Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
Introduction The '''men's 100 metre backstroke''' event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 21 and 22 October. This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Medalists
Results ===Heats==='''Heat 1''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Larry Barbiere    1:01.9   2  Franco Chino    1:02.0   3  Reinhard Blechert    1:02.7   4  Luis Angel Acosta    1:06.5   5  Friedrich Jokisch    1:13.7  '''Heat 2''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Roland Matthes    1:01.0   2  Santiago Esteva    1:03.0   3  Ejvind Pedersen    1:03.5   4  Yevgeny Spiridonov    1:04.2   5  Jesús Cabrera    1:04.8   6  Eliseo Vidal    1:06.4   7  Ronnie Wong    1:11.3  '''Heat 3''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Jim Shaw    1:01.8   2  Viktor Mazanov    1:03.1   3  Roddy Jones    1:04.1   4  José Joaquín Santibáñez    1:04.2   5  Herman Verbauwen    1:04.6   6  Gary Goodner    1:06.3   7  Yacoub Masboungi    1:11.6  '''Heat 4''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Charlie Hickcox    1:01.1   2  Franco Del Campo    1:02.3   3  Danijel Vrhovšek    1:02.9   4  Joseph Jackson    1:03.0   5  Gerald Evard    1:05.8   6  Arturo Carranza    1:17.4  '''Heat 5''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Yuriy Hromak    1:03.2   2  Leonardo Baremboin    1:04.0   3  László Cseh Sr.    1:04.6   4  Hans Tegeback    1:05.1   5  Jaime Rivera    1:05.1   6  Francisco Ramis    1:07.2  '''Heat 6''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Ronnie Mills    1:01.8   2  Bob Schoutsen    1:02.8   3  Karl Byrom    1:03.2   4  Kishio Tanaka    1:04.0   5  César Filardi    1:04.6   6  Antonio Cruz    1:11.8  ===Semifinals==='''Heat 1''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Charlie Hickcox    1:01.6   2  Jim Shaw    1:01.9	  3  Reinhard Blechert    1:02.2   4  Yuriy Hromak    1:02.4   5  Franco Chino    1:02.7   6  Danijel Vrhovšek    1:02.7   7  Joseph Jackson    1:02.8  8  Ejvind Pedersen    1:03.6	  '''Heat 2''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Roland Matthes    1:01.3   2  Larry Barbiere    1:01.6   3  Ronnie Mills    1:01.8    4  Franco Del Campo    1:02.1    5  Bob Schoutsen   1:02.1   6  Karl Byrom    1:02.3  7  Santiago Esteva    1:02.4    8  Viktor Mazanov    1:02.5  ===Final=== Rank  Athlete Country  Time  Notes  1  Roland Matthes   58.7  '''OR'''  2 Charlie Hickcox   1:00.2  '''  '''  3  Ronnie Mills   1:00.5  ''' ''' 4  Larry Barbiere   1:01.1  ''' ''' 5   Jim Shaw   1:01.4  ''' ''' 6   Bob Schoutsen   1:01.8  ''' ''' 7  Reinhard Blechert   1:01.9  ''' ''' 8  Franco Del Campo   1:02.0  ''' ''''''Key''': OR = Olympic record
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