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

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place between 18 and 19 October in the Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez.^{[1] [2]} This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:08.9
2			1:09.4
3			1:09.5
4			1:10.3
5			1:10.5
6			1:12.8
7			1:13.7

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:09.8
2			1:10.0
3			1:10.6
4			1:12.1
5			1:16.3
6			1:19.4

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:09.6
2			1:10.1
3			1:11.0
4			1:11.1
5			1:11.3
6			1:12.7
7			1:15.1

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:09.5
2			1:10.3
3			1:10.6
4			1:11.6
5			1:11.7
6			1:13.7
7			1:28.0

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:08.1
2			1:09.3
3			1:09.7
4			1:10.3
5			1:10.6
6			1:12.3

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:08.9
2			1:09.3
3			1:10.0
4			1:12.3
5			1:16.3
6			1:31.2

Semifinals

Heat Two

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:08.1
2			1:08.9
3			1:09.0
4			1:09.4
5			1:09.8
6			1:11.2
7			1:11.8
8				DQ

Heat Three

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:07.9
2			1:08.1
3			1:08.6
4			1:08.8
5			1:09.7
6			1:09.8
7			1:10.9
8			1:11.6	'

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			1:07.7	OR
			1:08.0
			1:08.0
4			1:08.1
5			1:08.4
6			1:08.6
7			1:08.7
8			1:09.7

Key: OR = Olympic record

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Breaststroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165309/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/SWI/mens-100-metres-breaststroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 November 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: 100 meters Breaststroke, Men . https://web.archive.org/web/20231017125714/http://www.olympedia.org/results/5914 . live . 17 October 2023 . 6 December 2023 . Olympedia.