Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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

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Gold Mike Burton
  United States
Silver Ralph Hutton
  Canada
Bronze Alain Mosconi
  France

Results

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Heats

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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

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Mike Burton   United States 4:09.0 OR
  Ralph Hutton   Canada 4:11.7
  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

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  1. ^ "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.