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Host City: Montréal, Canada
Venue(s): Olympic Pool, Montréal, Québec
Date Started: July 20, 1976
Date Finished: July 20, 1976
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Matt Vogel |
| Silver: | Joe Bottom |
| Bronze: | Gary Hall |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Bottom | 21 | United States | USA | 55.26 | QU |
| 2 | Gary Hall | 24 | United States | USA | 55.32 | QU |
| 3 | Neil Rogers | 23 | Australia | AUS | 55.72 | QU |
| 4 | Clay Evans | 22 | Canada | CAN | 55.86 | QU |
| 5 | John Mills | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 56.54 | |
| 6 | Stephen Pickell | 18 | Canada | CAN | 56.66 | |
| 7 | Pär Arvidsson | 16 | Sweden | SWE | 56.93 | |
| 8 | Yevgeny Seredin | 18 | Soviet Union | URS | 57.46 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Pyttel | 19 | East Germany | GDR | 54.75 | QU |
| 2 | Matt Vogel | 19 | United States | USA | 54.80 | QU |
| 3 | Roland Matthes | 25 | East Germany | GDR | 55.88 | QU |
| 4 | Klaus Steinbach | 22 | West Germany | FRG | 55.90 | QU |
| 5 | Hideaki Hara | 19 | Japan | JPN | 56.52 | QC |
| 6 | Bruce Robertson | 23 | Canada | CAN | 56.72 | |
| 7 | Peter Broscienski | 18 | West Germany | FRG | 56.81 | |
| 8 | Jorge Delgado, Jr. | 22 | Ecuador | ECU | 56.91 |