Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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.^[1][2]

Heats

The fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lutz Wanja	East Germany	58.38	Q
2	Mark Tonelli	Australia	58.53	Q
3	Miloslav Roľko	Czechoslovakia	1:00.41
4	Steve Hardy	Canada	1:00.69
5	Tadashi Honda	Japan	1:01.00
6	Ivan Mikolutsky	Soviet Union	1:03.86
7	Frank Richardson	Nicaragua	1:12.38

Heat 2

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

Heat 3

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

Heat 4

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

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mark Kerry	Australia	57.99	Q
2	Peter Rocca	United States	58.12	Q
3	Igor Omelchenko	Soviet Union	59.03	Q
4	Reinhold Becker	West Germany	1:00.57
5	Predrag Miloš	Yugoslavia	1:01.05
6	Conrado Porta	Argentina	1:01.13
7	Gerardo Rosario	Philippines	1:02.08

Heat 6

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

Semifinals

The fastest 8 advanced to the finals.^[2]

Heat 1

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

Heat 2

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

Final

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