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Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between August 29 and August 30.[1] 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 |
| Silver | Tom Bruce United States |
| Bronze | John Hencken United States |
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 | 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
- ^ . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2016.