| Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between August 30 and 31. 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.
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| Gold | Mark Spitz United States (USA) |
| Silver | Bruce Robertson Canada (CAN) |
| Bronze | Jerry Heidenreich United States (USA) |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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| Mark Spitz | United States | 54.27 | WR | |
| Bruce Robertson | Canada | 55.56 | ||
| 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
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