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

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Men's 100 metre backstroke; at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez
Dates	21 October 1968 (heats & semifinals); 22 October 1968 (final)
Competitors	37 from 26 nations
Winning time	58.7 OR
Medalists
	← 1960 1972 →

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 21 and 22 October.^[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Dates21 October 1968 (heats & semifinals)
22 October 1968 (final)

Competitors37 from 26 nations

Winning time58.7 OR

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Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Larry Barbiere	United States	1:01.9
2	Franco Chino	Italy	1:02.0
3	Reinhard Blechert	West Germany	1:02.7
4	Luis Angel Acosta	Mexico	1:06.5
5	Friedrich Jokisch	El Salvador	1:13.7

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Roland Matthes	East Germany	1:01.0
2	Santiago Esteva	Spain	1:03.0
3	Ejvind Pedersen	Denmark	1:03.5
4	Yevgeny Spiridonov	Soviet Union	1:04.2
5	Jesús Cabrera	Spain	1:04.8
6	Eliseo Vidal	Cuba	1:06.4
7	Ronnie Wong	Hong Kong	1:11.3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Jim Shaw	Canada	1:01.8
2	Viktor Mazanov	Soviet Union	1:03.1
3	Roddy Jones	Great Britain	1:04.1
4	José Joaquín Santibáñez	Mexico	1:04.2
5	Herman Verbauwen	Belgium	1:04.6
6	Gary Goodner	Puerto Rico	1:06.3
7	Yacoub Masboungi	Lebanon	1:11.6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Charlie Hickcox	United States	1:01.1
2	Franco Del Campo	Italy	1:02.3
3	Danijel Vrhovšek	Yugoslavia	1:02.9
4	Joseph Jackson	Great Britain	1:03.0
5	Gerald Evard	Switzerland	1:05.8
6	Arturo Carranza	El Salvador	1:17.4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Yuriy Hromak	Soviet Union	1:03.2
2	Leonardo Baremboin	Argentina	1:04.0
3	László Cseh Sr.	Hungary	1:04.6
4	Hans Tegeback	Sweden	1:05.1
5	Jaime Rivera	Mexico	1:05.1
6	Francisco Ramis	Puerto Rico	1:07.2

Results

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Ronnie Mills	United States	1:01.8
2	Bob Schoutsen	Netherlands	1:02.8
3	Karl Byrom	Australia	1:03.2
4	Kishio Tanaka	Japan	1:04.0
5	César Filardi	Brazil	1:04.6
6	Antonio Cruz	Guatemala	1:11.8

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Charlie Hickcox	United States	1:01.6
2	Jim Shaw	Canada	1:01.9
3	Reinhard Blechert	West Germany	1:02.2
4	Yuriy Hromak	Soviet Union	1:02.4
5	Franco Chino	Italy	1:02.7
6	Danijel Vrhovšek	Yugoslavia	1:02.7
7	Joseph Jackson	Great Britain	1:02.8
8	Ejvind Pedersen	Denmark	1:03.6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Roland Matthes	East Germany	1:01.3
2	Larry Barbiere	United States	1:01.6
3	Ronnie Mills	United States	1:01.8
4	Franco Del Campo	Italy	1:02.1
5	Bob Schoutsen	Netherlands	1:02.1
6	Karl Byrom	Australia	1:02.3
7	Santiago Esteva	Spain	1:02.4
8	Viktor Mazanov	Soviet Union	1:02.5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Roland Matthes	East Germany	58.7	OR
	Charlie Hickcox	United States	1:00.2
	Ronnie Mills	United States	1:00.5
4	Larry Barbiere	United States	1:01.1
5	Jim Shaw	Canada	1:01.4
6	Bob Schoutsen	Netherlands	1:01.8
7	Reinhard Blechert	West Germany	1:01.9
8	Franco Del Campo	Italy	1:02.0