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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. The following records were established during the competition: Results Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q). Finals Final B Final A References External links Official Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre backstroke Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics Men's events at the 1992 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piscines Bernat Picornell
Piscines Bernat Picornell ( en, Bernat Picornell Pools) is a swimming venue situated in the Olympic Ring in Montjuïc, Barcelona. The venue consists of three swimming pools: a 50m indoor pool, a 50m outdoor pool, and a pool for diving. It hosted the swimming events, synchronized swimming events, the water polo final, and the swimming part of the modern pentathlon event for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The swimming pools are for public use and are open all year long. History The venue, named after the Catalan swimmer and founder of the Spanish Swimming Federation Bernat Picornell i Richier, was built to host the 1970 European Aquatics Championships. In 1990, refurbishment works began for the 1992 Olympics; the main changes were that the training pool was covered and that temporary grandstands were installed, boosting the capacity to more than 10,000 spectators. Since the 1992 Olympics, the outdoor swimming pool, with capacity for 3,000 spectators, has hosted several Spanish and Cata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodolfo Falcón
Rodolfo A. Falcón Cabrera (born October 25, 1972 in Havana, Cuba) is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Cuba, and has been called the country's best swimmer ever.Nadadores en apuros (trans: ''Swimmers in trouble''). Published by CubAhora on 2010-12-15, retrieved 2010-12-15. Since 2006, he has been the country's National Commissioner for swimming. He swam for Cuba at the , |
Raymond Brown (swimmer)
Raymond Brown (born May 6, 1969) is a former backstroke swimmer from Canada. Brown competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ... in Barcelona, Spain. There he finished in 18th position in the 100-metre backstroke, and in 15th place in the 200-metre backstroke. He currently is a financial advisor in Cleveland, Ohio. Referencessports-reference 1969 births Living people Canadian male backstroke swimmers Canadian male medley swimmers Canadian expatriates in the United States Olympic swimmers for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Sportspeople from Cambridge, Ontario Swimmers at the 1987 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Ontario Pan American Games medali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Guzmán
Manuel Guzmán Flores (born October 13, 1969) is a former international backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. His best result was a 12th place in the Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci .... He graduated from Bloomington High School South in 1989 where he was an individual state champion and helped lead the team to a state runner-up finish. References * 1969 births Living people Puerto Rican male swimmers Puerto Rican male freestyle swimmers Male backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1987 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1991 Pan Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuele Merisi
Emanuele Merisi (born 10 October 1972) is an Italian former professional swimmer, specialized in backstroke, who won a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Career Merisi was born in Treviglio, province of Bergamo ( Lombardy). He began to swim at the age of 8, becoming a member of the Italian national team in 1989. His first important medal was at the European LC Championships 1993 in Sheffield, where he won a bronze medal in his favourite race, the 200 m backstroke. He repeated the result in the European LC Championships 1995, this time as a member of the 4×200 m freestyle relay. Merisi presented at the 1996 Summer Olympics with the best time of the year in the 200 m backstroke, 1:57.70. This is still today the Italian record. In the race, however, he was not able to repeat this outstanding result: he gained only a bronze medal after Americans Brad Bridgewater Bradley Michael Bridgewater (born March 29, 1973) is an American former competition swimmer who won th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Ventosa
Carlos Ventosa Delmas (born March 4, 1971) is a former backstroke swimmer from Spain, who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics for his native country. He is best known for winning the silver medal in the Men's Medley Relay at the 1993 FINA Short Course World Championships, alongside Sergio López Miró, Joaquín Fernández (swimmer), Joaquín Fernández and José Maria Rojano. References * * 1971 births Living people Spanish male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of Spain Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1991 Mediterranean Games {{spain-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bulgarian Records In Swimming
The Bulgarian records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Bulgaria, which are recognised and ratified by Bulgarian Swimming Federation (Българска федерация плувни спортове). All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise. Long Course (50 m) Men Women Mixed relay Short Course (25 m) Men Women Mixed relay Notes References ;General Bulgarian Long Course Records – Men''11 August 2023 updated'' Bulgarian Long Course Records – Women''7 April 2023 updated'' Bulgarian Short Course Records – Men''7 December 2023 updated'' Bulgarian Short Course Records – Women''8 December 2023 updated'' ;Specific External links Bulgaria Swimming web site {{Records in swimming Bulgaria Records Swimming Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgi Mihalev
Georgi Petrov Mihalev ( bg, Георги Петров Михалев; born July 16, 1968) is a retired backstroke swimmer from Bulgaria. He was a member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team for the period of 1981 to 1994. Major Achievements *Two time European vicechampion for cadets in 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke, Mulhouse - 1983 *Two time European Champion for cadets in 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke, Luxembourg - 1984 *Champion of Bulgaria between 1982 - 1993 *Bulgarian national record holder in men's 50-meter, 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke *Many times champion of Balkan games Event participation * Friendship Games (1984) in Moscow * 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea and 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ... in Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamás Deutsch
Tamás Deutsch (born 4 December 1969 in Budapest) is a male former backstroke swimmer from Hungary. Swimming career Deutsch competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. He won a bronze medal over 200 m at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships. Despite being of Hungarian nationality he won the ASA National British Championships 200 metres backstroke title in 1990. He competed in the 1989 Maccabiah Games The 13th Maccabiah Games brought 4,500 athletes to Israel from 45 nations. Jewish athletes from Hungary participated for the first time since World War II, Jewish athletes from Russia had been permitted, by their country, to play for the first ti ..., in Israel. References 1969 births Living people Hungarian male swimmers Male backstroke swimmers Hungarian Jews Jewish swimmers Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefaan Maene
Stefaan Maene (born 13 May 1972 in Ostend) is a former backstroke, freestyle and medley swimmer from Belgium, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He won his first international medal at the inaugural 1993 FINA Short Course World Championships in Palma de Mallorca: bronze in the 200 m backstroke. Two years later, at the 1995 European Aquatics Championships in Vienna, Austria en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ..., Maene gained bronze in the 100 m backstroke. References 1972 births Living people Belgian male freestyle swimmers Belgian male medley swimmers Belgian male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of Belgium Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ostend Medalists at the FINA Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tino Weber
Tino Weber (born 12 February 1970) is a former backstroke swimmer from Germany He was born in Merseburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, and competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. A member of Sportverein Halle, he won a silver medal at the 1993 European Sprint Swimming Championships in Gateshead Gateshead () is a large town in northern England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle to which it is joined by seven bridges. The town contains the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Sage .... References sports-reference 1970 births Living people People from Merseburg German male swimmers Olympic swimmers of Germany Male backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuhiro Vandewalle
Yasuhiro Vandewalle (born 18 May 1970) is a Belgian backstroke swimmer. He competed in three events at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... References External links * 1970 births Living people Belgian male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Belgium Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bruges {{Belgium-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |