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

The men's 100 metre backstroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Canada. The event took place on 18 and 19 July.^{[1] [2]}

Heats

The fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			58.38	Q
2			58.53	Q
3			1:00.41
4			1:00.69
5			1:01.00
6			1:03.86
7			1:12.38

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			58.71	Q
2			59.35	Q
3			59.65	Q
4	José Urueta		1:00.85
5			1:01.05
6			1:05.86

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			58.02	Q
2			58.46	Q
3			1:00.39
4			1:00.61
5			1:00.77
6			1:01.33
7			1:05.76

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			57.98	Q
2			59.49	Q
3			1:00.16	Q
4			1:00.58
5			1:00.70
6			1:01.20
7			1:01.58

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			57.99	Q
2			58.12	Q
3			59.03	Q
4			1:00.57
5			1:01.05
6			1:01.13
7			1:02.08

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			56.80	Q
2			59.30	Q
3			59.88	Q
4			1:00.24
5			1:00.80
6			1:01.32
7			1:01.90

Semifinals

The fastest 8 advanced to the finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			57.48	Q
2			57.50	Q
3			57.65	Q
4			58.14	Q
5			58.21
6			58.77
7			59.59
8			59.90

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			56.19	Q, WR
2			56.88	Q
3			57.53	Q
4			58.04	Q
5			58.15
6			58.49
7			58.63
8			59.71

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			55.49	WR
			56.34
			57.22
4			57.28
5			57.49
6			57.69
7			57.94
8			58.42

External links

• Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165523/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/SWI/mens-100-metres-backstroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 December 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Olympedia – 100 metres Backstroke, Men . 2024-01-12 . www.olympedia.org.