Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke

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Swimming at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Swimming pictogram.svg
Freestyle
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place between October 18 and October 19. This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Gold Don McKenzie
 United States
Silver Vladimir Kosinsky
 Soviet Union
Bronze Nikolai Pankin
 Soviet Union

Results

Heats

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Semifinals

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Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Don McKenzie  United States 1:07.7 OR
2 Vladimir Kosinsky  Soviet Union 1:08.0
3 Nikolai Pankin  Soviet Union 1:08.0
4 José Sylvio Fiolo  Brazil 1:08.1
5 Yevgeny Mikhaylov  Soviet Union 1:08.4
6 Ian O'Brien  Australia 1:08.6
7 Alberto Forelli  Argentina 1:08.7
8 Egon Henninger  East Germany 1:09.7

Key: OR = Olympic record

References