Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
{{World Olympic RecordRule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 10 | 3 | Alexander Popov | {{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Summer}} | 49.29 | Q |
2 | 10 | 5 | Gustavo Borges | {{flagIOC|BRA|1992 Summer}} | 49.49 | Q |
3 | 8 | 4 | Jon Olsen | {{flagIOC|USA|1992 Summer}} | 49.63 | Q |
4 | 10 | 4 | Matt Biondi | {{flagIOC|USA|1992 Summer}} | 49.75 | Q |
5 | 9 | 4 | Stéphan Caron | {{flagIOC|FRA|1992 Summer}} | 49.82 | Q |
6 | 8 | 6 | Tommy Werner | {{flagIOC|SWE|1992 Summer}} | 50.00 | Q |
10 | 2 | Gennadiy Prigoda | {{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Summer}} | Q |
8 | 9 | 7 | Christian Tröger | {{flagIOC|GER|1992 Summer}} | 50.05 | Q |
9 | 9 | 3 | Raimundas Mažuolis | {{flagIOC|LTU|1992 Summer}} | 50.17 | q |
10 | 8 | 3 | Chris Fydler | {{flagIOC|AUS|1992 Summer}} | 50.26 | q |
11 | 9 | 5 | Nils Rudolph | {{flagIOC|GER|1992 Summer}} | 50.29 | q |
12 | 9 | 6 | Christophe Kalfayan | {{flagIOC|FRA|1992 Summer}} | 50.30 | q |
13 | 7 | 3 | Ricardo Busquets | {{flagIOC|PUR|1992 Summer}} | 50.31 | q |
14 | 10 | 1 | John Steel | {{flagIOC|NZL|1992 Summer}} | 50.59 | q |
10 | 7 | Andrew Baildon | {{flagIOC|AUS|1992 Summer}} | q |
16 | 8 | 5 | Giorgio Lamberti | {{flagIOC|ITA|1992 Summer}} | 50.65 | WD|Withdrew}} |
17 | 10 | 6 | Roberto Gleria | {{flagIOC|ITA|1992 Summer}} | 50.66 | q |
18 | 8 | 2 | Håkan Karlsson | {{flagIOC|SWE|1992 Summer}} | 50.73 |
8 | 8 | Stephen Clarke | {{flagIOC|CAN|1992 Summer}} |
20 | 8 | 1 | Béla Szabados | {{flagIOC|HUN|1992 Summer}} | 50.78 |
21 | 9 | 2 | Mike Fibbens | {{flagIOC|GBR|1992 Summer}} | 50.93 |
22 | 7 | 4 | Rodrigo González | {{flagIOC|MEX|1992 Summer}} | 51.04 |
23 | 6 | 1 | Stéfan Voléry | {{flagIOC|SUI|1992 Summer}} | 51.05 |
24 | 10 | 8 | Paul Howe | {{flagIOC|GBR|1992 Summer}} | 51.12 |
25 | 9 | 1 | Emanuel Nascimento | {{flagIOC|BRA|1992 Summer}} | 51.17 |
26 | 9 | 8 | Franz Mortensen | {{flagIOC|DEN|1992 Summer}} | 51.29 |
27 | 8 | 7 | Uğur Taner | {{flagIOC|TUR|1992 Summer}} | 51.34 |
28 | 7 | 5 | Jarl Inge Melberg | {{flagIOC|NOR|1992 Summer}} | 51.39 |
29 | 7 | 6 | Seddon Keyter | {{flagIOC|RSA|1992 Summer}} | 51.42 |
30 | 1 | 2 | Mladen Kapor | {{flagIOC|IOP|1992 Summer}} | 51.44 |
31 | 7 | 1 | Yoav Bruck | {{flagIOC|ISR|1992 Summer}} | 51.46 |
32 | 6 | 6 | Indrek Sei | {{flagIOC|EST|1992 Summer}} | 51.47 |
7 | 2 | Yves Clausse | {{flagIOC|LUX|1992 Summer}} |
34 | 7 | 8 | Tsutomu Nakano | {{flagIOC|JPN|1992 Summer}} | 51.63 |
35 | 6 | 5 | Krzysztof Cwalina | {{flagIOC|POL|1992 Summer}} | 51.70 |
36 | 6 | 7 | Nicholas Sanders | {{flagIOC|NZL|1992 Summer}} | 51.77 |
37 | 6 | 2 | Giovanni Linscheer | {{flagIOC|SUR|1992 Summer}} | 51.82 |
38 | 5 | 7 | Janne Blomqvist | {{flagIOC|FIN|1992 Summer}} | 51.86 |
39 | 6 | 8 | Michael Wright | {{flagIOC|HKG|1992 Summer}} | 51.88 |
40 | 6 | 4 | Xie Jun | {{flagIOC|CHN|1992 Summer}} | 51.94 |
41 | 6 | 3 | Darren Ward | {{flagIOC|CAN|1992 Summer}} | 52.05 |
42 | 5 | 4 | Arthur Li Kai Yien | {{flagIOC|HKG|1992 Summer}} | 52.22 |
43 | 5 | 1 | Allan Murray | {{flagIOC|BAH|1992 Summer}} | 52.43 |
44 | 5 | 2 | Stavros Michaelides | {{flagIOC|CYP|1992 Summer}} | 52.54 |
45 | 4 | 8 | Shigeo Ogata | {{flagIOC|JPN|1992 Summer}} | 52.74 |
46 | 5 | 5 | Ivor Le Roux | {{flagIOC|ZIM|1992 Summer}} | 52.92 |
47 | 4 | 6 | Enrico Linscheer | {{flagIOC|SUR|1992 Summer}} | 52.94 |
48 | 5 | 6 | Marc Verbeeck | {{flagIOC|BEL|1992 Summer}} | 52.97 |
49 | 5 | 3 | Sebastián Lasave | {{flagIOC|ARG|1992 Summer}} | 53.07 |
50 | 4 | 5 | Geribryan Mewett | {{flagIOC|BER|1992 Summer}} | 53.14 |
51 | 3 | 4 | Ian Steed Raynor | {{flagIOC|BER|1992 Summer}} | 53.16 |
52 | 4 | 4 | Mohamed El-Azoul | {{flagIOC|EGY|1992 Summer}} | 53.31 |
53 | 4 | 3 | Nikos Paleokrassas | {{flagIOC|GRE|1992 Summer}} | 53.47 |
54 | 3 | 5 | Rhoderick McGown | {{flagIOC|ZIM|1992 Summer}} | 53.65 |
55 | 5 | 8 | Patrick Sagisi | {{flagIOC|GUM|1992 Summer}} | 53.90 |
56 | 4 | 1 | Kenneth Yeo | {{flagIOC|SIN|1992 Summer}} | 54.44 |
57 | 3 | 3 | Plutarco Castellanos | {{flagIOC|HON|1992 Summer}} | 54.66 |
58 | 3 | 7 | Gustavo Bucaro | {{flagIOC|GUA|1992 Summer}} | 54.74 |
59 | 2 | 6 | Adrian Romero | {{flagIOC|GUM|1992 Summer}} | 54.77 |
60 | 3 | 6 | Laurent Alfred | {{flagIOC|ISV|1992 Summer}} | 54.89 |
61 | 3 | 1 | Helder Torres | {{flagIOC|GUA|1992 Summer}} | 55.38 |
62 | 4 | 7 | Frank Leskaj | {{flagIOC|ALB|1992 Summer}} | 55.50 |
63 | 2 | 4 | Émile Lahoud | {{flagIOC|LIB|1992 Summer}} | 55.51 |
64 | 1 | 1 | Mouhamed Diop | {{flagIOC|SEN|1992 Summer}} | 55.82 |
65 | 2 | 3 | Hussein Al-Sadiq | {{flagIOC|KSA|1992 Summer}} | 55.96 |
66 | 2 | 2 | Ahmad Faraj | {{flagIOC|UAE|1992 Summer}} | 56.05 |
67 | 2 | 5 | Ivan Roberts | {{flagIOC|SEY|1992 Summer}} | 56.15 |
68 | 1 | 7 | Bruno N'Diaye | {{flagIOC|SEN|1992 Summer}} | 56.39 |
69 | 3 | 2 | Jarrah Al-Asmawi | {{flagIOC|KUW|1992 Summer}} | 56.72 |
70 | 2 | 1 | Mohamed Bin Abid | {{flagIOC|UAE|1992 Summer}} | 56.82 |
71 | 2 | 7 | Carl Probert | {{flagIOC|FIJ|1992 Summer}} | 57.25 |
72 | 1 | 4 | Kenny Roberts | {{flagIOC|SEY|1992 Summer}} | 58.86 |
73 | 1 | 5 | Foy Gordon Chung | {{flagIOC|FIJ|1992 Summer}} | 1:03.96 |
74 | 1 | 3 | Ahmed Imthiyaz | {{flagIOC|MDV|1992 Summer}} | 1:04.96 |
75 | 1 | 6 | Mohamed Rasheed | {{flagIOC|MDV|1992 Summer}} | 1:08.12 |
76}} | 4 | 2 | Nayef Al-Hasawi | {{flagIOC|KUW|1992 Summer}} | DNS|Did not start}} |
76}} | 7 | 7 | Peter Williams | {{flagIOC|RSA|1992 Summer}} | DNS|Did not start}} |
1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/SWI/mens-100-metres-freestyle.html |title=Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Freestyle |accessdate=27 August 2017 |work=Sports Reference}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Heats|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s5.pdf|format=PDF|work=Barcelona 1992|publisher=LA84 Foundation|page=358|accessdate=27 August 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Finals|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s5.pdf|format=PDF|work=Barcelona 1992|publisher=LA84 Foundation|page=358|accessdate=27 August 2017}}