Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke


The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place 25 October. This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Results

Heats

Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Mitch Ivey2:11.3
2Franco Del Campo2:16.3
3Franco Chino2:19.5
4José Joaquín Santibáñez2:20.7
5Jim Shaw2:21.0
6Hans Ljungberg2:22.3
7Tony Asamali2:30.0
8Antonio Cruz2:36.3

Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Jack Horsley2:13.7
2Reinhard Blechert2:16.5
3Jaime Monzó2:20.1

Heat 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Roland Matthes2:13.6
2Santiago Esteva2:15.8
3Joachim Röther2:16.1
4Ejvind Pedersen2:16.6
5Karl Byrom2:20.7
6Eliseo Vidal2:21.3
7Leonardo Baremboin2:25.2
8Francisco Ramis2:30.4

Heat 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Leonid Dobroskokin2:16.1
2Bob Schoutsen2:18.2
3Jaime Rivera2:20.7
4Lars Kraus Jensen2:22.5
5Gerald Evard2:24.7
6Chan King-ming2:46.9

Heat 5
RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Gary Hall Sr.2:16.2
2Mátyás Borlói2:17.9
3Rinus van Beek2:21.2
4Luis Angel Acosta2:24.0
5Ronnie Wong2:38.6

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Roland Matthes2:09.6OR
Mitch Ivey2:10.6
Jack Horsley2:10.9
4Gary Hall Sr.2:12.6
5Santiago Esteva2:12.9
6Leonid Dobroskokin2:15.4
7Joachim Röther2:15.8
8Franco Del Campo2:16.5

Key: OR = Olympic record