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

The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 20 and 21 October.^[1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. 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			57.3
2			59.1
3			1:00.0
4			1:00.7
5			1:00.9
6			1:02.2
7			1:06.5

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			59.7
2			1:00.3
3			1:00.5
4			1:00.8
5			1:02.3
6			1:03.1

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			58.7
2			59.3
3			59.4
4			59.8
5			1:01.0
6			1:02.0
7			1:06.4

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			58.1
2			59.7
3			1:00.1
4			1:01.6
5			1:02.8
6			1:03.3
7			1:10.5

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			58.5
2			1:00.0
3			1:00.6
4			1:00.6
5			1:00.6
6			1:02.2
7			1:06.5

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			59.2
2			59.6
3			59.8
4			1:01.7
5			1:02.3
6			1:04.0
7			1:10.1

Heat 7

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			59.3
2			59.9
3			1:00.7
4			1:00.9
5			1:01.7
6			1:05.2

Semifinals

Semifinals 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1				57.4
2				58.5
3				59.3
4		Avraham Melamed		59.6
5				59.9	Q
6				59.9
7				1:00.9
8		John Thurley		1:00.2

Semifinals 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1				58.0
2				59.0
3				59.5
4				59.6
5				59.9
6				1:00.3
7				1:00.5

Semifinals 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1				55.9
2				58.2
3				58.9
4				58.2
5				59.8
6				1.00.1	Q
7				1:00.8

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			55.9	OR
			56.4
			57.2
4			58.1
5			58.6
6			58.8
7			58.9
8			59.8

Key: OR = Olympic record

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Butterfly . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165133/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/SWI/mens-100-metres-butterfly.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 9 November 2016 . Sports Reference.