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

Event:	Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Games:	1976 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Pool, Montreal
Date:	19 July (heats and semifinals) 20 July (final)
Competitors:	32
Nations:	22
Win Value:	1:03.11
Gold:	John Hencken
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	David Wilkie
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Arvydas Juozaitis
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1972
Next:	1980

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			1:04.92	Q, OR
2			1:05.38	Q
3			1:06.85
4			1:07.59
5			1:08.02
6			1:08.52
7			1:15.18

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:04.78	Q, OR
2			1:05.25	Q
3			1:05.88	Q
4			1:08.09
5			1:08.22
6			1:08.33
7			1:13.55

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:06.12	Q
2			1:06.38	Q
3			1:06.52
4			1:06.96
5			1:08.89

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1T			1:05.19	Q
1T			1:05.19	Q
3			1:05.32	Q
4			1:06.07	Q
5			1:07.98
6			1:11.65

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:03.88	Q, =WR
2			1:04.65	Q
3			1:05.39	Q
4			1:06.18	Q
5			1:06.22	Q
6			1:08.31
7			1:09.93

Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:04.29	Q
2			1:04.35	Q
3			1:04.59	Q
4			1:04.86	Q
5			1:05.19
6			1:05.69
7			1:06.38
8			1:06.69

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:03.62	Q, WR
2			1:03.92	Q
3			1:04.28	Q
4			1:04.76	Q
5			1:05.19
6			1:05.59
7			1:05.91
8			1:06.20

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			1:03.11	WR
			1:03.43
			1:04.23
4			1:04.26
5			1:04.37
6			1:04.38
7			1:04.66
8			1:05.13

External links

• Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Breaststroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165318/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/SWI/mens-100-metres-breaststroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 8 December 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: 100 metres Breaststroke, Men . https://web.archive.org/web/20230416133554/https://www.olympedia.org/results/6533 . live . 16 April 2023 . 1 December 2023 . Olympedia.