Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly
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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[]
Gold | Doug Russell![]() |
Silver | Mark Spitz![]() |
Bronze | Ross Wales![]() |
Results[]
Heats[]
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | Gudmunður Gíslason | ![]() |
1:03.3 | |
7 | Friedrich Jokisch | ![]() |
1:10.5 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Doug Russell | ![]() |
55.9 | OR |
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Mark Spitz | ![]() |
56.4 | |
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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.
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- Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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- Men's events at the 1968 Summer Olympics