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


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.

Heats

Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Lutz Wanja58.38 Q
2Mark Tonelli58.53Q
3Miloslav Roľko1:00.41
4Steve Hardy1:00.69
5Tadashi Honda1:01.00
6Ivan Mikolutsky1:03.86
7Frank Richardson1:12.38

Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Carlos Berrocal58.71Q
2Paul Jouanneau59.35Q
3Steve Pickell59.65Q
4José Urueta1:00.85
5Mikael Brandén1:01.05
6Chiang Jin Choon1:05.86

Heat 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Bob Jackson58.02 Q
2Rômulo Arantes Filho58.46Q
3Jim Carter1:00.39
4Gary Abraham1:00.61
5Robert Howard1:00.77
6Mike Scarth1:01.33
7António de Melo1:05.76

Heat 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Roland Matthes57.98Q
2Glenn Patching59.49 Q
3Ryszard Żugaj1:00.16 Q
4Róbert Rudolf1:00.58
5Nenad Miloš1:00.70
6Ramón Volcan1:01.20
7Lionel Beylot-Bourcelot1:01.58

Heat 5
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Mark Kerry57.99 Q
2Peter Rocca58.12 Q
3Igor Omelchenko59.03 Q
4Reinhold Becker1:00.57
5Predrag Miloš1:01.05
6Conrado Porta1:01.13
7Gerardo Rosario1:02.08

Heat 6
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1John Naber56.80 Q
2Zoltán Verrasztó59.30 Q
3Santiago Esteva59.88Q
4Krasimir Stoykov1:00.24
5Ignacio Álvarez1:00.80
6Enrico Bisso1:01.32
7Thomas Hofer1:01.90

Semifinals

Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Roland Matthes57.48Q
2Lutz Wanja57.50Q
3Bob Jackson57.65Q
4Mark Tonelli58.14Q
5Steve Pickell58.21
6Igor Omelchenk'o58.77
7Paul Jouanneau59.59
8Ryszard Żugaj59.90

Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1John Naber56.19 Q, WR
2Peter Rocca56.88Q
3Carlos Berrocal57.53 Q
4Mark Kerry58.04Q
5Glenn Patching58.15
6Rômulo Arantes Filho58.49
7Zoltán Verrasztó58.63
8Santiago Esteva59.71

Final