Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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

At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 29 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 468 participants from 51 countries competing.^[1] The United States dominated the competition, winning 52 of 87 medals.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	21	15	16	52
2	Australia	3	2	3	8
3	East Germany	2	3	1	6
4	Yugoslavia	1	1	0	2
5	Mexico	1	0	1	2
6	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
7	Soviet Union	0	4	4	8
8	Canada	0	3	1	4
9	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
10	West Germany	0	0	2	2
11	France	0	0	1	1

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Michael Wenden Australia	52.2 (WR)	Ken Walsh United States	52.8	Mark Spitz United States	53.0
200 m freestyle	Michael Wenden Australia	1:55.2 (OR)	Don Schollander United States	1:55.8	John Nelson United States	1:58.1
400 m freestyle	Mike Burton United States	4:09.0 (OR)	Ralph Hutton Canada	4:11.7	Alain Mosconi France	4:13.3
1500 m freestyle	Mike Burton United States	16:38.9 (OR)	John Kinsella United States	16:57.3	Greg Brough Australia	17:04.7
100 m backstroke	Roland Matthes East Germany	58.7 (OR)	Charlie Hickcox United States	1:00.2	Ronnie Mills United States	1:00.5
200 m backstroke	Roland Matthes East Germany	2:09.6 (OR)	Mitch Ivey United States	2:10.6	Jack Horsley United States	2:10.9
100 m breaststroke	Don McKenzie United States	1:07.7 (OR)	Vladimir Kosinsky Soviet Union	1:08.0	Nikolai Pankin Soviet Union	1:08.0
200 m breaststroke	Felipe Muñoz Mexico	2:28.7	Vladimir Kosinsky Soviet Union	2:29.2	Brian Job United States	2:29.9
100 m butterfly	Doug Russell United States	55.9 (OR)	Mark Spitz United States	56.4	Ross Wales United States	57.2
200 m butterfly	Carl Robie United States	2:08.7	Martyn Woodroffe Great Britain	2:09.0	John Ferris United States	2:09.3
200 m individual medley	Charlie Hickcox United States	2:12.0 (OR)	Greg Buckingham United States	2:13.0	John Ferris United States	2:13.3
400 m individual medley	Charlie Hickcox United States	4:48.4	Gary Hall, Sr. United States	4:48.7	Michael Holthaus West Germany	4:51.4
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Zac Zorn Stephen Rerych Ken Walsh Mark Spitz	3:31.7 (WR)	Soviet Union (URS) Georgi Kulikov Viktor Mazanov Semyon Belits-Geiman Leonid Ilyichov	3:34.2	Australia (AUS) Greg Rogers Robert Cusack Bob Windle Michael Wenden	3:34.7
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) John Nelson Stephen Rerych Mark Spitz Don Schollander	7:52.3	Australia (AUS) Greg Rogers Graham White Bob Windle Michael Wenden	7:53.7	Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Bure Semyon Belits-Geiman Georgi Kulikov Leonid Ilyichov	8:01.6
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Charlie Hickcox Don McKenzie Doug Russell Ken Walsh	3:54.9 (WR)	East Germany (GDR) Roland Matthes Egon Henninger Horst-Günter Gregor Frank Wiegand	3:57.5	Soviet Union (URS) Yuri Gromak Vladimir Nemshilov Vladimir Kosinsky Leonid Ilyichov	4:00.7

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Jan Henne United States	1:00.0	Susan Pedersen United States	1:00.3	Linda Gustavson United States	1:00.3
200 m freestyle	Debbie Meyer United States	2:10.5 (OR)	Jan Henne United States	2:11.0	Jane Barkman United States	2:11.2
400 m freestyle	Debbie Meyer United States	4:31.8 (OR)	Linda Gustavson United States	4:35.5	Karen Moras Australia	4:37.0
800 m freestyle	Debbie Meyer United States	9:24.0 (OR)	Pam Kruse United States	9:35.7	Maria Teresa Ramírez Mexico	9:38.5
100 m backstroke	Kaye Hall United States	1:06.2 (WR)	Elaine Tanner Canada	1:06.7	Jane Swagerty United States	1:08.1
200 m backstroke	Lillian Watson United States	2:24.8 (OR)	Elaine Tanner Canada	2:27.4	Kaye Hall United States	2:28.9
100 m breaststroke	Đurđica Bjedov Yugoslavia	1:15.8 (OR)	Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union	1:15.9	Sharon Wichman United States	1:16.1
200 m breaststroke	Sharon Wichman United States	2:44.4 (OR)	Đurđica Bjedov Yugoslavia	2:46.4	Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union	2:47.0
100 m butterfly	Lyn McClements Australia	1:05.5	Ellie Daniel United States	1:05.8	Susan Shields United States	1:06.2
200 m butterfly	Ada Kok Netherlands	2:24.7 (OR)	Helga Lindner East Germany	2:24.8	Ellie Daniel United States	2:25.9
200 m individual medley	Claudia Kolb United States	2:24.7 (OR)	Susan Pedersen United States	2:28.8	Jan Henne United States	2:31.4
400 m individual medley	Claudia Kolb United States	5:08.5 (OR)	Lynn Vidali United States	5:22.2	Sabine Steinbach East Germany	5:25.3
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Jane Barkman Linda Gustavson Susan Pedersen Jan Henne	4:02.5 (OR)	East Germany (GDR) Gabriele Wetzko Roswitha Krause Uta Schmuck Gabriele Perthes	4:05.7	Canada (CAN) Angela Coughlan Marilyn Corson Elaine Tanner Marion Lay	4:07.2
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Kaye Hall Catie Ball Ellie Daniel Susan Pedersen	4:28.3 (OR)	Australia (AUS) Lynne Watson Judy Playfair Lyn McClements Janet Steinbeck	4:30.0	West Germany (FRG) Angelika Kraus Uta Frommater Heike Hustede Heidemarie Reineck	4:36.4

Participating nations

468 swimmers from 51 nations competed.^[1]

Argentina (8)
Australia (24)
Austria (3)
Barbados (1)
Belgium (6)
Brazil (4)
Bulgaria (3)
Canada (15)
Chinese Taipei (4)
Colombia (9)
Costa Rica (1)

Cuba (3)
Czechoslovakia (1)
Denmark (3)
East Germany (24)
Ecuador (3)
El Salvador (14)
Finland (3)
France (16)
Great Britain (24)
Guatemala (3)

Hong Kong (3)
Hungary (14)
Iceland (4)
Ireland (4)
Israel (6)
Italy (10)
Jamaica (1)
Japan (20)
Lebanon (1)
Luxembourg (1)

Mexico (27)
Netherlands (17)
New Zealand (4)
Norway (1)
Peru (3)
Philippines (7)
Poland (4)
Puerto Rico (9)
Romania (2)
South Korea (1)

References

1 2 "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

Events at the 1968 Summer Olympics (Mexico City)

Athletics Basketball Basque pelota (demonstration) Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Tennis (demonstration) Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

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