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

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The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between August 30 and 31. [1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

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Medalists

Gold Mark Spitz
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Silver Bruce Robertson
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Bronze Jerry Heidenreich
Flag of the United States.svg United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Dave Edgar Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.30Q
2 Roger Pyttel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 57.98 Q
3 Peter Remmel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 58.97
4 Andrzej Chudziński Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 1:00.22
5 Alain Mosconi Flag of France.svg  France 1:00.23
6 Salvador Vilanova Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 1:01.25
7 Martin Edwards Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:01:29
8 Bruno Bassoul Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1:05.45

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Bruce Robertson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.45Q
2 István Szentirmay Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 58.07 Q
3 Sérgio Waismann Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 58.37Q
4 Yasuhiro Komazaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 59.71
5 Hugo Valencia Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:00.14
6 Feridun Aybars Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:04:46
7 Chhay-Kheng Nhem Flag of the Khmer Republic.svg  Khmer Republic 1:05.12
8 Wong Ronnie Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 1:07.50

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Roland Matthes Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 57.16Q
2 Neil Rogers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 57.40 Q
3 John Mills Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 58.28Q
4 Viktor Sharygin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 58.40
5 Arturo Lang-Lenton Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 59.22
6 Georgijs Kuļikovs Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 59.28
7 Dimitrios Karydis Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Greece 1:00.06
8 Roy Chan Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:02.24

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Jerry Heidenreich Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.86Q
2 Lutz Stoklasa Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 57.50 Q
3 Bob Kasting Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.65Q
4 Geoffrey Ferreira Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 58.26Q
5 Jacques Leloup Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 58.77
6 Vladimir Krivtsov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 59.83
7 Carlos Singson Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines 1:02.11

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Mark Spitz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.45Q
2 Hartmut Flöckner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 57.41 Q
3 Juan Carlos Bello Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 57.54Q
4 Byron MacDonald Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.56Q
5 Hans Lampe Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 59.00
6 Sean Maher Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 59.50
7 Vasil Dobrev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:00.07
8 Aleksandar Pavličević Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:00.29

Key: Q = Qualified

Semifinals

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Roland Matthes Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 56.51Q
2 Bruce Robertson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.86Q
3 Byron MacDonald Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.06Q
4 Neil Rogers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 57.28Q
5 Roger Pyttel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 57.69
6 Sérgio Waismann Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 58.07
7 Lutz Stoklasa Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 58.33
8 Geoffrey Ferreira Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 58.54

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Mark Spitz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.98Q
2 Jerry Heidenreich Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.18Q
3 Dave Edgar Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.88Q
4 Hartmut Flöckner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 56.96Q
5 Juan Carlos Bello Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 57.51
6 Bob Kasting Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.67
7 John Mills Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 58.13
8 István Szentirmay Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 58.25

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Mark Spitz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.27 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Bruce Robertson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55.56
Bronze medal icon.svg Jerry Heidenreich Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.74
4 Roland Matthes Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 55.87
5 Dave Edgar Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.11
6 Byron MacDonald Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.27
7 Hartmut Flöckner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 57.40
8 Neil Rogers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 57.90

Key: WR = World record

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References

  1. "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2016.