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Mark Spitz didn't have the greatest performances at the Mexico 1968 Olympic Games and these highlights from his last place finish in the men's 200m butterfly show that it wasn't always glory for the swimming icon.



Before becoming an international legend, Mark Spitz made his Olympic debut at the Mexico 1968 Games. Still, even for one of the most iconic swimmers ever, things don't always go as planned.

The American swimmer had brashly predicted that he would win six gold medals at the 1968 Mexico City Games. Although he did take home two gold medals from the relays, he performed well below expectations in his individual races.

His worst result at the Mexico Games was last place in the final of the 200m butterfly. As disappointing as his results might have been, he still won two individual medals, taking third in the 100m freestyle and winning silver in the 100m butterfly, second to fellow American swimmer Douglas Russell.

Four years later, at the Munich 1972 Games, Spitz would become the most successful swimmer in a single edition of the Olympic Games only to be surpassed 36 years later by Michael Phelps, at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

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