400 metres Individual Medley, Men – Round One

Date	22 October 1968 — 10:00
Location	Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez, Ciudad de México
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
=1	4	Charlie Hickcox	USA	4:56.2	Q
=1	4	Gary Hall	USA	4:56.2	Q
3	5	Greg Buckingham	USA	4:57.3	Q
4	3	Sandy Gilchrist	CAN	4:57.5	Q
5	7	Reinhard Merkel	FRG	5:00.6	Q
6	1	Mike Holthaus	FRG	5:00.8	Q
7	4	Rafael Hernández	MEX	5:01.1	Q
8	3	Andrey Dunayev	URS	5:01.9	Q
9	5	Martyn Woodroffe	GBR	5:03.9
10	8	George Smith	CAN	5:04.4
11	2	Hans Ljungberg	SWE	5:06.1
12	5	Yuliyan Rusev	BUL	5:07.0
13	1	Bernhard Mock	FRG	5:07.1
14	7	Vladimir Kravchenko	URS	5:08.7
15	1	Tomás Becerra	COL	5:09.7
16	3	Péter Lázár	HUN	5:10.6
17	2	Angel Chakarov	BUL	5:10.9
18	6	Karl Byrom	AUS	5:11.9
=19	6	Miguel Torres	ESP	5:12.7
=19	7	Lars Kraus Jensen	DEN	5:12.7
21	6	Eduardo Alanís	MEX	5:14.9
22	2	Jacek Krawczyk	POL	5:15.1
23	2	Michele D'Oppido	ITA	5:16.4
24	7	Jacques Henrard	BEL	5:17.0
25	6	Zbigniew Pacelt	POL	5:18.6
26	5	Olle Ferm	SWE	5:18.9
27	3	Raymond Terrell	GBR	5:19.5
28	6	Ken Campbell	CAN	5:19.6
29	8	Guðmundur Gíslason	ISL	5:20.2
30	8	Gershon Shefa	ISR	5:22.6
31	3	Raúl Villagómez	MEX	5:24.7
32	4	Francisco Ramis	PUR	5:30.9
33	2	Antonio Cruz	GUA	5:31.1
34	5	Lee Tong-Shing	TPE	5:50.0
DQ	4	José Martínez	CUB	–
DNS	–	Tony Asamli	PHI	–
DNS	–	Juan Carlos Bello	PER	–
DNS	–	Bob Loh	HKG	–
DNS	–	Amman Jalmaani	PHI	–

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	3	Andrey Dunayev	URS	5:01.9	1:06.7 (2)	2:23.4 (2)	3:53.3 (2)	1:16.7 (1)	1:29.9 (2)	1:08.6 (1)	Q
2	5	Martyn Woodroffe	GBR	5:03.9	1:04.6 (1)	2:23.2 (1)	3:52.6 (1)	1:18.6 (2)	1:29.4 (1)	1:11.3 (3)
3	6	Eduardo Alanís	MEX	5:14.9	1:08.9 (4)	2:29.4 (4)	4:05.7 (4)	1:20.5 (4)	1:36.3 (4)	1:09.2 (2)
4	2	Jacek Krawczyk	POL	5:15.1	1:08.3 (3)	2:27.1 (3)	4:02.0 (3)	1:18.8 (3)	1:34.9 (3)	1:13.1 (4)
DQ	4	José Martínez	CUB	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	–	Tony Asamli	PHI	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	5	Greg Buckingham	USA	4:57.3	1:05.3 (3)	2:22.3 (1)	3:51.7 (1)	1:17.0 (1)	1:29.4 (2)	1:05.6 (2)	Q
2	4	Rafael Hernández	MEX	5:01.1	1:04.6 (=1)	2:24.3 (3)	3:51.8 (2)	1:19.7 (6)	1:27.5 (1)	1:09.3 (=4)	Q
3	2	Hans Ljungberg	SWE	5:06.1	1:11.6 (8)	2:30.6 (7)	4:00.9 (5)	1:19.0 (4)	1:30.3 (3)	1:05.2 (1)
4	7	Vladimir Kravchenko	URS	5:08.7	1:09.6 (6)	2:28.2 (4)	3:58.9 (3)	1:18.6 (3)	1:30.7 (4)	1:09.8 (6)
5	1	Tomás Becerra	COL	5:09.7	1:04.6 (=1)	2:22.4 (2)	4:00.4 (4)	1:17.8 (2)	1:38.0 (7)	1:09.3 (=4)
6	6	Miguel Torres	ESP	5:12.7	1:10.7 (7)	2:29.9 (6)	4:04.1 (6)	1:19.2 (5)	1:34.2 (=5)	1:08.6 (3)
7	8	Guðmundur Gíslason	ISL	5:20.2	1:08.7 (5)	2:33.0 (8)	4:07.2 (7)	1:24.3 (8)	1:34.2 (=5)	1:13.0 (7)
8	3	Raúl Villagómez	MEX	5:24.7	1:07.3 (4)	2:29.7 (5)	4:08.9 (8)	1:22.4 (7)	1:39.2 (8)	1:15.8 (8)
DNS	–	Juan Carlos Bello	PER	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	4	Charlie Hickcox	USA	4:56.2	1:04.8 (1)	2:20.6 (1)	3:50.2 (2)	1:15.8 (2)	1:29.6 (2)	1:06.0 (1)	Q
2	7	Reinhard Merkel	FRG	5:00.6	1:06.2 (3)	2:21.8 (2)	3:49.1 (1)	1:15.6 (1)	1:27.3 (1)	1:11.5 (4)	Q
3	1	Bernhard Mock	FRG	5:07.1	1:05.1 (2)	2:24.4 (3)	3:56.7 (3)	1:19.3 (4)	1:32.3 (4)	1:10.4 (2)
4	3	Péter Lázár	HUN	5:10.6	1:06.3 (4)	2:25.1 (4)	3:57.9 (4)	1:18.8 (3)	1:32.8 (5)	1:12.7 (5)
5	2	Angel Chakarov	BUL	5:10.9	1:08.6 (7)	2:28.3 (5)	3:59.5 (5)	1:19.7 (5)	1:31.2 (3)	1:11.4 (3)
6	6	Ken Campbell	CAN	5:19.6	1:06.5 (5)	2:28.5 (6)	4:02.2 (6)	1:22.0 (6)	1:33.7 (=6)	1:17.4 (7)
7	8	Gershon Shefa	ISR	5:22.6	1:08.3 (6)	2:34.0 (7)	4:07.7 (7)	1:25.7 (7)	1:33.7 (=6)	1:14.9 (6)
8	5	Lee Tong-Shing	TPE	5:50.0	1:10.4 (8)	2:40.2 (8)	4:26.1 (8)	1:29.8 (8)	1:45.9 (8)	1:23.9 (8)

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	1	Mike Holthaus	FRG	5:00.8	1:05.7 (1)	2:21.0 (1)	3:53.0 (1)	1:15.3 (1)	1:32.0 (2)	1:07.8 (1)	Q
2	8	George Smith	CAN	5:04.4	1:07.6 (3)	2:28.1 (4)	3:54.8 (2)	1:20.5 (4)	1:26.7 (1)	1:09.6 (=2)
3	5	Yuliyan Rusev	BUL	5:07.0	1:06.6 (2)	2:25.2 (2)	3:57.4 (3)	1:18.6 (3)	1:32.2 (3)	1:09.6 (=2)
4	7	Lars Kraus Jensen	DEN	5:12.7	1:09.1 (6)	2:27.2 (3)	4:00.8 (4)	1:18.1 (2)	1:33.6 (4)	1:11.9 (4)
5	6	Zbigniew Pacelt	POL	5:18.6	1:07.8 (4)	2:31.7 (6)	4:05.7 (5)	1:23.9 (8)	1:34.0 (5)	1:12.9 (6)
6	3	Raymond Terrell	GBR	5:19.5	1:08.9 (5)	2:29.5 (5)	4:07.0 (6)	1:20.6 (5)	1:37.5 (6)	1:12.5 (5)
7	4	Francisco Ramis	PUR	5:30.9	1:12.8 (7)	2:34.0 (7)	4:16.7 (7)	1:21.2 (6)	1:42.7 (8)	1:14.2 (8)
8	2	Antonio Cruz	GUA	5:31.1	1:17.0 (8)	2:39.2 (8)	4:18.1 (8)	1:22.2 (7)	1:38.9 (7)	1:13.0 (7)

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	4	Gary Hall	USA	4:56.2	1:04.8 (2)	2:19.7 (1)	3:49.9 (1)	1:14.9 (1)	1:30.2 (2)	1:06.3 (2)	Q
2	3	Sandy Gilchrist	CAN	4:57.5	1:04.2 (1)	2:22.5 (2)	3:51.7 (2)	1:18.3 (4)	1:29.2 (1)	1:05.8 (1)	Q
3	6	Karl Byrom	AUS	5:11.9	1:10.8 (5)	2:27.0 (4)	4:02.1 (4)	1:16.2 (2)	1:35.1 (4)	1:09.8 (4)
4	2	Michele D'Oppido	ITA	5:16.4	1:06.3 (3)	2:24.3 (3)	4:01.3 (3)	1:18.0 (3)	1:37.0 (=5)	1:15.1 (6)
5	7	Jacques Henrard	BEL	5:17.0	1:10.4 (4)	2:32.5 (5)	4:04.9 (5)	1:22.1 (6)	1:32.4 (3)	1:12.1 (5)
6	5	Olle Ferm	SWE	5:18.9	1:12.8 (6)	2:33.1 (6)	4:10.1 (6)	1:20.3 (5)	1:37.0 (=5)	1:08.8 (3)
DNS	–	Bob Loh	HKG	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
DNS	–	Amman Jalmaani	PHI	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)