Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4×100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place 17 October.[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming two lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.

Swimming at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 United States
Zac Zorn
Stephen Rerych
Mark Spitz
Ken Walsh
William Johnson*
David Johnson*
Michael Wall*
Don Schollander*		  Soviet Union
Georgijs Kuļikovs
Viktor Mazanov
Semyon Belits-Geiman
Leonid Ilyichov
Sergey Gusev*		  Australia
Greg Rogers
Robert Cusack
Bob Windle
Michael Wenden

*swimmers who participated in heats

Results

Heats

4 fastest teams from each heat advance to the final

Heat 1

RankNationSwimmersTimeNotes
1 Soviet UnionLeonid Ilyichov (54.4)
Sergey Gusev (54.7)
Viktor Mazanov (54.6)
Semyon Belits-Geiman (54.1)		3:37.8Q
2 CanadaGlen Finch (57.5)
George Smith (53.2)
Ralph Hutton (54.8)
Sandy Gilchrist (54.8)		3:40.3Q
3 Great BritainMike Turner (55.5)
Bobby McGregor (55.0)
David Hembrow (55.8)
Tony Jarvis (54.1)		3:40.4Q
4 JapanKunihiro Iwasaki (55.8)
Masayuki Osawa (54.5)
Satoru Nakano (55.9)
Teruhiko Kitani (55.6)		3:41.8Q
5 SpainJosé Antonio Chicoy (55.1)
Juan Fortuny (56.3)
Juan Martinez (56.2)
Diego Martel (55.1)		3:42.7
6 SwedenLester Eriksson (55.7)
Ingvar Eriksson (55.9)
Bo Westergren (56.1)
Gunnar Larsson (56.2)		3:43.9
7 ColombiaJulio Arango (56.0)
Tomas Becerra (59.7)
Federico Sicard (58.8)
Ricardo González (57.0)		3:51.5
8 El SalvadorSalvador Vilanova (55.9)
Rubén Guerrero (1:05.9)
José Alvarado (1:02.4)
Ernesto Durón (1:04.1)		4:08.3

Heat 2

RankNationSwimmersTimeNotes
1 United StatesWilliam Johnson (54.5)
David Johnson (53.1)
Michael Wall (54.0)
Don Schollander (53.8)		3:35.4Q
2 AustraliaGreg Rogers (55.3)
Robert Cusack (55.7)
Bob Windle (53.9)
Mike Wenden (53.1)		3:38.0Q
3 West GermanyPeter Schorning (55.1)
Wolfgang Kremer (54.8)
Olaf, Baron von Scholing (54.9)
Hans Faßnacht (55.4)		3:40.2Q
4 East GermanyFrank Wiegand (55.4)
Horst-Günter Gregor (54.4)
Udo Poser (55.0)
Lothar Gericke (55.7)		3:40.5Q
5 HungaryPéter Lázár (56.0)
István Szentirmay (56.0)
Csaba Csatlós (55.9)
Gábor Kucsera (54.5)		3:42.4
6 MexicoSalvador Ruíz (57.1)
Mario Santibáñez (55.7)
Eduardo Alanís (57.8)
Rafaél Cal (55.5)		3:46.1
7 Puerto RicoJorge González (55.0)
Michael Goodner (1:00.4)
Gary Goodner (55.6)
José Ferraioli (56.0)		3:47.0
8 PhilippinesRoosevelt Abdulgafur (59.7)
Alman Jaamani (54.8)
Tony Asamali (57.9)
Luis Ayesa (55.4)		3:47.8

Final
RankNationSwimmersTimeNotes
 United StatesZac Zorn (53.4)
Stephen Rerych (52.8)
Mark Spitz (52.7)
Ken Walsh (52.8)		3:31.7
 Soviet UnionSemyon Belits-Geiman (54.7)
Viktor Mazanov (54.0)
Georgijs Kuļikovs (52.9)
Leonid Ilyichov (52.6)		3:34.2
 AustraliaGreg Rogers (55.2)
Robert Cusack (54.1)
Bob Windle (53.7)
Mike Wenden (51.7)		3:34.7
4 Great BritainMike Turner (55.5)
Bobby McGregor (54.2)
David Hembrow (55.4)
Tony Jarvis (53.3)		3:38.4
5 East GermanyFrank Wiegand (54.3)
Horst-Günter Gregor (54.3)
Udo Poser (55.4)
Lothar Gericke (54.8)		3:38.8
6 West GermanyPeter Schorning (54.5)
Wolfgang Kremer (55.2)
Olaf, Baron von Scholing (54.7)
Hans Faßnacht (54.6)		3:39.0
7 CanadaGlen Finch (55.3)
George Smith (55.3)
Ralph Hutton (54.2)
Sandy Gildchrist (54.4)		3:39.2
8 JapanKunihiro Iwasaki (55.3)
Masayuki Osawa (55.4)
Satoru Nakano (55.9)
Teruhiko Kitani (54.9)		3:41.5

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
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