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100 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	11 – 12 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo, Shibuya, Tokyo
Participants	66 from 33 countries

The world record holder was John Devitt, the 1960 gold medalist, but he had retired by 1964. The favorites were American Don Schollander, whose best distance was 200 metres, not on the 1964 Olympic Program, and the wonderfully Scottish-named Bobby 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.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Don Schollander	USA	54.3 (1 h5)	54.0 (1 h2)	53.4 (1)	Gold
2	Bobby McGregor	GBR	54.7 (1 h9)	54.3 (1 h3)	53.5 (2)	Silver
3	Hans-Joachim Klein	GER	55.3 (1 h4)	54.4 (2 h3)	54.0 (3)	Bronze
4	Gary Ilman	USA	54.0 (1 h1)	53.9 (1 h1)	54.0 (4)
5	Alain Gottvallès	FRA	55.2 (2 h6)	54.3 (2 h2)	54.2 (5)
6	Mike Austin	USA	54.9 (1 h2)	54.3 (2 h1)	54.5 (6)
7	Gyula Dobay	HUN	55.8 (2 h7)	54.8 (3 h3)	54.9 (7)
8	Uwe Jacobsen	GER	55.6 (3 h5)	54.8 (3 h2)	56.1 (8)
9	David Dickson	AUS	55.1 (2 h2)	54.9 (4 h3)	–
10	Per-Ola Lindberg	SWE	55.1 (1 h3)	55.1 (4 h2)	–
11	Yukiaki Okabe	JPN	55.4 (2 h5)	55.2 (3 h1)	–
=12	Dan Sherry	CAN	55.2 (1 h6)	55.5 (4 h1)	–
=12	Jindřich Vágner	TCH	55.5 (1 h8)	55.5 (5 h2)	–
14	Tadaharu Goto	JPN	55.8 (2 h3)	55.6 (5 h1)	–
=15	Gérard Gropaiz	FRA	55.8 (2 h1)	55.7 (6 h2)	–
=15	Ron Kroon	NED	55.5 (2 h8)	55.7 (6 h1)	–
=17	Tatsuo Fujimoto	JPN	55.8 (1 h7)	55.8 (6 h3)	–
=17	Vladimir Shuvalov	URS	55.9 (5 h6)	55.8 (5 h3)	–
19	Horst Löffler	GER	55.6 (4 h6)	56.0 (7 h1)	–
20	Pietro Boscaini	ITA	55.8 (3 h3)	56.1 (8 h1)	–
=21	Sandy Gilchrist	CAN	55.8 (3 h7)	56.4 (7 h2)	–
=21	Bengt Nordwall	SWE	55.6 (2 h9)	56.4 (7 h3)	–
=23	John Ryan	AUS	55.5 (3 h6)	56.5 (8 h3)	–
=23	Bob Lord	GBR	55.7 (3 h8)	56.5 (8 h2)	–
25	Athos de Oliveira Júnior	BRA	56.0 (3 h1)	–	–
=26	Luis Nicolao	ARG	56.1 (4 h3)	–	–
=26	Peter Phelps	AUS	56.1 (2 h4)	–	–
=28	Jean-Pascal Curtillet	FRA	56.2 (3 h2)	–	–
=28	Lester Eriksson	SWE	56.2 (3 h4)	–	–
=28	Viktor Semchenko	URS	56.2 (3 h9)	–	–
=31	Matti Kasvio	FIN	56.3 (4 h2)	–	–
=31	József Gulrich	HUN	56.3 (4 h8)	–	–
=31	Yury Sumtsov	URS	56.3 (4 h4)	–	–
34	Petr Lohnický	TCH	56.4 (4 h5)	–	–
35	Gert Kölli	AUT	56.5 (4 h7)	–	–
=36	Gerhard Wieland	AUT	56.8 (5 h5)	–	–
=36	François Simons	BEL	56.8 (5 h4)	–	–
=36	Álvaro Pires	BRA	56.8 (5 h2)	–	–
=36	Antal Száll	HUN	56.8 (4 h9)	–	–
=36	Bruno Bianchi	ITA	56.8 (5 h1)	–	–
=36	Sergio De Gregorio	ITA	56.8 (5 h9)	–	–
=36	Vinus van Baalen	NED	56.8 (4 h1)	–	–
43	Teodoro Capriles	VEN	57.2 (6 h2)	–	–
44	José Miguel Espinosa	ESP	57.4 (5 h3)	–	–
45	Carlos van der Maath	ARG	57.5 (6 h4)	–	–
46	Tuomo Hämäläinen	FIN	57.6 (5 h8)	–	–
=47	Ralph Hutton	CAN	57.7 (6 h1)	–	–
=47	Dave Haller	GBR	57.7 (5 h7)	–	–
49	Antonio Pérez	ESP	57.8 (6 h5)	–	–
50	Bert Sitters	NED	58.1 (6 h7)	–	–
51	Luis Paz	PER	58.5 (7 h7)	–	–
52	Georges Welbes	LUX	58.6 (6 h6)	–	–
=53	Hannu Vaahtoranta	FIN	58.7 (7 h6)	–	–
=53	Tan Thuan Heng	MAS	58.7 (7 h2)	–	–
55	Salvador Ruiz	MEX	58.8 (6 h8)	–	–
56	Pano Capéronis	SUI	58.9 (7 h8)	–	–
=57	Guðmundur Gíslason	ISL	59.0 (8 h6)	–	–
=57	Herlander Ribeiro	POR	59.0 (6 h3)	–	–
59	Mauri da Fonseca	BRA	59.6 (7 h5)	–	–
60	Somchai Limpichati	THA	59.8 (7 h3)	–	–
61	Bob Loh	HKG	1:00.4 (8 h7)	–	–
=62	Phan Hữu Dong	VNM	1:01.1 (6 h9)	–	–
=62	Nguyễn Ðình Lê	VNM	1:01.1 (7 h4)	–	–
64	Kim Bong-Jo	KOR	1:01.2 (7 h1)	–	–
65	Celestino Pérez	PUR	1:01.3 (7 h9)	–	–
66	Haydar Shonjani	IRI	1:02.1 (8 h9)	–	–
DNS	Chang H. B.	PRK	– (DNS h8)	–	–

Round One

Date	11 October 1964 — 11:50
Format	Fastest 24 qualify for the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Gary Ilman	USA	54.0	QOR
2	–	Don Schollander	USA	54.3	Q
3	–	Bobby McGregor	GBR	54.7	Q
4	–	Mike Austin	USA	54.9	Q
=5	–	David Dickson	AUS	55.1	Q
=5	–	Per-Ola Lindberg	SWE	55.1	Q
=7	–	Dan Sherry	CAN	55.2	Q
=7	–	Alain Gottvallès	FRA	55.2	Q
9	–	Hans-Joachim Klein	GER	55.3	Q
10	–	Yukiaki Okabe	JPN	55.4	Q
=11	–	John Ryan	AUS	55.5	Q
=11	–	Jindřich Vágner	TCH	55.5	Q
=11	–	Ron Kroon	NED	55.5	Q
=14	–	Uwe Jacobsen	GER	55.6	Q
=14	–	Horst Löffler	GER	55.6	Q
=14	–	Bengt Nordwall	SWE	55.6	Q
17	–	Bob Lord	GBR	55.7	Q
=18	–	Gérard Gropaiz	FRA	55.8	Q
=18	–	Tadaharu Goto	JPN	55.8	Q
=18	–	Pietro Boscaini	ITA	55.8	Q
=18	–	Tatsuo Fujimoto	JPN	55.8	Q
=18	–	Gyula Dobay	HUN	55.8	Q
=18	–	Sandy Gilchrist	CAN	55.8	Q
24	–	Vladimir Shuvalov	URS	55.9	Q
25	–	Athos de Oliveira Júnior	BRA	56.0
=26	–	Luis Nicolao	ARG	56.1
=26	–	Peter Phelps	AUS	56.1
=28	–	Jean-Pascal Curtillet	FRA	56.2
=28	–	Lester Eriksson	SWE	56.2
=28	–	Viktor Semchenko	URS	56.2
=31	–	Matti Kasvio	FIN	56.3
=31	–	Yury Sumtsov	URS	56.3
=31	–	József Gulrich	HUN	56.3
34	–	Petr Lohnický	TCH	56.4
35	–	Gert Kölli	AUT	56.5
=36	–	Vinus van Baalen	NED	56.8
=36	–	Bruno Bianchi	ITA	56.8
=36	–	Álvaro Pires	BRA	56.8
=36	–	François Simons	BEL	56.8
=36	–	Gerhard Wieland	AUT	56.8
=36	–	Antal Száll	HUN	56.8
=36	–	Sergio De Gregorio	ITA	56.8
43	–	Teodoro Capriles	VEN	57.2
44	–	José Miguel Espinosa	ESP	57.4
45	–	Carlos van der Maath	ARG	57.5
46	–	Tuomo Hämäläinen	FIN	57.6
=47	–	Ralph Hutton	CAN	57.7
=47	–	Dave Haller	GBR	57.7
49	–	Antonio Pérez	ESP	57.8
50	–	Bert Sitters	NED	58.1
51	–	Luis Paz	PER	58.5
52	–	Georges Welbes	LUX	58.6
=53	–	Tan Thuan Heng	MAS	58.7
=53	–	Hannu Vaahtoranta	FIN	58.7
55	–	Salvador Ruiz	MEX	58.8
56	–	Pano Capéronis	SUI	58.9
=57	–	Herlander Ribeiro	POR	59.0
=57	–	Guðmundur Gíslason	ISL	59.0
59	–	Mauri da Fonseca	BRA	59.6
60	–	Somchai Limpichati	THA	59.8
61	–	Bob Loh	HKG	1:00.4
=62	–	Nguyễn Ðình Lê	VNM	1:01.1
=62	–	Phan Hữu Dong	VNM	1:01.1
64	–	Kim Bong-Jo	KOR	1:01.2
65	–	Celestino Pérez	PUR	1:01.3
66	–	Haydar Shonjani	IRI	1:02.1
DNS	–	Chang H. B.	PRK	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Gary Ilman	USA	54.0	QOR
2	–	Gérard Gropaiz	FRA	55.8	Q
3	–	Athos de Oliveira Júnior	BRA	56.0
4	–	Vinus van Baalen	NED	56.8
5	–	Bruno Bianchi	ITA	56.8
6	–	Ralph Hutton	CAN	57.7
7	–	Kim Bong-Jo	KOR	1:01.2

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Mike Austin	USA	54.9	Q
2	–	David Dickson	AUS	55.1	Q
3	–	Jean-Pascal Curtillet	FRA	56.2
4	–	Matti Kasvio	FIN	56.3
5	–	Álvaro Pires	BRA	56.8
6	–	Teodoro Capriles	VEN	57.2
7	–	Tan Thuan Heng	MAS	58.7

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Per-Ola Lindberg	SWE	55.1	Q
2	–	Tadaharu Goto	JPN	55.8	Q
3	–	Pietro Boscaini	ITA	55.8	Q
4	–	Luis Nicolao	ARG	56.1
5	–	José Miguel Espinosa	ESP	57.4
6	–	Herlander Ribeiro	POR	59.0
7	–	Somchai Limpichati	THA	59.8

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Hans-Joachim Klein	GER	55.3	Q
2	–	Peter Phelps	AUS	56.1
3	–	Lester Eriksson	SWE	56.2
4	–	Yury Sumtsov	URS	56.3
5	–	François Simons	BEL	56.8
6	–	Carlos van der Maath	ARG	57.5
7	–	Nguyễn Ðình Lê	VNM	1:01.1

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Don Schollander	USA	54.3	Q
2	–	Yukiaki Okabe	JPN	55.4	Q
3	–	Uwe Jacobsen	GER	55.6	Q
4	–	Petr Lohnický	TCH	56.4
5	–	Gerhard Wieland	AUT	56.8
6	–	Antonio Pérez	ESP	57.8
7	–	Mauri da Fonseca	BRA	59.6

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Dan Sherry	CAN	55.2	Q
2	–	Alain Gottvallès	FRA	55.2	Q
3	–	John Ryan	AUS	55.5	Q
4	–	Horst Löffler	GER	55.6	Q
5	–	Vladimir Shuvalov	URS	55.9	Q
6	–	Georges Welbes	LUX	58.6
7	–	Hannu Vaahtoranta	FIN	58.7
8	–	Guðmundur Gíslason	ISL	59.0

Heat #7

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Tatsuo Fujimoto	JPN	55.8	Q
2	–	Gyula Dobay	HUN	55.8	Q
3	–	Sandy Gilchrist	CAN	55.8	Q
4	–	Gert Kölli	AUT	56.5
5	–	Dave Haller	GBR	57.7
6	–	Bert Sitters	NED	58.1
7	–	Luis Paz	PER	58.5
8	–	Bob Loh	HKG	1:00.4

Heat #8

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Jindřich Vágner	TCH	55.5	Q
2	–	Ron Kroon	NED	55.5	Q
3	–	Bob Lord	GBR	55.7	Q
4	–	József Gulrich	HUN	56.3
5	–	Tuomo Hämäläinen	FIN	57.6
6	–	Salvador Ruiz	MEX	58.8
7	–	Pano Capéronis	SUI	58.9
DNS	–	Chang H. B.	PRK	–

Heat #9

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Bobby McGregor	GBR	54.7	Q
2	–	Bengt Nordwall	SWE	55.6	Q
3	–	Viktor Semchenko	URS	56.2
4	–	Antal Száll	HUN	56.8
5	–	Sergio De Gregorio	ITA	56.8
6	–	Phan Hữu Dong	VNM	1:01.1
7	–	Celestino Pérez	PUR	1:01.3
8	–	Haydar Shonjani	IRI	1:02.1

Semi-Finals

Date	11 October 1964 — 19:45
Format	Fastest eight qualify for the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Gary Ilman	USA	53.9	QOR
2	–	Don Schollander	USA	54.0	Q
=3	–	Mike Austin	USA	54.3	Q
=3	–	Alain Gottvallès	FRA	54.3	Q
=3	–	Bobby McGregor	GBR	54.3	Q
6	–	Hans-Joachim Klein	GER	54.4	Q
=7	–	Uwe Jacobsen	GER	54.8	Q
=7	–	Gyula Dobay	HUN	54.8	Q
9	–	David Dickson	AUS	54.9
10	–	Per-Ola Lindberg	SWE	55.1
11	–	Yukiaki Okabe	JPN	55.2
=12	–	Dan Sherry	CAN	55.5
=12	–	Jindřich Vágner	TCH	55.5
14	–	Tadaharu Goto	JPN	55.6
=15	–	Ron Kroon	NED	55.7
=15	–	Gérard Gropaiz	FRA	55.7
=17	–	Vladimir Shuvalov	URS	55.8
=17	–	Tatsuo Fujimoto	JPN	55.8
19	–	Horst Löffler	GER	56.0
20	–	Pietro Boscaini	ITA	56.1
=21	–	Sandy Gilchrist	CAN	56.4
=21	–	Bengt Nordwall	SWE	56.4
=23	–	Bob Lord	GBR	56.5
=23	–	John Ryan	AUS	56.5

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Gary Ilman	USA	53.9	QOR
2	–	Mike Austin	USA	54.3	Q
3	–	Yukiaki Okabe	JPN	55.2
4	–	Dan Sherry	CAN	55.5
5	–	Tadaharu Goto	JPN	55.6
6	–	Ron Kroon	NED	55.7
7	–	Horst Löffler	GER	56.0
8	–	Pietro Boscaini	ITA	56.1

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Don Schollander	USA	54.0	Q
2	–	Alain Gottvallès	FRA	54.3	Q
3	–	Uwe Jacobsen	GER	54.8	Q
4	–	Per-Ola Lindberg	SWE	55.1
5	–	Jindřich Vágner	TCH	55.5
6	–	Gérard Gropaiz	FRA	55.7
7	–	Sandy Gilchrist	CAN	56.4
8	–	Bob Lord	GBR	56.5

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Bobby McGregor	GBR	54.3	Q
2	–	Hans-Joachim Klein	GER	54.4	Q
3	–	Gyula Dobay	HUN	54.8	Q
4	–	David Dickson	AUS	54.9
5	–	Vladimir Shuvalov	URS	55.8
6	–	Tatsuo Fujimoto	JPN	55.8
7	–	Bengt Nordwall	SWE	56.4
8	–	John Ryan	AUS	56.5

Final Round

Date	12 October 1964 — 20:40

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Don Schollander	USA	53.4	OR
2	–	Bobby McGregor	GBR	53.5
3	–	Hans-Joachim Klein	GER	54.0
4	–	Gary Ilman	USA	54.0
5	–	Alain Gottvallès	FRA	54.2
6	–	Mike Austin	USA	54.5
7	–	Gyula Dobay	HUN	54.9
8	–	Uwe Jacobsen	GER	56.1