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Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly

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The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between August 30 and 31.[1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

The winning margin was 1.29 seconds which as of 2023 remains the only time this event for men was won by more than one second at the Olympics.

Medalists

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Gold Mark Spitz
 United States
Silver Bruce Robertson
 Canada
Bronze Jerry Heidenreich
 United States

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Dave Edgar  United States 57.30 Q
2 Roger Pyttel  East Germany 57.98 Q
3 Peter Remmel  West Germany 58.97
4 Andrzej Chudziński  Poland 1:00.22
5 Alain Mosconi  France 1:00.23
6 Salvador Vilanova  El Salvador 1:01.25
7 Martin Edwards  Great Britain 1:01:29
8 Bruno Bassoul  Lebanon 1:05.45

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Bruce Robertson  Canada 56.45 Q
2 István Szentirmay  Hungary 58.07 Q
3 Sérgio Waismann  Brazil 58.37 Q
4 Yasuhiro Komazaki  Japan 59.71
5 Hugo Valencia  Mexico 1:00.14
6 Feridun Aybars  Turkey 1:04:46
7 Chhay-Kheng Nhem  Khmer Republic 1:05.12
8 Wong Ronnie  Hong Kong 1:07.50

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Roland Matthes  East Germany 57.16 Q
2 Neil Rogers  Australia 57.40 Q
3 John Mills  Great Britain 58.28 Q
4 Viktor Sharygin  Soviet Union 58.40
5 Arturo Lang-Lenton  Spain 59.22
6 Georgijs Kuļikovs  Soviet Union 59.28
7 Dimitrios Karydis  Greece 1:00.06
8 Roy Chan  Singapore 1:02.24

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Jerry Heidenreich  United States 56.86 Q
2 Lutz Stoklasa  West Germany 57.50 Q
3 Bob Kasting  Canada 57.65 Q
4 Geoffrey Ferreira  Trinidad and Tobago 58.26 Q
5 Jacques Leloup  Belgium 58.77
6 Vladimir Krivtsov  Soviet Union 59.83
7 Carlos Singson  Philippines 1:02.11

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Mark Spitz  United States 56.45 Q
2 Hartmut Flöckner  East Germany 57.41 Q
3 Juan Carlos Bello  Peru 57.54 Q
4 Byron MacDonald  Canada 57.56 Q
5 Hans Lampe  West Germany 59.00
6 Sean Maher  Great Britain 59.50
7 Vasil Dobrev  Bulgaria 1:00.07
8 Aleksandar Pavličević  Yugoslavia 1:00.29

Key: Q = Qualified

Semifinals

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Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Roland Matthes  East Germany 56.51 Q
2 Bruce Robertson  Canada 56.86 Q
3 Byron MacDonald  Canada 57.06 Q
4 Neil Rogers  Australia 57.28 Q
5 Roger Pyttel  East Germany 57.69
6 Sérgio Waismann  Brazil 58.07
7 Lutz Stoklasa  West Germany 58.33
8 Geoffrey Ferreira  Trinidad and Tobago 58.54

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Mark Spitz  United States 55.98 Q
2 Jerry Heidenreich  United States 56.18 Q
3 Dave Edgar  United States 56.88 Q
4 Hartmut Flöckner  East Germany 56.96 Q
5 Juan Carlos Bello  Peru 57.51
6 Bob Kasting  Canada 57.67
7 John Mills  Great Britain 58.13
8 István Szentirmay  Hungary 58.25

Final

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Mark Spitz  United States 54.27 WR
2 Bruce Robertson  Canada 55.56
3 Jerry Heidenreich  United States 55.74
4 Roland Matthes  East Germany 55.87
5 Dave Edgar  United States 56.11
6 Byron MacDonald  Canada 57.27
7 Hartmut Flöckner  East Germany 57.40
8 Neil Rogers  Australia 57.90

Key: WR = World record

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2016.