Men 100m Freestyle Swimming XVIII Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo, Japan - Monday, 12th October - Gold Medal: Donald Scholander, United States

Men 100m Freestyle Swimming XVIII Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo, Japan - Monday, 12th October - Gold Medal: Donald Scholander, United States

Final		time		gap	L	Y
1. Donald Schollander	United States	53.4s	OR		5	18
2. Robert McGregor	Great Britain	53.5s		+0.1s	2	20
3. Hans-Joachim Klein	UT Germany	54.0s		+0.6s	7	22
4. Gary Ilman	United States	54.0s		+0.6s	4	21
5. Alain Gottvalles	France	54.2s		+0.8s	3	22
6. Michael Mackay Austin	United States	54.5s		+1.1s	6	21
7. Gyula Dobai	Hungary	54.9s		+1.5s	8	26
8. Uwe Jacobsen	UT Germany	56.1s		+2.7s	1	24

66 Competitors from 34 Nations. Yoyogi National Gymansium.
1968 Men 100m Freestyle	Men 100m Freestyle History	1968 Men 100m Freestyle

World Record: Alain Gottvalles, France52.9s Budapest, Hungary 13 September 1964

Olympic Record: John Devitt, Australia 55.2s Rome, Italy 27th August 1960

Todor 66	index Swimming OG
index Tokyo 1964	index Swimming Tokyo 1964


Men 100m Freestyle	Women 100m Freestyle
Men 400m Freestyle	Women 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle
Men 200m Backstroke	Women 100m Backstroke
Men 200m Breaststroke	Women 200m Breaststroke
Men 200m Butterfly	Women 100m Butterfly
Men 400m Medley	Women 400m Medley
Men 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x100m Medley Relay	Women 4x100m Medley Relay

The world record holder was John Devitt, the 1960 gold medalist, but he had retired by 1964. The favorites were American Donald Schollander, whose best distance was 200 metres, not on the 1964 Olympic Program, and the wonderfully Scottish-named Robert McGregor. The final was led out by Mike Austin of the United States, who hit the far wall first. But Schollander closed by 60 metres and had a comfortable lead at 70 metres. Then McGregor came on fast, but could not quite catch Schollander, settling for the silver medal.
The bronze medal battle was very close between Hans-Joachim Klein] of Germany and America's Gary Ilman. They tied on official time at 54.0, and the unofficial electric timer also had them tied to the 1/100th of a second. But using the electric timer, Klein was faster by 1/1000th of a second, and the officials decided that was good enough to award him the bronze medal.

Semi-Finals (1/2) - Sunday, 11th October

Best 8 times advanced to Final.

Semi 1		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Gary Ilman	United States	53.9s	OR		4	21	1.
2. Michael Mackay Austin	United States	54.3s	Q	+0.4s	5	21	3.
3. Yukiaki Okabe	Japan	55.2s		+1.3s	6	23	11.
4. Daniel Sherry	Canada	55.5s		+1.6s	3	18	12.
5. Tadaharu Goto	Japan	55.6s		+1.7s	1	22	14.
6. Ronald Ron Kroon	Netherlands	55.7s		+1.8s	2	22	15.
7. Horst Loffler	UT Germany	56.0s		+2.1s	7	22	19.
8. Pietro Boscaini	Italy	56.1s		+2.2s	8	17	20.

Semi 2		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
2. Donald Schollander	United States	54.0s	Q	+0.1s	4	18	2.
2. Alain Gottvalles	France	54.3s	Q	+0.4s	3	22	3.
3. Uwe Jacobsen	UT Germany	54.8s	Q	+0.9s	2	24	7.
4. Per-Ola Lindberg	Sweden	55.1s		+1.2s	5	24	10.
5. Jindrich Vagner	Czechoslovakia	55.5s		+1.6s	6	21	12.
6. Gerard Gropaiz	France	55.7s		+1.8s	1	21	15.
7. Sandy Gilchrist	Canada	56.4s		+2.5s	8	18	21.
8. Robert Lord	Great Britain	56.5s		+2.6s	7	19	23.

Semi 3		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Robert Mcgregor	Great Britain	54.3s	Q	+0.4s	4	20	3.
2. Hans-Joachim Klein	UT Germany	54.4s	Q	+0.5s	3	22	6.
3. Gyula Dobai	Hungary	54.8s	Q	+0.9s	1	26	7.
4. David Dickson	Australia	54.9s		+1.0s	5	23	9.
5. Tatsuo Fujimoto	Japan	55.8s		+1.9s	7	24	17.
5. Vladimir Shuvalov	Soviet Union	55.8s		+1.9s	8	18	17.
7. Bengt Nordwall	Sweden	56.4s		+2.5s	2	23	21.
8. John Ryan	Australia	56.5s		+2.6s	6	20	23.

Heats - Monday, 12th October

Best 24 times advanced to Semi-Finals (1/2)>.

Heat 9		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Robert McGregor	Great Britain	54.7s	Q	+0.7s	1	20	3.
2. Bengt Nordwall	Sweden	55.6s	q	+1.6s	2	23	14.
3. Viktor Semchenkov	Soviet Union	56.2s		+2.2s	4	21	28.
4. Antal Szall	Hungary	56.8s		+2.8s	8	20	36.
4. Sergio De Gregorio	Italy	56.8s		+2.8s	6	18	36.
6. Phan Huu Dong	Vietnam	1:01.1		+7.1s	3	25	62.
7. Celestino Perez	Puerto Rico	1:01.3		+7.3s	7	16	65.
8. Haydar Shondjani	Iran	1:02.1		+8.1s	5	18	66.

Heat 8		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Jindrich Vagner	Czechoslovakia	55.5s	q	+1.5s	2	21	11.
1. Ronald Ron Kroon	Netherlands	55.5s	q	+1.5s	3	22	11.
3. Robert Lord	Great Britain	55.7s	q	+1.7s	5	19	17.
4. Jozsef Gulrich	Hungary	56.3s		+2.3s	6	22	31.
5. Tuomo Juhani Hamalainen	Finland	57.6s		+3.6s	8	19	46.
6. Salvador Ruiz	Mexico	58.8s		+4.8s	7	25	55.
7. Pano Caperonis	Switzerland	58.9s		+4.9s	4	17	56.

Heat 7		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Tatsuo Fujimoto	Japan	55.8s	q	+1.8s	8	24	18.
1. Gyula Dobai	Hungary	55.8s	Q	+1.8s	5	26	18.
1. Sandy Gilchrist	Canada	55.8s	q	+1.8s	6	18	18.
4. Gert Kolli	Austria	56.5s		+2.5s	4	24	35.
5. David Haller	Great Britain	57.7s		+3.7s	7	19	47.
6. Bertus Bert Sitters	Netherlands	58.1s		+4.1s	1	22	50.
6. Luis Paz Soldan	Peru	58.5s		+4.5s	2	19	51.
8. Robert Loh	Hong Kong	1:00.4		+6.4s	3	18	61.

Heat 6		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Daniel Sherry	Canada	55.2s	q	+1.2s	5	18	7.
1. Alain Gottvalles	France	55.2s	Q	+1.2s	2	22	7.
3. John Ryan	Australia	55.5s	q	+1.5s	1	20	11.
4. Horst Loffler	UT Germany	55.6s	q	+1.6s	6	22	14.
5. Vladimir Shuvalov	Soviet Union	55.9s	q	+1.9s	3	18	24.
6. Georges Welbes	Luxembourg	58.6s		+4.6s	7	20	52.
7. Hannu Pertti Vaahtoranta	Finland	58.7s		+4.7s	4	21	53.
8. Gudmundur Gislasson	Iceland	59.0s		+5.0s	8	23	57.

Heat 5		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Donald Schollander	United States	54.3s	Q	+0.3s	3	18	2.
2. Yukiaki Okabe	Japan	55.4s	q	+1.4s	4	23	10.
3. Uwe Jacobsen	UT Germany	55.6s	Q	+1.6s	2	24	14.
4. Petr Lohnicky	Czechoslovakia	56.4s		+2.4s	6	23	34.
5. Gerhard Wieland	Austria	56.8s		+2.8s	5	20	36.
6. Antonio Perez Cospedal	Spain	57.8s		+3.8s	1	19	49.
7. Mauri Fernandes Fonseca	Brazil	59.6s		+5.6s	7	23	59.

Heat 4		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Hans-Joachim Klein	UT Germany	55.3s	Q	+1.3s	3	22	9.
2. Peter Phelps	Australia	56.1s		+2.1s	2	19	26.
3. Lester Eriksson	Sweden	56.2s		+2.2s	6	21	28.
4. Yuri Sumtsov	Soviet Union	56.3s		+2.3s	5	20	31.
5. Francois Simons	Belgium	56.8s		+2.8s	4	17	36.
6. Carlos Van Der Math	Argentina	57.5s		+3.5s	1	18	45.
7. Nguyen Dinh Le	Vietnam	1:01.1		+7.1s	7	15	62.

Heat 3		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Per-Ola Lindberg	Sweden	55.1s	q	+1.1s	5	24	5.
2. Tadaharu Goto	Japan	55.8s	q	+1.8s	6	22	18.
2. Pietro Boscaini	Italy	55.8s	q	+1.8s	7	17	18.
4. Luis Nicolao	Argentina	56.1s		+2.1s	1	20	26.
5. Jose Miguel Espinosa Abando	Spain	57.4s		+3.4s	4	18	44.
6. Herlander Felga Ribeiro	Portugal	59.0s		+5.0s	2	21	57.
7. Somchai Limpichati	Thailand	59.8s		+5.8s	3	23	60.

Heat 2		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Michael Mackay Austin	United States	54.9s	Q	+0.9s	6	21	4.
2. David Dickson	Australia	55.1s	q	+1.1s	1	23	5.
3. Jean-Pascal Curtillet	France	56.2s		+2.2s	5	22	28.
4. Matti Juhani Kasvio	Finland	56.3s		+2.3s	4	20	31.
5. Alvaro Roberto D'avila Pires	Brazil	56.8s		+2.8s	2	23	36.
6. Teodoro Capriles	Venezuela	57.2s		+3.2s	7	19	43.
7. Thuan-Heng Tan	Malaysia	58.7s		+4.7s	3	16	53.

Heat 1		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Gary Ilman	United States	54.0s	OR		4	21	1.
2. Gerard Gropaiz	France	55.8s	q	+1.8s	2	21	18.
3. Athos P De Oliveira	Brazil	56.0s		+2.0s	6	21	25.
4. Levinus Willem Van Baalen	Netherlands	56.8s		+2.8s	1	22	36.
5. Bruno Bianchi	Italy	56.8s		+2.8s	5	21	36.
6. Ralph Hutton	Canada	57.7s		+3.7s	7	16	47.
7. Bong-Jo Kim	South Korea	1:01.2		+7.2s	3	18	64.

Final		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Donald Schollander	United States	53.4s	OR		5	18	1.
2. Robert McGregor	Great Britain	53.5s		+0.1s	2	20	2.
3. Hans-Joachim Klein	UT Germany	54.0s		+0.6s	7	22	3.
4. Gary Ilman	United States	54.0s		+0.6s	4	21	4.
5. Alain Gottvalles	France	54.2s		+0.8s	3	22	5.
6. Michael Mackay Austin	United States	54.5s		+1.1s	6	21	6.
7. Gyula Dobai	Hungary	54.9s		+1.5s	8	26	7.
8. Uwe Jacobsen	UT Germany	56.1s		+2.7s	1	24	8.
Semis		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Gary Ilman	United States	53.9s	OR		4	21	1.
2. Donald Schollander	United States	54.0s	Q	+0.1s	4	18	2.
1. Robert Mcgregor	Great Britain	54.3s	Q	+0.4s	4	20	3.
2. Michael Mackay Austin	United States	54.3s	Q	+0.4s	5	21	3.
2. Alain Gottvalles	France	54.3s	Q	+0.4s	3	22	3.
2. Hans-Joachim Klein	UT Germany	54.4s	Q	+0.5s	3	22	6.
3. Gyula Dobai	Hungary	54.8s	Q	+0.9s	1	26	7.
3. Uwe Jacobsen	UT Germany	54.8s	Q	+0.9s	2	24	7.
4. David Dickson	Australia	54.9s		+1.0s	5	23	9.
4. Per-Ola Lindberg	Sweden	55.1s		+1.2s	5	24	10.
3. Yukiaki Okabe	Japan	55.2s		+1.3s	6	23	11.
4. Daniel Sherry	Canada	55.5s		+1.6s	3	18	12.
5. Jindrich Vagner	Czechoslovakia	55.5s		+1.6s	6	21	12.
5. Tadaharu Goto	Japan	55.6s		+1.7s	1	22	14.
6. Gerard Gropaiz	France	55.7s		+1.8s	1	21	15.
6. Ronald Ron Kroon	Netherlands	55.7s		+1.8s	2	22	15.
5. Tatsuo Fujimoto	Japan	55.8s		+1.9s	7	24	17.
5. Vladimir Shuvalov	Soviet Union	55.8s		+1.9s	8	18	17.
7. Horst Loffler	UT Germany	56.0s		+2.1s	7	22	19.
8. Pietro Boscaini	Italy	56.1s		+2.2s	8	17	20.
7. Sandy Gilchrist	Canada	56.4s		+2.5s	8	18	21.
7. Bengt Nordwall	Sweden	56.4s		+2.5s	2	23	21.
8. Robert Lord	Great Britain	56.5s		+2.6s	7	19	23.
8. John Ryan	Australia	56.5s		+2.6s	6	20	23.
Heats		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Gary Ilman	United States	54.0s	OR		4	21	1.
1. Donald Schollander	United States	54.3s	Q	+0.3s	3	18	2.
1. Robert McGregor	Great Britain	54.7s	Q	+0.7s	1	20	3.
1. Michael Mackay Austin	United States	54.9s	Q	+0.9s	6	21	4.
2. David Dickson	Australia	55.1s	q	+1.1s	1	23	5.
1. Per-Ola Lindberg	Sweden	55.1s	q	+1.1s	5	24	5.
1. Daniel Sherry	Canada	55.2s	q	+1.2s	5	18	7.
1. Alain Gottvalles	France	55.2s	Q	+1.2s	2	22	7.
1. Hans-Joachim Klein	UT Germany	55.3s	Q	+1.3s	3	22	9.
2. Yukiaki Okabe	Japan	55.4s	q	+1.4s	4	23	10.
3. John Ryan	Australia	55.5s	q	+1.5s	1	20	11.
1. Jindrich Vagner	Czechoslovakia	55.5s	q	+1.5s	2	21	11.
1. Ronald Ron Kroon	Netherlands	55.5s	q	+1.5s	3	22	11.
3. Uwe Jacobsen	UT Germany	55.6s	Q	+1.6s	2	24	14.
4. Horst Loffler	UT Germany	55.6s	q	+1.6s	6	22	14.
2. Bengt Nordwall	Sweden	55.6s	q	+1.6s	2	23	14.
3. Robert Lord	Great Britain	55.7s	q	+1.7s	5	19	17.
2. Gerard Gropaiz	France	55.8s	q	+1.8s	2	21	18.
2. Tadaharu Goto	Japan	55.8s	q	+1.8s	6	22	18.
2. Pietro Boscaini	Italy	55.8s	q	+1.8s	7	17	18.
1. Tatsuo Fujimoto	Japan	55.8s	q	+1.8s	8	24	18.
1. Gyula Dobai	Hungary	55.8s	Q	+1.8s	5	26	18.
1. Sandy Gilchrist	Canada	55.8s	q	+1.8s	6	18	18.
5. Vladimir Shuvalov	Soviet Union	55.9s	q	+1.9s	3	18	24.
3. Athos P De Oliveira	Brazil	56.0s		+2.0s	6	21	25.
4. Luis Nicolao	Argentina	56.1s		+2.1s	1	20	26.
2. Peter Phelps	Australia	56.1s		+2.1s	2	19	26.
3. Jean-Pascal Curtillet	France	56.2s		+2.2s	5	22	28.
3. Lester Eriksson	Sweden	56.2s		+2.2s	6	21	28.
3. Viktor Semchenkov	Soviet Union	56.2s		+2.2s	4	21	28.
4. Matti Juhani Kasvio	Finland	56.3s		+2.3s	4	20	31.
4. Yuri Sumtsov	Soviet Union	56.3s		+2.3s	5	20	31.
4. Jozsef Gulrich	Hungary	56.3s		+2.3s	6	22	31.
4. Petr Lohnicky	Czechoslovakia	56.4s		+2.4s	6	23	34.
4. Gert Kolli	Austria	56.5s		+2.5s	4	24	35.
4. Levinus Willem Van Baalen	Netherlands	56.8s		+2.8s	1	22	36.
5. Bruno Bianchi	Italy	56.8s		+2.8s	5	21	36.
5. Alvaro Roberto D'avila Pires	Brazil	56.8s		+2.8s	2	23	36.
5. Francois Simons	Belgium	56.8s		+2.8s	4	17	36.
5. Gerhard Wieland	Austria	56.8s		+2.8s	5	20	36.
4. Antal Szall	Hungary	56.8s		+2.8s	8	20	36.
4. Sergio De Gregorio	Italy	56.8s		+2.8s	6	18	36.
6. Teodoro Capriles	Venezuela	57.2s		+3.2s	7	19	43.
5. Jose Miguel Espinosa Abando	Spain	57.4s		+3.4s	4	18	44.
6. Carlos Van Der Math	Argentina	57.5s		+3.5s	1	18	45.
5. Tuomo Juhani Hamalainen	Finland	57.6s		+3.6s	8	19	46.
6. Ralph Hutton	Canada	57.7s		+3.7s	7	16	47.
5. David Haller	Great Britain	57.7s		+3.7s	7	19	47.
6. Antonio Perez Cospedal	Spain	57.8s		+3.8s	1	19	49.
6. Bertus Bert Sitters	Netherlands	58.1s		+4.1s	1	22	50.
6. Luis Paz Soldan	Peru	58.5s		+4.5s	2	19	51.
6. Georges Welbes	Luxembourg	58.6s		+4.6s	7	20	52.
7. Thuan-Heng Tan	Malaysia	58.7s		+4.7s	3	16	53.
7. Hannu Pertti Vaahtoranta	Finland	58.7s		+4.7s	4	21	53.
6. Salvador Ruiz	Mexico	58.8s		+4.8s	7	25	55.
7. Pano Caperonis	Switzerland	58.9s		+4.9s	4	17	56.
6. Herlander Felga Ribeiro	Portugal	59.0s		+5.0s	2	21	57.
8. Gudmundur Gislasson	Iceland	59.0s		+5.0s	8	23	57.
7. Mauri Fernandes Fonseca	Brazil	59.6s		+5.6s	7	23	59.
7. Somchai Limpichati	Thailand	59.8s		+5.8s	3	23	60.
8. Robert Loh	Hong Kong	1:00.4		+6.4s	3	18	61.
7. Nguyen Dinh Le	Vietnam	1:01.1		+7.1s	7	15	62.
6. Phan Huu Dong	Vietnam	1:01.1		+7.1s	3	25	62.
7. Bong-Jo Kim	South Korea	1:01.2		+7.2s	3	18	64.
7. Celestino Perez	Puerto Rico	1:01.3		+7.3s	7	16	65.
8. Haydar Shondjani	Iran	1:02.1		+8.1s	5	18	66.
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