Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

Men's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Pool, Montreal
Date19 July (heats and semifinals)
20 July (final)
Competitors32 from 22 nations
Winning time1:03.11
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Hencken  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) David Wilkie  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arvydas Juozaitis  Soviet Union
Swimming at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Pool, Montreal. The event took place on 19 and 20 July.[1][2]

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Duncan Goodhew  Great Britain 1:04.92 Q, OR
2 Nikolay Pankin  Soviet Union 1:05.38 Q
3 Ove Wisløff  Norway 1:06.85
4 Tateki Shinya  Japan 1:07.59
5 Cezary Śmiglak  Poland 1:08.02
6 Mel Zajac  Canada 1:08.52
7 Campari Knoepffler  Nicaragua 1:15.18

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Arvydas Juozaitis  Soviet Union 1:04.78 Q, OR
2 Peter Lang  West Germany 1:05.25 Q
3 Walter Kusch  West Germany 1:05.88 Q
4 Steffen Kriechbaum  Austria 1:08.09
5 Tuomo Kerola  Finland 1:08.22
6 Carlos Nazario  Puerto Rico 1:08.33
7 Henrique Vicêncio  Portugal 1:13.55

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 David Leigh  Great Britain 1:06.12 Q
2 Giorgio Lalle  Italy 1:06.38 Q
3 Anders Norling  Sweden 1:06.52
4 Vladimir Dementyev  Soviet Union 1:06.96
5 Gustavo Lozano  Mexico 1:08.89

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1T David Wilkie  Great Britain 1:05.19 Q
1T Graham Smith  Canada 1:05.19 Q
3 Larry Dowler  United States 1:05.32 Q
4 Sérgio Ribeiro  Brazil 1:06.07 Q
5 Pedro Balcells  Spain 1:07.98
6 Bruce Knowles  Bahamas 1:11.65

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 John Hencken  United States 1:03.88 Q, =WR
2 Nobutaka Taguchi  Japan 1:04.65 Q
3 Chris Woo  United States 1:05.39 Q
4 José Sylvio Fiolo  Brazil 1:06.18 Q
5 Paul Jarvie  Australia 1:06.22 Q
6 Zdravko Divjak  Yugoslavia 1:08.31
7 Fred Nevin  Canada 1:09.93

Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 David Wilkie  Great Britain 1:04.29 Q
2 Giorgio Lalle  Italy 1:04.35 Q
3 Duncan Goodhew  Great Britain 1:04.59 Q
4 Chris Woo  United States 1:04.86 Q
5 Larry Dowler  United States 1:05.19
6 Nobutaka Taguchi  Japan 1:05.69
7 José Sylvio Fiolo  Brazil 1:06.38
8 Sérgio Pinto Ribeiro  Brazil 1:06.69

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 John Hencken  United States 1:03.62 Q, WR
2 Graham Smith  Canada 1:03.92 Q
3 Walter Kusch  West Germany 1:04.28 Q
4 Arvydas Juozaitis  Soviet Union 1:04.76 Q
5 Peter Lang  West Germany 1:05.19
6 Nikolay Pankin  Soviet Union 1:05.59
7 David Leigh  Great Britain 1:05.91
8 Paul Jarvie  Australia 1:06.20

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 John Hencken  United States 1:03.11 WR
2 David Wilkie  Great Britain 1:03.43
3 Arvydas Juozaitis  Soviet Union 1:04.23
4 Graham Smith  Canada 1:04.26
5 Giorgio Lalle  Italy 1:04.37
6 Walter Kusch  West Germany 1:04.38
7 Duncan Goodhew  Great Britain 1:04.66
8 Chris Woo  United States 1:05.13

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. ^ "100 metres Breaststroke, Men". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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