| Men 100m Butterfly XVII Swimming European Championship 1985 Sofia, Bulgaria - Wednesday, 7th August - Gold Medal: Michael Gross. West Germany | 
| Final |   | time |   | gap | L |  | Final |   | time |   | gap | L |  | 1. Michael Gross |   West Germany | 54.02s |   |   |   |  | 2. Andrew Jameson |   Great Britain | 54.30s |   | +0.28s |   |  | 3. Marcel Gery |   Czechoslovakia | 54.86s |   | +0.84s |   |  | 4. Dano Halsall |   Switzerland | 55.03s |   | +1.01s |   |  | 5. Thomas Dressler |   East Germany | 55.04s |   | +1.02s |   |  | 6. Benny Nielsen |   Denmark | 55.07s |   | +1.05s |   |  | 7. Frank Drost |   Netherlands | 55.60s |   | +1.58s |   |  | 8. Fabrizio Rampazzo |   Italy | 56.20s |   | +1.18s |   |   
| Final B |   | time |   | gap | L |  | Final B |   | time |   | gap | L |  | 9. Alexey Markovski |   Soviet Union | 55.30s |   |   | - |  | 10.Christos Stivenson |   Greece | 55.50s |   |   | - |  | 11.Jan Larsen |   Denmark | 56.18s |   |   | - |  | 12.Alexander Prigoda |   Soviet Union | 56.23s |   |   | - |  | 13.Petr Kladiva |   Czechoslovakia | 56.31s |   |   | - |  | 14.Bengt Baron |   Sweden | 56.49s |   |   | - |  | 15.Wojciecj Wyzga |   Poland | 56.63s |   |   | - |  | 16.Stephan Gusgen |   West Germany | 56.84s |   |   | - |   
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Heats - Wednesday, 7th August | 
| Best 8 times advanced to Final. Next 8 times to Final B. | 
| Heat 4 |   | time |   | Rk |  | 1. Michael Gross |   West Germany | 53.93s |   | 1. |  | 6. Frank Drost |   Netherlands | 55.41s |   | 2. |  | 7. Dano Halsall |   Switzerland | 55.47s |   | 3. |  | 9. Christos Stivenson |   Greece | 55.51s |   | 4. |  | 12.Wojciech Wyzga |   Poland | 55.89s |   | 5. |  | 14.Petr Kladiva |   Czechoslovakia | 56.13s |   | 6. |  | 28.Theodor Griniazakis |   Greece | 59.66s |   | 7. |   
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| Heat 3 |   | time |   | Rk |  | 3. Marcel Gery |   Czechoslovakia | 54.97s |   | 1. |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time |   | Rk |  | 4. Benny Nielsen |   Denmark | 55.26s |   | 1. |   
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| Heat 1 |   | time |   | Rk  |  | 2. Andrew Jameson |   Great Britain | 54.71s |   | 1. |  | 11.Alexander Prigoda |   Soviet Union | 55.87s |   | 2. |   
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| Heat ? |   | time |   | Rk |  | 5. Fabrizio Rampazzo |   Italy | 55.38s |   |  | 8. Thomas Drebler |   East Germany | 55.49s |   |  | 10.Alexey Markovski |   Soviet Union | 55.82s |   |  | 13.Bengt Baron |   Sweden | 56.12s |   |  | 15.Jan Larsen |   Denmark | 56.26s |   |  | 16.Theophile David |   Switzerland | 56.41s |   |  | 16.Stephan Gusgen |   West Germany | 56.41s |   |  | 18.Gerard de Kort |   Netherlands | 56.42s |   |  | 19.Thomam Lejdtrom |   Sweden | 56.50s |   |  | 20.Hrvoje Baric |   Yugoslavia | 56.92s |   |  | 21.Steffen Zesner |   East Germany | 56.94s |   |  | 22.Per Christian Solberg |   Norway | 57.52s |   |  | 23.Marco Tornatore |   Italy | 57.64s |   |  | 24.Juan Pablo Rodrigues |   Spain | 58.18s |   |  | 25.Robert Pinter |   Romania | 58.75s |   |  | 26.Marc Seimetz |   Luxembourg | 59.01s |   |  | 27.Aidan Towey |   Ireland | 59.22s |   |  | 29.Marek Izydorczyk |   Poland | 59.86s |   |  | 30.Magnus Olafson |   Iceland | 1:01.26 |   |  | -. Joao Santos |   Portugal |   |   |   
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