1988 Olympic Games - Swimming - Men's 100 Meter Backstroke - Daichi Suzuki JPN
The world record had been broken five times already in 1988, the first three by Soviet Igor Polyansky, and then twice by American David Berkoff at the US Olympic Trials. Polyansky was the 1986 World Champion in both backstroke events, but Berkoff had pioneered a new technique. He swam as far as he could underwater after the push-off, often not ...
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