Swimming_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_100_metre_butterfly

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

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The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 20 and 21 October.^[1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

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Gold	Doug Russell United States
Silver	Mark Spitz United States
Bronze	Ross Wales United States

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Doug Russell	United States	57.3
2	Vladimir Nemshilov	Soviet Union	59.1
3	Antonio Attanasio	Italy	1:00.0
4	John Thurley	Great Britain	1:00.7
5	Ayis Capéronis	Switzerland	1:00.9
6	Joseph Meyten	Belgium	1:02.2
7	Andrew Loh	Hong Kong	1:06.5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Joseph Jackson	Great Britain	59.7
2	Gary Goodner	Puerto Rico	1:00.3
3	Ron Jacks	Canada	1:00.5
4	Sergey Konov	Soviet Union	1:00.8
5	João Lima Neto	Brazil	1:02.3
6	Ramiro Benavides	Guatemala	1:03.1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Ross Wales	United States	58.7
2	Yury Suzdaltsev	Soviet Union	59.3
3	Avraham Melamed	Israel	59.4
4	Horst-Günter Gregor	East Germany	59.8
5	István Szentirmay	Hungary	1:01.0
6	Leroy Goff	Philippines	1:02.0
7	Salvador Vilanova	El Salvador	1:06.4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Satoshi Maruya	Japan	58.1
2	Martyn Woodroffe	Great Britain	59.7
3	Werner Freitag	West Germany	1:00.1
4	Graham Dunn	Australia	1:01.6
5	Donnacha O'Dea	Ireland	1:02.8
6	Guðmundur Gíslason	Iceland	1:03.3
7	Friedrich Jokisch	El Salvador	1:10.5

Swimming_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_100_metre_butterfly

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

Medalists

Results

Heats

Semifinals

Semifinals 1

Semifinals 2

Semifinals 3

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Mark Spitz	United States	58.5
2	Yasuo Takada	Japan	1:00.0
3	José Ferraioli	Puerto Rico	1:00.6
4	Angelo Tozzi	Italy	1:00.6
5	Ingvar Eriksson	Sweden	1:00.6
6	Tomas Becerra	Colombia	1:02.2
7	Bob Loh	Hong Kong	1:06.5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Lutz Stoklasa	West Germany	59.2
2	Robert Cusack	Australia	59.6
3	Tom Arusoo	Canada	59.8
4	Mario Santibáñez	Mexico	1:01.7
5	Peter Feil	Sweden	1:02.3
6	Maximiliano Aguilar	Mexico	1:04.0
7	Rubén Guerrero	El Salvador	1:10.1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Luis Nicolao	Argentina	59.3
2	Bo Westergren	Sweden	59.9
3	Arturo Lang-Lenton	Spain	1:00.7
4	Eduardo Orejuela	Ecuador	1:00.9
5	Giampiero Fossati	Italy	1:01.7
6	Lee Tong-shing	Taiwan	1:05.2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mark Spitz	United States	57.4
2	Lutz Stoklasa	West Germany	58.5
3	Joseph Jackson	Great Britain	59.3
4	Avraham Melamed	Israel	59.6
5	Werner Freitag	West Germany	59.9	Q
6	Bo Westergren	Sweden	59.9
7	José Ferraioli	Puerto Rico	1:00.9
8	John Thurley	Great Britain	1:00.2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Satoshi Maruya	Japan	58.0
2	Vladimir Nemshilov	Soviet Union	59.0
3	Martyn Woodroffe	Great Britain	59.5
4	Tom Arusoo	Canada	59.6
5	Ingvar Eriksson	Sweden	59.9
6	Antonio Attanasio	Italy	1:00.3
7	Ron Jacks	Canada	1:00.5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Doug Russell	United States	55.9
2	Ross Wales	United States	58.2
3	Yury Suzdaltsev	Soviet Union	58.9
4	Robert Cusack	Australia	58.2
5	Yasuo Takada	Japan	59.8
6	Gary Goodner	Puerto Rico	1.00.1	Q
7	Angelo Tozzi	Italy	1:00.8