The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place 17 October. The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming two lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.

Results

Heats 4 fastest teams from each heat advance to the final

Heat 1

Rank Nation Swimmers Time Notes 1 Leonid Ilyichov (54.4) Sergey Gusev (54.7)Viktor Mazanov (54.6)Semyon Belits-Geiman (54.1) 3:37.8 Q 2 Glen Finch (57.5) George Smith (53.2)Ralph Hutton (54.8)Sandy Gilchrist (54.8) 3:40.3 Q 3 Mike Turner (55.5) Bobby McGregor (55.0)David Hembrow (55.8)Tony Jarvis (54.1) 3:40.4 Q 4 Kunihiro Iwasaki (55.8) Masayuki Osawa (54.5)Satoru Nakano (55.9)Teruhiko Kitani (55.6) 3:41.8 Q 5 José Antonio Chicoy (55.1) Juan Fortuny (56.3)Juan Martinez (56.2)Diego Martel (55.1) 3:42.7 6 Lester Eriksson (55.7) Ingvar Eriksson (55.9)Bo Westergren (56.1)Gunnar Larsson (56.2) 3:43.9 7 Julio Arango (56.0) Tomas Becerra (59.7)Federico Sicard (58.8)Ricardo González (57.0) 3:51.5 8 Salvador Vilanova (55.9) Rubén Guerrero (1:05.9)José Alvarado (1:02.4)Ernesto Durón (1:04.1) 4:08.3

Heat 2

Rank Nation Swimmers Time Notes 1 William Johnson (54.5) David Johnson (53.1)Michael Wall (54.0)Don Schollander (53.8) 3:35.4 Q 2 Greg Rogers (55.3) Robert Cusack (55.7)Bob Windle (53.9)Mike Wenden (53.1) 3:38.0 Q 3 Peter Schorning (55.1) Wolfgang Kremer (54.8)Olaf, Baron von Scholing (54.9)Hans Faßnacht (55.4) 3:40.2 Q 4 Frank Wiegand (55.4) Horst-Günter Gregor (54.4)Udo Poser (55.0)Lothar Gericke (55.7) 3:40.5 Q 5 Péter Lázár (56.0) István Szentirmay (56.0)Csaba Csatlós (55.9)Gábor Kucsera (54.5) 3:42.4 6 Salvador Ruíz (57.1) Mario Santibáñez (55.7)Eduardo Alanís (57.8)Rafaél Cal (55.5) 3:46.1 7 Jorge González (55.0) Michael Goodner (1:00.4)Gary Goodner (55.6)José Ferraioli (56.0) 3:47.0 8 Roosevelt Abdulgafur (59.7) Alman Jaamani (54.8)Tony Asamali (57.9)Luis Ayesa (55.4) 3:47.8

Final Rank Nation Swimmers Time Notes Zac Zorn (53.4) Stephen Rerych (52.8)Mark Spitz (52.7)Ken Walsh (52.8) 3:31.7 Semyon Belits-Geiman (54.7) Viktor Mazanov (54.0)Georgijs Kuļikovs (52.9)Leonid Ilyichov (52.6) 3:34.2 Greg Rogers (55.2) Robert Cusack (54.1)Bob Windle (53.7)Mike Wenden (51.7) 3:34.7 4 Mike Turner (55.5) Bobby McGregor (54.2)David Hembrow (55.4)Tony Jarvis (53.3) 3:38.4 5 Frank Wiegand (54.3) Horst-Günter Gregor (54.3)Udo Poser (55.4)Lothar Gericke (54.8) 3:38.8 6 Peter Schorning (54.5) Wolfgang Kremer (55.2)Olaf, Baron von Scholing (54.7)Hans Faßnacht (54.6) 3:39.0 7 Glen Finch (55.3) George Smith (55.3)Ralph Hutton (54.2)Sandy Gildchrist (54.4) 3:39.2 8 Kunihiro Iwasaki (55.3) Masayuki Osawa (55.4)Satoru Nakano (55.9)Teruhiko Kitani (54.9) 3:41.5

References

External links Men 4x100m Freestyle Relay Swimming Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City (MEX)