The men's 100 metre backstroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Canada. The event took place on 18 and 19 July.

Heats The fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Lutz Wanja 58.38 Q 2 Mark Tonelli 58.53 Q 3 Miloslav Roľko 1:00.41 4 Steve Hardy 1:00.69 5 Tadashi Honda 1:01.00 6 Ivan Mikolutsky 1:03.86 7 Frank Richardson 1:12.38

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Carlos Berrocal 58.71 Q 2 Paul Jouanneau 59.35 Q 3 Steve Pickell 59.65 Q 4 José Urueta 1:00.85 5 Mikael Brandén 1:01.05 6 Chiang Jin Choon 1:05.86

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Bob Jackson 58.02 Q 2 Rômulo Arantes Filho 58.46 Q 3 Jim Carter 1:00.39 4 Gary Abraham 1:00.61 5 Robert Howard 1:00.77 6 Mike Scarth 1:01.33 7 António de Melo 1:05.76

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Roland Matthes 57.98 Q 2 Glenn Patching 59.49 Q 3 Ryszard Żugaj 1:00.16 Q 4 Róbert Rudolf 1:00.58 5 Nenad Miloš 1:00.70 6 Ramón Volcan 1:01.20 7 Lionel Beylot-Bourcelot 1:01.58

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Mark Kerry 57.99 Q 2 Peter Rocca 58.12 Q 3 Igor Omelchenko 59.03 Q 4 Reinhold Becker 1:00.57 5 Predrag Miloš 1:01.05 6 Conrado Porta 1:01.13 7 Gerardo Rosario 1:02.08

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 John Naber 56.80 Q 2 Zoltán Verrasztó 59.30 Q 3 Santiago Esteva 59.88 Q 4 Krasimir Stoykov 1:00.24 5 Ignacio Álvarez 1:00.80 6 Enrico Bisso 1:01.32 7 Thomas Hofer 1:01.90

Semifinals The fastest 8 advanced to the finals.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Roland Matthes 57.48 Q 2 Lutz Wanja 57.50 Q 3 Bob Jackson 57.65 Q 4 Mark Tonelli 58.14 Q 5 Steve Pickell 58.21 6 Igor Omelchenk'o 58.77 7 Paul Jouanneau 59.59 8 Ryszard Żugaj 59.90

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 John Naber 56.19 Q, WR 2 Peter Rocca 56.88 Q 3 Carlos Berrocal 57.53 Q 4 Mark Kerry 58.04 Q 5 Glenn Patching 58.15 6 Rômulo Arantes Filho 58.49 7 Zoltán Verrasztó 58.63 8 Santiago Esteva 59.71

Final Rank Athlete Country Time Notes John Naber 55.49 WR Peter Rocca 56.34 Roland Matthes 57.22 4 Carlos Berrocal 57.28 5 Lutz Wanja 57.49 6 Bob Jackson 57.69 7 Mark Kerry 57.94 8 Mark Tonelli 58.42

References

External links Official Olympic Report