Men 100m Butterfly Swimming Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City, Mexico - Monday, 21st October - Gold Medal: Douglas Russel, United States
Final timegapLY
1. Douglas Albert RussellUSA United States55.9sOR422
2. Mark SpitzUSA United States56.4s+0.5s518
3. Ross WalesUSA United States57.2s+1.3s621
4. Vladimir NemshilovURS Soviet Union58.1s+2.2s119
5. Satoshi MaruyaJPN Japan58.6s+2.7s321
6. Yuri SuzdaltsevURS Soviet Union58.8s+2.9s722
7. Lutz StoklasaFRG West Germany58.9s+3.0s218
8. Robert CusackAUS Australia59.8s+3.9s817
Alberca Olimpica Fransisco Marquez. 49 competitors from 29 nations.
1972 Men 100m ButterflyMen 100m Butterfly HistoryNew Event
World Record: Mark Spitz, United Statres 55.6s Long Beach, United States 30th August 1968
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Semi-Finals - Sunday, 20th October

Best 8 times advanced to Final.
Heat S1 timegapLYRk
1. Mark SpitzUSA United States57.4s+1.5s4182.
2. Lutz StoklasaFRG West Germany58.5s+2.6s5185.
3. Joseph JacksonGBR Great Britain59.3s+3.4s6229.
4. Abraham MelamedISR Israel59.6s+3.7s32411.
5. Werner FreitagFRG West Germany59.9s+4.0s72214.
6. Bo WestergrenSWE Sweden59.9s+4.0s21814.
7. Jose FerraioliPUR Puerto Rico1:00.9+5.0s12021.
8. John ThurleyGBR Great Britain1:01.2+5.3s82022.
Heat S2 timegapLYRk
1. Satoshi MaruyaJPN Japan58.0s+2.1s3213.
2. Vladimir NemshilovURS Soviet Union59.0s+3.1s4197.
4. Robert CusackAUS Australia59.2s+3.3s5178.
3. Martin WoodroffeGBR Great Britain59.5s+3.6s51810.
5. Karl ErikssonSWE Sweden59.9s+4.0s72414.
6. Antonio AttanasioITA Italy1:00.3+4.4s61818.
7. Ron JacksCAN Canada1:00.5+4.6s12019.
-. Luis NicolaoARG ArgentinaDNS -24-.
Heat S3 timegapLYRk
1. Douglas Albert RussellUSA United States55.9sOR3221.
2. Ross WalesUSA United States58.2s+2.3s4214.
3. Yuri SuzdaltsevURS Soviet Union58.9s+3.0s2226.
4. Toomas ArusooCAN Canada59.6s+3.7s22011.
5. Yasuo TakadaJPN Japan59.8s+3.9s61813.
6. Gary GoodnerPUR Puerto Rico1:00.1+4.2s11717.
7. Angelo TozziITA Italy1:00.8+4.9s71920.
-. Arturo Lang-LentonESP SpainDNS -19-.

Heats - Sunday, 20th October

Best 24 times advanced to Semi-Final.
Heat 1 timegapLYRk
1. Douglas Albert RussellUSA United States57.3sOR4221.
2. Vladimir NemshilovURS Soviet Union59.1s+1.8s1195.
3. Antonio AttanasioITA Italy1:00.0+2.7s31816.
4. John ThurleyGBR Great Britain1:00.7+3.4s62024.
5. Aris CaperonisSUI Switzerland1:00.9+3.6s71827.
6. Joseph MeytenBEL Belgium1:02.2+4.9s22134.
7. Andrew LohHKG Hong Kong1:06.5+9.2s51944.
Heat 2 timegapLYRk
1. Joseph JacksonGBR Great Britain59.7s+2.4s32211.
2. Gary GoodnerPUR Puerto Rico1:00.3+3.0s21719.
3. Ron JacksCAN Canada1:00.5+3.2s42020.
4. Sergei KonovURS Soviet Union1:00.8+3.5s72026.
5. Joao Reynaldo Costa Lima NetoBRA Brazil1:02.3+5.0s52136.
6. Ramiro BenavidesGUA Guatemala1:03.1+5.8s61439.
-. Geoffrey FerreiraTRI Trinidad TobaDNS -18-.
Heat 3 timegapLYRk
1. Ross WalesUSA United States58.7s+1.4s5214.
2. Yuri SuzdaltsevURS Soviet Union59.3s+2.0s2227.
3. Abraham MelamedISR Israel59.4s+2.1s4249.
4. Horst-Gunter GregorGDR East Germany59.8s+2.5s13013.
5. Istvan SzentirmayHUN Hungary1:01.0+3.7s71929.
6. Leroy GoffPHI Philippines1:02.0+4.7s32233.
7. Salvador Antonio VilanovaESA El Salvador1:06.4+9.1s61543.
Heat 4 timegapLYRk
1. Satoshi MaruyaJPN Japan58.1s+0.8s1212.
2. Martin WoodroffeGBR Great Britain59.7s+2.4s31811.
3. Werner FreitagFRG West Germany1:00.1+2.8s72218.
4. Graham DunnAUS Australia1:01.6+4.3s61830.
5. Donnacha Niallan O'DeaIRL Ireland1:02.8+5.5s42038.
6. Gudmundur GislassonISL Iceland1:03.3+6.0s52740.
7. Friedrich Jokisch ArguelloESA El Salvador1:10.5+13.2s21547.
Heat 5 timegapLYRk
1. Mark SpitzUSA United States58.5s+1.2s4183.
2. Yasuo TakadaJPN Japan1:00.0+2.7s71816.
3. Jose FerraioliPUR Puerto Rico1:00.6+3.3s62021.
4. Angelo TozziITA Italy1:00.6+3.3s11921.
5. Karl ErikssonSWE Sweden1:00.6+3.3s22421.
6. Tomas Alberto BecerraCOL Colombia1:02.2+4.9s31534.
7. Robert LohHKG Hong Kong1:06.5+9.2s52244.
Heat 6 timegapLYRk
1. Lutz StoklasaFRG West Germany59.2s+1.9s2186.
2. Robert CusackAUS Australia59.6s+2.3s31710.
3. Toomas ArusooCAN Canada59.8s+2.5s62013.
4. Mario SantibanezMEX Mexico1:01.7+4.4s41831.
5. Peter FeilSWE Sweden1:02.3+5.0s52136.
6. Maximiliano AguilarMEX Mexico1:04.0+6.7s71841.
7. Ruben Ernesto GuerreroESA El Salvador1:10.1+12.8s11346.
Heat 7 timegapLYRk
1. Luis NicolaoARG Argentina59.3s+2.0s4247.
2. Bo WestergrenSWE Sweden59.9s+2.6s71815.
3. Arturo Lang-LentonESP Spain1:00.7+3.4s61924.
4. Eduardo OrejuelaECU Ecuador1:00.9+3.6s51627.
5. Giampiero FossatiITA Italy1:01.7+4.4s32431.
6. Tong-Shing LeeTPE Taiwan1:05.2+7.9s22042.
-. Laszlo CsehHUN HungaryDNS -16-.
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