Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
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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 backstroke event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 21 and 22 October.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Roland Matthes![]() |
Silver | Charlie Hickcox![]() |
Bronze | Ronnie Mills![]() |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Larry Barbiere | ![]() |
1:01.9 | |
2 | Franco Chino | ![]() |
1:02.0 | |
3 | Reinhard Blechert | ![]() |
1:02.7 | |
4 | Luis Angel Acosta | ![]() |
1:06.5 | |
5 | Friedrich Jokisch | ![]() |
1:13.7 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Roland Matthes | ![]() |
1:01.0 | |
2 | Santiago Esteva | ![]() |
1:03.0 | |
3 | Ejvind Pedersen | ![]() |
1:03.5 | |
4 | Yevgeny Spiridonov | ![]() |
1:04.2 | |
5 | Jesús Cabrera | ![]() |
1:04.8 | |
6 | Eliseo Vidal | ![]() |
1:06.4 | |
7 | Ronnie Wong | ![]() |
1:11.3 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Jim Shaw | ![]() |
1:01.8 | |
2 | Viktor Mazanov | ![]() |
1:03.1 | |
3 | Roddy Jones | ![]() |
1:04.1 | |
4 | José Joaquín Santibáñez | ![]() |
1:04.2 | |
5 | Herman Verbauwen | ![]() |
1:04.6 | |
6 | Gary Goodner | ![]() |
1:06.3 | |
7 | Yacoub Masboungi | ![]() |
1:11.6 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Charlie Hickcox | ![]() |
1:01.1 | |
2 | Franco Del Campo | ![]() |
1:02.3 | |
3 | Danijel Vrhovšek | ![]() |
1:02.9 | |
4 | Joseph Jackson | ![]() |
1:03.0 | |
5 | Gerald Evard | ![]() |
1:05.8 | |
6 | Arturo Carranza | ![]() |
1:17.4 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Yuriy Hromak | ![]() |
1:03.2 | |
2 | Leonardo Baremboin | ![]() |
1:04.0 | |
3 | László Cseh Sr. | ![]() |
1:04.6 | |
4 | Hans Tegeback | ![]() |
1:05.1 | |
5 | Jaime Rivera | ![]() |
1:05.1 | |
6 | Francisco Ramis | ![]() |
1:07.2 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Ronnie Mills | ![]() |
1:01.8 | |
2 | Bob Schoutsen | ![]() |
1:02.8 | |
3 | Karl Byrom | ![]() |
1:03.2 | |
4 | Kishio Tanaka | ![]() |
1:04.0 | |
5 | César Filardi | ![]() |
1:04.6 | |
6 | Antonio Cruz | ![]() |
1:11.8 |
Semifinals
[edit]Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Charlie Hickcox | ![]() |
1:01.6 | |
2 | Jim Shaw | ![]() |
1:01.9 | |
3 | Reinhard Blechert | ![]() |
1:02.2 | |
4 | Yuriy Hromak | ![]() |
1:02.4 | |
5 | Franco Chino | ![]() |
1:02.7 | |
6 | Danijel Vrhovšek | ![]() |
1:02.7 | |
7 | Joseph Jackson | ![]() |
1:02.8 | |
8 | Ejvind Pedersen | ![]() |
1:03.6 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Roland Matthes | ![]() |
1:01.3 | |
2 | Larry Barbiere | ![]() |
1:01.6 | |
3 | Ronnie Mills | ![]() |
1:01.8 | |
4 | Franco Del Campo | ![]() |
1:02.1 | |
5 | Bob Schoutsen | ![]() |
1:02.1 | |
6 | Karl Byrom | ![]() |
1:02.3 | |
7 | Santiago Esteva | ![]() |
1:02.4 | |
8 | Viktor Mazanov | ![]() |
1:02.5 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Roland Matthes | ![]() |
58.7 | OR |
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Charlie Hickcox | ![]() |
1:00.2 | |
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Ronnie Mills | ![]() |
1:00.5 | |
4 | Larry Barbiere | ![]() |
1:01.1 | |
5 | Jim Shaw | ![]() |
1:01.4 | |
6 | Bob Schoutsen | ![]() |
1:01.8 | |
7 | Reinhard Blechert | ![]() |
1:01.9 | |
8 | Franco Del Campo | ![]() |
1:02.0 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2016.