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.
The winning margin was 1.29 seconds which as of 2023 remains the only time this event for men was won by more than one second at the Olympics.
Medalists
Gold | Mark Spitz![]() |
Silver | Bruce Robertson![]() |
Bronze | Jerry Heidenreich![]() |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dave Edgar | ![]() | 57.30 | Q |
2 | Roger Pyttel | ![]() | 57.98 | Q |
3 | Peter Remmel | ![]() | 58.97 | |
4 | Andrzej Chudziński | ![]() | 1:00.22 | |
5 | Alain Mosconi | ![]() | 1:00.23 | |
6 | Salvador Vilanova | ![]() | 1:01.25 | |
7 | Martin Edwards | ![]() | 1:01:29 | |
8 | Bruno Bassoul | ![]() | 1:05.45 |
Key: Q = Qualified
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bruce Robertson | ![]() | 56.45 | Q |
2 | István Szentirmay | ![]() | 58.07 | Q |
3 | Sérgio Waismann | ![]() | 58.37 | Q |
4 | Yasuhiro Komazaki | ![]() | 59.71 | |
5 | Hugo Valencia | ![]() | 1:00.14 | |
6 | Feridun Aybars | ![]() | 1:04:46 | |
7 | Chhay-Kheng Nhem | ![]() | 1:05.12 | |
8 | Wong Ronnie | ![]() | 1:07.50 |
Key: Q = Qualified
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Roland Matthes | ![]() | 57.16 | Q |
2 | Neil Rogers | ![]() | 57.40 | Q |
3 | John Mills | ![]() | 58.28 | Q |
4 | Viktor Sharygin | ![]() | 58.40 | |
5 | Arturo Lang-Lenton | ![]() | 59.22 | |
6 | Georgijs Kuļikovs | ![]() | 59.28 | |
7 | Dimitrios Karydis | ![]() | 1:00.06 | |
8 | Roy Chan | ![]() | 1:02.24 |
Key: Q = Qualified
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jerry Heidenreich | ![]() | 56.86 | Q |
2 | Lutz Stoklasa | ![]() | 57.50 | Q |
3 | Bob Kasting | ![]() | 57.65 | Q |
4 | Geoffrey Ferreira | ![]() | 58.26 | Q |
5 | Jacques Leloup | ![]() | 58.77 | |
6 | Vladimir Krivtsov | ![]() | 59.83 | |
7 | Carlos Singson | ![]() | 1:02.11 |
Key: Q = Qualified
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Spitz | ![]() | 56.45 | Q |
2 | Hartmut Flöckner | ![]() | 57.41 | Q |
3 | Juan Carlos Bello | ![]() | 57.54 | Q |
4 | Byron MacDonald | ![]() | 57.56 | Q |
5 | Hans Lampe | ![]() | 59.00 | |
6 | Sean Maher | ![]() | 59.50 | |
7 | Vasil Dobrev | ![]() | 1:00.07 | |
8 | Aleksandar Pavličević | ![]() | 1:00.29 |
Key: Q = Qualified
Semifinals
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Roland Matthes | ![]() | 56.51 | Q |
2 | Bruce Robertson | ![]() | 56.86 | Q |
3 | Byron MacDonald | ![]() | 57.06 | Q |
4 | Neil Rogers | ![]() | 57.28 | Q |
5 | Roger Pyttel | ![]() | 57.69 | |
6 | Sérgio Waismann | ![]() | 58.07 | |
7 | Lutz Stoklasa | ![]() | 58.33 | |
8 | Geoffrey Ferreira | ![]() | 58.54 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Spitz | ![]() | 55.98 | Q |
2 | Jerry Heidenreich | ![]() | 56.18 | Q |
3 | Dave Edgar | ![]() | 56.88 | Q |
4 | Hartmut Flöckner | ![]() | 56.96 | Q |
5 | Juan Carlos Bello | ![]() | 57.51 | |
6 | Bob Kasting | ![]() | 57.67 | |
7 | John Mills | ![]() | 58.13 | |
8 | István Szentirmay | ![]() | 58.25 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Mark Spitz | ![]() | 54.27 | WR |
![]() | Bruce Robertson | ![]() | 55.56 | |
![]() | Jerry Heidenreich | ![]() | 55.74 | |
4 | Roland Matthes | ![]() | 55.87 | |
5 | Dave Edgar | ![]() | 56.11 | |
6 | Byron MacDonald | ![]() | 57.27 | |
7 | Hartmut Flöckner | ![]() | 57.40 | |
8 | Neil Rogers | ![]() | 57.90 |
Key: WR = World record
References
- ^ "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.