Sopp | Norway | 58.45 | |
| 40 | 3 | 6 | Ji Sang-jun | South Korea | 58.62 | |
| 41 | 2 | 5 | Olivér Ágh | Hungary | 59.02 | |
| 42 | 2 | 1 | Miguel Arrobas | Portugal | 59.37 | |
| 43 | 2 | 2 | Raymond Papa | Philippines | 59.58 | |
| 44 | 2 | 3 | Leo Najera | Philippines | 59.92 | |
| 45 | 4 | 6 | Toby Haenen | Australia | 1:00.08 | |
| 46 | 2 | 7 | Patrick Sagisi | Guam | 1:01.84 | |
| 47 | 1 | 5 | Marcos Prono | Paraguay | 1:02.72 | |
| 48 | 2 | 6 | Timothy Eneas | Bahamas | 1:03.10 | |
| 49 | 1 | 6 | Salvador Jiménez | Honduras | 1:04.60 | |
| 50 | 1 | 2 | Carl Probert | Fiji | 1:04.92 | |
| 51 | 1 | 3 | Jarrah Al-Asmawi | Kuwait | 1:05.53 | |
| 52 | 1 | 7 | Abdullah Sultan | United Arab Emirates | 1:08.22 | |
| | 1 | 4 | Nayef Al-Hasawi | Kuwait | DNS | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 5 | Yasuhiro Vandewalle | Belgium | 56.36 |
| 10 | 6 | Stefaan Maene | Belgium | 56.47 |
| 11 | 3 | Tino Weber | Germany | 56.49 |
| 12 | 4 | Hajime Itoi | Japan | 56.64 |
| 13 | 2 | Tamás Deutsch | Hungary | 56.70 |
| 14 | 1 | Carlos Ventosa | Spain | 56.78 |
| 15 | 7 | Georgi Mihalev | Bulgaria | 56.85 |
| 16 | 8 | Emanuele Merisi | Italy | 57.71 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Mark Tewksbury | Canada | 53.98 | OR |
| | 4 | Jeff Rouse | United States | 54.04 | |
| | 3 | David Berkoff | United States | 54.78 | |
| 4 | 6 | Martín López-Zubero | Spain | 54.96 | |
| 5 | 2 | Vladimir Selkov | Unified Team | 55.49 | |
| 6 | 7 | Franck Schott | France | 55.72 | |
| 7 | 1 | Rodolfo Falcón | Cuba | 55.76 | NR |
| 8 | 8 | Dirk Richter | Germany | 56.26 | |