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

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

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Gold Mark Spitz
  United States
Silver Bruce Robertson
  Canada
Bronze Jerry Heidenreich
  United States

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Dave Edgar   United States 57.30 Q
2 Roger Pyttel   East Germany 57.98 Q
3 Peter Remmel   West Germany 58.97
4 Andrzej Chudziński   Poland 1:00.22
5 Alain Mosconi   France 1:00.23
6 Salvador Vilanova   El Salvador 1:01.25
7 Martin Edwards   Great Britain 1:01:29
8 Bruno Bassoul   Lebanon 1:05.45

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Bruce Robertson   Canada 56.45 Q
2 István Szentirmay   Hungary 58.07 Q
3 Sérgio Waismann   Brazil 58.37 Q
4 Yasuhiro Komazaki   Japan 59.71
5 Hugo Valencia   Mexico 1:00.14
6 Feridun Aybars   Turkey 1:04:46
7 Chhay-Kheng Nhem   Khmer Republic 1:05.12
8 Wong Ronnie   Hong Kong 1:07.50

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Roland Matthes   East Germany 57.16 Q
2 Neil Rogers   Australia 57.40 Q
3 John Mills   Great Britain 58.28 Q
4 Viktor Sharygin   Soviet Union 58.40
5 Arturo Lang-Lenton   Spain 59.22
6 Georgijs Kuļikovs   Soviet Union 59.28
7 Dimitrios Karydis   Greece 1:00.06
8 Roy Chan   Singapore 1:02.24

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Jerry Heidenreich   United States 56.86 Q
2 Lutz Stoklasa   West Germany 57.50 Q
3 Bob Kasting   Canada 57.65 Q
4 Geoffrey Ferreira   Trinidad and Tobago 58.26 Q
5 Jacques Leloup   Belgium 58.77
6 Vladimir Krivtsov   Soviet Union 59.83
7 Carlos Singson   Philippines 1:02.11

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Mark Spitz   United States 56.45 Q
2 Hartmut Flöckner   East Germany 57.41 Q
3 Juan Carlos Bello   Peru 57.54 Q
4 Byron MacDonald   Canada 57.56 Q
5 Hans Lampe   West Germany 59.00
6 Sean Maher   Great Britain 59.50
7 Vasil Dobrev   Bulgaria 1:00.07
8 Aleksandar Pavličević   Yugoslavia 1:00.29

Key: Q = Qualified

Semifinals

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Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Roland Matthes   East Germany 56.51 Q
2 Bruce Robertson   Canada 56.86 Q
3 Byron MacDonald   Canada 57.06 Q
4 Neil Rogers   Australia 57.28 Q
5 Roger Pyttel   East Germany 57.69
6 Sérgio Waismann   Brazil 58.07
7 Lutz Stoklasa   West Germany 58.33
8 Geoffrey Ferreira   Trinidad and Tobago 58.54

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Mark Spitz   United States 55.98 Q
2 Jerry Heidenreich   United States 56.18 Q
3 Dave Edgar   United States 56.88 Q
4 Hartmut Flöckner   East Germany 56.96 Q
5 Juan Carlos Bello   Peru 57.51
6 Bob Kasting   Canada 57.67
7 John Mills   Great Britain 58.13
8 István Szentirmay   Hungary 58.25

Final

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Mark Spitz   United States 54.27 WR
  Bruce Robertson   Canada 55.56
  Jerry Heidenreich   United States 55.74
4 Roland Matthes   East Germany 55.87
5 Dave Edgar   United States 56.11
6 Byron MacDonald   Canada 57.27
7 Hartmut Flöckner   East Germany 57.40
8 Neil Rogers   Australia 57.90

Key: WR = World record

References

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  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.