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

Swimming at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

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
 United States
Silver Vladimir Kosinsky
 Soviet Union
Bronze Nikolai Pankin
 Soviet Union

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Nikolay Pankin  Soviet Union 1:08.9
2 Klaus Katzur  East Germany 1:09.4
3 Dave Perkowski  United States 1:09.5
4 Michael Günther  West Germany 1:10.3
5 Osamu Tsurumine  Japan 1:10.5
6 Nicolas Gilliard  Switzerland 1:12.8
7 Eduardo Moreno  Mexico 1:13.7

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Nobutaka Taguchi  Japan 1:09.8
2 Vladimir Kosinsky  Soviet Union 1:10.0
3 Ken Merten  United States 1:10.6
4 Liam Ball  Ireland 1:12.1
5 Leiknir Jónsson  Iceland 1:16.3
6 Abel Muñoz  El Salvador 1:19.4

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Egon Henninger  East Germany 1:09.6
2 Ladislau Koszta  Romania 1:10.1
3 Józef Klukowski  Poland 1:11.0
4 Thomas Aretz  West Germany 1:11.1
5 Sándor Szabó  Hungary 1:11.3
6 Stuart Roberts  Great Britain 1:12.7
7 Ivan Gomina  Colombia 1:15.1

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 José Sylvio Fiolo  Brazil 1:09.5
2 Gregor Betz  West Germany 1:10.3
3 Amman Jalmaani  Philippines 1:10.6
4 Slavko Kurbanović  Yugoslavia 1:11.6
5 Roger Roberts  Great Britain 1:11.7
6 Leroy Goff  Philippines 1:13.7
7 Arturo Carranza  El Salvador 1:28.0

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Don McKenzie  United States 1:08.1
2 Yevhen Mykhailov  Soviet Union 1:09.3
3 Bill Mahony  Canada 1:09.7
4 Osvaldo Boretto  Argentina 1:10.3
5 Felipe Muñoz  Mexico 1:10.6
6 Yohan Kende  Israel 1:12.3

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Ian O'Brien  Australia 1:08.9
2 Alberto Forelli  Argentina 1:09.3
3 Thomas Johnsson  Sweden 1:10.0
4 José Durán  Spain 1:12.3
5 Javier Jiménez  Mexico 1:16.3
6 Eduardo Ramos  El Salvador 1:31.2

Semifinals[edit]

Heat Two[edit]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Nikolay Pankin  Soviet Union 1:08.1
2 Alberto Forelli  Argentina 1:08.9
3 Dave Perkowski  United States 1:09.0
4 Felipe Muñoz  Mexico 1:09.4
5 Ladislau Koszta  Romania 1:09.8
6 Thomas Aretz  West Germany 1:11.2
7 Osvaldo Boretto  Argentina 1:11.8
8 Nobutaka Taguchi  Japan DQ

Heat Three[edit]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Vladimir Kosinsky  Soviet Union 1:07.9
2 Don McKenzie  United States 1:08.1
3 José Sylvio Fiolo  Brazil 1:08.6
4 Yevhen Mykhailov  Soviet Union 1:08.8
5 Bill Mahony  Canada 1:09.7
6 Gregor Betz  West Germany 1:09.8
7 Józef Klukowski  Poland 1:10.9
8 Ken Merten  United States 1:11.6 '

Final[edit]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Don McKenzie  United States 1:07.7 OR
2 Vladimir Kosinsky  Soviet Union 1:08.0
3 Nikolai Pankin  Soviet Union 1:08.0
4 José Sylvio Fiolo  Brazil 1:08.1
5 Yevgeny Mikhaylov  Soviet Union 1:08.4
6 Ian O'Brien  Australia 1:08.6
7 Alberto Forelli  Argentina 1:08.7
8 Egon Henninger  East Germany 1:09.7

Key: OR = Olympic record

References[edit]

  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.
  2. ^ "100 meters Breaststroke, Men". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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