Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 25 and 26 October.[1] 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 30 lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldMike Burton
 United States
SilverJohn Kinsella
 United States
BronzeGreg Brough
 Australia

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Mike Burton United States17:27.2
2Ralph Hutton Canada17:35.9
3Hans Faßnacht West Germany17:40.2
4Julio Arango Colombia17:53.9
5Vladimir Bure Soviet Union18:14.7

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1John Nelson United States17:36.0
2Juan Alanís Mexico17:37.4
3Karl-Rüdiger Mann East Germany17:37.6
4Antonio Corell Spain18:12.7

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Greg Brough Australia17:17.1
2John Kinsella United States17:22.7
3Gunnar Larsson Sweden17:57.0
4Jorge Urreta Mexico17:57.5
5Władysław Wojtakajtis Poland18:32.4
6Jacques Henrard Belgium18:38.2

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Graham White Australia17:10.1
2Guillermo Echevarría Mexico17:11.0
3Katsuji Ito Japan17:50.2
4Jean-François Ravelinghien France18:11.9
5Jorge González Puerto Rico19:06.0
6Rubén Guerrero El Salvador19:36.4

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Mike Burton United States16:38.9OR
John Kinsella United States16:57.3
Greg Brough Australia17:04.7
4Graham White Australia17:08.0
5Ralph Hutton Canada17:15.6
6Guillermo Echevarría Mexico17:36.4
7Juan Alanís Mexico17:46.6
8John Nelson United States18:05.1

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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