Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
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.
| Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| 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 |
Medalists
| Gold | Roland Matthes.svg.png.webp){kind=small} East Germany |
| Silver | Charlie Hickcox United States |
| Bronze | Ronnie Mills United States |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Barbiere | United States | 1:01.9 | |
| 2 | Franco Chino |  Italy | 1:02.0 | |
| 3 | Reinhard Blechert | West Germany | 1:02.7 | |
| 4 | Luis Angel Acosta | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mexico | 1:06.5 | |
| 5 | Friedrich Jokisch |  El Salvador | 1:13.7 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roland Matthes | East Germany | 1:01.0 | |
| 2 | Santiago Esteva | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Spain | 1:03.0 | |
| 3 | Ejvind Pedersen |  Denmark | 1:03.5 | |
| 4 | Yevgeny Spiridonov |  Soviet Union | 1:04.2 | |
| 5 | Jesús Cabrera | Spain | 1:04.8 | |
| 6 | Eliseo Vidal |  Cuba | 1:06.4 | |
| 7 | Ronnie Wong | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Hong Kong | 1:11.3 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Shaw |  Canada | 1:01.8 | |
| 2 | Viktor Mazanov | Soviet Union | 1:03.1 | |
| 3 | Roddy Jones |  Great Britain | 1:04.1 | |
| 4 | José Joaquín Santibáñez | Mexico | 1:04.2 | |
| 5 | Herman Verbauwen | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 1:04.6 | |
| 6 | Gary Goodner | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Puerto Rico | 1:06.3 | |
| 7 | Yacoub Masboungi |  Lebanon | 1:11.6 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Hickcox | United States | 1:01.1 | |
| 2 | Franco Del Campo | Italy | 1:02.3 | |
| 3 | Danijel Vrhovšek | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 1:02.9 | |
| 4 | Joseph Jackson | Great Britain | 1:03.0 | |
| 5 | Gerald Evard |  Switzerland | 1:05.8 | |
| 6 | Arturo Carranza | El Salvador | 1:17.4 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuriy Hromak | Soviet Union | 1:03.2 | |
| 2 | Leonardo Baremboin |  Argentina | 1:04.0 | |
| 3 | László Cseh Sr. |  Hungary | 1:04.6 | |
| 4 | Hans Tegeback |  Sweden | 1:05.1 | |
| 5 | Jaime Rivera | Mexico | 1:05.1 | |
| 6 | Francisco Ramis | Puerto Rico | 1:07.2 |
Heat 6
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronnie Mills | United States | 1:01.8 | |
| 2 | Bob Schoutsen |  Netherlands | 1:02.8 | |
| 3 | Karl Byrom |  Australia | 1:03.2 | |
| 4 | Kishio Tanaka | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Japan | 1:04.0 | |
| 5 | César Filardi | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Brazil | 1:04.6 | |
| 6 | Antonio Cruz |  Guatemala | 1:11.8 |
Semifinals
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Hickcox | United States | 1:01.6 | |
| 2 | Jim Shaw | Canada | 1:01.9 | |
| 3 | Reinhard Blechert | West Germany | 1:02.2 | |
| 4 | Yuriy Hromak | Soviet Union | 1:02.4 | |
| 5 | Franco Chino | Italy | 1:02.7 | |
| 6 | Danijel Vrhovšek | Yugoslavia | 1:02.7 | |
| 7 | Joseph Jackson | Great Britain | 1:02.8 | |
| 8 | Ejvind Pedersen | Denmark | 1:03.6 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roland Matthes | East Germany | 1:01.3 | |
| 2 | Larry Barbiere | United States | 1:01.6 | |
| 3 | Ronnie Mills | United States | 1:01.8 | |
| 4 | Franco Del Campo | Italy | 1:02.1 | |
| 5 | Bob Schoutsen | Netherlands | 1:02.1 | |
| 6 | Karl Byrom | Australia | 1:02.3 | |
| 7 | Santiago Esteva | Spain | 1:02.4 | |
| 8 | Viktor Mazanov | Soviet Union | 1:02.5 |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Roland Matthes | East Germany | 58.7 | OR |
 | Charlie Hickcox | United States | 1:00.2 | |
 | Ronnie Mills | United States | 1:00.5 | |
| 4 | Larry Barbiere | United States | 1:01.1 | |
| 5 | Jim Shaw | Canada | 1:01.4 | |
| 6 | Bob Schoutsen | Netherlands | 1:01.8 | |
| 7 | Reinhard Blechert | West Germany | 1:01.9 | |
| 8 | Franco Del Campo | Italy | 1:02.0 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
- "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.
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