1972 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)
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sport | swim | ||||||||
discipline | 100 m freestyle | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 48 athletes from 28 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic swimming pool | ||||||||
Competition phase | September 2nd, 1972 (preliminary) September 3rd, 1972 (final) |
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Winning time | 51.22 s ![]() |
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100 m freestyle | Men | Women |
200 m freestyle | Men | Women |
400 m freestyle | Men | Women |
800 m freestyle | Women | |
1500 m freestyle | Men | |
100 m back | Men | Women |
200 m back | Men | Women |
100 m chest | Men | Women |
200 m chest | Men | Women |
100 m butterfly | Men | Women |
200 m butterfly | Men | Women |
200 m layers | Men | Women |
400 m layers | Men | Women |
4 × 100 m freestyle | Men | Women |
4 × 200 m freestyle | Men | |
4 × 100 m layers | Men | Women |
The men's 100 meter freestyle swimming competition at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich was held on September 2nd and 3rd. The American Mark Spitz started the race quickly and was already in the lead after 50 meters. With a new world record, he finally won his sixth gold medal at the Games. Silver went to his compatriot Jerry Heidenreich and bronze to Wladimir Bure from the Soviet Union.
Results
Prelims
The 16 fastest athletes of the seven runs qualified for the semi-finals.
Run 1
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Ruy de Oliveira |
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54.26 s | |
2 | Gilles Vigne |
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54.34 s | |
3 | Wilfried Hartung |
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54.37 s | |
4th | Malcolm Windeatt |
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54.70 s | |
5 | Geoffrey Ferreira |
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56.27 s | |
6th | Roberto Strauss |
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56.78 s |
Run 2
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Igor Grivennikov |
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53.64 s | Q |
2 | Colin Herring |
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54.41 s | |
3 | Alain Hermitte |
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54.57 s | |
4th | István Szentirmay |
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54.71 s | |
5 | Antonio Ferracuti |
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56.69 s | |
6th | Sandro Rudan |
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56.91 s | |
7th | Bruno Bassoul |
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1: 00.8 min |
Run 3
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Vladimir Bure |
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52.87 s | Q |
2 | Jorge Comas |
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53.70 s | Q |
3 | José Aranha |
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54.06 s | Q |
4th | Hanspeter Würmli |
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55.08 s | |
5 | Neil Rogers |
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55.32 s | |
6th | Samnang Prak |
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59.18 s |
Run 4
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Michel Rousseau |
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52.93 s | Q |
2 | Kersten Meier |
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53.96 s | Q |
3 | Greg Rogers |
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53.98 s | Q |
4th | Hartmut Flöckner |
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54.36 s | |
5 | Bruce Robertson |
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54.76 s | |
6th | Feridun Aybars |
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59.32 s |
Run 5
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | John Murphy |
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53.07 s | Q |
2 | Georgijs Kuļikovs |
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53.78 s | Q |
3 | Peter Bruch |
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54.25 s | Q |
4th | Paulo Zanetti |
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54.97 s | |
5 | Brian Brinkley |
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55.06 s | |
6th | Zbigniew Pacelt |
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55.97 s | |
7th | Andrew Hunter |
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56.09 s | |
8th | Abdullah Abdulrahman |
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1: 03.94 min |
Run 6
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Jerry Heidenreich |
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52.38 s | Q |
2 | Brian Phillips |
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53.75 s | Q |
3 | Bob Kasting |
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54.07 s | Q |
4th | Gerhard Schiller |
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54.28 s | |
5 | Attila Császári |
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55.37 s | |
6th | Finnur Garðarsson |
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55.97 s | |
7th | Salvador Vilanova |
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56.57 s | |
8th | Wong Ronnie |
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57.53 s |
Run 7
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Mike Wenden |
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52.34 s | Q |
2 | Mark Spitz |
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52.46 s | Q |
3 | Klaus Steinbach |
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52.91 s | Q |
4th | Fritz Warncke |
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54.41 s | |
5 | Roberto Pangaro |
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54.74 s | |
6th | Marian Slavic |
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55.35 s | |
7th | Jorge van Balen |
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57.20 s |
Semifinals
The first three athletes of the two races and the two fastest athletes qualified for the final.
Run 1
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Jerry Heidenreich |
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52.31 s | Q |
2 | Igor Grivennikov |
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52.55 s | Q |
3 | Vladimir Bure |
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52.60 s | Q |
4th | Michel Rousseau |
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52.82 s | q |
5 | José Aranha |
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53.47 s | |
6th | Brian Phillips |
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53.73 s | |
7th | Peter Bruch |
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53.97 s | |
8th | Kersten Meier |
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54.35 s |
Run 2
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Mike Wenden |
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52.32 s | Q |
2 | Mark Spitz |
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52.43 s | Q |
3 | Klaus Steinbach |
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52.87 s | Q |
4th | John Murphy |
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53.17 s | q |
5 | Bob Kasting |
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53.62 s | |
6th | Georgijs Kuļikovs |
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53.68 s | |
7th | Jorge Comas |
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53.92 s | |
8th | Greg Rogers |
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54.26 s |
final
rank | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | Mark Spitz |
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51.22 s | WR |
2 | Jerry Heidenreich |
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51.65 s | |
3 | Vladimir Bure |
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51.77 s | |
4th | John Murphy |
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52.08 s | |
5 | Mike Wenden |
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52.41 s | |
6th | Igor Grivennikov |
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52.44 s | |
7th | Michel Rousseau |
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52.90 s | |
8th | Klaus Steinbach |
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52.92 s |