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

Men's 100 metre freestyle; at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez
Date	18–19 October
Competitors	64 from 34 nations
Medalists

The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 18 and 19 October.[1]

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 between 6 and 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

There were 9 heats in this category. 24 fastest swimmers from the heats advanced to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	8	Mike Wenden	Australia	53.6	Q
2	4	Zac Zorn	United States	54.2	Q
3	7	Georgijs Kuļikovs	Soviet Union	54.3	Q
4	2	Luis Nicolao	Argentina	54.6	Q
4	5	Mark Spitz	United States	54.6	Q
6	6	Sergey Gusev	Soviet Union	54.8	Q
6	8	Bob Windle	Australia	54.8	Q
8	5	José Antonio Chicoy	Spain	54.9	Q
	3	Leonid Ilyichov	Soviet Union	54.9	Q
	1	Michel Rousseau	France	54.9	Q
11	4	Wolfgang Kremer	West Germany	55.0	Q
12	4	Gábor Kucsera	Hungary	55.1	Q
12	2	Bobby McGregor	Great Britain	55.1	Q
14	1	Lester Eriksson	Sweden	55.2	Q
15	6	John Gilchrist	Canada	55.4	Q
15	2	Greg Rogers	Australia	55.4	Q
17	3	Kunihiro Iwasaki	Japan	55.5	Q
17	5	François Simons	Belgium	55.5	Q
19	7	Pietro Boscaini	Italy	55.7	Q
	3	Gary Goodner	Puerto Rico	55.7	Q
	9	Ken Walsh	United States	55.7	Q
22	5	Roosevelt Abdulgafur	Philippines	55.8	Q
	8	Michael Turner	Great Britain	55.8	Q
	7	Olaf, Baron von Schilling	West Germany	55.8	Q
25	8	Glen Finch	Canada	56.0
26	8	José Ferraioli	Puerto Rico	56.1
27	7	Luis Ayesa	Philippines	56.2
	1	Bernard Gruener	France	56.2
	1	Pano Capéronis	Switzerland	56.2
30	1	Ørjan Madsen	Norway	56.3
31	7	Salvador Ruiz	Mexico	56.4
31	5	Carlos van der Maath	Argentina	56.4
33	3	Rafaél Cal	Mexico	56.5
	9	Anthony Jarvis	Great Britain	56.5
	9	Masayuki Osawa	Japan	56.5
36	4	Csaba Csatlós	Hungary	56.6
37	2	José Aranha	Brazil	56.8
38	9	Peter Schorning	West Germany	56.9
39	8	Ricardo González	Colombia	57.0
39	2	Mario Santibáñez	Mexico	57.0
41	3	Peter Schmid	Austria	57.1
42	9	Amnon Krauz	Israel	57.2
42	9	Gérard Letast	France	57.2
44	6	Michele D'Oppido	Italy	57.3
45	4	Herman Verbauwen	Belgium	57.5
46	3	Ronnie Wong	Hong Kong	58.0
47	5	Angus Edghill	Barbados	58.1
48	6	Gregorio Fiallo	Cuba	58.2
48	5	Michael Goodner	Puerto Rico	58.2
50	9	Gudmunður Gíslason	Iceland	58.6
50	3	Fernando González	Costa Rica	58.6
52	6	Geoffrey Ferreira	Trinidad and Tobago	58.9
53	7	Paul Nash	Jamaica	59.0
53	4	Federico Sicard	Colombia	59.0
55	1	Donnacha O'Dea	Ireland	59.5
56	5	Salvador Vilanova	El Salvador	59.6
57	7	José Martínez	Cuba	1:00.4
58	4	Yacoub Masboungi	Lebanon	1:00.5
59	2	Andrew Loh	Hong Kong	1:00.7
60	1	Lee Tong-shing	Republic of China	1:01.0
61	6	Robert Loh	Hong Kong	1:01.1
62	1	José Alvarado	El Salvador	1:02.0
63	9	Ernesto Durón	El Salvador	1:03.8
64	2	Luis Aguilar	Costa Rica	1:04.5

Semifinals

8 fastest swimmers advanced to the final. Zorn matched the previous Olympic record of 53.4 seconds in semifinal 2 before Wenden broke that record with a 52.9 second time in semifinal 3.

Rank	Heat	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	3	Mike Wenden	Australia	52.9	Q, OR
2	2	Zac Zorn	United States	53.4	Q, =OR
3	1	Leonid Ilyichov	Soviet Union	53.8	Q
	1	Bobby McGregor	Great Britain	53.8	Q
	2	Luis Nicolao	Argentina	53.8	Q
	3	Mark Spitz	United States	53.8	Q
7	2	Ken Walsh	United States	53.9	Q
8	1	Georgijs Kuļikovs	Soviet Union	54.1	Q
9	2	Wolfgang Kremer	West Germany	54.3
10	3	Michel Rousseau	France	54.5
11	3	Bob Windle	Australia	54.6
12	3	John Gilchrist	Canada	54.8
12	1	Greg Rogers	Australia	54.8
14	2	José Antonio Chicoy	Spain	54.9
15	3	Gábor Kucsera	Hungary	55.0
16	2	Lester Eriksson	Sweden	55.2
16	1	Sergey Gusev	Soviet Union	55.2
18	2	François Simons	Belgium	55.3
19	3	Pietro Boscaini	Italy	55.6
19	3	Michael Turner	Great Britain	55.6
21	1	Gary Goodner	Puerto Rico	55.8
21	1	Kunihiro Iwasaki	Japan	55.8
23	2	Roosevelt Abdulgafur	Philippines	55.9
23	1	Olaf, Baron von Schilling	West Germany	55.9

Final

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
	Mike Wenden	Australia	52.2	WR
	Ken Walsh	United States	52.8
	Mark Spitz	United States	53.0
4	Bobby McGregor	Great Britain	53.5
5	Leonid Ilyichov	Soviet Union	53.8
6	Georgijs Kuļikovs	Soviet Union	53.8
7	Luis Nicolao	Argentina	53.9
8	Zac Zorn	United States	53.9

Zorn lead the field at the 50 metre turn, but weakened by a week long illness, faded and finished last.[2]

References

"Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 396. ISBN 0140066322.

External links

Men 100m Freestyle Swimming Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City (MEX)

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[SportsRef-1] "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[Wallechinsky-2] Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 396. ISBN 0140066322.

Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Freestyle
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men
Medley relay
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