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

The men's 100 metre butterfly event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 20 and 21 July.^[1]

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			56.95	Q
2			57.06	Q
3			57.17	Q
4			57.84
5			58.80
6			59.99
-			-	DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			56.79	Q
2			57.08	Q
3			57.79
4T			58.37
4T			58.37
6			58.83
7			1:00.97

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			55.25	Q
2			56.10	Q
3			56.57	Q
4			57.33
5			57.42
6			1:02.05

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			55.40	Q
2			55.65	Q
3			57.15	Q
4T			57.64
4T			57.64
6			59.16
7			1:01.97
8			1:02.47

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			55.35	Q
2			56.53	Q
3			56.59	Q
4			57.29
5			57.66
6			57.92
7			58.04
8			1:01.46

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			56.26	Q
2			56.41	Q
3			57.22
4			57.74
5			58.50
6			58.55
7			1:00.20
8			1:00.92

Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			55.26	Q
2			55.32	Q
3			55.72	Q
4			55.86	Q
5			56.54
6			56.66
7			56.93
8			57.46

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			54.75	Q
2			54.80	Q
3			55.88	Q
4			55.90	Q
5			56.52
6			56.72
7			56.81
8			56.91

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			54.35
			54.50
			54.65
4			55.09
5			55.11
6			55.81
7			56.34
8			56.57

External links

• Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Butterfly . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165524/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/SWI/mens-100-metres-butterfly.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 9 December 2016 . Sports Reference.