Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 21 and 22 October.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldRoland Matthes
 East Germany
SilverCharlie Hickcox
 United States
BronzeRonnie Mills
 United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Larry Barbiere United States1:01.9
2Franco Chino Italy1:02.0
3Reinhard Blechert West Germany1:02.7
4Luis Angel Acosta Mexico1:06.5
5Friedrich Jokisch El Salvador1:13.7

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Roland Matthes East Germany1:01.0
2Santiago Esteva Spain1:03.0
3Ejvind Pedersen Denmark1:03.5
4Yevgeny Spiridonov Soviet Union1:04.2
5Jesús Cabrera Spain1:04.8
6Eliseo Vidal Cuba1:06.4
7Ronnie Wong Hong Kong1:11.3

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Jim Shaw Canada1:01.8
2Viktor Mazanov Soviet Union1:03.1
3Roddy Jones Great Britain1:04.1
4José Joaquín Santibáñez Mexico1:04.2
5Herman Verbauwen Belgium1:04.6
6Gary Goodner Puerto Rico1:06.3
7Yacoub Masboungi Lebanon1:11.6

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Charlie Hickcox United States1:01.1
2Franco Del Campo Italy1:02.3
3Danijel Vrhovšek Yugoslavia1:02.9
4Joseph Jackson Great Britain1:03.0
5Gerald Evard Switzerland1:05.8
6Arturo Carranza El Salvador1:17.4

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Yuriy Hromak Soviet Union1:03.2
2Leonardo Baremboin Argentina1:04.0
3László Cseh Sr. Hungary1:04.6
4Hans Tegeback Sweden1:05.1
5Jaime Rivera Mexico1:05.1
6Francisco Ramis Puerto Rico1:07.2

Heat 6

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Ronnie Mills United States1:01.8
2Bob Schoutsen Netherlands1:02.8
3Karl Byrom Australia1:03.2
4Kishio Tanaka Japan1:04.0
5César Filardi Brazil1:04.6
6Antonio Cruz Guatemala1:11.8

Semifinals

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Charlie Hickcox United States1:01.6
2Jim Shaw Canada1:01.9
3Reinhard Blechert West Germany1:02.2
4Yuriy Hromak Soviet Union1:02.4
5Franco Chino Italy1:02.7
6Danijel Vrhovšek Yugoslavia1:02.7
7Joseph Jackson Great Britain1:02.8
8Ejvind Pedersen Denmark1:03.6


Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Roland Matthes East Germany1:01.3
2Larry Barbiere United States1:01.6
3Ronnie Mills United States1:01.8
4Franco Del Campo Italy1:02.1
5Bob Schoutsen Netherlands1:02.1
6Karl Byrom Australia1:02.3
7Santiago Esteva Spain1:02.4
8Viktor Mazanov Soviet Union1:02.5

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Roland Matthes East Germany58.7OR
Charlie Hickcox United States1:00.2
Ronnie Mills United States1:00.5
4Larry Barbiere United States1:01.1
5Jim Shaw Canada1:01.4
6Bob Schoutsen Netherlands1:01.8
7Reinhard Blechert West Germany1:01.9
8Franco Del Campo Italy1:02.0

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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