Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke
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The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1968 Olympic Games
took place October 25. This swimming
event used backstroke
. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
Key: OR = Olympic record
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...
took place October 25. 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 backstroke
Backstroke
The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...
. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
Medalists
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Roland Matthes Roland Matthes Roland Matthes is a German Olympic backstroke swimmer.-Swimming career:Roland Matthes is the most successful backstroke swimmer of all times. In a period of seven years he won all backstroke competitions he entered... |
2:09.6 | OR | |
 |
Mitchell Ivey Mitchell Ivey Mitchell Ivey is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the Men's 200m Backstroke at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Four years later in Munich he captured the bronze medal in the same event.-References:... |
2:10.6 | ||
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Jack Horsley Jack Horsley Jack S. Horsley, MD is a former American swimmer. Horsley won a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.... |
2:10.9 | ||
| 4 | Gary Hall, Sr. Gary Hall, Sr. Gary Wayne Hall, Sr. is an American ophthalmologist who practiced in Phoenix, Arizona who became famous during the late 1960s and the 1970s, as an Olympic swimmer for the United States.... |
2:12.6 | ||
| 5 | Santiago Esteva | 2:12.9 | ||
| 6 | Leonid Dobroskokin | 2:15.4 | ||
| 7 | Joachim Röther | 2:15.8 | ||
| 8 | Franco Del Campo | 2:16.5 |
Key: OR = Olympic record