Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Rank Athlete Country Time
1 John Hencken United States 1:05.96
2 Roger-Philippe Menu France 1:08.63
3 Mike Whitaker Canada 1:08.86
4 Felipe Muñoz Mexico 1:08.95
5 Pedro Balcells Spain 1:09.37
6 Alfredo Hunger Peru 1:11.44
7 Theodoros Koutoumanis Greece 1:12.05
8 Rudi Vingerhoets Belgium 1:12.59
Results -- Heats
Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5
The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between August 29 and August 30. This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.