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

Swimming events at the
1976 Summer Olympics
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
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m women
4×200 m men
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

The Men's 100 metre Backstroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Canada.

Semi finals

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
1 Roland Matthes GDR 57.48 #
2 Lutz Wanja GDR 57.50 #
3 Bob Jackson USA 57.65 #
4 Mark Tonelli AUS 58.14 #
5 Stephen Pickell CAN 58.21
6 Igor Omelchenko URS 58.77
7 Paul Jouanneau BRA 59.59
8 Ryszard Zugaj POL 59.90
RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
1 John Naber USA 56.19 # WR
2 Peter Rocca USA 56.88 #
3 Carlos Berrocal PUR 57.53 #
4 Mark Kerry AUS 58.04 #
5 Glen Patching AUS 58.15
6 Romulo Arantes BRA 58.49
7 Zoltán Verraszto HUN 58.63
8 Santiago Esteva ESP 59.71

Final

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
John Naber USA 55.49 WR
Peter Rocca USA 56.34
Roland Matthes GDR 57.22
4 Carlos Berrocal PUR 57.28
5 Lutz Wanja GDR 57.49
6 Bob Jackson USA 57.69
7 Mark Kerry AUS 57.94
8 Mark Tonelli AUS 58.42

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