Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly
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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
Gold | Doug Russell![]() |
Silver | Mark Spitz![]() |
Bronze | Ross Wales![]() |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Doug Russell | ![]() | 57.3 | |
2 | Vladimir Nemshilov | ![]() | 59.1 | |
3 | Antonio Attanasio | ![]() | 1:00.0 | |
4 | John Thurley | ![]() | 1:00.7 | |
5 | Ayis Capéronis | ![]() | 1:00.9 | |
6 | Joseph Meyten | ![]() | 1:02.2 | |
7 | Andrew Loh | ![]() | 1:06.5 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Joseph Jackson | ![]() | 59.7 | |
2 | Gary Goodner | ![]() | 1:00.3 | |
3 | Ron Jacks | ![]() | 1:00.5 | |
4 | Sergey Konov | ![]() | 1:00.8 | |
5 | João Lima Neto | ![]() | 1:02.3 | |
6 | Ramiro Benavides | ![]() | 1:03.1 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ross Wales | ![]() | 58.7 | |
2 | Yury Suzdaltsev | ![]() | 59.3 | |
3 | Avraham Melamed | ![]() | 59.4 | |
4 | Horst-Günter Gregor | ![]() | 59.8 | |
5 | István Szentirmay | ![]() | 1:01.0 | |
6 | Leroy Goff | ![]() | 1:02.0 | |
7 | Salvador Vilanova | ![]() | 1:06.4 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Satoshi Maruya | ![]() | 58.1 | |
2 | Martyn Woodroffe | ![]() | 59.7 | |
3 | Werner Freitag | ![]() | 1:00.1 | |
4 | Graham Dunn | ![]() | 1:01.6 | |
5 | Donnacha O'Dea | ![]() | 1:02.8 | |
6 | Guðmundur Gíslason | ![]() | 1:03.3 | |
7 | Friedrich Jokisch | ![]() | 1:10.5 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Spitz | ![]() | 58.5 | |
2 | Yasuo Takada | ![]() | 1:00.0 | |
3 | José Ferraioli | ![]() | 1:00.6 | |
4 | Angelo Tozzi | ![]() | 1:00.6 | |
5 | Ingvar Eriksson | ![]() | 1:00.6 | |
6 | Tomas Becerra | ![]() | 1:02.2 | |
7 | Bob Loh | ![]() | 1:06.5 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lutz Stoklasa | ![]() | 59.2 | |
2 | Robert Cusack | ![]() | 59.6 | |
3 | Tom Arusoo | ![]() | 59.8 | |
4 | Mario Santibáñez | ![]() | 1:01.7 | |
5 | Peter Feil | ![]() | 1:02.3 | |
6 | Maximiliano Aguilar | ![]() | 1:04.0 | |
7 | Rubén Guerrero | ![]() | 1:10.1 |
Heat 7
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Luis Nicolao | ![]() | 59.3 | |
2 | Bo Westergren | ![]() | 59.9 | |
3 | Arturo Lang-Lenton | ![]() | 1:00.7 | |
4 | Eduardo Orejuela | ![]() | 1:00.9 | |
5 | Giampiero Fossati | ![]() | 1:01.7 | |
6 | Lee Tong-shing | ![]() | 1:05.2 |
Semifinals
Semifinals 1
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Spitz | ![]() | 57.4 | ||
2 | Lutz Stoklasa | ![]() | 58.5 | ||
3 | Joseph Jackson | ![]() | 59.3 | ||
4 | Avraham Melamed | ![]() | 59.6 | ||
5 | Werner Freitag | ![]() | 59.9 | Q | |
6 | Bo Westergren | ![]() | 59.9 | ||
7 | José Ferraioli | ![]() | 1:00.9 | ||
8 | John Thurley | ![]() | 1:00.2 |
Semifinals 2
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Satoshi Maruya | ![]() | 58.0 | ||
2 | Vladimir Nemshilov | ![]() | 59.0 | ||
3 | Martyn Woodroffe | ![]() | 59.5 | ||
4 | Tom Arusoo | ![]() | 59.6 | ||
5 | Ingvar Eriksson | ![]() | 59.9 | ||
6 | Antonio Attanasio | ![]() | 1:00.3 | ||
7 | Ron Jacks | ![]() | 1:00.5 |
Semifinals 3
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Doug Russell | ![]() | 55.9 | ||
2 | Ross Wales | ![]() | 58.2 | ||
3 | Yury Suzdaltsev | ![]() | 58.9 | ||
4 | Robert Cusack | ![]() | 58.2 | ||
5 | Yasuo Takada | ![]() | 59.8 | ||
6 | Gary Goodner | ![]() | 1.00.1 | Q | |
7 | Angelo Tozzi | ![]() | 1:00.8 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Doug Russell | ![]() | 55.9 | OR |
![]() | Mark Spitz | ![]() | 56.4 | |
![]() | Ross Wales | ![]() | 57.2 | |
4 | Vladimir Nemshilov | ![]() | 58.1 | |
5 | Satoshi Maruya | ![]() | 58.6 | |
6 | Yury Suzdaltsev | ![]() | 58.8 | |
7 | Lutz Stocklasa | ![]() | 58.9 | |
8 | Robert Cusack | ![]() | 59.8 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
- ^ "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.