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.
Medalists edit
| Gold | Nobutaka Taguchi Japan
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| Silver | Tom Bruce United States
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| Bronze | John Hencken United States
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Results edit
Heats edit
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Chatfield |  United States |
1:05.89 | |
| 2 | Bill Mahony |  Canada |
1:07.14 | |
| 3 | Bernard Combet |  France |
1:08.08 | |
| 4 | Paul Jarvie |  Australia |
1:09.26 | |
| 5 | Sokhon Yi |  Khmer Republic |
1:11.00 | |
| 6 | Edmondo Mingione |  Italy |
1:11.75 | |
| 7 | Morkal Faruk |  Turkey |
1:13.86 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikolay Pankin |  Soviet Union |
1:07.31 | |
| 2 | Robert Stoddart | Canada |
1:08.44 | |
| 3 | Malcolm O'Connell |  Great Britain |
1:09.33 | |
| 4 | Sándor Szabó |  Hungary |
1:09.68 | |
| 5 | Gustavo Salcedo |  Mexico |
1:10.17 | |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Dubey |  Switzerland |
1:10.31 | |
| 7 | Cezary Śmiglak |  Poland |
1:10.53 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Wilkie | Great Britain |
1:06.35 | |
| 2 | Tom Bruce | United States |
1:06.45 | |
| 3 | Klaus Katzur |  East Germany |
1:07.36 | |
| 4 | Vladimir Kosinsky | Soviet Union |
1:07.39 | |
| 5 | Amman Jalmaani |  Philippines |
1:09.28 | |
| 6 | Steffen Kriechbaum |  Austria |
1:09.87 | |
| 7 | Bruno Bassoul |  Lebanon |
1:19.94 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobutaka Taguchi | Japan |
1:06.07 | |
| 2 | José Sylvio Fiolo |  Brazil |
1:06.23 | |
| 3 | Rainer Hradetzky | East Germany |
1:08.67 | |
| 4 | Liam Ball |  Ireland |
1:09.68 | |
| 5 | Andreas Hellmann |  West Germany |
1:10.13 | |
| 6 | Karl Christian Koch |  Denmark |
1:11.27 | |
| 7 | Piero Ferracuti |  El Salvador |
1:16.74 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Hencken | United States |
1:05.96 | |
| 2 | Roger-Philippe Menu | France |
1:08.63 | |
| 3 | Mike Whitaker | Canada |
1:08.86 | |
| 4 | Felipe Muñoz | Mexico |
1:08.95 | |
| 5 | Pedro Balcells |  Spain |
1:09.37 | |
| 6 | Alfredo Hunger |  Peru |
1:11.44 | |
| 7 | Theodoros Koutoumanis |  Greece |
1:12.05 | |
| 8 | Rudi Vingerhoets |  Belgium |
1:12.59 |
Heat 6
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Kusch | West Germany |
1:06.95 | |
| 2 | Viktor Stulikov | Soviet Union |
1:08.18 | |
| 3 | Michael Günther | West Germany |
1:08.93 | |
| 4 | Osvaldo Boretto |  Argentina |
1:09.64 | |
| 5 | János Tóth | Hungary |
1:10.02 | |
| 6 | Angel Chakarov |  Bulgaria |
1:10.34 | |
| 7 | Paul Naisby | Great Britain |
1:11.05 | |
| 8 | Guðjón Guðmundsson |  Iceland |
1:11.11 |
Semifinals edit
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Hencken | United States
|
1:05.68 | WR |
| 2 | José Sylvio Fiolo | Brazil
|
1:05.99 | |
| 3 | Tom Bruce | United States
|
1:06.05 | |
| 4 | Klaus Katzur | East Germany
|
1:06.82 | |
| 5 | Bill Mahony | Canada
|
1:07.06 | |
| 6 | Bernard Combet | France
|
1:07.76 | |
| 7 | Robert Stoddart | Canada
|
1:08.61 | |
| 8 | Rainer Hradetzky | East Germany
|
1:09.49 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobutaka Taguchi | Japan
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1:05.13 | WR |
| 2 | Walter Kusch | West Germany
|
1:05.78 | |
| 3 | Nikolay Pankin | Soviet Union
|
1:06.08 | |
| 4 | Mark Chatfield | United States
|
1:06.08 | |
| 5 | David Wilkie | Great Britain
|
1:06.25 | |
| 6 | Viktor Stulikov | Soviet Union
|
1:06.66 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Kosinsky | Soviet Union
|
1:07.08 | |
| 8 | Roger-Philippe Menu | France
|
1:07.75 |
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Nobutaka Taguchi | Japan |
1:04.94 | WR |
 |
Tom Bruce | United States |
1:05.43 | |
 |
John Hencken | United States |
1:05.61 | |
| 4 | Mark Chatfield | United States |
1:06.01 | |
| 5 | Walter Kusch | West Germany |
1:06.23 | |
| 6 | José Sylvio Fiolo | Brazil |
1:06.24 | |
| 7 | Nikolay Pankin | Soviet Union |
1:06.36 | |
| 8 | David Wilkie | Great Britain |
1:06.52 |
Key: WR = World record
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "100 meters Breaststroke, Men". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.