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.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Doug Russell
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Silver Mark Spitz
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Bronze Ross Wales
Flag of the United States.svg United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1 Doug Russell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.3
2 Vladimir Nemshilov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 59.1
3 Antonio Attanasio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:00.0
4 John Thurley Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:00.7
5 Ayis Capéronis Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:00.9
6 Joseph Meyten Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:02.2
7 Andrew Loh Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 1:06.5

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1 Joseph Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 59.7
2 Gary Goodner Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 1:00.3
3 Ron Jacks Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.5
4 Sergey Konov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:00.8
5 João Lima Neto Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 1:02.3
6 Ramiro Benavides Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:03.1

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1 Ross Wales Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.7
2 Yury Suzdaltsev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 59.3
3 Avraham Melamed Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 59.4
4 Horst-Günter Gregor Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 59.8
5 István Szentirmay Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:01.0
6 Leroy Goff Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 1:02.0
7 Salvador Vilanova Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 1:06.4

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1 Satoshi Maruya Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 58.1
2 Martyn Woodroffe Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 59.7
3 Werner Freitag Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 1:00.1
4 Graham Dunn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:01.6
5 Donnacha O'Dea Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 1:02.8
6 Guðmundur Gíslason Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:03.3
7 Friedrich Jokisch Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 1:10.5

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1 Mark Spitz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.5
2 Yasuo Takada Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:00.0
3 José Ferraioli Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 1:00.6
4 Angelo Tozzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:00.6
5 Ingvar Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:00.6
6 Tomas Becerra Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:02.2
7 Bob Loh Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 1:06.5

Heat 6

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1 Lutz Stoklasa Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 59.2
2 Robert Cusack Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.6
3 Tom Arusoo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 59.8
4 Mario Santibáñez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:01.7
5 Peter Feil Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:02.3
6 Maximiliano Aguilar Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:04.0
7 Rubén Guerrero Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 1:10.1

Heat 7

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1 Luis Nicolao Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 59.3
2 Bo Westergren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 59.9
3 Arturo Lang-Lenton Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 1:00.7
4 Eduardo Orejuela Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador 1:00.9
5 Giampiero Fossati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:01.7
6 Lee Tong-shing Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 1:05.2

Semifinals

Semifinals 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Mark Spitz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.4
2 Lutz Stoklasa Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 58.5
3 Joseph Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 59.3
4 Avraham Melamed Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 59.6
5 Werner Freitag Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 59.9
6 Bo Westergren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 59.9
7 José Ferraioli Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 1:00.9
8 John Thurley Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:01.2

Semifinals 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Satoshi Maruya Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 58.0
2 Vladimir Nemshilov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 59.0
3 Martyn Woodroffe Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 59.5
4 Tom Arusoo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 59.6
5 Ingvar Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 59.9
6 Antonio Attanasio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:00.3
7 Ron Jacks Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.5
- Luis Nicolao Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina DNS

Semifinals 3

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Doug Russell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.9
2 Ross Wales Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.2
3 Yury Suzdaltsev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 58.9
4 Robert Cusack Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.2
5 Yasuo Takada Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 59.8
6 Gary Goodner Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 1.00.1
7 Angelo Tozzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:00.8
- Arturo Lang-Lenton Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain DNS

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Doug Russell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.9 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Mark Spitz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.4
Bronze medal icon.svg Ross Wales Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.2
4 Vladimir Nemshilov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 58.1
5 Satoshi Maruya Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 58.6
6 Yury Suzdaltsev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 58.8
7 Lutz Stocklasa Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 58.9
8 Robert Cusack Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.8

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. "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.