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Host City: Montréal, Canada
Venue(s): Olympic Pool, Montréal, Québec
Date Started: July 18, 1976
Date Finished: July 18, 1976
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Mike Bruner |
| Silver: | Steve Gregg |
| Bronze: | Bill Forrester |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sean Maher | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:05.95 | |
| 2 | András Hargitay | 20 | Hungary | HUN | 2:06.20 | |
| 3 | Csaba Sós | 19 | Hungary | HUN | 2:06.71 | |
| 4 | Shinsuke Kayama | 17 | Japan | JPN | 2:07.46 | |
| 5 | Gordon Hewitt | 18 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:07.60 | |
| 6 | Hugo Cuenca | 17 | Venezuela | VEN | 2:11.06 | |
| AC | Lawrence Kwoh | 16 | Hong Kong | HKG | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Kraus | 20 | West Germany | FRG | 2:01.91 | QU |
| 2 | Jorge Jaramillo | 19 | Colombia | COL | 2:04.30 | |
| 3 | Jeff Van de Graaf | Australia | AUS | 2:05.58 | ||
| 4 | Doug Martin | 20 | Canada | CAN | 2:06.81 | |
| 5 | Adi Prag | 18 | Israel | ISR | 2:09.91 | |
| 6 | Steven Newkirk | 18 | United States Virgin Islands | ISV | 2:17.84 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Gregg | 20 | United States | USA | 2:00.24 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Brian Brinkley | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:01.93 | QU |
| 3 | Hideaki Hara | 19 | Japan | JPN | 2:04.68 | |
| 4 | Anders Bellbring | 24 | Sweden | SWE | 2:07.03 | |
| 5 | John Daly | 19 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 2:07.13 | |
| 6 | Carlos González | 20 | Panama | PAN | 2:20.92 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Forrester | 18 | United States | USA | 2:01.95 | QU |
| 2 | George Nagy | 19 | Canada | CAN | 2:03.33 | |
| 3 | Hartmut Flöckner | 23 | East Germany | GDR | 2:05.71 | |
| 4 | Ricardo Marmolejo | 22 | Mexico | MEX | 2:08.88 | |
| 5 | Paulo Frischknecht | 15 | Portugal | POR | 2:20.51 | |
| AC | Ross Seymour | 22 | Australia | AUS | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Bruner | 19 | United States | USA | 2:01.35 | QU |
| 2 | Jorge Delgado, Jr. | 22 | Ecuador | ECU | 2:01.70 | QU |
| 3 | Mikhail Gorelik | 18 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:02.96 | |
| 4 | Bruce Rogers | 19 | Canada | CAN | 2:04.51 | |
| 5 | Miguel Lang-Lenton | 19 | Spain | ESP | 2:08.51 | |
| 6 | Anatoly Smirnov | 18 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:10.50 | |
| 7 | François Deley | 20 | Belgium | BEL | 2:12.99 | |
| 8 | Julio Abreu | 22 | Paraguay | PAR | 2:13.54 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Pyttel | 19 | East Germany | GDR | 2:00.28 | QU |
| 2 | Oleksandr Manachynskiy | 17 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:02.91 | QU |
| 3 | Pär Arvidsson | 16 | Sweden | SWE | 2:03.79 | |
| 4 | Peter Broscienski | 18 | West Germany | FRG | 2:04.17 | |
| 5 | John Coutts | 20 | New Zealand | NZL | 2:05.05 | |
| 6 | Ronald Woutering | 17 | Netherlands | NED | 2:07.31 | |
| 7 | Edwin Borja | 18 | Philippines | PHI | 2:10.61 |