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Host City: Montréal, Canada
Venue(s): Olympic Pool, Montréal, Québec
Date Started: July 24, 1976
Date Finished: July 24, 1976
Format: Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Jim Montgomery |
| Silver: | Jack Babashoff |
| Bronze: | Peter Nocke |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrey Bogdanov | 18 | Soviet Union | URS | 53.23 | QC |
| 2 | Stefan Georgiev | 20 | Bulgaria | BUL | 53.85 | |
| 3 | Roger Pyttel | 19 | East Germany | GDR | 53.93 | |
| 4 | Dirk Braunleder | 19 | West Germany | FRG | 54.04 | |
| 5 | Jorge Comas | 22 | Spain | ESP | 54.05 | |
| 6 | Mark Crocker | 20 | Hong Kong | HKG | 54.14 | |
| 7 | Kozo Higuchi | 20 | Japan | JPN | 54.67 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcello Guarducci | 20 | Italy | ITA | 51.57 | QU |
| 2 | Stephen Pickell | 18 | Canada | CAN | 52.65 | QU |
| 3 | Martin Smith | 18 | Great Britain | GBR | 53.17 | QU |
| 4 | René Écuyer | 19 | France | FRA | 53.20 | QU |
| 5 | Ramón Volcan | 20 | Venezuela | VEN | 53.53 | |
| 6 | Helmut Levy | 17 | Colombia | COL | 54.60 | |
| 7 | Kris Sumono | 17 | Indonesia | INA | 55.50 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Klaus Steinbach | 22 | West Germany | FRG | 51.47 | QU |
| 2 | Jack Babashoff | 21 | United States | USA | 51.53 | QU |
| 3 | Jorge Delgado, Jr. | 22 | Ecuador | ECU | 53.91 | |
| 4 | Neil Rogers | 23 | Australia | AUS | 53.96 | |
| 5 | Paul Jovanneau | 17 | Brazil | BRA | 54.49 | |
| 6 | Campari Knoepffler | 16 | Nicaragua | NCA | 58.48 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Bure | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 51.81 | QU |
| 2 | Andrey Krylov | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | 52.02 | QU |
| 3 | Gary MacDonald | 22 | Canada | CAN | 52.91 | QU |
| 4 | Svante Rasmuson | 20 | Sweden | SWE | 53.20 | QU |
| 5 | Glenn Patching | 18 | Australia | AUS | 53.29 | |
| 6 | Gerardo Rosario | 23 | Philippines | PHI | 56.00 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Bottom | 21 | United States | USA | 51.47 | QU |
| 2 | Peter Nocke | 20 | West Germany | FRG | 51.59 | QU |
| 3 | Bruce Robertson | 23 | Canada | CAN | 53.37 | |
| 4 | Peter Coughlan | 29 | Australia | AUS | 53.49 | |
| 5 | Dan Larsson | 17 | Sweden | SWE | 53.81 | |
| 6 | Gianni Versari | 18 | Panama | PAN | 54.11 | |
| 7 | Steven Newkirk | 18 | United States Virgin Islands | ISV | 55.43 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Montgomery | 21 | United States | USA | 52.13 | QU |
| 2 | Michel Rousseau | 27 | France | FRA | 52.43 | QU |
| 3 | Roberto Pangaro | 26 | Italy | ITA | 53.05 | QU |
| 4 | Kevin Burns | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | 53.23 | QC |
| 5 | Fritz Warncke | 20 | Norway | NOR | 53.55 | |
| 6 | Fernando Cañales | 16 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 55.31 | |
| 7 | José Pereira | 21 | Portugal | POR | 55.46 | |
| 8 | Sigurður Ólafsson | 21 | Iceland | ISL | 56.01 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrey Bogdanov | 18 | Soviet Union | URS | 52.82 | QU |
| 2 | Kevin Burns | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | 53.11 |