Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly
Appearance
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Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 20 and 21 October.[1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Doug Russell United States |
Silver | Mark Spitz United States |
Bronze | Ross Wales United States |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Doug Russell | United States | 57.3 | |
2 | Vladimir Nemshilov | Soviet Union | 59.1 | |
3 | Antonio Attanasio | Italy | 1:00.0 | |
4 | John Thurley | Great Britain | 1:00.7 | |
5 | Ayis Capéronis | Switzerland | 1:00.9 | |
6 | Joseph Meyten | Belgium | 1:02.2 | |
7 | Andrew Loh | Hong Kong | 1:06.5 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Joseph Jackson | Great Britain | 59.7 | |
2 | Gary Goodner | Puerto Rico | 1:00.3 | |
3 | Ron Jacks | Canada | 1:00.5 | |
4 | Sergey Konov | Soviet Union | 1:00.8 | |
5 | João Lima Neto | Brazil | 1:02.3 | |
6 | Ramiro Benavides | Guatemala | 1:03.1 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Ross Wales | United States | 58.7 | |
2 | Yury Suzdaltsev | Soviet Union | 59.3 | |
3 | Avraham Melamed | Israel | 59.4 | |
4 | Horst-Günter Gregor | East Germany | 59.8 | |
5 | István Szentirmay | Hungary | 1:01.0 | |
6 | Leroy Goff | Philippines | 1:02.0 | |
7 | Salvador Vilanova | El Salvador | 1:06.4 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Satoshi Maruya | Japan | 58.1 | |
2 | Martyn Woodroffe | Great Britain | 59.7 | |
3 | Werner Freitag | West Germany | 1:00.1 | |
4 | Graham Dunn | Australia | 1:01.6 | |
5 | Donnacha O'Dea | Ireland | 1:02.8 | |
6 | Guðmundur Gíslason | Iceland | 1:03.3 | |
7 | Friedrich Jokisch | El Salvador | 1:10.5 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Mark Spitz | United States | 58.5 | |
2 | Yasuo Takada | Japan | 1:00.0 | |
3 | José Ferraioli | Puerto Rico | 1:00.6 | |
4 | Angelo Tozzi | Italy | 1:00.6 | |
5 | Ingvar Eriksson | Sweden | 1:00.6 | |
6 | Tomas Becerra | Colombia | 1:02.2 | |
7 | Bob Loh | Hong Kong | 1:06.5 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Lutz Stoklasa | West Germany | 59.2 | |
2 | Robert Cusack | Australia | 59.6 | |
3 | Tom Arusoo | Canada | 59.8 | |
4 | Mario Santibáñez | Mexico | 1:01.7 | |
5 | Peter Feil | Sweden | 1:02.3 | |
6 | Maximiliano Aguilar | Mexico | 1:04.0 | |
7 | Rubén Guerrero | El Salvador | 1:10.1 |
Heat 7
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Luis Nicolao | Argentina | 59.3 | |
2 | Bo Westergren | Sweden | 59.9 | |
3 | Arturo Lang-Lenton | Spain | 1:00.7 | |
4 | Eduardo Orejuela | Ecuador | 1:00.9 | |
5 | Giampiero Fossati | Italy | 1:01.7 | |
6 | Lee Tong-shing | Taiwan | 1:05.2 |
Semifinals
[edit]Semifinals 1
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mark Spitz | United States | 57.4 | ||
2 | Lutz Stoklasa | West Germany | 58.5 | ||
3 | Joseph Jackson | Great Britain | 59.3 | ||
4 | Avraham Melamed | Israel | 59.6 | ||
5 | Werner Freitag | West Germany | 59.9 | Q | |
6 | Bo Westergren | Sweden | 59.9 | ||
7 | José Ferraioli | Puerto Rico | 1:00.9 | ||
8 | John Thurley | Great Britain | 1:00.2 |
Semifinals 2
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Satoshi Maruya | Japan | 58.0 | ||
2 | Vladimir Nemshilov | Soviet Union | 59.0 | ||
3 | Martyn Woodroffe | Great Britain | 59.5 | ||
4 | Tom Arusoo | Canada | 59.6 | ||
5 | Ingvar Eriksson | Sweden | 59.9 | ||
6 | Antonio Attanasio | Italy | 1:00.3 | ||
7 | Ron Jacks | Canada | 1:00.5 |
Semifinals 3
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Doug Russell | United States | 55.9 | ||
2 | Ross Wales | United States | 58.2 | ||
3 | Yury Suzdaltsev | Soviet Union | 58.9 | ||
4 | Robert Cusack | Australia | 58.2 | ||
5 | Yasuo Takada | Japan | 59.8 | ||
6 | Gary Goodner | Puerto Rico | 1.00.1 | Q | |
7 | Angelo Tozzi | Italy | 1:00.8 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Doug Russell | United States | 55.9 | OR | |
Mark Spitz | United States | 56.4 | ||
Ross Wales | United States | 57.2 | ||
4 | Vladimir Nemshilov | Soviet Union | 58.1 | |
5 | Satoshi Maruya | Japan | 58.6 | |
6 | Yury Suzdaltsev | Soviet Union | 58.8 | |
7 | Lutz Stocklasa | West Germany | 58.9 | |
8 | Robert Cusack | Australia | 59.8 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2016.