Date | 19 – 20 October 1968 |
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Status | Olympic |
Location | Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez, Ciudad de México |
Participants | 46 from 27 countries |
This was the first time on the Olympic Program for the 200 individual medley. Official world records had only been recognized in the event since 1966 with Greg Buckingham setting the first two, while Charlie Hickcox bettered him and held the world mark coming into the Olympics. The two made the final along with teammate John Ferris and a medal sweep was considered a possibility. Hickcox was never seriously challenged, taking the lead on the butterfly leg and expanding it on the second 50 using his best stroke, the backstroke. Behind him Buckingham and Ferris were close throughout for the other medals, Buckingham eventually coming in for the silver a full second behind Hickcox, with Ferris third. Peru’s Juan Carlos Bello was in third place briefly on the breaststroke leg, but was passed on the freestyle by Ferris and placed fourth. Through 2008 this remains the best finish ever by a Peruvian swimmer at the Olympics. Hickcox swam again in the 100 backstroke two days later and won a silver behind Roland Matthes, and won gold the next day in the 400 IM, completing an individual medley double.
Pos | Swimmer | NOC | R1 | Final | |||
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1 | Charlie Hickcox | ![]() | 2:16.1 (1 h1) | 2:12.0 (1) | Gold | ||
2 | Greg Buckingham | ![]() | 2:15.6 (1 h6) | 2:13.0 (2) | Silver | ||
3 | John Ferris | ![]() | 2:14.6 (1 h3) | 2:13.3 (3) | Bronze | ||
4 | Juan Carlos Bello | ![]() | 2:17.5 (2 h5) | 2:13.7 (4) | |||
5 | George Smith | ![]() | 2:16.4 (1 h2) | 2:15.9 (5) | |||
6 | Sandy Gilchrist | ![]() | 2:16.8 (1 h5) | 2:16.6 (6) | |||
7 | Mike Holthaus | ![]() | 2:17.5 (2 h2) | 2:16.8 (7) | |||
8 | Péter Lázár | ![]() | 2:17.1 (2 h1) | 2:18.3 (8) | |||
=9 | Reinhard Merkel | ![]() | 2:17.8 (2 h3) | – | |||
=9 | Hans Ljungberg | ![]() | 2:17.8 (3 h3) | – | |||
11 | Frank Wiegand | ![]() | 2:18.0 (3 h2) | – | |||
12 | Michele D'Oppido | ![]() | 2:18.5 (2 h6) | – | |||
13 | Vladimir Kravchenko | ![]() | 2:18.6 (1 h4) | – | |||
14 | Juan Fortuny | ![]() | 2:20.6 (3 h5) | – | |||
15 | Jürgen Schiller | ![]() | 2:20.8 (1 h7) | – | |||
16 | Ken Campbell | ![]() | 2:20.9 (3 h6) | – | |||
17 | István Szentirmay | ![]() | 2:21.0 (2 h4) | – | |||
18 | Lars Kraus Jensen | ![]() | 2:21.2 (3 h1) | – | |||
19 | Martyn Woodroffe | ![]() | 2:22.0 (2 h7) | – | |||
20 | François Simons | ![]() | 2:22.5 (4 h5) | – | |||
21 | Yuliyan Rusev | ![]() | 2:22.7 (4 h3) | – | |||
22 | Eduardo Alanís | ![]() | 2:23.0 (4 h6) | – | |||
23 | Zbigniew Pacelt | ![]() | 2:23.3 (4 h1) | – | |||
24 | Raymond Terrell | ![]() | 2:23.5 (5 h3) | – | |||
25 | Jacek Krawczyk | ![]() | 2:23.8 (3 h7) | – | |||
26 | Angel Chakarov | ![]() | 2:24.0 (3 h4) | – | |||
27 | Gudmunður Gíslason | ![]() | 2:24.1 (5 h1) | – | |||
=28 | José Joaquín Santibáñez | ![]() | 2:24.6 (4 h4) | – | |||
=28 | Tony Asamali | ![]() | 2:24.6 (4 h7) | – | |||
30 | Rafael Hernández | ![]() | 2:24.7 (5 h5) | – | |||
31 | Andrey Dunayev | ![]() | 2:25.9 (6 h1) | – | |||
32 | Gershon Shefa | ![]() | 2:26.6 (5 h6) | – | |||
33 | Olle Ferm | ![]() | 2:27.5 (6 h3) | – | |||
34 | Karl Byrom | ![]() | 2:28.0 (5 h4) | – | |||
35 | José Martínez | ![]() | 2:31.4 (5 h7) | – | |||
36 | Francisco Ramis | ![]() | 2:31.9 (7 h1) | – | |||
37 | Salvador Vilanova | ![]() | 2:33.8 (6 h5) | – | |||
38 | Ronnie Wong | ![]() | 2:36.1 (4 h2) | – | |||
39 | Peter Schmid | ![]() | 2:36.4 (6 h6) | – | |||
40 | Donnacha O'Dea | ![]() | 2:36.6 (5 h2) | – | |||
41 | Rubén Guerrero | ![]() | 2:37.5 (8 h1) | – | |||
42 | Bob Loh | ![]() | 2:39.3 (7 h5) | – | |||
43 | Friedrich Jokisch | ![]() | 2:41.6 (7 h6) | – | |||
44 | Andrew Loh | ![]() | 2:42.0 (6 h7) | – | |||
45 | Chan King-Ming | ![]() | 2:44.9 (6 h4) | – | |||
Lee Tong-Shing | ![]() | – (DQ h3) | – | ||||
Ørjan Madsen | ![]() | – (DNS h2) | – | ||||
José Ferraioli | ![]() | – (DNS h6) | – |
Fastest eight advanced to the final.
Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
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1 | 5 | Charlie Hickcox | ![]() | 2:16.1 | |||
2 | 7 | Péter Lázár | ![]() | 2:17.1 | |||
3 | 4 | Lars Kraus Jensen | ![]() | 2:21.2 | |||
4 | 1 | Zbigniew Pacelt | ![]() | 2:23.3 | |||
5 | 8 | Gudmunður Gíslason | ![]() | 2:24.1 | |||
6 | 3 | Andrey Dunayev | ![]() | 2:25.9 | |||
7 | 6 | Francisco Ramis | ![]() | 2:31.9 | |||
8 | 2 | Rubén Guerrero | ![]() | 2:37.5 |
Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
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1 | 5 | George Smith | ![]() | 2:16.4 | |||
2 | 4 | Mike Holthaus | ![]() | 2:17.5 | |||
3 | 6 | Frank Wiegand | ![]() | 2:18.0 | |||
4 | 2 | Ronnie Wong | ![]() | 2:36.1 | |||
5 | 3 | Donnacha O'Dea | ![]() | 2:36.6 | |||
– | Ørjan Madsen | ![]() | – |
Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
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1 | 5 | John Ferris | ![]() | 2:14.6 | |||
2 | 2 | Reinhard Merkel | ![]() | 2:17.8 | |||
3 | 4 | Hans Ljungberg | ![]() | 2:17.8 | |||
4 | 3 | Yuliyan Rusev | ![]() | 2:22.7 | |||
5 | 6 | Raymond Terrell | ![]() | 2:23.5 | |||
6 | 7 | Olle Ferm | ![]() | 2:27.5 | |||
1 | Lee Tong-Shing | ![]() | – |
Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | Vladimir Kravchenko | ![]() | 2:18.6 | |||
2 | 6 | István Szentirmay | ![]() | 2:21.0 | |||
3 | 5 | Angel Chakarov | ![]() | 2:24.0 | |||
4 | 3 | José Joaquín Santibáñez | ![]() | 2:24.6 | |||
5 | 2 | Karl Byrom | ![]() | 2:28.0 | |||
6 | 4 | Chan King-Ming | ![]() | 2:44.9 |
Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
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1 | 3 | Sandy Gilchrist | ![]() | 2:16.8 | |||
2 | 2 | Juan Carlos Bello | ![]() | 2:17.5 | |||
3 | 6 | Juan Fortuny | ![]() | 2:20.6 | |||
4 | 1 | François Simons | ![]() | 2:22.5 | |||
5 | 4 | Rafael Hernández | ![]() | 2:24.7 | |||
6 | 5 | Salvador Vilanova | ![]() | 2:33.8 | |||
7 | 7 | Bob Loh | ![]() | 2:39.3 |
Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
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1 | 4 | Greg Buckingham | ![]() | 2:15.6 | |||
2 | 6 | Michele D'Oppido | ![]() | 2:18.5 | |||
3 | 5 | Ken Campbell | ![]() | 2:20.9 | |||
4 | 2 | Eduardo Alanís | ![]() | 2:23.0 | |||
5 | 7 | Gershon Shefa | ![]() | 2:26.6 | |||
6 | 3 | Peter Schmid | ![]() | 2:36.4 | |||
7 | 1 | Friedrich Jokisch | ![]() | 2:41.6 | |||
– | José Ferraioli | ![]() | – |
Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | Jürgen Schiller | ![]() | 2:20.8 | |||
2 | 2 | Martyn Woodroffe | ![]() | 2:22.0 | |||
3 | 4 | Jacek Krawczyk | ![]() | 2:23.8 | |||
4 | 6 | Tony Asamali | ![]() | 2:24.6 | |||
5 | 5 | José Martínez | ![]() | 2:31.4 | |||
6 | 7 | Andrew Loh | ![]() | 2:42.0 |
Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
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1 | 6 | Charlie Hickcox | ![]() | 2:12.0 | |||
2 | 5 | Greg Buckingham | ![]() | 2:13.0 | |||
3 | 4 | John Ferris | ![]() | 2:13.3 | |||
4 | 2 | Juan Carlos Bello | ![]() | 2:13.7 | |||
5 | 3 | George Smith | ![]() | 2:15.9 | |||
6 | 7 | Sandy Gilchrist | ![]() | 2:16.6 | |||
7 | 1 | Mike Holthaus | ![]() | 2:16.8 | |||
8 | 8 | Péter Lázár | ![]() | 2:18.3 |