Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Swimming at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place October 25.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldRoland Matthes
 East Germany
SilverMitch Ivey
 United States
BronzeJack Horsley
 United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Mitch Ivey  United States 2:11.3
2 Franco Del Campo  Italy 2:16.3
3 Franco Chino  Italy 2:19.5
4 José Joaquín Santibáñez  Mexico 2:20.7
5 Jim Shaw  Canada 2:21.0
6 Hans Ljungberg  Sweden 2:22.3
7 Tony Asamali  Philippines 2:30.0
8 Antonio Cruz  Guatemala 2:36.3

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Jack Horsley  United States 2:13.7
2 Reinhard Blechert  West Germany 2:16.5
3 Jaime Monzo  Spain 2:20.1

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Roland Matthes  East Germany 2:13.6
2 Santiago Esteva  Spain 2:15.8
3 Joachim Röther  East Germany 2:16.1
4 Ejvind Pedersen  Denmark 2:16.6
5 Karl Byrom  Australia 2:20.7
6 Eliseo Vidal  Cuba 2:21.3
7 Leonardo Baremboin  Argentina 2:25.2
8 Francisco Ramis  Puerto Rico 2:30.4

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Leonid Dobroskokin  Soviet Union 2:16.1
2 Bob Schoutsen  Netherlands 2:18.2
3 Jaime Rivera  Mexico 2:20.7
4 Lars Kraus Jensen  Denmark 2:22.5
5 Gerald Evard  Switzerland 2:24.7
6 Chan King-ming  Chinese Taipei 2:46.9

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Gary Hall Sr.  United States 2:16.2
2 Mátyás Borlói  Hungary 2:17.9
3 Rinus van Beek  Netherlands 2:21.2
4 Luis Angel Acosta  Mexico 2:24.0
5 Ronnie Wong  Hong Kong 2:38.6

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
Roland Matthes  East Germany 2:09.6 OR
Mitch Ivey  United States 2:10.6
Jack Horsley  United States 2:10.9
4 Gary Hall Sr.  United States 2:12.6
5 Santiago Esteva  Spain 2:12.9
6 Leonid Dobroskokin  Soviet Union 2:15.4
7 Joachim Röther  East Germany 2:15.8
8 Franco Del Campo  Italy 2:16.5

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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