Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place on 22–23 October.[1] This swimming event used medley swimming. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were 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.

Medalists

GoldCharlie Hickcox
 United States
SilverGary Hall, Sr.
 United States
BronzeMichael Holthaus
 West Germany

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Andrey Dunayev Soviet Union5:01.9
2Martyn Woodroffe Great Britain5:03.9
3Eduardo Alanís Mexico5:14.9
4Jacek Krawczyk Poland5:15.1
5José Martínez CubaDQ

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Greg Buckingham United States4:57.3
2Rafael Hernández Mexico5:01.1
3Hans Ljungberg Sweden5:06.1
4Vladimir Kravchenko Soviet Union5:08.7
5Tomas Becerra Colombia5:09.7
6Miguel Torres Spain5:12.7
7Gudmunður Gíslason Iceland5:20.2
8Raúl Villagómez Mexico5:24.7

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Charlie Hickcox United States4:56.2
2Reinhard Merkel West Germany5:00.6
3Bernhard Mock West Germany5:07.1
4Péter Lázár Hungary5:10.6
5Angel Chakarov Bulgaria5:10.9
6Ken Campbell Canada5:19.6
7Gershon Shefa Israel5:22.6
8Lee Tong-shing Chinese Taipei5:50.0

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Mike Holthaus West Germany5:00.8
2George Smith Canada5:04.4
3Yulyan Rusev Bulgaria5:07.0
4Lars Kraus Jensen Denmark5:12.7
5Zbigniew Pacelt Poland5:18.6
6Raymond Terrell Great Britain5:19.5
7Francisco Ramis Puerto Rico5:30.9
8Antonio Cruz Guatemala5:31.1

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Gary Hall United States4:56.2
2Sandy Gilchrist Canada4:57.5
3Karl Byrom Australia5:11.9
4Michele D'Oppido Italy5:16.4
5Jacques Henrard Belgium5:17.0
6Olle Ferm Sweden5:18.9

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Charlie Hickcox United States4:48.4
Gary Hall, Sr. United States4:48.7
Michael Holthaus West Germany4:51.4
4Greg Buckingham United States4:51.4
5Sandy Gilchrist Canada4:56.7
6Reinhard Merkel West Germany4:59.8
7Andrey Dunayev Soviet Union5:00.3
8Rafael Hernández Mexico5:04.3

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
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