100 m Butterfly, Men

Competition 1978 World Aquatics Championships
Venue West-Berlin GER
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 38
Countries 28
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Joe Bottom USA 54.21
(1 h1)		 54.30
(1 F)
🥈 Greg Jagenburg USA 55.33
(3 h1)		 55.26
(2 F)
🥉 Pär Arvidsson SWE 55.21
(2 h1)		 55.38
(3 F)
4 Roger Pyttel GDR 55.71
(4 h1)		 55.40
(4 F)
5 Dan Thompson CAN 56.13
(7 h1)		 55.43
(5 F)
6 Klaus Steinbach GER 56.14
(8 h1)		 55.90
(6 F)
7 Miloslav Roľko TCH 55.89
(5 h1)		 55.96
(7 F)
8 Cees Vervoorn NED 55.93
(6 h1)		 56.27
(8 F)
9 John Mills GBR 56.39
(9 h1)		 —
10 Michael Kraus GER 56.50
(10 h1)		 —
11 Yevgeny Seredin URS 56.52
(11 h1)		 —
12 Tommy Lindell SWE 56.59
(12 h1)		 —
13 Miloš Lukášek TCH 56.90
(13 h1)		 —
14 Philip Hubble GBR 57.31
(14 h1)		 —
15 Jorge Delgado, Jr. ECU 57.46
(15 h1)		 —
16 Bent Brask NOR 57.47
(16 h1)		 —
17 Thomas Ackenhausen GDR 57.56
(17 h1)		 —
18 Jorge Jaramillo COL 57.61
(18 h1)		 —
19 Enrique Ledesma ECU 57.76
(19 h1)		 —
20 Heinz Steffen SUI 58.13
(20 h1)		 —
21 Shinsuke Kayama JPN 58.26
(21 h1)		 —
22 Mark Morgan AUS 58.27
(22 h1)		 —
23 Sergey Korotayev URS 58.29
(23 h1)		 —
24 Arnaldo Pérez PUR 58.38
(24 h1)		 —
25 Kurt Dittrich AUT 58.68
(25 h1)		 —
26 Gilles Plançon FRA 58.72
(26 h1)		 —
27 Tamás Mikola HUN 58.79
(27 h1)		 —
28 Yuliyan Vasilev BUL 58.92
(28 h1)		 —
29 Riccardo Urbani ITA 58.97
(29 h1)		 —
30 Paulo Frischknecht POR 59.52
(30 h1)		 —
31 Carlos Fontoura BRA 59.57
(31 h1)		 —
32 Hsu Tung-Hsiung TPE 59.69
(32 h1)		 —
33 Fernando Canales PUR 59.92
(33 h1)		 —
34 David Cummins IRL 1:00.70
(34 h1)		 —
35 Victor Oliveira POR 1:00.92
(35 h1)		 —
36 Zafer Atamer TUR 1:01.28
(36 h1)		 —
37 Samir Bouchlaghem TUN 1:01.94
(37 h1)		 —
38 David Lindquist ISV 1:02.61
(38 h1)		 —
DNS Bernardo LesserDNS MEX —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Andrey AguilarDNS CRC —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Paul RoweDNS NZL —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS George NagyDNS CAN —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Jayad MotaghiDNS IRI —
(DNS h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Joe Bottom USA 54.21
2 Pär Arvidsson SWE 55.21
3 Greg Jagenburg USA 55.33
4 Roger Pyttel GDR 55.71
5 Miloslav Rolko TCH 55.89
6 Cees Vervoorn NED 55.93
7 Dan Thompson CAN 56.13
8 Klaus Steinbach GER 56.14
9 John Mills GBR 56.39
10 Michael Kraus GER 56.50
11 Yevgeny Seredin URS 56.52
12 Tommy Lindell SWE 56.59
13 Miloš Lukášek TCH 56.90
14 Philip Hubble GBR 57.31
15 Jorge Delgado, Jr. ECU 57.46
16 Bent Brask NOR 57.47
17 Thomas Ackenhausen GDR 57.56
18 Jorge Jaramillo COL 57.61
19 Enrique Ledesma ECU 57.76
20 Heinz Steffen SUI 58.13
21 Shinsuke Kayama JPN 58.26
22 Mark Morgan AUS 58.27
23 Sergey Korotayev URS 58.29
24 Arnaldo Pérez PUR 58.38
25 Kurt Dittrich AUT 58.68
26 Gilles Plançon FRA 58.72
27 Tamás Mikola HUN 58.79
28 Yuliyan Vasilev BUL 58.92
29 Riccardo Urbani ITA 58.97
30 Paulo Frischknecht POR 59.52
31 Carlos Fontoura BRA 59.57
32 Hsu Tung-Hsiung TPE 59.69
33 Fernando Canales PUR 59.92
34 David Cummins IRL 1:00.70
35 Victor Oliveira POR 1:00.92
36 Zafer Atamer TUR 1:01.28
37 Samir Bouchlaghem TUN 1:01.94
38 David Lindquist ISV 1:02.61
DNS Bernardo LesserDNS MEX —
DNS Andrey AguilarDNS CRC —
DNS Paul RoweDNS NZL —
DNS George NagyDNS CAN —
DNS Jayad MotaghiDNS IRI —

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Joe Bottom USA 54.30
2 Greg Jagenburg USA 55.26
3 Pär Arvidsson SWE 55.38
4 Roger Pyttel GDR 55.40
5 Dan Thompson CAN 55.43
6 Klaus Steinbach GER 55.90
7 Miloslav Rolko TCH 55.96
8 Cees Vervoorn NED 56.27