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

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]

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
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Heats

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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

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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

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  John Hencken   United States 1:03.11 WR
  David Wilkie   Great Britain 1:03.43
  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

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  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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