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

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.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:01.9
2			1:02.0
3			1:02.7
4			1:06.5
5			1:13.7

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:01.0
2			1:03.0
3			1:03.5
4			1:04.2
5			1:04.8
6			1:06.4
7			1:11.3

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:01.8
2			1:03.1
3			1:04.1
4			1:04.2
5			1:04.6
6			1:06.3
7			1:11.6

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:01.1
2			1:02.3
3			1:02.9
4			1:03.0
5			1:05.8
6			1:17.4

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:03.2
2			1:04.0
3			1:04.6
4			1:05.1
5			1:05.1
6			1:07.2

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:01.8
2			1:02.8
3			1:03.2
4			1:04.0
5			1:04.6
6			1:11.8

Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:01.6
2			1:01.9
3			1:02.2
4			1:02.4
5			1:02.7
6			1:02.7
7			1:02.8
8			1:03.6

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:01.3
2			1:01.6
3			1:01.8
4			1:02.1
5	Bob Schoutsen		1:02.1
6			1:02.3
7			1:02.4
8			1:02.5

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			58.7	OR
			1:00.2
			1:00.5
4			1:01.1
5			1:01.4
6			1:01.8
7			1:01.9
8			1:02.0

Key: OR = Olympic record

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165523/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/SWI/mens-100-metres-backstroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 6 November 2016 . Sports Reference.