Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke explained

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between August 28 and 29.^[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:00.05
2			1:01.13
3			1:01.69
4			1:03.18
5			1:03.31
6			1:06.53
7			1:07.26

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:00.76
2			1:01.23
3			1:01.63
4			1:02.46
5			1:03.02
6			1:04.16
7			1:06.85

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			59.93
2			1:00.83
3			1:00.89
4			1:01.11
5			1:01.49
6			1:01.94
7			1:02.49

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			58.63
2			1:00.62
3			1:01.13
4			1:01.28
5			1:01.41
6			1:05.13

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			58.15
2			1:00.81
3			1:00.94
4			1:01.07
5			1:11.20

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:00.01
2			1:00.65
3			1:00.83
4			1:01.03
5			1:02.34
6			1:04.40
7			1:07.65

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			56.58	OR
			57.70
			58.35
4			58.48
5			59.50
6			59.80
7			59.80
8			1:00.41

Key: OR = Olympic record

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055210/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SWI/mens-100-metres-backstroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 21 November 2016 . Sports Reference.