Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly
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The men's 100 metre butterfly
event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between October 20 and 21. 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.
Key: OR = Olympic record
Butterfly stroke
The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...
event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between October 20 and 21. This swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
event used the butterfly stroke
Butterfly stroke
The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...
. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Medalists
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Douglas Russell Douglas Russell Douglas Albert Russell is an Olympic Champion butterfly swimmer from the United States, who won the first ever gold medal in the men's 100m butterfly - an event which made its debut at the 1968 Summer Olympics... |
55.9 | OR | |
 |
Mark Spitz Mark Spitz Mark Andrew Spitz is a retired American swimmer. He won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, an achievement only surpassed by Michael Phelps who won eight golds at the 2008 Olympics.... |
56.4 | ||
 |
Ross Wales Ross Wales Ross Elliott Wales is a former American swimmer. Wales won a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.-References:* , from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-11-30.... |
57.2 | ||
| 4 | Vladimir Nemshilov | 58.1 | ||
| 5 | Satoshi Maruya | 58.6 | ||
| 6 | Yury Suzdaltsev | 58.8 | ||
| 7 | Lutz Stocklasa | 58.9 | ||
| 8 | Robert Cusack Robert Cusack Robert Cusack was an Australian butterfly and freestyle swimmer of the 1960s and 1970s, who won a bronze medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.... |
59.8 |
Key: OR = Olympic record