Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place between 18 and 19 October.[1] This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldDon McKenzie
 United States
SilverVladimir Kosinsky
 Soviet Union
BronzeNikolai Pankin
 Soviet Union

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Nikolay Pankin Soviet Union1:08.9
2Klaus Katzur East Germany1:09.4
3Dave Perkowski United States1:09.5
4Michael Günther West Germany1:10.3
5Osamu Tsurumine Japan1:10.5
6Nicolas Gilliard Switzerland1:12.8
7Eduardo Moreno Mexico1:13.7

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Nobutaka Taguchi Japan1:09.8
2Vladimir Kosinsky Soviet Union1:10.0
3Ken Merten United States1:10.6
4Liam Ball Ireland1:12.1
5Leiknir Jónsson Iceland1:16.3
6Abel Muñoz El Salvador1:19.4

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Egon Henninger East Germany1:09.6
2Ladislau Koszta Romania1:10.1
3Józef Klukowski Poland1:11.0
4Thomas Aretz West Germany1:11.1
5Sándor Szabó Hungary1:11.3
6Stuart Roberts Great Britain1:12.7
7Ivan Gomina Colombia1:15.1

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1José Sylvio Fiolo Brazil1:09.5
2Gregor Betz West Germany1:10.3
3Amman Jalmaani Philippines1:10.6
4Slavko Kurbanović Yugoslavia1:11.6
5Roger Roberts Great Britain1:11.7
6Leroy Goff Philippines1:13.7
7Arturo Carranza El Salvador1:28.0

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Don McKenzie United States1:08.1
2Yevhen Mykhailov Soviet Union1:09.3
3Bill Mahony Canada1:09.7
4Osvaldo Boretto Argentina1:10.3
5Felipe Muñoz Mexico1:10.6
6Yohan Kende Israel1:12.3

Heat 6

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Ian O'Brien Australia1:08.9
2Alberto Forelli Argentina1:09.3
3Thomas Johnsson Sweden1:10.0
4José Durán Spain1:12.3
5Javier Jiménez Mexico1:16.3
6Eduardo Ramos El Salvador1:31.2

Heat Two

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Nikolay Pankin Soviet Union1:08.1
2Alberto Forelli Argentina1:08.9
3Dave Perkowski United States1:09.0
4Felipe Muñoz Mexico1:09.4
5Ladislau Koszta Romania1:09.8
6Thomas Aretz West Germany1:11.2
7Osvaldo Boretto Argentina1:11.8
8Nobutaka Taguchi JapanDQ

Heat Three

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Vladimir Kosinsky Soviet Union1:07.9
2Don McKenzie United States1:08.1
3José Sylvio Fiolo Brazil1:08.6
4Yevhen Mykhailov Soviet Union1:08.8
5Bill Mahony Canada1:09.7
6Gregor Betz West Germany1:09.8
7Józef Klukowski Poland1:10.9
8Ken Merten United States1:11.6 '

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Don McKenzie United States1:07.7OR
Vladimir Kosinsky Soviet Union1:08.0
Nikolai Pankin Soviet Union1:08.0
4José Sylvio Fiolo Brazil1:08.1
5Yevgeny Mikhaylov Soviet Union1:08.4
6Ian O'Brien Australia1:08.6
7Alberto Forelli Argentina1:08.7
8Egon Henninger East Germany1:09.7

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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