Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre breaststroke

The Men's 100 metre Breaststroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

was held in Montreal

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Semi finals

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
1	David Wilkie David Wilkie (swimmer) David Andrew Wilkie MBE is a Scottish former swimmer, who was Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion in the 1970s.He is a member of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.-Biography:...	1:04.29 #
2	Giorgio Lalle Giorgio Lalle Giorgio Lalle is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Italy, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He claimed the gold medal a year earlier at the 1975 Mediterranean Games in the men's 100 m breaststroke event.-References:*...	1:04.35 #
3	Duncan Goodhew Duncan Goodhew Duncan Alexander Goodhew MBE is a British swimming athlete. After swimming competitively in America as a collegian at North Carolina State University, he was an Olympic swimmer for Great Britain and won Olympic gold and bronze medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-Biography:Goodhew...	1:04.59 #
4	Chris Woo Chris Woo Christopher W.T. "Chris" Woo is an Hawaiian swimmer best known for reaching an Olympic final in the Men's 100 metre breaststroke in the Montreal Olympics won by his teammate John Hencken. He also won a gold medal as part of the US Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay team...	1:04.86 #
5	Lawrence Dowler	1:05.19
6	Nobutaka Taguchi Nobutaka Taguchi is an Olympic gold medalist for Japan in swimming.In 1972, he won Japan's first Olympic swimming gold medal since 1956. Japan dominated the 1932 and 1936 Olympics and won the breaststroke crown in 1928, 1932, 1936 and 1956 Olympic Games despite three radical rule changes that completely changed...	1:05.69
7	José Fiolo José Fiolo José Sylvio Fiolo is a former international breaststroke swimmer from Brazil, who participated for his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1968. He is best known for claiming the gold medal in both individual breaststroke events at the 1967 Pan American Games in...	1:06.38
8	Sérgio Ribeiro	1:06.69

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
1	John Hencken John Hencken John Frederick Hencken is a former international swimmer from the United States, who won five Olympic medals during his career, including three golds. The first one came at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, the other two four years later in Montreal, Canada.-References:...	1:03.62 # WR
2	Graham Smith Graham Smith (swimmer) Graham Smith was a Canadian swimmer, who won the silver medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He did so alongside Stephen Pickell, Clay Evans, and Gary MacDonald...	1:03.92 #
3	Walter Kusch	1:04.28 #
4	Arvydas Juozaitis	1:04.76 #
5	Peter Lang	1:05.19
6	Nikolay Pankin	1:05.59
7	David Leigh	1:05.91
8	Paul Jarvie	1:06.20

Final

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
	John Hencken John Hencken John Frederick Hencken is a former international swimmer from the United States, who won five Olympic medals during his career, including three golds. The first one came at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, the other two four years later in Montreal, Canada.-References:...	1:03.11 WR
	David Wilkie David Wilkie (swimmer) David Andrew Wilkie MBE is a Scottish former swimmer, who was Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion in the 1970s.He is a member of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.-Biography:...	1:03.43
	Arvydas Juozaitis	1:04.23
4	Graham Smith Graham Smith (swimmer) Graham Smith was a Canadian swimmer, who won the silver medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He did so alongside Stephen Pickell, Clay Evans, and Gary MacDonald...	1:04.26
5	Giorgio Lalle Giorgio Lalle Giorgio Lalle is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Italy, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He claimed the gold medal a year earlier at the 1975 Mediterranean Games in the men's 100 m breaststroke event.-References:*...	1:04.37
6	Walter Kusch	1:04.38
7	Duncan Goodhew Duncan Goodhew Duncan Alexander Goodhew MBE is a British swimming athlete. After swimming competitively in America as a collegian at North Carolina State University, he was an Olympic swimmer for Great Britain and won Olympic gold and bronze medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-Biography:Goodhew...	1:04.66
8	Chris Woo Chris Woo Christopher W.T. "Chris" Woo is an Hawaiian swimmer best known for reaching an Olympic final in the Men's 100 metre breaststroke in the Montreal Olympics won by his teammate John Hencken. He also won a gold medal as part of the US Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay team...	1:05.13

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