Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
Men's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Swimming events at the 1976 Summer Olympics | ||||
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Freestyle | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | women | |||
1500 m | men | |||
Backstroke | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Breaststroke | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Butterfly | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Individual medley | ||||
400 m | men | women | ||
Freestyle relay | ||||
4×100 m | women | |||
4×200 m | men | |||
Medley relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1976 Olympic Games took place between July 24 and 25.[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
This was the first time in history that the 100m freestyle was swum under 50 seconds.
Medalists
Gold | Jim Montgomery United States |
Silver | Jack Babashoff United States |
Bronze | Peter Nocke West Germany |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Jim Montgomery (USA) | 50.59 | Kansas City, United States | 23 August 1975 |
Olympic record | Mark Spitz (USA) | 51.22 | Munich, West Germany | 3 September 1972 |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Andrey Bogdanov | Soviet Union | 53.23 | q |
2 | Stefan Georgiev | Bulgaria | 53.85 | |
3 | Roger Pyttel | East Germany | 53.93 | |
4 | Dirk Braunleder | West Germany | 54.04 | |
5 | Jorge Comas | Spain | 54.05 | |
6 | Mark Crocker | Hong Kong | 54.14 | |
7 | Kozo Higuchi | Japan | 54.67 |
Key: Q = Qualified, q = Qualified for Swim-Off, WR = World record
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Marello Guarducci | Italy | 51.57 | Q |
2 | Steve Pickell | Canada | 52.65 | Q |
3 | Martin Smith | Great Britain | 53.17 | Q |
4 | René Écuyer | France | 53.20 | Q |
5 | Ramón Volcan | Venezuela | 53.53 | |
6 | Helmut Levy | Colombia | 54.60 | |
7 | Kris Sumono | Indonesia | 55.50 |
Key: Q = Qualified, q = Qualified for Swim-Off, WR = World record
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Klaus Steinbach | West Germany | 51.47 | Q |
2 | Jack Babashoff | United States | 51.53 | Q |
3 | Jorge Delgado, Jr. | Ecuador | 53.91 | |
4 | Neil Rogers | Australia | 53.96 | |
5 | Paul Jovanneau | Brazil | 54.49 | |
6 | Campari Knoepffler | Nicaragua | 58.48 |
Key: Q = Qualified, q = Qualified for Swim-Off, WR = World record
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Vladimir Bure | Soviet Union | 51.81 | Q |
2 | Andrey Krylov | Soviet Union | 52.02 | Q |
3 | Gary MacDonald | Canada | 52.91 | Q |
4 | Svante Rasmuson | Sweden | 53.20 | Q |
5 | Glenn Patching | Australia | 53.29 | |
6 | Gerardo Rosario | Philippines | 56.00 |
Key: Q = Qualified, q = Qualified for Swim-Off, WR = World record
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Joe Bottom | United States | 51.47 | Q |
2 | Peter Nocke | West Germany | 51.59 | Q |
3 | Bruce Robertson | Canada | 53.37 | |
4 | Peter Coughlan | Australia | 53.49 | |
5 | Dan Larsson | Sweden | 53.81 | |
6 | Gianni Versari | Panama | 54.11 | |
7 | Steven Newkirk | Virgin Islands | 55.43 |
Key: Q = Qualified, q = Qualified for Swim-Off, WR = World record
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jim Montgomery | United States | 52.13 | Q |
2 | Michael Rousseau | France | 52.43 | Q |
3 | Roberto Pangaro | Italy | 53.05 | Q |
4 | Kevin Burns | Great Britain | 53.23 | q |
5 | Fritz Warncke | Norway | 53.55 | |
6 | Fernando Cañales | Puerto Rico | 55.31 | |
7 | José Pereira | Portugal | 55.46 | |
8 | Sigurður Ólafsson | Iceland | 56.01 |
Key: Q = Qualified, q = Qualified for Swim-Off, WR = World record
Swim-Off for 16th Place
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Andrey Bogdanov | Soviet Union | 52.82 | Q |
2 | Kevin Burns | Great Britain | 53.11 |
Key: Q = Qualified, q = Qualified for Swim-Off, WR = World record
Semifinals
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jim Montgomery | United States | 50.39 | Q, WR |
2 | Marcello Guarducci | Italy | 51.35 | Q |
3 | Klaus Steinbach | West Germany | 51.62 | Q |
4 | Vladimir Bure | Soviet Union | 51.93 | Q |
5 | Roberto Pangaro | Italy | 52.68 | |
6 | Stephen Pickell | Canada | 52.89 | |
7 | René Ecuyer | France | 52.92 | |
8 | Andrei Bogdanov | Soviet Union | 53.05 |
Key: Q = Qualified, WR = Olympic record
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jack Babashoff | United States | 51.46 | Q |
2 | Peter Nocke | West Germany | 51.83 | Q |
3 | Joe Bottom | United States | 51.92 | Q |
4 | Andrey Krylov | Soviet Union | 52.32 | Q |
5 | Michel Rousseau | France | 52.36 | |
6 | Gary MacDonald | Canada | 52.96 | |
7 | Martin Smith | Great Britain | 53.11 | |
8 | Svante Rasmussen | Sweden | 53.34 |
Key: Q = Qualified
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Jim Montgomery | United States | 49.99 | WR | |
Jack Babashoff | United States | 50.81 | ||
Peter Nocke | West Germany | 51.31 | ||
4 | Klaus Steinbach | West Germany | 51.68 | |
5 | Marcello Guarducci | Italy | 51.70 | |
6 | Joe Bottom | United States | 51.79 | |
7 | Vladimir Bure | Soviet Union | 52.03 | |
8 | Andrey Krylov | Soviet Union | 52.15 |
Key: WR = World record
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 December 2016.