Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place 25 October.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool. This was the first appearance for this event in the Olympics for the women swimmers.

Medalists

GoldLillian Watson
 United States
SilverElaine Tanner
 Canada
BronzeKaye Hall
 United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Kaye Hall United States2:31.1
2Coby Sikkens Netherlands2:36.9
3Jeanne Warren Canada2:37.9
4Anne Walton Canada2:39.4
5Jacqueline Brown Great Britain2:40.0
6Tina Lek'veishvili Soviet Union2:40.5
7Francine Dauven Belgium2:43.5

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1María Corominas Spain2:34.5
2Tatyana Savelyeva Soviet Union2:35.5
3Ulla Patrikka Finland2:38.1
4Kiki Caron France2:40.5

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Lynne Watson Australia2:33.5
2Susie Atwood United States2:35.2
3Bep Weeteling Netherlands2:35.4
4Anca Andreiu Romania2:38.8
5María Procopio Argentina2:49.2

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Elaine Tanner Canada2:30.9
2Wendy Burrell Great Britain2:33.2
3Doris Kohardt East Germany2:34.7
4Angelika Kraus West Germany2:36.7
5Glenda Stirling New Zealand2:40.3
6Carmen Ferracuti El Salvador2:52.6

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Pokey Watson United States2:29.2
2Zdenka Gašparač Yugoslavia2:33.7
3Bénédicte Duprez France2:34.5
4Sylvie Canet France2:36.1
5Yvette Hafner Austria2:37.7
6Patricia Sentous Argentina2:41.5
7Felicia Ospitaletche Uruguay2:51.4
8Rosa Hasbún El Salvador2:56.2

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Lillian Watson United States2:24.8OR
Elaine Tanner Canada2:27.4
Kaye Hall United States2:28.9
4Lynne Watson Australia2:29.5
5Wendy Burrell Great Britain2:32.3
6Zdenka Gašparač Yugoslavia2:33.5
7María Corominas Spain2:33.9
8Bénédicte Duprez France2:36.6

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
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