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Host City: Montréal, Canada
Venue(s): Olympic Pool, Montréal, Québec
Date Started: July 19, 1976
Date Finished: July 19, 1976
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Bruce Furniss |
| Silver: | John Naber |
| Bronze: | Jim Montgomery |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergey Koplyakov | 17 | Soviet Union | URS | 1:53.44 | |
| 2 | René van der Kuil | 20 | Netherlands | NED | 1:55.59 | |
| 3 | Bengt Gingsjö | 24 | Sweden | SWE | 1:56.31 | |
| 4 | Fritz Warncke | 20 | Norway | NOR | 1:57.59 | |
| 5 | Tsuyoshi Yanagidate | 19 | Japan | JPN | 1:58.04 | |
| 6 | Luis Goicoechea | 19 | Venezuela | VEN | 1:59.68 | |
| 7 | Kris Sumono | 17 | Indonesia | INA | 2:01.12 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrey Bogdanov | 18 | Soviet Union | URS | 1:52.71 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Brian Brinkley | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:53.07 | |
| 3 | David López-Zubero | 17 | Spain | ESP | 1:54.88 | |
| 4 | Georgios Karpouzis | 18 | Greece | GRE | 1:59.25 | |
| 5 | Eduardo Pérez | 19 | Mexico | MEX | 1:59.53 | |
| 6 | Tomas Becerra | 22 | Colombia | COL | 2:00.72 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Klaus Steinbach | 22 | West Germany | FRG | 1:51.41 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Marcello Guarducci | 20 | Italy | ITA | 1:53.72 | |
| 3 | Roberto Pangaro | 26 | Italy | ITA | 1:55.30 | |
| 4 | Werner Lampe | 25 | West Germany | FRG | 1:56.01 | |
| 5 | Kevin Williamson | 17 | Ireland | IRL | 2:00.08 | |
| 6 | Nikolay Ganev | 21 | Bulgaria | BUL | 2:00.54 | |
| 7 | Frank Richardson | 14 | Nicaragua | NCA | 2:12.33 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrey Krylov | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | 1:51.42 | QU |
| 2 | Graham Windeatt | 21 | Australia | AUS | 1:54.35 | |
| 3 | James Hett | 18 | Canada | CAN | 1:55.58 | |
| 4 | Ali Gharbi | 21 | Tunisia | TUN | 1:55.82 | |
| 5 | Steven Newkirk | 18 | United States Virgin Islands | ISV | 1:59.95 | |
| 6 | José Pereira | 21 | Portugal | POR | 2:03.03 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Nocke | 20 | West Germany | FRG | 1:52.16 | QU |
| 2 | Gordon Downie | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:52.47 | QU |
| 3 | Steve Badger | 19 | Canada | CAN | 1:53.86 | |
| 4 | André in het Veld | 18 | Netherlands | NED | 1:57.60 | |
| 5 | John McConnochie | 22 | New Zealand | NZL | 1:57.77 | |
| 6 | Mark Crocker | 20 | Hong Kong | HKG | 2:00.81 | |
| 7 | Paulo Frischknecht | 15 | Portugal | POR | 2:02.65 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Montgomery | 21 | United States | USA | 1:51.77 | QU |
| 2 | Bill Sawchuk | 17 | Canada | CAN | 1:54.07 | |
| 3 | Rainer Strohbach | 18 | East Germany | GDR | 1:55.25 | |
| 4 | Paolo Revelli | 17 | Italy | ITA | 1:57.25 | |
| 5 | Andy Knowles | Bahamas | BAH | 2:00.18 | ||
| 6 | Lutz Löscher | 16 | East Germany | GDR | 2:01.00 | |
| 7 | Gianni Versari | 18 | Panama | PAN | 2:02.25 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Naber | 20 | United States | USA | 1:52.78 | QU |
| 2 | Jorge Delgado, Jr. | 22 | Ecuador | ECU | 1:54.23 | |
| 3 | Frank Pfütze | 17 | East Germany | GDR | 1:55.57 | |
| 4 | Alan McClatchey | 19 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:55.84 | |
| 5 | Anders Bellbring | 24 | Sweden | SWE | 1:57.20 | |
| 6 | Francisco Cañales | 18 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 1:59.62 | |
| 7 | Petar Georgiev | 17 | Bulgaria | BUL | 2:00.70 | |
| 8 | Patrick Novaretti | 19 | Monaco | MON | 2:04.29 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruce Furniss | 19 | United States | USA | 1:50.93 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Mark Kerry | 16 | Australia | AUS | 1:54.86 | |
| 3 | Peter Dawson | 19 | Australia | AUS | 1:55.16 | |
| 4 | Peter Pettersson | 18 | Sweden | SWE | 1:56.51 | |
| 5 | Guillermo García | 20 | Mexico | MEX | 1:58.20 | |
| 6 | Sigurður Ólafsson | 21 | Iceland | ISL | 2:01.18 | |
| 7 | Gerardo Rosario | 23 | Philippines | PHI | 2:02.81 |