Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
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Men's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Pool | |||||||||
Dates | 24–25 July | |||||||||
Competitors | 41 from 27 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 49.99 WR | |||||||||
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The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place between July 24 and 25.[1] This was the first time in history that the 100m freestyle was swum under 50 seconds. There were 41 competitors from 27 nations.[2] Nations had been limited to three swimmers each since the 1924 Games (except in 1960, when the limit was two). The event was won by Jim Montgomery of the United States, the nation's second consecutive and tenth overall victory in the men's 100 metre freestyle (most of any nation). His countryman Jack Babashoff took silver. Peter Nocke's bronze was the first medal for West Germany in the event, though the United Team of Germany had won a bronze in 1964 (by West German Hans-Joachim Klein).