Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Introduction The '''men's 4×100 metre freestyle relay''' event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place 17 October. The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming two lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.
Medalists  Zac ZornStephen RerychMark SpitzKen Walsh  William Johnson* David Johnson* Michael Wall* Don Schollander* Georgijs KuļikovsViktor MazanovSemyon Belits-GeimanLeonid Ilyichov Sergey Gusev* Greg RogersRobert CusackBob WindleMichael Wenden''*swimmers who participated in heats''
Results ===Heats===4 fastest teams from each heat advance to the final'''Heat 1''' Rank Nation Swimmers  Time  Notes  1   Leonid Ilyichov (54.4) Sergey Gusev (54.7)Viktor Mazanov (54.6)Semyon Belits-Geiman (54.1)  3:37.8  '''Q''' 2   Glen Finch (57.5) George Smith (53.2)Ralph Hutton (54.8)Sandy Gilchrist (54.8)  3:40.3  '''Q''' 3   Mike Turner (55.5) Bobby McGregor (55.0)David Hembrow (55.8)Tony Jarvis (54.1)  3:40.4  '''Q''' 4   Kunihiro Iwasaki (55.8) Masayuki Osawa (54.5)Satoru Nakano (55.9)Teruhiko Kitani (55.6)  3:41.8  '''Q''' 5   José Antonio Chicoy (55.1) Juan Fortuny (56.3)Juan Martinez (56.2)Diego Martel (55.1)  3:42.7   6   Lester Eriksson (55.7) Ingvar Eriksson (55.9)Bo Westergren (56.1)Gunnar Larsson (56.2)  3:43.9   7   Julio Arango (56.0) Tomas Becerra (59.7)Federico Sicard (58.8)Ricardo González (57.0)  3:51.5   8   Salvador Vilanova (55.9) Rubén Guerrero (1:05.9)José Alvarado (1:02.4)Ernesto Durón (1:04.1)  4:08.3  '''Heat 2''' Rank Nation Swimmers  Time  Notes  1   William Johnson (54.5) David Johnson (53.1)Michael Wall (54.0)Don Schollander (53.8)  3:35.4  '''Q''' 2   Greg Rogers (55.3) Robert Cusack (55.7)Bob Windle (53.9)Mike Wenden (53.1)  3:38.0  '''Q''' 3   Peter Schorning (55.1) Wolfgang Kremer (54.8)Olaf, Baron von Scholing (54.9)Hans Faßnacht (55.4)  3:40.2  '''Q''' 4   Frank Wiegand (55.4) Horst-Günter Gregor (54.4)Udo Poser (55.0)Lothar Gericke (55.7)  3:40.5  '''Q''' 5   Péter Lázár (56.0) István Szentirmay (56.0)Csaba Csatlós (55.9)Gábor Kucsera (54.5)  3:42.4   6   Salvador Ruíz (57.1) Mario Santibáñez (55.7)Eduardo Alanís (57.8)Rafaél Cal (55.5)  3:46.1   7   Jorge González (55.0) Michael Goodner (1:00.4)Gary Goodner (55.6)José Ferraioli (56.0)  3:47.0   8   Roosevelt Abdulgafur (59.7) Alman Jaamani (54.8)Tony Asamali (57.9)Luis Ayesa (55.4)  3:47.8  ===Final=== Rank  Nation  Swimmers  Time  Notes     Zac Zorn (53.4) Stephen Rerych (52.8)Mark Spitz (52.7)Ken Walsh (52.8)  3:31.7      Semyon Belits-Geiman (54.7) Viktor Mazanov (54.0)Georgijs Kuļikovs (52.9)Leonid Ilyichov (52.6)  3:34.2      Greg Rogers (55.2) Robert Cusack (54.1)Bob Windle (53.7)Mike Wenden (51.7)  3:34.7   4   Mike Turner (55.5) Bobby McGregor (54.2)David Hembrow (55.4)Tony Jarvis (53.3)  3:38.4   5   Frank Wiegand (54.3) Horst-Günter Gregor (54.3)Udo Poser (55.4)Lothar Gericke (54.8)  3:38.8   6   Peter Schorning (54.5) Wolfgang Kremer (55.2)Olaf, Baron von Scholing (54.7)Hans Faßnacht (54.6)  3:39.0   7   Glen Finch (55.3) George Smith (55.3)Ralph Hutton (54.2)Sandy Gildchrist (54.4)  3:39.2   8   Kunihiro Iwasaki (55.3) Masayuki Osawa (55.4)Satoru Nakano (55.9)Teruhiko Kitani (54.9)  3:41.5
References
External links * Men 4x100m Freestyle Relay Swimming Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City (MEX)