 In addition, Spitz finished second to fellow American Doug Russell in the 100-meter butterfly.He lost to Russell by a half second, despite holding the world record and having beaten Russell the previous ten times they had swum against each other that year.Russell did briefly match Spitz's world record in late August 1967, holding the record equally with Spitz for five days before Spitz regained it solely on October 2, 1967.