- Medalists
- Results Heats Semifinals Final
- References
{{use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}{{SwimmingAt1972SummerOlympics}}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. MedalistsMark Spitz|USA|1972 Summer}} | Bruce Robertson|CAN|1972 Summer}} | Jerry Heidenreich|USA|1972 Summer}} |
ResultsHeatsHeat 1 Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | 1 | Dave Edgar | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 57.30 | Q | 2 | Roger Pyttel | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 57.98 | Q | 3 | Peter Remmel | {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | 58.97 | | 4 | Andrzej Chudziński | {{FlagIOC|POL|1972 Summer}} | 1:00.22 | | 5 | Alain Mosconi | {{FlagIOC|FRA|1972 Summer}} | 1:00.23 | | 6 | Salvador Vilanova | {{FlagIOC|ESA|1972 Summer}} | 1:01.25 | | 7 | Martin Edwards | {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | 1:01:29 | | 8 | Bruno Bassoul | {{FlagIOC|LIB|1972 Summer}} | 1:05.45 | |
Key: Q = Qualified Heat 2 Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | 1 | Bruce Robertson | {{FlagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}} | 56.45 | Q | 2 | István Szentirmay | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1972 Summer}} | 58.07 | Q | 3 | Sérgio Waismann | {{FlagIOC|BRA|1972 Summer}} | 58.37 | Q | 4 | Yasuhiro Komazaki | {{FlagIOC|JPN|1972 Summer}} | 59.71 | | 5 | Hugo Valencia | {{FlagIOC|MEX|1972 Summer}} | 1:00.14 | | 6 | Feridun Aybars | {{FlagIOC|TUR|1972 Summer}} | 1:04:46 | | 7 | Chhay-Kheng Nhem | {{FlagIOC|CAM|1972 Summer}} | 1:05.12 | | 8 | Wong Ronnie | {{FlagIOC|HKG|1972 Summer}} | 1:07.50 | |
Key: Q = Qualified Heat 3 Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | 1 | Roland Matthes | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 57.16 | Q | 2 | Neil Rogers | {{FlagIOC|AUS|1972 Summer}} | 57.40 | Q | 3 | John Mills | {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | 58.28 | Q | 4 | Viktor Sharygin | {{FlagIOC|URS|1972 Summer}} | 58.40 | | 5 | Arturo Lang-Lenton | {{FlagIOC|ESP|1972 Summer}} | 59.22 | | 6 | Georgijs Kuļikovs | {{FlagIOC|URS|1972 Summer}} | 59.28 | | 7 | Dimitrios Karydis | {{FlagIOC|GRE|1972 Summer}} | 1:00.06 | | 8 | Roy Chan | {{FlagIOC|SIN|1972 Summer}} | 1:02.24 | |
Key: Q = Qualified Heat 4 Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | 1 | Jerry Heidenreich | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 56.86 | Q | 2 | Lutz Stoklasa | {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | 57.50 | Q | 3 | Bob Kasting | {{FlagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}} | 57.65 | Q | 4 | Geoffrey Ferreira | {{FlagIOC|TRI|1972 Summer}} | 58.26 | Q | 5 | Jacques Leloup | {{FlagIOC|BEL|1972 Summer}} | 58.77 | | 6 | Vladimir Krivtsov | {{FlagIOC|URS|1972 Summer}} | 59.83 | | 7 | Carlos Singson | {{FlagIOC|PHI|1972 Summer}} | 1:02.11 | |
Key: Q = Qualified Heat 5 Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | 1 | Mark Spitz | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 56.45 | Q | 2 | Hartmut Flöckner | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 57.41 | Q | 3 | Juan Carlos Bello | {{FlagIOC|PER|1972 Summer}} | 57.54 | Q | 4 | Byron MacDonald | {{FlagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}} | 57.56 | Q | 5 | Hans Lampe | {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | 59.00 | | 6 | Sean Maher | {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | 59.50 | | 7 | Vasil Dobrev | {{FlagIOC|BUL|1972 Summer}} | 1:00.07 | | 8 | Aleksandar Pavličević | {{FlagIOC|YUG|1972 Summer}} | 1:00.29 | |
Key: Q = Qualified SemifinalsHeat 1 Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | 1 | Roland Matthes | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 56.51 | Q | 2 | Bruce Robertson | {{FlagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}} | 56.86 | Q | 3 | Byron MacDonald | {{FlagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}} | 57.06 | Q | 4 | Neil Rogers | {{FlagIOC|AUS|1972 Summer}} | 57.28 | Q | 5 | Roger Pyttel | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 57.69 | | 6 | Sérgio Waismann | {{FlagIOC|BRA|1972 Summer}} | 58.07 | | 7 | Lutz Stoklasa | {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | 58.33 | | 8 | Geoffrey Ferreira | {{FlagIOC|TRI|1972 Summer}} | 58.54 | | Heat 2 Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | 1 | Mark Spitz | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 55.98 | Q | 2 | Jerry Heidenreich | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 56.18 | Q | 3 | Dave Edgar | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 56.88 | Q | 4 | Hartmut Flöckner | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 56.96 | Q | 5 | Juan Carlos Bello | {{FlagIOC|PER|1972 Summer}} | 57.51 | | 6 | Bob Kasting | {{FlagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}} | 57.67 | | 7 | John Mills | {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | 58.13 | | 8 | István Szentirmay | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1972 Summer}} | 58.25 | |
Final Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | Mark Spitz | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 54.27 | WR | Bruce Robertson | {{FlagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}} | 55.56 | | Jerry Heidenreich | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 55.74 | | 4 | Roland Matthes | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 55.87 | | 5 | Dave Edgar | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 56.11 | | 6 | Byron MacDonald | {{FlagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}} | 57.27 | | 7 | Hartmut Flöckner | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 57.40 | | 8 | Neil Rogers | {{FlagIOC|AUS|1972 Summer}} | 57.90 | |
Key: WR = World record References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SWI/mens-100-metres-butterfly.html |title=Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Butterfly |accessdate=25 November 2016 |work=Sports Reference}}
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