Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly
Introduction 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.
Medalists
Results ===Heats==='''Heat 1''' Rank  Athlete Country  Time  Notes  1   Dave Edgar   57.30  '''Q'''  2  Roger Pyttel   57.98  ''' Q '''  3   Peter Remmel   58.97  ''' ''' 4  Andrzej Chudziński   1:00.22  ''' ''' 5   Alain Mosconi   1:00.23  ''' ''' 6   Salvador Vilanova   1:01.25  ''' ''' 7  Martin Edwards   1:01:29  ''' ''' 8  Bruno Bassoul   1:05.45  ''' ''''''Key''': Q = Qualified'''Heat 2''' Rank  Athlete Country  Time  Notes  1   Bruce Robertson   56.45   '''Q'''  2  István Szentirmay   58.07  ''' Q '''  3   Sérgio Waismann   58.37  '''Q''' 4  Yasuhiro Komazaki   59.71  ''' ''' 5   Hugo Valencia   1:00.14  ''' ''' 6   Feridun Aybars   1:04:46  ''' ''' 7  Chhay-Kheng Nhem   1:05.12  ''' ''' 8  Wong Ronnie   1:07.50  ''' ''''''Key''': Q = Qualified'''Heat 3''' Rank  Athlete Country  Time  Notes  1   Roland Matthes   57.16  '''Q'''  2  Neil Rogers   57.40  ''' Q '''  3  John Mills   58.28  '''Q''' 4  Viktor Sharygin   58.40  ''' ''' 5   Arturo Lang-Lenton   59.22  ''' ''' 6   Georgijs Kuļikovs   59.28  ''' ''' 7  Dimitrios Karydis   1:00.06  ''' ''' 8  Roy Chan   1:02.24  ''' ''''''Key''': Q = Qualified'''Heat 4''' Rank  Athlete Country  Time  Notes  1   Jerry Heidenreich   56.86  '''Q'''  2  Lutz Stoklasa   57.50  ''' Q '''  3   Bob Kasting   57.65  '''Q''' 4  Geoffrey Ferreira   58.26  '''Q''' 5   Jacques Leloup   58.77  ''' ''' 6   Vladimir Krivtsov   59.83  ''' ''' 7  Carlos Singson   1:02.11  ''' ''''''Key''': Q = Qualified'''Heat 5''' Rank  Athlete Country  Time  Notes  1   Mark Spitz   56.45  '''Q'''  2  Hartmut Flöckner   57.41  ''' Q '''  3   Juan Carlos Bello   57.54  '''Q''' 4  Byron MacDonald   57.56  '''Q''' 5   Hans Lampe   59.00  ''' ''' 6   Sean Maher   59.50  ''' ''' 7  Vasil Dobrev   1:00.07  ''' ''' 8  Aleksandar Pavličević   1:00.29  ''' ''''''Key''': Q = Qualified===Semifinals==='''Heat 1''' Rank  Athlete Country  Time  Notes  1   Roland Matthes   56.51  '''Q'''  2  Bruce Robertson   56.86  '''Q'''  3   Byron MacDonald   57.06  '''Q''' 4  Neil Rogers   57.28  '''Q''' 5   Roger Pyttel   57.69  ''' ''' 6   Sérgio Waismann   58.07  ''' ''' 7  Lutz Stoklasa   58.33  ''' ''' 8  Geoffrey Ferreira   58.54  ''' ''''''Heat 2''' Rank  Athlete Country  Time  Notes  1   Mark Spitz   55.98  '''Q'''  2  Jerry Heidenreich   56.18  '''Q'''  3   Dave Edgar   56.88  '''Q''' 4  Hartmut Flöckner   56.96  '''Q''' 5   Juan Carlos Bello   57.51  ''' ''' 6   Bob Kasting   57.67  ''' ''' 7  John Mills   58.13  ''' ''' 8  István Szentirmay   58.25  ''' '''===Final=== Rank  Athlete Country  Time  Notes  1  Mark Spitz   54.27  '''WR'''  2 Bruce Robertson   55.56  '''  '''  3  Jerry Heidenreich   55.74  ''' ''' 4  Roland Matthes   55.87  ''' ''' 5   Dave Edgar   56.11  ''' ''' 6   Byron MacDonald   57.27  ''' ''' 7  Hartmut Flöckner   57.40  ''' ''' 8  Neil Rogers   57.90  ''' ''''''Key''': WR = World record
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