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Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games:
Men's 100 metres Backstroke Round One
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Host City: Ciudad de México, Mexico
Location: Francisco Márquez Olympic Pool
Date Started: October 21, 1968
Date Finished: October 21, 1968
Format: Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: |  Roland Matthes |
| Silver: |  Charlie Hickcox |
| Bronze: | Ronnie Mills |
Round One Heat One
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Barbiere | 17 | United States | USA | 1:01.9 | QU |
| 2 | Franco Chino | 20 | Italy | ITA | 1:02.0 | QU |
| 3 | Reinhard Blechert | 21 | West Germany | FRG | 1:02.7 | QU |
| 4 | Luis Angel Acosta | 20 | Mexico | MEX | 1:06.5 | |
| 5 | Friedrich Jokisch | 15 | El Salvador | ESA | 1:13.7 |
Round One Heat Two
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roland Matthes | 17 | East Germany | GDR | 1:01.0 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Santiago Esteva | 16 | Spain | ESP | 1:03.0 | QU |
| 3 | Ejvind Pedersen | 18 | Denmark | DEN | 1:03.5 | QU |
| 4 | Yevgeny Spiridonov | 21 | Soviet Union | URS | 1:04.2 | |
| 5 | Jesús Cabrera | 22 | Spain | ESP | 1:04.8 | |
| 6 | Eliseo Vidal | 17 | Cuba | CUB | 1:06.4 | |
| 7 | Wong Ronnie | 16 | Hong Kong | HKG | 1:11.3 |
Round One Heat Three
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Shaw | 18 | Canada | CAN | 1:01.8 | QU |
| 2 | Viktor Mazanov | 21 | Soviet Union | URS | 1:03.1 | QU |
| 3 | Roddy Jones | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:04.1 | |
| 4 | José Joaquín Santibáñez | 16 | Mexico | MEX | 1:04.2 | |
| 5 | Herman Verbauwen | 24 | Belgium | BEL | 1:04.6 | |
| 6 | Gary Goodner | 17 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 1:06.3 | |
| 7 | Yacoub Masboungi | 20 | Lebanon | LIB | 1:11.6 |
Round One Heat Four
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Hickcox | 21 | United States | USA | 1:01.1 | QU |
| 2 | Franco Del Campo | 19 | Italy | ITA | 1:02.3 | QU |
| 3 | Danijel Vrhovšek | 25 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 1:02.9 | QU |
| 4 | John Jackson | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:03.0 | QU |
| 5 | Gerald Evard | 20 | Switzerland | SUI | 1:05.8 | |
| 6 | Arturo Carranza | 15 | El Salvador | ESA | 1:17.4 |
Round One Heat Five
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yury Gromak | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | 1:03.2 | QU |
| 2 | Leonardo Baremboin | 18 | Argentina | ARG | 1:04.0 | |
| 3 | László Cseh, Sr. | 16 | Hungary | HUN | 1:04.6 | |
| 4 | Hans Tegeback | 18 | Sweden | SWE | 1:05.1 | |
| 5 | Jaime Rivera | 19 | Mexico | MEX | 1:05.1 | |
| 6 | Francisco Ramis | 17 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 1:07.2 |
Round One Heat Six
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronnie Mills | 17 | United States | USA | 1:01.8 | QU |
| 2 | Bob Schoutsen | 17 | Netherlands | NED | 1:02.8 | QU |
| 3 | Karl Byrom | 17 | Australia | AUS | 1:03.2 | QU |
| 4 | Kishio Tanaka | 22 | Japan | JPN | 1:04.0 | |
| 5 | César Filardi | 22 | Brazil | BRA | 1:04.6 | |
| 6 | Antonio Cruz | 16 | Guatemala | GUA | 1:11.8 |
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