Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
| Swimming events at the 1972 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between August 29 and August 30. 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
| Gold |  Nobutaka TaguchiJapan (JPN) |
| Silver |  Tom BruceUnited States (USA) |
| Bronze | John Hencken United States (USA) |
Results
Final
| 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} Brazil | 1:06.24 | |
| 7 | Nikolay Pankin | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union | 1:06.36 | |
| 8 | David Wilkie |  Great Britain | 1:06.52 |
Key: WR = World record
References
- 1972 Summer Olympics results: Men's 100 m breaststroke, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-12-08.
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