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

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

Gold	Don McKenzie   United States
Silver	Vladimir Kosinsky   Soviet Union
Bronze	Nikolai Pankin   Soviet Union

Results

Heats

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

Heat Two

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

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

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Don McKenzie	United States	1:07.7	OR
	Vladimir Kosinsky	Soviet Union	1:08.0
	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

1. . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
2. "100 meters Breaststroke, Men". Olympedia. from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.