Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place between October 11 and 12.[1]
Men's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Yoyogi National Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
Date | 11–12 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 66 from 34 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | women | |
200 m | men | |
Breaststroke | ||
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | women | |
200 m | men | |
Individual medley | ||
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Competition format
The competition used a three-round (heats, semifinals, final) format. The advancement rule followed the format introduced in 1952. A swimmer's place in the heat was not used to determine advancement; instead, the fastest times from across all heats in a round were used. There were 9 heats of 7 or 8 swimmers each. The top 24 swimmers advanced to the semifinals. There were 3 semifinals of 8 swimmers each. The top 8 swimmers advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties.
This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Results
Heats
Nine heats were held; the fastest 24 swimmers advanced to the semifinals.
Semifinals
Three heats were held; the fastest eight swimmers advanced to the final.
Rank | Heat | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Gary Ilman | 53.9 | Q, OR | |
2 | 2 | Don Schollander | 54.0 | Q | |
3 | 1 | Mike Austin | 54.3 | Q | |
2 | Alain Gottvallès | 54.3 | Q | ||
3 | Bobby McGregor | 54.3 | Q | ||
6 | 3 | Hans-Joachim Klein | 54.4 | Q | |
7 | 3 | Gyula Dobay | 54.8 | Q | |
2 | Uwe Jacobsen | 54.8 | Q | ||
9 | 3 | David Dickson | 54.9 | ||
10 | 2 | Per-Ola Lindberg | 55.1 | ||
11 | 1 | Yukiaki Okabe | 55.2 | ||
12 | 1 | Daniel Sherry | 55.5 | ||
2 | Jindřich Vágner | 55.5 | |||
14 | 1 | Tadaharu Goto | 55.6 | ||
15 | 2 | Gérard Gropaiz | 55.7 | ||
1 | Ron Kroon | 55.7 | |||
17 | 3 | Tatsuo Fujimoto | 55.8 | ||
3 | Vladimir Shuvalov | 55.8 | |||
19 | 1 | Horst Löffler | 56.0 | ||
20 | 1 | Pietro Boscaini | 56.1 | ||
21 | 2 | Sandy Gilchrist | 56.4 | ||
3 | Bengt Nordwall | 56.4 | |||
23 | 2 | Bob Lord | 56.5 | ||
3 | John Ryan | 56.5 |
Final
The officials used unofficial electronic scoring to determine which swimmer won the bronze medal - Klein had finished one one-thousandth of a second sooner than Ilman.[2]
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Don Schollander | 53.4 | OR | ||
Bobby McGregor | 53.5 | |||
Hans-Joachim Klein | 54.0 | |||
4 | Gary Ilman | 54.0 | ||
5 | Alain Gottvallès | 54.2 | ||
6 | Mike Austin | 54.5 | ||
7 | Gyula Dobay | 54.9 | ||
8 | Uwe Jacobsen | 56.1 |
References
- "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 395. ISBN 0140066322.