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

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between August 28 and 29.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldRoland Matthes
 East Germany
SilverMike Stamm
 United States
BronzeJohn Murphy
 United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Igor Grivennikov Soviet Union1:00.05
2Zoltán Verrasztó Hungary1:01.13
3Clay Evans Canada1:01.69
4Rômulo Arantes Filho Brazil1:03.18
5Hsu Tung-hsiung Chinese Taipei1:03.31
6Sergio Hasbún El Salvador1:06.53
7Sarun Van Cambodia1:07.26

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Bob Schoutsen Netherlands1:00.76
2Lars Børgesen Denmark1:01.23
3László Cseh Sr. Hungary1:01.63
4José Joaquín Santibáñez Mexico1:02.46
5Predrag Miloš Yugoslavia1:03.02
6Gustavo González Argentina1:04.16
7Gerardo Rosario Philippines1:06.85

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1John Murphy United States59.93
2Ejvind Pedersen Denmark1:00.83
3Tadashi Honda Japan1:00.89
4Ian MacKenzie Canada1:01.11
5Helmut Podolan Austria1:01.49
6Piotr Dłucik Poland1:01.94
7Andreas Weber West Germany1:02.49

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Mike Stamm United States58.63
2Lutz Wanja East Germany1:00.62
3Pierre Baehr France1:01.13
4Colin Cunningham Great Britain1:01.28
5Anders Sandberg Sweden1:01.41
6Neil Martin Australia1:05.13

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Mitch Ivey United States58.15
2Erik Fish Canada1:00.81
3Nenad Miloš Yugoslavia1:00.94
4Clive Rushton Great Britain1:01.07
5Mark Crocker Hong Kong1:11.20

Heat 6

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Roland Matthes East Germany1:00.01
2Jürgen Krüger East Germany1:00.65
3Jean-Paul Berjeau France1:00.83
4Mike Richards Great Britain1:01.03
5Róbert Rudolf Hungary1:02.34
6Amin Ahmed Adel Youssef Egypt1:04.40
7Chiang Jin Choon Malaysia1:07.65

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Roland Matthes East Germany56.58OR
Mike Stamm United States57.70
John Murphy United States58.35
4Mitch Ivey United States58.48
5Igor Grivennikov Soviet Union59.50
6Lutz Wanja East Germany59.80
7Jürgen Krüger East Germany59.80
8Tadashi Honda Japan1:00.41

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
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