Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4×100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place 17 October.[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming two lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 United States
Zac Zorn
Stephen Rerych
Mark Spitz
Ken Walsh
William Johnson*
David Johnson*
Michael Wall*
Don Schollander*		  Soviet Union
Georgijs Kuļikovs
Viktor Mazanov
Semyon Belits-Geiman
Leonid Ilyichov
Sergey Gusev*		  Australia
Greg Rogers
Robert Cusack
Bob Windle
Michael Wenden

*swimmers who participated in heats

Results

Heats

4 fastest teams from each heat advance to the final

Heat 1

RankNationSwimmersTimeNotes
1 Soviet UnionLeonid Ilyichov (54.4)
Sergey Gusev (54.7)
Viktor Mazanov (54.6)
Semyon Belits-Geiman (54.1)		3:37.8Q
2 CanadaGlen Finch (57.5)
George Smith (53.2)
Ralph Hutton (54.8)
Sandy Gilchrist (54.8)		3:40.3Q
3 Great BritainMike Turner (55.5)
Bobby McGregor (55.0)
David Hembrow (55.8)
Tony Jarvis (54.1)		3:40.4Q
4 JapanKunihiro Iwasaki (55.8)
Masayuki Osawa (54.5)
Satoru Nakano (55.9)
Teruhiko Kitani (55.6)		3:41.8Q
5 SpainJosé Antonio Chicoy (55.1)
Juan Fortuny (56.3)
Juan Martinez (56.2)
Diego Martel (55.1)		3:42.7
6 SwedenLester Eriksson (55.7)
Ingvar Eriksson (55.9)
Bo Westergren (56.1)
Gunnar Larsson (56.2)		3:43.9
7 ColombiaJulio Arango (56.0)
Tomas Becerra (59.7)
Federico Sicard (58.8)
Ricardo González (57.0)		3:51.5
8 El SalvadorSalvador Vilanova (55.9)
Rubén Guerrero (1:05.9)
José Alvarado (1:02.4)
Ernesto Durón (1:04.1)		4:08.3

Heat 2

RankNationSwimmersTimeNotes
1 United StatesWilliam Johnson (54.5)
David Johnson (53.1)
Michael Wall (54.0)
Don Schollander (53.8)		3:35.4Q
2 AustraliaGreg Rogers (55.3)
Robert Cusack (55.7)
Bob Windle (53.9)
Mike Wenden (53.1)		3:38.0Q
3 West GermanyPeter Schorning (55.1)
Wolfgang Kremer (54.8)
Olaf, Baron von Scholing (54.9)
Hans Faßnacht (55.4)		3:40.2Q
4 East GermanyFrank Wiegand (55.4)
Horst-Günter Gregor (54.4)
Udo Poser (55.0)
Lothar Gericke (55.7)		3:40.5Q
5 HungaryPéter Lázár (56.0)
István Szentirmay (56.0)
Csaba Csatlós (55.9)
Gábor Kucsera (54.5)		3:42.4
6 MexicoSalvador Ruíz (57.1)
Mario Santibáñez (55.7)
Eduardo Alanís (57.8)
Rafaél Cal (55.5)		3:46.1
7 Puerto RicoJorge González (55.0)
Michael Goodner (1:00.4)
Gary Goodner (55.6)
José Ferraioli (56.0)		3:47.0
8 PhilippinesRoosevelt Abdulgafur (59.7)
Alman Jaamani (54.8)
Tony Asamali (57.9)
Luis Ayesa (55.4)		3:47.8

Final

RankNationSwimmersTimeNotes
 United StatesZac Zorn (53.4)
Stephen Rerych (52.8)
Mark Spitz (52.7)
Ken Walsh (52.8)		3:31.7
 Soviet UnionSemyon Belits-Geiman (54.7)
Viktor Mazanov (54.0)
Georgijs Kuļikovs (52.9)
Leonid Ilyichov (52.6)		3:34.2
 AustraliaGreg Rogers (55.2)
Robert Cusack (54.1)
Bob Windle (53.7)
Mike Wenden (51.7)		3:34.7
4 Great BritainMike Turner (55.5)
Bobby McGregor (54.2)
David Hembrow (55.4)
Tony Jarvis (53.3)		3:38.4
5 East GermanyFrank Wiegand (54.3)
Horst-Günter Gregor (54.3)
Udo Poser (55.4)
Lothar Gericke (54.8)		3:38.8
6 West GermanyPeter Schorning (54.5)
Wolfgang Kremer (55.2)
Olaf, Baron von Scholing (54.7)
Hans Faßnacht (54.6)		3:39.0
7 CanadaGlen Finch (55.3)
George Smith (55.3)
Ralph Hutton (54.2)
Sandy Gildchrist (54.4)		3:39.2
8 JapanKunihiro Iwasaki (55.3)
Masayuki Osawa (55.4)
Satoru Nakano (55.9)
Teruhiko Kitani (54.9)		3:41.5

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
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