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100 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	18 – 19 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez, Ciudad de México
Participants	64 from 35 countries

At the US Olympic Trials, Zac Zorn, 1967 Pan American Games silver medalist, had equalled the world record, posting 52.6. Mike Wenden of Australia was considered a long-shot, his best time prior to the Australian trials only 53.7, but he posted the fastest time in the heats and the semi-finals, equalling the Olympic record in the semis. Zorn took the lead at the turn but he had been sick all week in Mexico City, and faded badly on the final lap, finishing last among the finalists. Wenden finished very strongly to win the gold medal over Ken Walsh and Mark Spitz. Fourth place went to Bobby McGregor, the silver medalist from Tokyo who had won the 1966 European Championships.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	13052	Mike Wenden	AUS	53.6 (1 h8)	52.9 (1 h3)	52.2 (1)	Gold
2	15371	Ken Walsh	USA	55.7 (1 h9)	53.9 (3 h2)	52.8 (2)	Silver
3	15367	Mark Spitz	USA	54.6 (1 h5)	53.8 (2 h3)	53.0 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Bobby McGregor	GBR	55.1 (2 h2)	53.8 (1 h1)	53.5 (4)
5	21027	Leonid Ilyichov	URS	54.9 (1 h3)	53.8 (2 h1)	53.8 (5)
6	21028	Georgijs Kuļikovs	URS	54.3 (1 h7)	54.1 (3 h1)	53.8 (6)
7	12812	Luis Nicolao	ARG	54.6 (1 h2)	53.8 (2 h2)	53.9 (7)
8	15373	Zac Zorn	USA	54.3 (1 h4)	53.4 (1 h2)	53.9 (8)
9	12245	Wolfgang Kremer	FRG	55.0 (2 h4)	54.3 (4 h2)	–
10	16242	Michel Rousseau	FRA	54.9 (1 h1)	54.5 (3 h3)	–
11	13054	Bob Windle	AUS	54.8 (2 h8)	54.6 (4 h3)	–
12	–	Sandy Gilchrist	CAN	55.4 (2 h6)	54.8 (5 h3)	–
=13	13050	Greg Rogers	AUS	55.4 (3 h2)	54.9 (4 h1)	–
=13	15078	José Antonio Chicoy	ESP	54.9 (2 h5)	54.9 (6 h2)	–
=13	20401	Lester Eriksson	SWE	55.2 (2 h1)	54.9 (5 h2)	–
16	17293	Gábor Kucsera	HUN	55.1 (3 h4)	55.0 (6 h3)	–
17	21036	Sergey Gusev	URS	54.8 (1 h6)	55.2 (5 h1)	–
18	13292	François Simons	BEL	55.5 (3 h5)	55.3 (7 h2)	–
=19	16759	Mike Turner	GBR	55.8 (3 h8)	55.6 (8 h3)	–
=19	17855	Pietro Boscaini	ITA	55.7 (2 h7)	55.6 (7 h3)	–
=21	–	Kunihiro Iwasaki	JPN	55.5 (2 h3)	55.8 (6 h1)	–
=21	–	Gary Goodner	PUR	55.7 (3 h3)	55.8 (7 h1)	–
=23	12251	Olaf, Baron von Schilling	FRG	55.8 (3 h7)	55.9 (8 h1)	–
=23	–	Roosevelt Abdulgafur	PHI	55.8 (4 h5)	55.9 (8 h2)	–
25	–	Glen Finch	CAN	56.0 (4 h8)	–	–
26	19844	José Ferraioli	PUR	56.1 (5 h8)	–	–
=27	16236	Bernard Gruener	FRA	56.2 (3 h1)	–	–
=27	15888	Luis Ayesa	PHI	56.2 (4 h7)	–	–
=27	–	Pano Capéronis	SUI	56.2 (4 h1)	–	–
30	19168	Ørjan Madsen	NOR	56.3 (5 h1)	–	–
=31	12814	Carlos van der Maath	ARG	56.4 (5 h5)	–	–
=31	18762	Salvador Ruiz	MEX	56.4 (5 h7)	–	–
=33	16681	Tony Jarvis	GBR	56.5 (3 h9)	–	–
=33	18146	Masayuki Osawa	JPN	56.5 (2 h9)	–	–
=33	18757	Rafaél Cal	MEX	56.5 (4 h3)	–	–
36	17289	Csaba Csatlós	HUN	56.6 (4 h4)	–	–
37	13548	José Roberto Aranha	BRA	56.8 (4 h2)	–	–
38	12252	Peter Schorning	FRG	56.9 (4 h9)	–	–
=39	13969	Ricardo González	COL	57.0 (6 h8)	–	–
=39	18758	Mario Santibáñez	MEX	57.0 (5 h2)	–	–
41	–	Peter Schmid	AUT	57.1 (5 h3)	–	–
=42	16237	Gérard Letast	FRA	57.2 (5 h9)	–	–
=42	17707	Amnon Krauz	ISR	57.2 (6 h9)	–	–
44	17923	Michele D'Oppido	ITA	57.3 (3 h6)	–	–
45	13293	Herman Verbauwen	BEL	57.5 (5 h4)	–	–
46	21939	Ronnie Wong	HKG	58.0 (6 h3)	–	–
47	13240	Angus Edghill	BAR	58.1 (6 h5)	–	–
=48	14412	Gregorio Fiallo	CUB	58.2 (4 h6)	–	–
=48	19845	Michael Goodner	PUR	58.2 (7 h5)	–	–
=50	21904	Fernando González	ECU	58.6 (7 h3)	–	–
=50	17666	Guðmundur Gíslason	ISL	58.6 (7 h9)	–	–
52	20809	Geoffrey Ferreira	TTO	58.9 (5 h6)	–	–
=53	13970	Federico Sicard	COL	59.0 (6 h4)	–	–
=53	18111	Paul Nash	JAM	59.0 (6 h7)	–	–
55	17614	Donnacha O'Dea	IRL	59.5 (6 h1)	–	–
56	14930	Salvador Vilanova	ESA	59.6 (8 h5)	–	–
57	14413	José Martínez	CUB	1:00.4 (7 h7)	–	–
58	22228	Yacoub Masboungi	LBN	1:00.5 (7 h4)	–	–
59	21927	Andrew Loh	HKG	1:00.7 (6 h2)	–	–
60	23708	Lee Tong-Shing	TPE	1:01.0 (7 h1)	–	–
61	21928	Bob Loh	HKG	1:01.1 (6 h6)	–	–
62	14937	José Alvarado	ESA	1:02.0 (8 h1)	–	–
63	14935	Ernesto Durón	ESA	1:03.8 (8 h9)	–	–
64	14262	Luis Aguilar	CRC	1:04.5 (7 h2)	–	–
DNS	–	Ingvar Eriksson	SWE	– (DNS h6)	–	–
DNS	20410	Bo Westergren	SWE	– (DNS h4)	–	–

Round One

Date	18 October 1968 — 10:00
Format	Fastest 24 advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Mike Wenden	AUS	53.6	Q
=2	7	Zac Zorn	USA	54.3	Q
=2	1	Georgijs Kuļikovs	URS	54.3	Q
=4	4	Luis Nicolao	ARG	54.6	Q
=4	3	Mark Spitz	USA	54.6	Q
=6	5	Sergey Gusev	URS	54.8	Q
=6	5	Bob Windle	AUS	54.8	Q
=8	6	Michel Rousseau	FRA	54.9	Q
=8	7	Leonid Ilyichov	URS	54.9	Q
=8	8	José Antonio Chicoy	ESP	54.9	Q
11	5	Wolfgang Kremer	FRG	55.0	Q
=12	3	Bobby McGregor	GBR	55.1	Q
=12	1	Gábor Kucsera	HUN	55.1	Q
14	2	Lester Eriksson	SWE	55.2	Q
=15	2	Greg Rogers	AUS	55.4	Q
=15	4	Sandy Gilchrist	CAN	55.4	Q
=17	4	Kunihiro Iwasaki	JPN	55.5	Q
=17	6	François Simons	BEL	55.5	Q
=19	3	Gary Goodner	PUR	55.7	Q
=19	4	Pietro Boscaini	ITA	55.7	Q
=19	2	Ken Walsh	USA	55.7	Q
=22	5	Roosevelt Abdulgafur	PHI	55.8	Q
=22	7	Olaf, Baron von Schilling	FRG	55.8	Q
=22	7	Mike Turner	GBR	55.8	Q
25	3	Glen Finch	CAN	56.0
26	2	José Ferraioli	PUR	56.1
=27	4	Bernard Gruener	FRA	56.2
=27	8	Pano Capéronis	SUI	56.2
=27	6	Luis Ayesa	PHI	56.2
30	7	Ørjan Madsen	NOR	56.3
=31	4	Carlos van der Maath	ARG	56.4
=31	2	Salvador Ruiz	MEX	56.4
=33	2	Rafaél Cal	MEX	56.5
=33	6	Masayuki Osawa	JPN	56.5
=33	4	Tony Jarvis	GBR	56.5
36	6	Csaba Csatlós	HUN	56.6
37	7	José Roberto Aranha	BRA	56.8
38	8	Peter Schorning	FRG	56.9
=39	5	Mario Santibáñez	MEX	57.0
=39	6	Ricardo González	COL	57.0
41	6	Peter Schmid	AUT	57.1
=42	5	Gérard Letast	FRA	57.2
=42	7	Amnon Krauz	ISR	57.2
44	3	Michele D'Oppido	ITA	57.3
45	3	Herman Verbauwen	BEL	57.5
46	5	Ronnie Wong	HKG	58.0
47	1	Angus Edghill	BAR	58.1
=48	7	Michael Goodner	PUR	58.2
=48	6	Gregorio Fiallo	CUB	58.2
=50	1	Fernando González	ECU	58.6
=50	3	Guðmundur Gíslason	ISL	58.6
52	7	Geoffrey Ferreira	TTO	58.9
=53	2	Federico Sicard	COL	59.0
=53	3	Paul Nash	JAM	59.0
55	1	Donnacha O'Dea	IRL	59.5
56	2	Salvador Vilanova	ESA	59.6
57	5	José Martínez	CUB	1:00.4
58	4	Yacoub Masboungi	LBN	1:00.5
59	1	Andrew Loh	HKG	1:00.7
60	5	Lee Tong-Shing	TPE	1:01.0
61	2	Bob Loh	HKG	1:01.1
62	3	José Alvarado	ESA	1:02.0
63	1	Ernesto Durón	ESA	1:03.8
64	6	Luis Aguilar	CRC	1:04.5
DNS	–	Bo Westergren	SWE	–
DNS	–	Ingvar Eriksson	SWE	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	6	Michel Rousseau	FRA	54.9	Q
2	2	Lester Eriksson	SWE	55.2	Q
3	4	Bernard Gruener	FRA	56.2
4	8	Pano Capéronis	SUI	56.2
5	7	Ørjan Madsen	NOR	56.3
6	1	Donnacha O'Dea	IRL	59.5
7	5	Lee Tong-Shing	TPE	1:01.0
8	3	José Alvarado	ESA	1:02.0

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Luis Nicolao	ARG	54.6	Q
2	3	Bobby McGregor	GBR	55.1	Q
3	2	Greg Rogers	AUS	55.4	Q
4	7	José Roberto Aranha	BRA	56.8
5	5	Mario Santibáñez	MEX	57.0
6	1	Andrew Loh	HKG	1:00.7
7	6	Luis Aguilar	CRC	1:04.5

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	7	Leonid Ilyichov	URS	54.9	Q
2	4	Kunihiro Iwasaki	JPN	55.5	Q
3	3	Gary Goodner	PUR	55.7	Q
4	2	Rafaél Cal	MEX	56.5
5	6	Peter Schmid	AUT	57.1
6	5	Ronnie Wong	HKG	58.0
7	1	Fernando González	ECU	58.6

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	7	Zac Zorn	USA	54.3	Q
2	5	Wolfgang Kremer	FRG	55.0	Q
3	1	Gábor Kucsera	HUN	55.1	Q
4	6	Csaba Csatlós	HUN	56.6
5	3	Herman Verbauwen	BEL	57.5
6	2	Federico Sicard	COL	59.0
7	4	Yacoub Masboungi	LBN	1:00.5
DNS	–	Bo Westergren	SWE	–

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	3	Mark Spitz	USA	54.6	Q
2	8	José Antonio Chicoy	ESP	54.9	Q
3	6	François Simons	BEL	55.5	Q
4	5	Roosevelt Abdulgafur	PHI	55.8	Q
5	4	Carlos van der Maath	ARG	56.4
6	1	Angus Edghill	BAR	58.1
7	7	Michael Goodner	PUR	58.2
8	2	Salvador Vilanova	ESA	59.6

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Sergey Gusev	URS	54.8	Q
2	4	Sandy Gilchrist	CAN	55.4	Q
3	3	Michele D'Oppido	ITA	57.3
4	6	Gregorio Fiallo	CUB	58.2
5	7	Geoffrey Ferreira	TTO	58.9
6	2	Bob Loh	HKG	1:01.1
DNS	–	Ingvar Eriksson	SWE	–

Heat #7

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	1	Georgijs Kuļikovs	URS	54.3	Q
2	4	Pietro Boscaini	ITA	55.7	Q
3	7	Olaf, Baron von Schilling	FRG	55.8	Q
4	6	Luis Ayesa	PHI	56.2
5	2	Salvador Ruiz	MEX	56.4
6	3	Paul Nash	JAM	59.0
7	5	José Martínez	CUB	1:00.4

Heat #8

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Mike Wenden	AUS	53.6	Q
2	5	Bob Windle	AUS	54.8	Q
3	7	Mike Turner	GBR	55.8	Q
4	3	Glen Finch	CAN	56.0
5	2	José Ferraioli	PUR	56.1
6	6	Ricardo González	COL	57.0

Heat #9

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	2	Ken Walsh	USA	55.7	Q
2	6	Masayuki Osawa	JPN	56.5
3	4	Tony Jarvis	GBR	56.5
4	8	Peter Schorning	FRG	56.9
5	5	Gérard Letast	FRA	57.2
6	7	Amnon Krauz	ISR	57.2
7	3	Guðmundur Gíslason	ISL	58.6
8	1	Ernesto Durón	ESA	1:03.8

Semi-Finals

Date	18 October 1968 — 17:00
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Mike Wenden	AUS	52.9	Q=OR
2	4	Zac Zorn	USA	53.4	Q
=3	6	Bobby McGregor	GBR	53.8	Q
=3	3	Leonid Ilyichov	URS	53.8	Q
=3	5	Luis Nicolao	ARG	53.8	Q
=3	5	Mark Spitz	USA	53.8	Q
7	1	Ken Walsh	USA	53.9	Q
8	4	Georgijs Kuļikovs	URS	54.1	Q
9	6	Wolfgang Kremer	FRG	54.3
10	6	Michel Rousseau	FRA	54.5
11	3	Bob Windle	AUS	54.6
12	7	Sandy Gilchrist	CAN	54.8
=13	2	Greg Rogers	AUS	54.9
=13	2	Lester Eriksson	SWE	54.9
=13	3	José Antonio Chicoy	ESP	54.9
16	2	Gábor Kucsera	HUN	55.0
17	5	Sergey Gusev	URS	55.2
18	7	François Simons	BEL	55.3
=19	1	Pietro Boscaini	ITA	55.6
=19	8	Mike Turner	GBR	55.6
=21	7	Kunihiro Iwasaki	JPN	55.8
=21	1	Gary Goodner	PUR	55.8
=23	8	Olaf, Baron von Schilling	FRG	55.9
=23	8	Roosevelt Abdulgafur	PHI	55.9

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	6	Bobby McGregor	GBR	53.8	Q
2	3	Leonid Ilyichov	URS	53.8	Q
3	4	Georgijs Kuļikovs	URS	54.1	Q
4	2	Greg Rogers	AUS	54.9
5	5	Sergey Gusev	URS	55.2
6	7	Kunihiro Iwasaki	JPN	55.8
7	1	Gary Goodner	PUR	55.8
8	8	Olaf, Baron von Schilling	FRG	55.9

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Zac Zorn	USA	53.4	Q
2	5	Luis Nicolao	ARG	53.8	Q
3	1	Ken Walsh	USA	53.9	Q
4	6	Wolfgang Kremer	FRG	54.3
5	2	Lester Eriksson	SWE	54.9
6	3	José Antonio Chicoy	ESP	54.9
7	7	François Simons	BEL	55.3
8	8	Roosevelt Abdulgafur	PHI	55.9

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Mike Wenden	AUS	52.9	Q=OR
2	5	Mark Spitz	USA	53.8	Q
3	6	Michel Rousseau	FRA	54.5
4	3	Bob Windle	AUS	54.6
5	7	Sandy Gilchrist	CAN	54.8
6	2	Gábor Kucsera	HUN	55.0
7	1	Pietro Boscaini	ITA	55.6
8	8	Mike Turner	GBR	55.6

Final Round

Date	19 October 1968 — 17:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Mike Wenden	AUS	52.2	WR
2	1	Ken Walsh	USA	52.8
3	7	Mark Spitz	USA	53.0
4	3	Bobby McGregor	GBR	53.5
5	6	Leonid Ilyichov	URS	53.8
6	8	Georgijs Kuļikovs	URS	53.8
7	2	Luis Nicolao	ARG	53.9
8	5	Zac Zorn	USA	53.9