Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

Swimming events at the 1976 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
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m				women
4×200 m		men
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The Men's 100 metre Breaststroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 19 and 20 July.

Semi finals

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
1	David Wilkie	GBR	1:04.29 #
2	Giorgio Lalle	ITA	1:04.35 #
3	Duncan Goodhew	GBR	1:04.59 #
4	Chris Woo	USA	1:04.86 #
5	Lawrence Dowler	USA	1:05.19
6	Nobutaka Taguchi	JPN	1:05.69
7	José Fiolo	BRA	1:06.38
8	Sérgio Ribeiro	BRA	1:06.69

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
1	John Hencken	USA	1:03.62 # WR
2	Graham Smith	CAN	1:03.92 #
3	Walter Kusch	FRG	1:04.28 #
4	Arvydas Juozaitis	URS	1:04.76 #
5	Peter Lang	FRG	1:05.19
6	Nikolay Pankin	URS	1:05.59
7	David Leigh	GBR	1:05.91
8	Paul Jarvie	AUS	1:06.20

Final

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	John Hencken	USA	1:03.11 WR
	David Wilkie	GBR	1:03.43
	Arvydas Juozaitis	URS	1:04.23
4	Graham Smith	CAN	1:04.26
5	Giorgio Lalle	ITA	1:04.37
6	Walter Kusch	FRG	1:04.38
7	Duncan Goodhew	GBR	1:04.66
8	Chris Woo	USA	1:05.13

References

• Official Olympic Report