Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place October 26.[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming two lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 United States
Jane Barkman
Linda Gustavson
Susan Pedersen
Jan Henne		  East Germany
Gabriele Wetzko
Roswitha Krause
Uta Schmuck
Gabriele Perthes		  Canada
Angela Coughlan
Marilyn Corson
Elaine Tanner
Marion Lay

Results

Heats

Heat 1

PlaceSwimmersTimeNotes
1 Jenny Steinbeck, Sue Eddy, Lynne Watson, Lyn Bell, Julie McDonald (AUS)4:12.0
2 Marie-José Kersaudy, Simone Hanner, Danièle Dorléans, Claude Mandonnaud (FRA)4:15.4
3 Zoya Dus, Tamara Sosnova, Nataliya Ustinova, Lidiya Hrebets (URS)4:17.1
4 Elisabeth Berglund, Elisabeth Ljunggren-Morris, Lotten Andersson, Ingrid Gustavsson (SWE)4:18.2
5 Heidi Reineck, Aloisia Bauer, Ingeborg Renner, Helmi Boxberger (FRG)4:19.4
6 María Teresa Ramírez, Laura Vaca, Marcia Arriaga, Norma Amezcua (MEX)4:21.9

Heat 2

PlaceSwimmersTimeNotes
1 Jane Barkman, Linda Gustavson, Sue Pedersen, Jan Henne (USA)4:11.1
2 Edit Kovács, Magdolna Patóh, Andrea Gyarmati, Judit Turóczy (HUN)4:13.6
3 Shigeko Kawanishi, Yoshimi Nishigawa, Yasuko Fujii, Miwako Kobayashi, Yumiko Ono (JPN)4:14.5
4 Hella Rentema, Bep Weeteling, Mirjam van Hemert, Nel Bos (NED)4:16.7
5 María Moreño, Rosa Hasbún, Donatella Ferracuti, Carmen Ferracuti (ESA)4:39.8

Heat 3

PlaceSwimmersTimeNotes
1 Gabriele Wetzko, Roswitha Krause, Uta Schmuck, Gabriele Perthes, Martina Grunert (GDR)4:10.3
2 Angela Coughlan, Marilyn Corson, Elaine Tanner, Marion Lay (CAN)4:14.1
3 Shelagh Ratcliffe, Fiona Kellock, Susan Williams, Alexandra Jackson (GBR)4:16.3
4 Emilia Figueroa, Ruth Apt, Felicia Ospitaletche, Lylian Castillo (URU)4:33.4

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
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