Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
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The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between August 29 and August 30 in the Schwimmhalle, Olympiapark, München.[1] [2] 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 Taguchi![]() |
Silver | Tom Bruce![]() |
Bronze | John Hencken![]() |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Chatfield | ![]() | 1:05.89 | |
2 | Bill Mahony | ![]() | 1:07.14 | |
3 | Bernard Combet | ![]() | 1:08.08 | |
4 | Paul Jarvie | ![]() | 1:09.26 | |
5 | Sokhon Yi | ![]() | 1:11.00 | |
6 | Edmondo Mingione | ![]() | 1:11.75 | |
7 | Morkal Faruk | ![]() | 1:13.86 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nikolay Pankin | ![]() | 1:07.31 | |
2 | Robert Stoddart | ![]() | 1:08.44 | |
3 | Malcolm O'Connell | ![]() | 1:09.33 | |
4 | Sándor Szabó | ![]() | 1:09.68 | |
5 | Gustavo Salcedo | ![]() | 1:10.17 | |
6 | Jean-Pierre Dubey | ![]() | 1:10.31 | |
7 | Cezary Śmiglak | ![]() | 1:10.53 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | David Wilkie | ![]() | 1:06.35 | |
2 | Tom Bruce | ![]() | 1:06.45 | |
3 | Klaus Katzur | ![]() | 1:07.36 | |
4 | Vladimir Kosinsky | ![]() | 1:07.39 | |
5 | Amman Jalmaani | ![]() | 1:09.28 | |
6 | Steffen Kriechbaum | ![]() | 1:09.87 | |
7 | Bruno Bassoul | ![]() | 1:19.94 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nobutaka Taguchi | ![]() | 1:06.07 | |
2 | José Sylvio Fiolo | ![]() | 1:06.23 | |
3 | Rainer Hradetzky | ![]() | 1:08.67 | |
4 | Liam Ball | ![]() | 1:09.68 | |
5 | Andreas Hellmann | ![]() | 1:10.13 | |
6 | Karl Christian Koch | ![]() | 1:11.27 | |
7 | Piero Ferracuti | ![]() | 1:16.74 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Hencken | ![]() | 1:05.96 | |
2 | Roger-Philippe Menu | ![]() | 1:08.63 | |
3 | Mike Whitaker | ![]() | 1:08.86 | |
4 | Felipe Muñoz | ![]() | 1:08.95 | |
5 | Pedro Balcells | ![]() | 1:09.37 | |
6 | Alfredo Hunger | ![]() | 1:11.44 | |
7 | Theodoros Koutoumanis | ![]() | 1:12.05 | |
8 | Rudi Vingerhoets | ![]() | 1:12.59 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Walter Kusch | ![]() | 1:06.95 | |
2 | Viktor Stulikov | ![]() | 1:08.18 | |
3 | Michael Günther | ![]() | 1:08.93 | |
4 | Osvaldo Boretto | ![]() | 1:09.64 | |
5 | János Tóth | ![]() | 1:10.02 | |
6 | Angel Chakarov | ![]() | 1:10.34 | |
7 | Paul Naisby | ![]() | 1:11.05 | |
8 | Guðjón Guðmundsson | ![]() | 1:11.11 |
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Hencken | ![]() | 1:05.68 | WR |
2 | José Sylvio Fiolo | ![]() | 1:05.99 | |
3 | Tom Bruce | ![]() | 1:06.05 | |
4 | Klaus Katzur | ![]() | 1:06.82 | |
5 | Bill Mahony | ![]() | 1:07.06 | |
6 | Bernard Combet | ![]() | 1:07.76 | |
7 | Robert Stoddart | ![]() | 1:08.61 | |
8 | Rainer Hradetzky | ![]() | 1:09.49 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nobutaka Taguchi | ![]() | 1:05.13 | WR |
2 | Walter Kusch | ![]() | 1:05.78 | |
3 | Nikolay Pankin | ![]() | 1:06.08 | |
4 | Mark Chatfield | ![]() | 1:06.08 | |
5 | David Wilkie | ![]() | 1:06.25 | |
6 | Viktor Stulikov | ![]() | 1:06.66 | |
7 | Vladimir Kosinsky | ![]() | 1:07.08 | |
8 | Roger-Philippe Menu | ![]() | 1:07.75 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Nobutaka Taguchi | ![]() | 1:04.94 | WR |
![]() | Tom Bruce | ![]() | 1:05.43 | |
![]() | John Hencken | ![]() | 1:05.61 | |
4 | Mark Chatfield | ![]() | 1:06.01 | |
5 | Walter Kusch | ![]() | 1:06.23 | |
6 | José Sylvio Fiolo | ![]() | 1:06.24 | |
7 | Nikolay Pankin | ![]() | 1:06.36 | |
8 | David Wilkie | ![]() | 1:06.52 |
Key: WR = World record