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

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 26 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 | Norbert Rózsa (HUN) | 1:01.45 | Perth, Australia | 7 January 1991 |
| Olympic record | Steve Lundquist (USA) | 1:01.65 | Los Angeles, United States | 29 July 1984 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 26 July | Final A | Nelson Diebel | United States | 1:01.50 | 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 | 8 | 7 | Dmitry Volkov | Unified Team | 1:01.74 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | Akira Hayashi | Japan | 1:01.76 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Nelson Diebel | United States | 1:01.80 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | 4 | Nick Gillingham | Great Britain | 1:01.81 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | Vasily Ivanov | Unified Team | 1:01.91 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 5 | Adrian Moorhouse | Great Britain | 1:02.09 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | 3 | Phil Rogers | Australia | 1:02.10 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | 4 | Norbert Rózsa | Hungary | 1:02.25 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | 5 | Károly Güttler | Hungary | 1:02.28 | q |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Mark Warnecke | Germany | 1:02.48 | q |
| 11 | 6 | 7 | Todd Torres | Puerto Rico | 1:02.72 | q, NR |
| 12 | 8 | 6 | Jonathan Cleveland | Canada | 1:02.73 | q |
| 13 | 7 | 7 | Stéphane Vossart | France | 1:02.81 | q |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Chen Jianhong | China | 1:03.08 | q |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Hans Dersch | United States | 1:03.14 | q |
| 16 | 6 | 6 | Gianni Minervini | Italy | 1:03.23 | q |
| 17 | 7 | 6 | Andrea Cecchi | Italy | 1:03.28 | |
| 18 | 5 | 6 | Kenji Watanabe | Japan | 1:03.29 | |
| 19 | 5 | 3 | Marko Pachel | Estonia | 1:03.40 | |
| 20 | 5 | 8 | Javier Careaga | Mexico | 1:03.45 | NR |
| 21 | 5 | 4 | Ramón Camallonga | Spain | 1:03.48 | |
| 22 | 6 | 8 | Mario González | Cuba | 1:03.53 | |
| 23 | 8 | 8 | Sergio López Miró | Spain | 1:03.69 | |
| 24 | 6 | 2 | Petri Suominen | Finland | 1:03.75 | |
| 25 | 6 | 1 | Curtis Myden | Canada | 1:03.80 | |
| 26 | 5 | 5 | Christian Poswiat | Germany | 1:03.85 | |
| 27 | 5 | 7 | Kenneth Cawood | South Africa | 1:04.02 | |
| 28 | 5 | 2 | Shane Lewis | Australia | 1:04.17 | |
| 29 | 4 | 8 | Andrew Rutherfurd | Hong Kong | 1:04.23 | NR |
| 30 | 5 | 1 | Joseph Eric Buhain | Philippines | 1:04.28 | |
| 31 | 7 | 8 | Christophe Bourdon | France | 1:04.43 | |
| 32 | 4 | 5 | Radek Beinhauer | Czechoslovakia | 1:04.88 | |
| 33 | 3 | 5 | Chris Flook | Bermuda | 1:04.93 | |
| 34 | 7 | 1 | Frédérik Deburghgraeve | Belgium | 1:05.10 | |
| 35 | 3 | 4 | Patrick Concepcion | Philippines | 1:05.16 | |
| 36 | 8 | 2 | Nerijus Beiga | Lithuania | 1:05.17 | |
| 37 | 4 | 3 | Børge Mørk | Norway | 1:05.47 | |
| 38 | 4 | 4 | Gary O'Toole | Ireland | 1:05.48 | |
| 39 | 3 | 6 | Alexandre Yokochi | Portugal | 1:05.61 | |
| 40 | 4 | 2 | Gustavo Gorriarán | Uruguay | 1:05.79 | |
| 41 | 4 | 6 | Ricardo Torres | Panama | 1:06.05 | |
| 42 | 3 | 7 | Charalambos Panagidis | Cyprus | 1:06.19 | |
| 43 | 2 | 4 | Jörg Lindemeier | Namibia | 1:06.34 | |
| 44 | 4 | 1 | Lars Sørensen | Denmark | 1:07.94 | |
| 45 | 3 | 3 | Chi Jia Han | Hong Kong | 1:06.81 | |
| 46 | 3 | 2 | Bernard Desmarais | Mauritius | 1:07.75 | |
| 47 | 3 | 1 | Abderzak Bella | Algeria | 1:07.88 | |
| 48 | 2 | 3 | Christophe Verdino | Monaco | 1:07.90 | |
| 49 | 2 | 6 | Roberto Bonilla | Guatemala | 1:08.27 | |
| 50 | 1 | 4 | Danilo Zavoli | San Marino | 1:09.65 | |
| 51 | 2 | 7 | Glenn Diaz | Guam | 1:10.32 | |
| 52 | 1 | 6 | Obaid Al-Rumaithi | United Arab Emirates | 1:12.77 | |
| 53 | 2 | 2 | Ayman Al-Enazy | Kuwait | 1:13.49 | |
| 54 | 1 | 3 | Foy Gordon Chung | Fiji | 1:13.51 | |
| 55 | 2 | 1 | Sergio Fafitine | Mozambique | 1:13.76 | |
| 56 | 2 | 5 | Frank Leskaj | Albania | 1:14.28 | |
| 57 | 1 | 2 | Mohamed Bin Abid | United Arab Emirates | 1:15.12 | |
| 58 | 1 | 7 | Kenny Roberts | Seychelles | 1:16.52 | |
| | 4 | 7 | Pablo Minelli | Argentina | DSQ | |
| | 1 | 5 | Mohamed Mukhesur Rahman | Bangladesh | DNS | |
| | 1 | 1 | Mouhamed Diop | Senegal | DNS | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Károly Güttler | Hungary | 1:01.84 |
| 10 | 1 | Hans Dersch | United States | 1:02.39 |
| 10 | 2 | Stéphane Vossart | France | 1:02.39 |
| 10 | 8 | Gianni Minervini | Italy | 1:02.39 |
| 13 | 5 | Mark Warnecke | Germany | 1:02.73 |
| 13 | 6 | Jonathan Cleveland | Canada | 1:02.73 |
| 15 | 7 | Chen Jianhong | China | 1:03.00 |
| 16 | 3 | Todd Torres | Puerto Rico | 1:03.21 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Nelson Diebel | United States | 1:01.50 | OR |
| | 8 | Norbert Rózsa | Hungary | 1:01.68 | |
| | 1 | Phil Rogers | Australia | 1:01.76 | OC |
| 4 | 5 | Akira Hayashi | Japan | 1:01.86 | |
| 5 | 2 | Vasily Ivanov | Unified Team | 1:01.87 | |
| 6 | 4 | Dmitry Volkov | Unified Team | 1:02.07 | |
| 7 | 6 | Nick Gillingham | Great Britain | 1:02.32 | |
| 8 | 7 | Adrian Moorhouse | Great Britain | 1:02.33 | |