1968 Summer Olympics / Swimming

At the XIX. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , a total of 29 swimming competitions were held, 15 of them for men and 14 for women.

Men

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	OUT	Michael Wenden	52.2 s ( WR , OR )
2	United States	Kenneth Walsh	52.8 s
3	United States	Mark Spitz	53.0 s

200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	OUT	Michael Wenden	1: 55.2 min ( OR )
2	United States	Donald Schollander	1: 55.8 min
3	United States	John Nelson	1: 58.1 min

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Mike Burton	4: 09.0 min ( OR )
2	CAN	Ralph Hutton	4: 11.7 min
3	FRA	Alain Mosconi	4: 13.3 min

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Mike Burton	16: 38.9 min ( OR )
2	United States	John Kinsella	16: 57.3 min
3	OUT	Gregory Brough	17:04.7 min

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	GDR	Roland Matthes	58.7 s ( OR )
2	United States	Charles Hickcox	1: 00.2 min
3	United States	Ronald Mills	1: 00.5 min

200 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	GDR	Roland Matthes	2: 09.6 min ( OR )
2	United States	Mitchell lvey	2: 10.6 min
3	United States	Jack Horsley	2: 10.9 min

100 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Donald McKenzie	1: 07.7 min ( OR )
2	URS	Vladimir Ivanovich Kossinsky	1: 08.0 min
3	URS	Nikolai Pankin	1: 08.0 min

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	MEX	Felipe Múñoz	2: 28.7 min
2	URS	Vladimir Ivanovich Kossinsky	2: 29.2 min
3	United States	Brian Job	2: 29.9 min

100 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Douglas Russell	55.9 s
2	United States	Mark Spitz	56.4 s
3	United States	Ross Wales	57.2 s

200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Carl Robie	2: 08.7 min
2	GBR	Martyn Woodroffe	2: 09.0 min
3	United States	John Ferris	2: 09.3 min

200 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Charles Hickcox	2: 12.0 min ( OR )
2	United States	Gregory Buckingham	2: 13.0 min
3	United States	John Ferris	2: 13.3 min

400 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Charles Hickcox	4: 48.4 min
2	United States	Gary Hall Sr.	4: 48.7 min
3	FRG	Michael Holthaus	4: 51.4 min

4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Zachary Zorn Stephen Rerych Mark Spitz Kenneth Walsh	3: 31.7 min ( WR , OR )
2	URS	Semyon Beliz-Geiman Viktor Masanow Leonid Ilyichow Georgi Kulikow	3: 34.2 min
3	OUT	Gregory Roger Robert Cusack Robert Windle Michael Wenden	3: 34.7 min

4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	John Nelson Stephen Rerych Mark Spitz Donald Schollander	7: 52.3 min
2	OUT	Gregory Roger Graham White Robert Windle Michael Wenden	7: 53.7 min
3	URS	Vladimir Bure Semjon Beliz-Geiman Georgi Kulikow Leonid Ilyichov	8: 01.6 min

4 × 100 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Charles Hickcox Donald McKenzie Douglas Russell Kenneth Walsh	3: 54.9 min ( WR , OR )
2	GDR	Roland Matthes Egon Henninger Horst-Günter Gregor Frank Wiegand	3: 57.5 min
3	URS	Juri Gromak Vladimir Ivanovich Kossinsky Vladimir Nemschilow Leonid Ilyichov	4: 00.7 min

Women

100 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Jan Henne	1: 00.0 min
2	United States	Susan Pedersen	1: 00.3 min
3	United States	Linda Gustavson	1: 00.3 min

200 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Debbie Meyer	2: 10.5 min ( OR )
2	United States	Jan Henne	2: 11.0 min
3	United States	Jane Barkman	2: 11.2 min

400 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Debbie Meyer	4: 31.8 min ( OR )
2	United States	Linda Gustavson	4: 35.5 min
3	OUT	Karen Moras	4: 37.0 min

800 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Debbie Meyer	9: 24.0 min ( OR )
2	United States	Pamela Kruse	9.35.7 min
3	MEX	María Teresa Ramírez	9: 38.5 min

100 m back

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Kaye Hall	1: 06.2 min ( WR , OR )
2	CAN	Elaine Tanner	1: 06.7 min
3	United States	Jane Swagerty	1: 08.1 min

200 m back

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Lillian Watson	2: 24.8 min ( OR )
2	CAN	Elaine Tanner	2: 27.4 min
3	United States	Kaye Hall	2: 28.9 min

100 m chest

space	country	Athlete	time
1	YUG	Đurđica Bjedov	1: 15.8 min ( OR )
2	URS	Galina Prosumenschtschikowa	1: 15.9 min
3	United States	Sharon Wichman	1: 16.1 min

200 m chest

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Sharon Wichman	2: 44.4 min ( OR )
2	YUG	Đurđica Bjedov	2: 46.4 min
3	URS	Galina Prosumenschtschikowa	2: 47.0 min

100 m butterfly

space	country	Athlete	time
1	OUT	Lynette McClements	1: 05.5 min
2	United States	Ellie Daniel	1.05.8 min
3	United States	Susan Shields	1: 06.2 min

200 m butterfly

space	country	Athlete	time
1	NED	Ada Kok	2: 24.7 min ( OR )
2	GDR	Helga Lindner	2: 24.8 min
3	United States	Ellie Daniel	2: 25.9 min

200 m layers

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Claudia Kolb	2: 24.7 min ( OR )
2	United States	Susan Pedersen	2: 28.8 min
3	United States	Jan Henne	2: 31.4 min

400 m layers

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Claudia Kolb	5: 08.5 min ( OR )
2	United States	Lynette Vidali	5: 22.2 min
3	GDR	Sabine Steinbach	5.25.3 min

4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Jane Barkman Linda Gustavson Susan Pedersen Jan Henne	4: 02.5 min ( OR )
2	GDR	Martina Grunert Uta jewelry Roswitha Krause Gabriele Wetzko	4: 05.7 min
3	CAN	Angela Coughlan Marilyn Corson Elaine Tanner Marion Lay	4: 07.2 min

4 × 100 m layers

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Kaye Hall Cathy Ball Ellie Daniel Susan Pedersen	4: 28.3 min ( WR , OR )
2	OUT	Lynette Watson Judy Playfair Lynette McClements Janet Steinbeck	4: 30.0 min
3	FRG	Angelika Kraus Uta Frommater Heike Hustede Heidi Reineck	4: 36.4 min