Final time gap L Y 1. Douglas Albert Russell United States 55.9s OR 4 22 2. Mark Spitz United States 56.4s +0.5s 5 18 3. Ross Wales United States 57.2s +1.3s 6 21 4. Vladimir Nemshilov Soviet Union 58.1s +2.2s 1 19 5. Satoshi Maruya Japan 58.6s +2.7s 3 21 6. Yuri Suzdaltsev Soviet Union 58.8s +2.9s 7 22 7. Lutz Stoklasa West Germany 58.9s +3.0s 2 18 8. Robert Cusack Australia 59.8s +3.9s 8 17 Alberca Olimpica Fransisco Marquez. 49 competitors from 29 nations. 1972 Men 100m Butterfly Men 100m Butterfly History New Event World Record: Mark Spitz, United Statres 55.6s Long Beach, United States 30th August 1968

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Heat S1 time gap L Y Rk 1. Mark Spitz United States 57.4s +1.5s 4 18 2. 2. Lutz Stoklasa West Germany 58.5s +2.6s 5 18 5. 3. Joseph Jackson Great Britain 59.3s +3.4s 6 22 9. 4. Abraham Melamed Israel 59.6s +3.7s 3 24 11. 5. Werner Freitag West Germany 59.9s +4.0s 7 22 14. 6. Bo Westergren Sweden 59.9s +4.0s 2 18 14. 7. Jose Ferraioli Puerto Rico 1:00.9 +5.0s 1 20 21. 8. John Thurley Great Britain 1:01.2 +5.3s 8 20 22.

Heat S2 time gap L Y Rk 1. Satoshi Maruya Japan 58.0s +2.1s 3 21 3. 2. Vladimir Nemshilov Soviet Union 59.0s +3.1s 4 19 7. 4. Robert Cusack Australia 59.2s +3.3s 5 17 8. 3. Martin Woodroffe Great Britain 59.5s +3.6s 5 18 10. 5. Karl Eriksson Sweden 59.9s +4.0s 7 24 14. 6. Antonio Attanasio Italy 1:00.3 +4.4s 6 18 18. 7. Ron Jacks Canada 1:00.5 +4.6s 1 20 19. -. Luis Nicolao Argentina DNS - 24 -.

Heat S3 time gap L Y Rk 1. Douglas Albert Russell United States 55.9s OR 3 22 1. 2. Ross Wales United States 58.2s +2.3s 4 21 4. 3. Yuri Suzdaltsev Soviet Union 58.9s +3.0s 2 22 6. 4. Toomas Arusoo Canada 59.6s +3.7s 2 20 11. 5. Yasuo Takada Japan 59.8s +3.9s 6 18 13. 6. Gary Goodner Puerto Rico 1:00.1 +4.2s 1 17 17. 7. Angelo Tozzi Italy 1:00.8 +4.9s 7 19 20. -. Arturo Lang-Lenton Spain DNS - 19 -.

Heat 1 time gap L Y Rk 1. Douglas Albert Russell United States 57.3s OR 4 22 1. 2. Vladimir Nemshilov Soviet Union 59.1s +1.8s 1 19 5. 3. Antonio Attanasio Italy 1:00.0 +2.7s 3 18 16. 4. John Thurley Great Britain 1:00.7 +3.4s 6 20 24. 5. Aris Caperonis Switzerland 1:00.9 +3.6s 7 18 27. 6. Joseph Meyten Belgium 1:02.2 +4.9s 2 21 34. 7. Andrew Loh Hong Kong 1:06.5 +9.2s 5 19 44.

Heat 2 time gap L Y Rk 1. Joseph Jackson Great Britain 59.7s +2.4s 3 22 11. 2. Gary Goodner Puerto Rico 1:00.3 +3.0s 2 17 19. 3. Ron Jacks Canada 1:00.5 +3.2s 4 20 20. 4. Sergei Konov Soviet Union 1:00.8 +3.5s 7 20 26. 5. Joao Reynaldo Costa Lima Neto Brazil 1:02.3 +5.0s 5 21 36. 6. Ramiro Benavides Guatemala 1:03.1 +5.8s 6 14 39. -. Geoffrey Ferreira Trinidad Toba DNS - 18 -.

Heat 3 time gap L Y Rk 1. Ross Wales United States 58.7s +1.4s 5 21 4. 2. Yuri Suzdaltsev Soviet Union 59.3s +2.0s 2 22 7. 3. Abraham Melamed Israel 59.4s +2.1s 4 24 9. 4. Horst-Gunter Gregor East Germany 59.8s +2.5s 1 30 13. 5. Istvan Szentirmay Hungary 1:01.0 +3.7s 7 19 29. 6. Leroy Goff Philippines 1:02.0 +4.7s 3 22 33. 7. Salvador Antonio Vilanova El Salvador 1:06.4 +9.1s 6 15 43.

Heat 4 time gap L Y Rk 1. Satoshi Maruya Japan 58.1s +0.8s 1 21 2. 2. Martin Woodroffe Great Britain 59.7s +2.4s 3 18 11. 3. Werner Freitag West Germany 1:00.1 +2.8s 7 22 18. 4. Graham Dunn Australia 1:01.6 +4.3s 6 18 30. 5. Donnacha Niallan O'Dea Ireland 1:02.8 +5.5s 4 20 38. 6. Gudmundur Gislasson Iceland 1:03.3 +6.0s 5 27 40. 7. Friedrich Jokisch Arguello El Salvador 1:10.5 +13.2s 2 15 47.

Heat 5 time gap L Y Rk 1. Mark Spitz United States 58.5s +1.2s 4 18 3. 2. Yasuo Takada Japan 1:00.0 +2.7s 7 18 16. 3. Jose Ferraioli Puerto Rico 1:00.6 +3.3s 6 20 21. 4. Angelo Tozzi Italy 1:00.6 +3.3s 1 19 21. 5. Karl Eriksson Sweden 1:00.6 +3.3s 2 24 21. 6. Tomas Alberto Becerra Colombia 1:02.2 +4.9s 3 15 34. 7. Robert Loh Hong Kong 1:06.5 +9.2s 5 22 44.

Heat 6 time gap L Y Rk 1. Lutz Stoklasa West Germany 59.2s +1.9s 2 18 6. 2. Robert Cusack Australia 59.6s +2.3s 3 17 10. 3. Toomas Arusoo Canada 59.8s +2.5s 6 20 13. 4. Mario Santibanez Mexico 1:01.7 +4.4s 4 18 31. 5. Peter Feil Sweden 1:02.3 +5.0s 5 21 36. 6. Maximiliano Aguilar Mexico 1:04.0 +6.7s 7 18 41. 7. Ruben Ernesto Guerrero El Salvador 1:10.1 +12.8s 1 13 46.

Heat 7 time gap L Y Rk 1. Luis Nicolao Argentina 59.3s +2.0s 4 24 7. 2. Bo Westergren Sweden 59.9s +2.6s 7 18 15. 3. Arturo Lang-Lenton Spain 1:00.7 +3.4s 6 19 24. 4. Eduardo Orejuela Ecuador 1:00.9 +3.6s 5 16 27. 5. Giampiero Fossati Italy 1:01.7 +4.4s 3 24 31. 6. Tong-Shing Lee Taiwan 1:05.2 +7.9s 2 20 42. -. Laszlo Cseh Hungary DNS - 16 -.

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