Lezak is a specialist in the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle races.

She went from first to 10th in the 15-kilometer freestyle race and all the way back to first with a replacement pole.

Her best disciplines were the short distance backstroke and freestyle races.

She added bronze medals in the 100- and 400-meter freestyle races.

"Now, all we need is a winner," Rundhovde said, as the men's 30-kilometer freestyle race got under way.

I swam three freestyle races in the next meet and scored three second places, behind Wayne.

Vreeland also placed thirteenth overall in the 100-meter freestyle race with a time of 54.87 seconds.

In 1968, the women's freestyle races at 200-meter and 800-meter distances were added to the Summer Olympics for the first time.

The freestyle race was held four times due to multiple lane crossing.

In her individual events, Joyce finished fifth in both the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle races.