The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 22 and 23 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 eight lengths of the pool.
Medalists edit
| Gold | Mike Burton United States
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| Silver | Ralph Hutton Canada
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| Bronze | Alain Mosconi France
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Results edit
Heats edit
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Nelson |  United States |
4:18.7 | |
| 2 | Francis Luyce |  France |
4:30.3 | |
| 3 | Władysław Wojtakajtis |  Poland |
4:31.1 | |
| 4 | Mátyás Borlói |  Hungary |
4:35.4 | |
| 5 | Gregorio Fiallo |  Cuba |
4:41.5 | |
| 6 | Michael Goodner |  Puerto Rico |
5:00.2 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graham White |  Australia |
4:17.0 | |
| 2 | Semyon Belits-Geyman |  Soviet Union |
4:22.7 | |
| 3 | Guillermo Echevarría |  Mexico |
4:24.0 | |
| 4 | Julio Arango |  Colombia |
4:25.8 | |
| 5 | Alfred Müller |  East Germany |
4:26.4 | |
| 6 | Csaba Csatlós | Hungary |
4:47.6 | |
| 7 | Bob Loh |  Hong Kong |
5:10.1 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Burton | United States |
4:19.3 | |
| 2 | Greg Brough | Australia |
4:19.6 | |
| 3 | Jean-François Ravelinghien | France |
4:30.7 | |
| 4 | Werner Krammel | West Germany |
4:34.0 | |
| 5 | Jorge Urreta | Mexico |
4:34.3 | |
| 6 | Ronnie Wong | Hong Kong |
5:05.7 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Mosconi | France |
4:19.0 | |
| 2 | Greg Rogers | Australia |
4:22.7 | |
| 3 | Akhmed Anarbayev | Soviet Union |
4:35.1 | |
| 4 | Fernando González |  Ecuador |
4:35.3 | |
| 5 | Friedrich Jokisch |  El Salvador |
5:09.2 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ralph Hutton |  Canada |
4:21.0 | |
| 2 | Gunnar Larsson |  Sweden |
4:25.0 | |
| 3 | Pano Capéronis |  Switzerland |
4:31.4 | |
| 4 | Ørjan Madsen |  Norway |
4:31.8 | |
| 5 | Sven von Holst | Sweden |
4:35.0 | |
| 6 | Tony Asamali |  Philippines |
4:47.6 | |
| 7 | Andrew Loh | Hong Kong |
5:03.6 |
Heat 6
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brent Berk | United States |
4:20.2 | |
| 2 | Hans Faßnacht | West Germany |
4:20.7 | |
| 3 | Juan Alanís | Mexico |
4:27.4 | |
| 4 | Ron Jacks | Canada |
4:29.4 | |
| 5 | Jorge González | Puerto Rico |
4:38.1 | |
| 6 | Rubén Guerrero | El Salvador |
4:50.8 |
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mike Burton | United States |
4:09.0 | OR |
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Ralph Hutton | Canada |
4:11.7 | |
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Alain Mosconi | France |
4:13.3 | |
| 4 | Greg Brough | Australia |
4:15.9 | |
| 5 | Graham White | Australia |
4:16.7 | |
| 6 | John Nelson | United States |
4:17.2 | |
| 7 | Hans Faßnacht | West Germany |
4:18.1 | |
| 8 | Brent Berk | United States |
4:26.0 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References edit
- ^ "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2016.