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100 metres Freestyle, Men

Date11 – 12 October 1964
StatusOlympic
LocationKokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo, Shibuya, Tokyo
Participants66 from 33 countries

The world record holder was John Devitt, the 1960 gold medalist, but he had retired by 1964. The favorites were American Don Schollander, whose best distance was 200 metres, not on the 1964 Olympic Program, and the wonderfully Scottish-named Bobby McGregor. The final was led out by Mike Austin of the United States, who hit the far wall first. But Schollander closed by 60 metres and had a comfortable lead at 70 metres. Then McGregor came on fast, but could not quite catch Schollander, settling for the silver medal.

The bronze medal battle was very close between Hans-Joachim Klein of Germany and America’s Gary Ilman. They tied on official time at 54.0, and the unofficial electric timer also had them tied to the 1/100th of a second. But using the electric timer, Klein was faster by 1/1000th of a second, and the officials decided that was good enough to award him the bronze medal.

PosSwimmerNOCR1SFFinal
1Don SchollanderUSA54.3 (1 h5)54.0 (1 h2)53.4 (1)Gold
2Bobby McGregorGBR54.7 (1 h9)54.3 (1 h3)53.5 (2)Silver
3Hans-Joachim KleinGER55.3 (1 h4)54.4 (2 h3)54.0 (3)Bronze
4Gary IlmanUSA54.0 (1 h1)53.9 (1 h1)54.0 (4)
5Alain GottvallèsFRA55.2 (2 h6)54.3 (2 h2)54.2 (5)
6Mike AustinUSA54.9 (1 h2)54.3 (2 h1)54.5 (6)
7Gyula DobayHUN55.8 (2 h7)54.8 (3 h3)54.9 (7)
8Uwe JacobsenGER55.6 (3 h5)54.8 (3 h2)56.1 (8)
9David DicksonAUS55.1 (2 h2)54.9 (4 h3)
10Per-Ola LindbergSWE55.1 (1 h3)55.1 (4 h2)
11Yukiaki OkabeJPN55.4 (2 h5)55.2 (3 h1)
=12Dan SherryCAN55.2 (1 h6)55.5 (4 h1)
=12Jindřich VágnerTCH55.5 (1 h8)55.5 (5 h2)
14Tadaharu GotoJPN55.8 (2 h3)55.6 (5 h1)
=15Gérard GropaizFRA55.8 (2 h1)55.7 (6 h2)
=15Ron KroonNED55.5 (2 h8)55.7 (6 h1)
=17Tatsuo FujimotoJPN55.8 (1 h7)55.8 (6 h3)
=17Vladimir ShuvalovURS55.9 (5 h6)55.8 (5 h3)
19Horst LöfflerGER55.6 (4 h6)56.0 (7 h1)
20Pietro BoscainiITA55.8 (3 h3)56.1 (8 h1)
=21Sandy GilchristCAN55.8 (3 h7)56.4 (7 h2)
=21Bengt NordwallSWE55.6 (2 h9)56.4 (7 h3)
=23John RyanAUS55.5 (3 h6)56.5 (8 h3)
=23Bob LordGBR55.7 (3 h8)56.5 (8 h2)
25Athos de Oliveira JúniorBRA56.0 (3 h1)
=26Luis NicolaoARG56.1 (4 h3)
=26Peter PhelpsAUS56.1 (2 h4)
=28Jean-Pascal CurtilletFRA56.2 (3 h2)
=28Lester ErikssonSWE56.2 (3 h4)
=28Viktor SemchenkovURS56.2 (3 h9)
=31Matti KasvioFIN56.3 (4 h2)
=31József GulrichHUN56.3 (4 h8)
=31Yury SumtsovURS56.3 (4 h4)
34Petr LohnickýTCH56.4 (4 h5)
35Gert KölliAUT56.5 (4 h7)
=36Gerhard WielandAUT56.8 (5 h5)
=36François SimonsBEL56.8 (5 h4)
=36Álvaro PiresBRA56.8 (5 h2)
=36Antal SzállHUN56.8 (4 h9)
=36Bruno BianchiITA56.8 (5 h1)
=36Sergio De GregorioITA56.8 (5 h9)
=36Vinus van BaalenNED56.8 (4 h1)
43Teodoro CaprilesVEN57.2 (6 h2)
44José Miguel EspinosaESP57.4 (5 h3)
45Carlos van der MaathARG57.5 (6 h4)
46Tuomo HämäläinenFIN57.6 (5 h8)
=47Ralph HuttonCAN57.7 (6 h1)
=47Dave HallerGBR57.7 (5 h7)
49Antonio PérezESP57.8 (6 h5)
50Bert SittersNED58.1 (6 h7)
51Luis PazPER58.5 (7 h7)
52Georges WelbesLUX58.6 (6 h6)
=53Hannu VaahtorantaFIN58.7 (7 h6)
=53Tan Thuan HengMAS58.7 (7 h2)
55Salvador RuizMEX58.8 (6 h8)
56Pano CapéronisSUI58.9 (7 h8)
=57Guðmundur GíslasonISL59.0 (8 h6)
=57Herlander RibeiroPOR59.0 (6 h3)
59Mauri da FonsecaBRA59.6 (7 h5)
60Somchai LimpichatiTHA59.8 (7 h3)
61Bob LohHKG1:00.4 (8 h7)
=62Phan Hữu DongVNM1:01.1 (6 h9)
=62Nguyễn Ðình LêVNM1:01.1 (7 h4)
64Kim Bong-JoKOR1:01.2 (7 h1)
65Celestino PérezPUR1:01.3 (7 h9)
66Haydar ShonjaniIRI1:02.1 (8 h9)
DNSChang H. B.PRK– (DNS h8)

Round One (11 October 1964 — 11:50)

Fastest 24 qualify for the semi-finals.

Heat One

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Gary IlmanUSA54.0QOR
22Gérard GropaizFRA55.8Q
36Athos de Oliveira JúniorBRA56.0
41Vinus van BaalenNED56.8
55Bruno BianchiITA56.8
67Ralph HuttonCAN57.7
73Kim Bong-JoKOR1:01.2

Heat Two

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
16Mike AustinUSA54.9Q
21David DicksonAUS55.1Q
35Jean-Pascal CurtilletFRA56.2
44Matti KasvioFIN56.3
52Álvaro PiresBRA56.8
67Teodoro CaprilesVEN57.2
73Tan Thuan HengMAS58.7

Heat Three

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
15Per-Ola LindbergSWE55.1Q
26Tadaharu GotoJPN55.8Q
37Pietro BoscainiITA55.8Q
41Luis NicolaoARG56.1
54José Miguel EspinosaESP57.4
62Herlander RibeiroPOR59.0
73Somchai LimpichatiTHA59.8

Heat Four

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
13Hans-Joachim KleinGER55.3Q
22Peter PhelpsAUS56.1
36Lester ErikssonSWE56.2
45Yury SumtsovURS56.3
54François SimonsBEL56.8
61Carlos van der MaathARG57.5
77Nguyễn Ðình LêVNM1:01.1

Heat Five

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
13Don SchollanderUSA54.3Q
24Yukiaki OkabeJPN55.4Q
32Uwe JacobsenGER55.6Q
46Petr LohnickýTCH56.4
55Gerhard WielandAUT56.8
61Antonio PérezESP57.8
77Mauri da FonsecaBRA59.6

Heat Six

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
15Dan SherryCAN55.2Q
22Alain GottvallèsFRA55.2Q
31John RyanAUS55.5Q
46Horst LöfflerGER55.6Q
53Vladimir ShuvalovURS55.9Q
67Georges WelbesLUX58.6
74Hannu VaahtorantaFIN58.7
88Guðmundur GíslasonISL59.0

Heat Seven

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
18Tatsuo FujimotoJPN55.8Q
25Gyula DobayHUN55.8Q
36Sandy GilchristCAN55.8Q
44Gert KölliAUT56.5
57Dave HallerGBR57.7
61Bert SittersNED58.1
72Luis PazPER58.5
83Bob LohHKG1:00.4

Heat Eight

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
12Jindřich VágnerTCH55.5Q
23Ron KroonNED55.5Q
35Bob LordGBR55.7Q
46József GulrichHUN56.3
58Tuomo HämäläinenFIN57.6
67Salvador RuizMEX58.8
74Pano CapéronisSUI58.9
DNS1Chang H. B.PRK

Heat Nine

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
11Bobby McGregorGBR54.7Q
22Bengt NordwallSWE55.6Q
34Viktor SemchenkovURS56.2
48Antal SzállHUN56.8
56Sergio De GregorioITA56.8
63Phan Hữu DongVNM1:01.1
77Celestino PérezPUR1:01.3
85Haydar ShonjaniIRI1:02.1

Semi-Finals (11 October 1964 — 19:45)

Fastest eight qualify for the final.

Heat One

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Gary IlmanUSA53.9QOR
25Mike AustinUSA54.3Q
36Yukiaki OkabeJPN55.2
43Dan SherryCAN55.5
51Tadaharu GotoJPN55.6
62Ron KroonNED55.7
77Horst LöfflerGER56.0
88Pietro BoscainiITA56.1

Heat Two

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Don SchollanderUSA54.0Q
23Alain GottvallèsFRA54.3Q
32Uwe JacobsenGER54.8Q
45Per-Ola LindbergSWE55.1
56Jindřich VágnerTCH55.5
61Gérard GropaizFRA55.7
78Sandy GilchristCAN56.4
87Bob LordGBR56.5

Heat Three

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Bobby McGregorGBR54.3Q
23Hans-Joachim KleinGER54.4Q
31Gyula DobayHUN54.8Q
45David DicksonAUS54.9
58Vladimir ShuvalovURS55.8
67Tatsuo FujimotoJPN55.8
72Bengt NordwallSWE56.4
86John RyanAUS56.5

Final (12 October 1964 — 20:40)

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
15Don SchollanderUSA53.4OR
22Bobby McGregorGBR53.5
37Hans-Joachim KleinGER54.0
44Gary IlmanUSA54.0
53Alain GottvallèsFRA54.2
66Mike AustinUSA54.5
78Gyula DobayHUN54.9
81Uwe JacobsenGER56.1