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

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 Backstroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Canada. The event took place on 18 and 19 July.

Semi finals

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
1	Roland Matthes	GDR	57.48 #
2	Lutz Wanja	GDR	57.50 #
3	Bob Jackson	USA	57.65 #
4	Mark Tonelli	AUS	58.14 #
5	Stephen Pickell	CAN	58.21
6	Igor Omelchenko	URS	58.77
7	Paul Jouanneau	BRA	59.59
8	Ryszard Zugaj	POL	59.90

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
1	John Naber	USA	56.19 # WR
2	Peter Rocca	USA	56.88 #
3	Carlos Berrocal	PUR	57.53 #
4	Mark Kerry	AUS	58.04 #
5	Glen Patching	AUS	58.15
6	Romulo Arantes	BRA	58.49
7	Zoltán Verrasztó	HUN	58.63
8	Santiago Esteva	ESP	59.71

Final

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	John Naber	USA	55.49 WR
	Peter Rocca	USA	56.34
	Roland Matthes	GDR	57.22
4	Carlos Berrocal	PUR	57.28
5	Lutz Wanja	GDR	57.49
6	Bob Jackson	USA	57.69
7	Mark Kerry	AUS	57.94
8	Mark Tonelli	AUS	58.42

References

• Official Olympic Report