Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Appearance
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 breaststroke event at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place between 18 and 19 October in the Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez.[1] [2] 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
[edit]Gold | Don McKenzie![]() |
Silver | Vladimir Kosinsky![]() |
Bronze | Nikolai Pankin![]() |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Nikolay Pankin | ![]() |
1:08.9 | |
2 | Klaus Katzur | ![]() |
1:09.4 | |
3 | Dave Perkowski | ![]() |
1:09.5 | |
4 | Michael Günther | ![]() |
1:10.3 | |
5 | Osamu Tsurumine | ![]() |
1:10.5 | |
6 | Nicolas Gilliard | ![]() |
1:12.8 | |
7 | Eduardo Moreno | ![]() |
1:13.7 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Nobutaka Taguchi | ![]() |
1:09.8 | |
2 | Vladimir Kosinsky | ![]() |
1:10.0 | |
3 | Ken Merten | ![]() |
1:10.6 | |
4 | Liam Ball | ![]() |
1:12.1 | |
5 | Leiknir Jónsson | ![]() |
1:16.3 | |
6 | Abel Muñoz | ![]() |
1:19.4 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Egon Henninger | ![]() |
1:09.6 | |
2 | Ladislau Koszta | ![]() |
1:10.1 | |
3 | Józef Klukowski | ![]() |
1:11.0 | |
4 | Thomas Aretz | ![]() |
1:11.1 | |
5 | Sándor Szabó | ![]() |
1:11.3 | |
6 | Stuart Roberts | ![]() |
1:12.7 | |
7 | Ivan Gomina | ![]() |
1:15.1 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | José Sylvio Fiolo | ![]() |
1:09.5 | |
2 | Gregor Betz | ![]() |
1:10.3 | |
3 | Amman Jalmaani | ![]() |
1:10.6 | |
4 | Slavko Kurbanović | ![]() |
1:11.6 | |
5 | Roger Roberts | ![]() |
1:11.7 | |
6 | Leroy Goff | ![]() |
1:13.7 | |
7 | Arturo Carranza | ![]() |
1:28.0 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Don McKenzie | ![]() |
1:08.1 | |
2 | Yevhen Mykhailov | ![]() |
1:09.3 | |
3 | Bill Mahony | ![]() |
1:09.7 | |
4 | Osvaldo Boretto | ![]() |
1:10.3 | |
5 | Felipe Muñoz | ![]() |
1:10.6 | |
6 | Yohan Kende | ![]() |
1:12.3 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Ian O'Brien | ![]() |
1:08.9 | |
2 | Alberto Forelli | ![]() |
1:09.3 | |
3 | Thomas Johnsson | ![]() |
1:10.0 | |
4 | José Durán | ![]() |
1:12.3 | |
5 | Javier Jiménez | ![]() |
1:16.3 | |
6 | Eduardo Ramos | ![]() |
1:31.2 |
Semifinals
[edit]Heat Two
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Nikolay Pankin | ![]() |
1:08.1 | |
2 | Alberto Forelli | ![]() |
1:08.9 | |
3 | Dave Perkowski | ![]() |
1:09.0 | |
4 | Felipe Muñoz | ![]() |
1:09.4 | |
5 | Ladislau Koszta | ![]() |
1:09.8 | |
6 | Thomas Aretz | ![]() |
1:11.2 | |
7 | Osvaldo Boretto | ![]() |
1:11.8 | |
8 | Nobutaka Taguchi | ![]() |
DQ |
Heat Three
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Vladimir Kosinsky | ![]() |
1:07.9 | |
2 | Don McKenzie | ![]() |
1:08.1 | |
3 | José Sylvio Fiolo | ![]() |
1:08.6 | |
4 | Yevhen Mykhailov | ![]() |
1:08.8 | |
5 | Bill Mahony | ![]() |
1:09.7 | |
6 | Gregor Betz | ![]() |
1:09.8 | |
7 | Józef Klukowski | ![]() |
1:10.9 | |
8 | Ken Merten | ![]() |
1:11.6 | ' |
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Don McKenzie | ![]() |
1:07.7 | OR |
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Vladimir Kosinsky | ![]() |
1:08.0 | |
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Nikolai Pankin | ![]() |
1:08.0 | |
4 | José Sylvio Fiolo | ![]() |
1:08.1 | |
5 | Yevgeny Mikhaylov | ![]() |
1:08.4 | |
6 | Ian O'Brien | ![]() |
1:08.6 | |
7 | Alberto Forelli | ![]() |
1:08.7 | |
8 | Egon Henninger | ![]() |
1:09.7 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "100 meters Breaststroke, Men". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.