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Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games:
Men's 100 metres Freestyle
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Host City: Ciudad de México, Mexico
Venue(s): Francisco Márquez Olympic Swimming Pool, Ciudad de México
Date Started: October 18, 1968
Date Finished: October 19, 1968
| Gold: |  Mike Wenden |
| Silver: |  Ken Walsh |
| Bronze: | Mark Spitz |
Summary
At the US Olympic Trials, Zac Zorn, 1967 Pan American Games silver medalist, had equalled the world record, posting 52.6. [Michael Wenden] of Australia was considered a long-shot, his best time prior to the Australian trials only 53.7, but he posted the fastest time in the heats and the semi-finals, equalling the Olympic record in the semis. Zorn took the lead at the turn but he had been sick all week in Mexico City, and faded badly on the final lap, finishing last among the finalists. Wenden finished very strongly to win the gold medal over Ken Walsh and Mark Spitz. Fourth place went to Bobby McGregor, the silver medalist from Tokyo who had won the 1966 European Championships.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Wenden | 18 | Australia | AUS | Gold | WR |
| 2 | Ken Walsh | 23 | United States | USA | Silver | |
| 3 | Mark Spitz | 18 | United States | USA | Bronze | |
| 4 | Bobby McGregor | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 5 | Leonid Ilyichov | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 6 | Georgijs Kuļikovs | 21 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 7 | Luis Nicolao | 24 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 8 | Zac Zorn | 21 | United States | USA | ||
| 3 h3 r2/3 | Michel Rousseau | 19 | France | FRA | ||
| 4 h1 r2/3 | Greg Rogers | 20 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 4 h2 r2/3 | Wolfgang Kremer | 22 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 4 h3 r2/3 | Bob Windle | 23 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | Sergey Gusev | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 5 h2 r2/3 | Lester Eriksson | 25 | Sweden | SWE | ||
| 5 h3 r2/3 | Sandy Gilchrist | 22 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 6 h1 r2/3 | Kunihiro Iwasaki | 24 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 6 h2 r2/3 | José Antonio Chicoy | 20 | Spain | ESP | ||
| 6 h3 r2/3 | Gábor Kucsera | 19 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 7 h1 r2/3 | Gary Goodner | 17 | Puerto Rico | PUR | ||
| 7 h2 r2/3 | François Simons | 21 | Belgium | BEL | ||
| 7 h3 r2/3 | Pietro Boscaini | 21 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 8 h1 r2/3 | Olaf, Baron von Schilling | 25 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 8 h2 r2/3 | Roosevelt Abdulgafur | 24 | Philippines | PHI | ||
| 8 h3 r2/3 | Mike Turner | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 2 h9 r1/3 | Masayuki Osawa | 22 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 3 h1 r1/3 | Bernard Gruener | 19 | France | FRA | ||
| 3 h6 r1/3 | Michele D'Oppido | 19 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 3 h9 r1/3 | Tony Jarvis | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 4 h1 r1/3 | Pano Capéronis | 21 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 4 h2 r1/3 | José Roberto Aranha | 17 | Brazil | BRA | ||
| 4 h3 r1/3 | Rafaél Cal | 18 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 4 h4 r1/3 | Csaba Csatlós | 18 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 4 h6 r1/3 | Gregorio Fiallo | 16 | Cuba | CUB | ||
| 4 h7 r1/3 | Luis Ayesa | 18 | Philippines | PHI | ||
| 4 h8 r1/3 | Glen Finch | 21 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 4 h9 r1/3 | Peter Schorning | 21 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 5 h1 r1/3 | Ørjan Madsen | 22 | Norway | NOR | ||
| 5 h2 r1/3 | Mario Santibáñez | 18 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 5 h3 r1/3 | Peter Schmid | 19 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 5 h4 r1/3 | Herman Verbauwen | 24 | Belgium | BEL | ||
| 5 h5 r1/3 | Carlos van der Maath | 22 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 5 h6 r1/3 | Geoffrey Ferreira | 18 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | ||
| 5 h7 r1/3 | Salvador Ruíz | 29 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 5 h8 r1/3 | José Ferraioli | 20 | Puerto Rico | PUR | ||
| 5 h9 r1/3 | Gérard Letast | 19 | France | FRA | ||
| 6 h1 r1/3 | Donnacha O'Dea | 20 | Ireland | IRL | ||
| 6 h2 r1/3 | Andrew Loh | 19 | Hong Kong | HKG | ||
| 6 h3 r1/3 | Wong Ronnie | 16 | Hong Kong | HKG | ||
| 6 h4 r1/3 | Federico Sicard | 18 | Colombia | COL | ||
| 6 h5 r1/3 | Angus Edghill | 22 | Barbados | BAR | ||
| 6 h6 r1/3 | Bob Loh | 22 | Hong Kong | HKG | ||
| 6 h7 r1/3 | Paul Nash | 25 | Jamaica | JAM | ||
| 6 h8 r1/3 | Ricardo González | 21 | Colombia | COL | ||
| 6 h9 r1/3 | Amnon Krauz | 16 | Israel | ISR | ||
| 7 h1 r1/3 | Lee Tong-Shing | 20 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | ||
| 7 h2 r1/3 | Luis Aguilar | 16 | Costa Rica | CRC | ||
| 7 h3 r1/3 | Fernando González | 18 | Ecuador | ECU | ||
| 7 h4 r1/3 | Yacoub Masboungi | 20 | Lebanon | LIB | ||
| 7 h5 r1/3 | Michael Goodner | 15 | Puerto Rico | PUR | ||
| 7 h7 r1/3 | José Martínez | 16 | Cuba | CUB | ||
| 7 h9 r1/3 | Gudmunður Gíslason | 27 | Iceland | ISL | ||
| 8 h1 r1/3 | José Alvarado | 15 | El Salvador | ESA | ||
| 8 h5 r1/3 | Salvador Vilanova | 15 | El Salvador | ESA | ||
| 8 h9 r1/3 | Ernesto Durón | 16 | El Salvador | ESA |
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