Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 19 and 20 October.[1] This swimming event used medley swimming. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool. The first length was swum using the butterfly stroke, the second with the backstroke, the third length in breaststroke, and the fourth freestyle. Unlike other events using freestyle, swimmers could not use butterfly, backstroke, or breaststroke for the freestyle leg; most swimmers use the front crawl in freestyle events anyway.

Silver medalist Greg Buckingham's younger brother, Lindsey, went on to fame as a member of the rock group Fleetwood Mac.

Medalists

GoldCharlie Hickcox
 United States
SilverGreg Buckingham
 United States
BronzeJohn Ferris
 United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Charlie Hickcox United States2:16.1
2Péter Lázár Hungary2:17.1
3Lars Kraus Jensen Denmark2:21.2
4Zbigniew Pacelt Poland2:23.3
5Gudmunður Gíslason Iceland2:24.1
6Andrey Dunayev Soviet Union2:25.9
7Francisco Ramis Puerto Rico2:31.9
8Rubén Guerrero El Salvador2:37.5

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1George Smith Canada2:16.4
2Mike Holthaus West Germany2:17.5
3Frank Wiegand East Germany2:18.0
4Ronnie Wong Hong Kong2:36.1
5Donnacha O'Dea Ireland2:36.6

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1John Ferris United States2:14.6
2Reinhard Merkel West Germany2:17.8
3Hans Ljungberg Sweden2:17.8
4Yulyan Rusev Bulgaria2:22.7
5Raymond Terrell Great Britain2:23.5
6Olle Ferm Sweden2:27.5
7Lee Tong-shing Chinese TaipeiDQ

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Vladimir Kravchenko Soviet Union2:18.6
2István Szentirmay Hungary2:21.0
3Angel Chakarov Bulgaria2:24.0
4José Joaquín Santibáñez Mexico2:24.6
5Karl Byrom Australia2:28.0
6Chan King-ming Chinese Taipei2:44.9

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Sandy Gilchrist Canada2:16.8
2Juan Carlos Bello Peru2:17.5
3Juan Fortuny Spain2:20.6
4François Simons Belgium2:22.5
5Rafael Hernández Mexico2:24.7
6Salvador Vilanova El Salvador2:33.8
7Bob Loh Hong Kong2:39.3

Heat 6

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Greg Buckingham United States2:15.6
2Michele D'Oppido Italy2:18.5
3Ken Campbell Canada2:20.9
4Eduardo Alanís Mexico2:23.0
5Gershon Shefa Israel2:26.6
6Peter Schmid Austria2:36.4
7Friedrich Jokisch El Salvador2:41.6

Heat 7

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Jürgen Schiller West Germany2:20.8
2Martyn Woodroffe Great Britain2:22.0
3Jacek Krawczyk Poland2:23.8
4Tony Asamali Philippines2:24.6
5José Martínez Cuba2:31.4
6Andrew Loh Hong Kong2:42.0

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Charlie Hickcox United States2:12.0OR
Greg Buckingham United States2:13.0
John Ferris United States2:13.3
4Juan Carlos Bello Peru2:13.7
5George Smith Canada2:15.9
6Sandy Gilchrist Canada2:16.6
7Mike Holthaus West Germany2:16.8
8Péter Lázár Hungary2:18.3

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
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