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

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The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between August 29 and August 30 in the Schwimmhalle, Olympiapark, München. [1] [2] This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Nobutaka Taguchi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan
Silver Tom Bruce
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Bronze John Hencken
Flag of the United States.svg United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Mark Chatfield Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:05.89
2 Bill Mahony Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:07.14
3 Bernard Combet Flag of France.svg  France 1:08.08
4 Paul Jarvie Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:09.26
5 Sokhon Yi Flag of the Khmer Republic.svg  Khmer Republic 1:11.00
6 Edmondo Mingione Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:11.75
7Morkal FarukFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:13.86

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Nikolay Pankin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:07.31
2 Robert Stoddart Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:08.44
3 Malcolm O'Connell Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:09.33
4 Sándor Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:09.68
5 Gustavo Salcedo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:10.17
6 Jean-Pierre Dubey Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:10.31
7 Cezary Śmiglak Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 1:10.53

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 David Wilkie Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:06.35
2 Tom Bruce Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06.45
3 Klaus Katzur Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:07.36
4 Vladimir Kosinsky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:07.39
5 Amman Jalmaani Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 1:09.28
6 Steffen Kriechbaum Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:09.87
7Bruno BassoulFlag of Lebanon (1943-1995).svg  Lebanon 1:19.94

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Nobutaka Taguchi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:06.07
2 José Sylvio Fiolo Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 1:06.23
3 Rainer Hradetzky Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:08.67
4 Liam Ball Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 1:09.68
5 Andreas Hellmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:10.13
6 Karl Christian Koch Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:11.27
7Piero FerracutiFlag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 1:16.74

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 John Hencken Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:05.96
2 Roger-Philippe Menu Flag of France.svg  France 1:08.63
3 Mike Whitaker Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:08.86
4 Felipe Muñoz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:08.95
5 Pedro Balcells Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 1:09.37
6 Alfredo Hunger Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:11.44
7 Theodoros Koutoumanis Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Greece 1:12.05
8 Rudi Vingerhoets Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:12.59

Heat 6

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Walter Kusch Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:06.95
2 Viktor Stulikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:08.18
3 Michael Günther Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:08.93
4 Osvaldo Boretto Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 1:09.64
5 János Tóth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:10.02
6 Angel Chakarov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:10.34
7 Paul Naisby Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:11.05
8 Guðjón Guðmundsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:11.11

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 John Hencken Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:05.68 WR
2 José Sylvio Fiolo Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 1:05.99
3 Tom Bruce Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06.05
4 Klaus Katzur Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:06.82
5 Bill Mahony Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:07.06
6 Bernard Combet Flag of France.svg  France 1:07.76
7 Robert Stoddart Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:08.61
8 Rainer Hradetzky Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:09.49

Semifinal 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Nobutaka Taguchi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:05.13 WR
2 Walter Kusch Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:05.78
3 Nikolay Pankin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:06.08
4 Mark Chatfield Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06.08
5 David Wilkie Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:06.25
6 Viktor Stulikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:06.66
7 Vladimir Kosinsky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:07.08
8 Roger-Philippe Menu Flag of France.svg  France 1:07.75

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Nobutaka Taguchi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:04.94 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Tom Bruce Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:05.43
Bronze medal icon.svg John Hencken Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:05.61
4 Mark Chatfield Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06.01
5 Walter Kusch Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:06.23
6 José Sylvio Fiolo Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 1:06.24
7 Nikolay Pankin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:06.36
8 David Wilkie Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:06.52

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. "100 meters Breaststroke, Men". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.