| Swimming 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 butterfly event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 20 and 21 July. [1]
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yevgeny Seredin |  | 56.95 | Q |
| 2 | Bruce Robertson |  | 57.06 | Q |
| 3 | Pär Arvidsson |  | 57.17 | Q |
| 4 | Cees Vervoorn |  | 57.84 | |
| 5 | Rômulo Arantes Filho |  | 58.80 | |
| 6 | Adi Prag |  | 59.99 | |
| - | François Deley |  | - | DQ |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jorge Delgado, Jr. |  | 56.79 | Q |
| 2 | Neil Rogers |  | 57.08 | Q |
| 3 | Miloslav Roľko |  | 57.79 | |
| 4T | Serge Buttet |  | 58.37 | |
| 4T | Arnaldo Pérez |  | 58.37 | |
| 6 | Riccardo Urbani |  | 58.83 | |
| 7 | Carlos González |  | 1:00.97 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Pyttel |  | 55.25 | Q |
| 2 | Klaus Steinbach |  | 56.10 | Q |
| 3 | Hideaki Hara |  | 56.57 | Q |
| 4 | Jorge Jaramillo |  | 57.33 | |
| 5 | Jon Jon Park |  | 57.42 | |
| 6 | Campari Knoepffler |  | 1:02.05 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Vogel |  | 55.40 | Q |
| 2 | Clay Evans | | 55.65 | Q |
| 3 | Peter Broscienski | | 57.15 | Q |
| 4T | Paolo Barelli | | 57.64 | |
| 4T | Oleksandr Manachynskiy | | 57.64 | |
| 6 | José Luis Prado |  | 59.16 | |
| 7 | Paulo Frischknecht |  | 1:01.97 | |
| 8 | Lawrence Kwoh |  | 1:02.47 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Hall | | 55.35 | Q |
| 2 | John Mills | | 56.53 | Q |
| 3 | Steve Pickell | | 56.59 | Q |
| 4 | John Coutts |  | 57.29 | |
| 5 | Hartmut Flöckner | | 57.66 | |
| 6 | Luis Goicoechea |  | 57.92 | |
| 7 | John Daly | | 58.04 | |
| 8 | Steven Newkirk |  | 1:01.46 |
Heat 6
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Bottom | | 56.26 | Q |
| 2 | Roland Matthes | | 56.41 | Q |
| 3 | Michael Kraus | | 57.22 | |
| 4 | Ross Seymour | | 57.74 | |
| 5 | Richard Iredale | | 58.50 | |
| 6 | Shinsuke Kayama | | 58.55 | |
| 7 | Konstantinos Koskinas |  | 1:00.20 | |
| 8 | Robert Howard |  | 1:00.92 |
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Bottom | | 55.26 | Q |
| 2 | Gary Hall | | 55.32 | Q |
| 3 | Neil Rogers | | 55.72 | Q |
| 4 | Clay Evans | | 55.86 | Q |
| 5 | John Mills | | 56.54 | |
| 6 | Steve Pickell | | 56.66 | |
| 7 | Pär Arvidsson | | 56.93 | |
| 8 | Yevgeny Seredin | | 57.46 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Pyttel | | 54.75 | Q |
| 2 | Matt Vogel | | 54.80 | Q |
| 3 | Roland Matthes | | 55.88 | Q |
| 4 | Klaus Steinbach | | 55.90 | Q |
| 5 | Hideaki Hara | | 56.52 | |
| 6 | Bruce Robertson | | 56.72 | |
| 7 | Peter Broscienski | | 56.81 | |
| 8 | Jorge Delgado, Jr. | | 56.91 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Matt Vogel | | 54.35 | |
 | Joe Bottom | | 54.50 | |
 | Gary Hall | | 54.65 | |
| 4 | Roger Pyttel | | 55.09 | |
| 5 | Roland Matthes | | 55.11 | |
| 6 | Clay Evans | | 55.81 | |
| 7 | Hideaki Hara | | 56.34 | |
| 8 | Neil Rogers | | 56.57 |
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