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

The Men's 100 metre Butterfly 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...

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Final

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Matt Vogel Matt Vogel (swimmer) Matt Vogel is an American swimmer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, where he received a gold medal in 100 m butterfly, and a gold medal in 4×100 m medley relay.-World records:...	USA	54.35
	Joe Bottom Joe Bottom Joseph Stuart Bottom is an American, Hall of Fame swimmer and one time world record holder in 50 meter freestyle, 100 meter butterfly and 4×100 meter freestyle relay....	USA	54.50
	Gary Hall	USA	54.65
4	Roger Pyttel Roger Pyttel Roger Pyttel is a former German butterfly swimmer. After failing to place in various races during the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, Pyttel attained both a silver and bronze medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-References:...	GDR	55.09
5	Roland Matthes Roland Matthes Roland Matthes is a German Olympic backstroke swimmer.-Swimming career:Roland Matthes is the most successful backstroke swimmer of all times. In a period of seven years he won all backstroke competitions he entered...	GDR	55.11
6	Clay Evans Clay Evans Clayton Evans is a former medley swimmer from Canada, who was born in South America to Canadian parents. He moved to Huntington Beach, California at age fifteen and was recruited by UCLA on a swimming and water polo scholarship...	CAN	55.81
7	Hideaki Hara	JPN	56.34
8	Neil Rogers	AUS	56.57

Semi finals

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
1	Joe Bottom Joe Bottom Joseph Stuart Bottom is an American, Hall of Fame swimmer and one time world record holder in 50 meter freestyle, 100 meter butterfly and 4×100 meter freestyle relay....	USA	55.26 #
2	Gary Hall	USA	55.32 #
3	Neil Rogers	AUS	55.72 #
4	Clay Evans Clay Evans Clayton Evans is a former medley swimmer from Canada, who was born in South America to Canadian parents. He moved to Huntington Beach, California at age fifteen and was recruited by UCLA on a swimming and water polo scholarship...	CAN	55.86 #
5	John Mills	GBR	56.54
6	Stephen Pickell Stephen Pickell Stephen Pickele was a Canadyan swimmer, who won the silver medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He did so alongside Graham Smith, Clay Evans, and Gary MacDonald.-References:**...	CAN	56.66
7	Pär Arvidsson Pär Arvidsson Pär Arvidsson was a butterfly swimmer from Sweden. He won the 100 m butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, after having set the world record in the same event a couple of months earlier in Austin, Texas...	SWE	56.93
8	Evgeniy Seredin	URS	57.46

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
1	Roger Pyttel Roger Pyttel Roger Pyttel is a former German butterfly swimmer. After failing to place in various races during the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, Pyttel attained both a silver and bronze medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-References:...	GDR	54.75 #
2	Matt Vogel Matt Vogel (swimmer) Matt Vogel is an American swimmer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, where he received a gold medal in 100 m butterfly, and a gold medal in 4×100 m medley relay.-World records:...	USA	54.80 #
3	Roland Matthes Roland Matthes Roland Matthes is a German Olympic backstroke swimmer.-Swimming career:Roland Matthes is the most successful backstroke swimmer of all times. In a period of seven years he won all backstroke competitions he entered...	GDR	55.88 #
4	Klaus Steinbach Klaus Steinbach Klaus Steinbach is a former World Record holding and Olympic freestyle swimmer from Germany. He swam for Germany at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics....	FRG	55.90 #
5	Hideaki Hara	JPN	56.52
6	Bruce Robertson	CAN	56.72
7	Peter Broscienski	FRG	56.81
8	Jorge Delgado	ECU	56.91

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