- Medalists
- Results Heats Final
- References
{{use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}{{SwimmingAt1968SummerOlympics}}The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place 24 October.[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool. Medalists| Mike Wenden|AUS|1968 Summer}} | | Don Schollander|USA|1968 Summer}} | | John Nelson|USA|1968 Summer}} |
ResultsHeatsHeat 1| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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| 1 | John Nelson | USA|1968 Summer}} | 1:59.5 | | 2 | Wolfgang Kremer | FRG|1968 Summer}} | 2:02.1 | | 3 | Mark Anderson | AUS|1968 Summer}} | 2:02.2 | | 4 | Noboru Waseda | JPN|1968 Summer}} | 2:03.4 | | 5 | Gary Goodner | PUR|1968 Summer}} | 2:06.6 | | 6 | Salvador Vilanova | ESA|1968 Summer}} | 2:14.6 |
Heat 2| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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| 1 | Mike Wenden | AUS|1968 Summer}} | 1:59.3 | | 2 | Bob Windle | AUS|1968 Summer}} | 2:01.0 | | 3 | Władysław Wojtakajtis | POL|1968 Summer}} | 2:06.0 | | 4 | Mátyás Borlói | HUN|1968 Summer}} | 2:06.5 | | 5 | Amnon Krauz | ISR|1968 Summer}} | 2:09.3 | | 6 | Gregorio Fiallo | CUB|1968 Summer}} | 2:10.5 |
Heat 3| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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| 1 | Sandy Gilchrist | CAN|1968 Summer}} | 2:01.8 | | 2 | Lester Eriksson | SWE|1968 Summer}} | 2:02.1 | | 3 | Gilles Moreau | FRA|1968 Summer}} | 2:02.7 | | 4 | Satoru Nakano | JPN|1968 Summer}} | 2:05.5 | | 5 | Federico Sicard | COL|1968 Summer}} | 2:11.1 | | 6 | José Martínez | CUB|1968 Summer}} | 2:16.1 |
Heat 4| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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| 1 | Don Schollander | USA|1968 Summer}} | 2:00.0 | | 2 | Luis Nicolao | ARG|1968 Summer}} | 2:01.8 | | 3 | Johan Schans | NED|1968 Summer}} | 2:04.1 | | 4 | Gunnar Larsson | SWE|1968 Summer}} | 2:04.9 | | 5 | Elt Drenth | NED|1968 Summer}} | 2:05.6 | | 6 | Georgijs Kuļikovs | URS|1968 Summer}} | 2:08.3 | | 7 | Ronnie Wong | HKG|1968 Summer}} | 2:15.0 | | 8 | Angus Edghill | BAR|1968 Summer}} | 2:19.1 |
Heat 5| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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| 1 | Steve Rerych | USA|1968 Summer}} | 2:00.6 | | 2 | Semyon Belits-Geyman | URS|1968 Summer}} | 2:01.2 | | 3 | Pano Capéronis | SUI|1968 Summer}} | 2:04.9 | | 4 | Ørjan Madsen | NOR|1968 Summer}} | 2:05.4 | | 5 | Ricardo González | COL|1968 Summer}} | 2:05.8 | | 6 | Tony Jarvis | GBR|1968 Summer}} | 2:09.3 | | 7 | Bob Loh | HKG|1968 Summer}} | 2:16.2 |
Heat 6| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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| 1 | Alain Mosconi | FRA|1968 Summer}} | 2:00.1 | | 2 | Leonid Ilyichov | URS|1968 Summer}} | 2:01.3 | | 3 | George Smith | CAN|1968 Summer}} | 2:03.2 | | 4 | Roosevelt Abdulgafur | PHI|1968 Summer}} | 2:04.8 | | 5 | Fernando González | ECU|1968 Summer}} | 2:07.3 | | 6 | Werner Krammel | FRG|1968 Summer}} | 2:07.9 | | 7 | Ramiro Benavides | GUA|1968 Summer}} | 2:11.7 | | 8 | José Alvarado | ESA|1968 Summer}} | 2:20.2 |
Heat 7| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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| 1 | Juan Carlos Bello | PER|1968 Summer}} | 2:01.3 | | 2 | Julio Arango | COL|1968 Summer}} | 2:03.1 | | 3 | Zbigniew Pacelt | POL|1968 Summer}} | 2:06.3 | | 4 | Jorge González | PUR|1968 Summer}} | 2:09.1 | | 5 | Csaba Csatlós | HUN|1968 Summer}} | 2:10.0 | | 6 | Gábor Kucsera | HUN|1968 Summer}} | 2:12.8 |
Heat 8| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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| 1 | Ralph Hutton | CAN|1968 Summer}} | 2:00.0 | | 2 | Olaf, Baron von Schilling | FRG|1968 Summer}} | 2:01.7 | | 3 | Tony Asamali | PHI|1968 Summer}} | 2:06.2 | | 4 | Ingvar Eriksson | SWE|1968 Summer}} | 2:10.0 | | 5 | Andrew Loh | HKG|1968 Summer}} | 2:15.8 |
Heat 9| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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| 1 | Michel Rousseau | FRA|1968 Summer}} | 2:01.5 | | 2 | Kunihiro Iwasaki | JPN|1968 Summer}} | 2:02.1 | | 3 | Aad Oudt | NED|1968 Summer}} | 2:06.6 | | 4 | Luis Ayesa | PHI|1968 Summer}} | 2:12.2 | | 5 | Ernesto Durón | ESA|1968 Summer}} | 2:24.1 |
Final| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | | Mike Wenden | {{FlagIOC|AUS|1968 Summer}} | 1:55.2 | OR | | Don Schollander | {{FlagIOC|USA|1968 Summer}} | 1:55.8 | | | John Nelson | {{FlagIOC|USA|1968 Summer}} | 1:58.1 | | | 4 | Ralph Hutton | {{FlagIOC|CAN|1968 Summer}} | 1:58.6 | | | 5 | Alain Mosconi | {{FlagIOC|FRA|1968 Summer}} | 1:59.1 | | | 6 | Bob Windle | {{FlagIOC|AUS|1968 Summer}} | 2:00.9 | | | 7 | Semyon Belits-Geiman | {{FlagIOC|URS|1968 Summer}} | 2:01.5 | |
Key: OR = Olympic record References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/SWI/mens-200-metres-freestyle.html |title=Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Freestyle |accessdate=4 November 2016 |work=Sports Reference}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions 200 m Freestyle Men}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming At The 1968 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 Metre Freestyle}} 1 : Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics |