Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke
Appearance
Women's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez | ||||||||||||
Date | 22 October 1968 (heats & semi-finals) 23 October 1968 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 41 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:06.2 (WR) | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 22 and 23 October.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
1:06.4 | Paris, France | 6 April 1968 | [2] |
Olympic record | ![]() |
1:07.7 | Tokyo, Japan | 14 October 1964 | [3] |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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23 October 1968 | Final | Kaye Hall | ![]() |
1:06.2 | WR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Yukiko Goushi | ![]() |
1:10.2 | Q |
2 | Glenda Stirling | ![]() |
1:10.2 | Q |
3 | Kiki Caron | ![]() |
1:10.5 | Q |
4 | Bep Weeteling | ![]() |
1:12.5 | |
5 | Jacqueline Brown | ![]() |
1:13.0 | |
6 | Lidia Ramírez | ![]() |
1:14.5 | |
7 | Hedy García | ![]() |
DNS |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Zdenka Gašparač | ![]() |
1:09.9 | Q |
2 | Jane Swagerty | ![]() |
1:10.2 | Q |
3 | Andrea Gyarmati | ![]() |
1:11.3 | Q |
4 | Yvette Hafner | ![]() |
1:11.8 | |
5 | Adriana Comolli | ![]() |
1:13.8 | |
6 | Doris Meister | ![]() |
1:14.1 | |
7 | Rosa Hasbún | ![]() |
1:20.5 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Elaine Tanner | ![]() |
1:07.6 | Q |
2 | Lynne Watson | ![]() |
1:09.4 | Q |
3 | María Corominas | ![]() |
1:10.7 | Q |
4 | Ulla Patrikka | ![]() |
1:11.6 | Q |
5 | Angelika Kraus | ![]() |
1:12.6 | |
6 | Felicia Ospitaletche | ![]() |
1:17.7 | |
7 | Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Lien | ![]() |
1:19.2 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Kendis Moore | ![]() |
1:10.5 | Q |
2 | Tatyana Savelyeva | ![]() |
1:11.7 | |
3 | Anca Andreiu | ![]() |
1:11.8 | |
4 | Dianna Rickard | ![]() |
1:12.4 | |
5 | Anne Walton | ![]() |
1:13.0 | |
6 | María Procopio | ![]() |
1:15.9 | |
7 | Shen Bao-ni | ![]() |
1:21.5 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Sylvie Canet | ![]() |
1:10.4 | Q |
2 | Tina Lek'veishvili | ![]() |
1:11.3 | Q |
3 | Bénédicte Duprez | ![]() |
1:11.6 | Q |
4 | Patricia Sentous | ![]() |
1:13.5 | |
5 | Pru Chapman | ![]() |
1:15.2 | |
6 | Carmen Ferracuti | ![]() |
1:17.8 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Kaye Hall | ![]() |
1:09.8 | Q |
2 | Cobie Buter | ![]() |
1:10.0 | Q |
3 | Mária Balla-Lantos | ![]() |
1:11.9 | |
4 | Coby Sikkens | ![]() |
1:11.9 | |
5 | Wendy Burrell | ![]() |
1:12.0 | |
6 | Francine Dauven | ![]() |
1:15.3 | |
7 | Judit Bárányi | ![]() |
1:16.0 |
Semifinals
[edit]Semifinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Lynne Watson | ![]() |
1:09.0 | Q |
2 | Kendis Moore | ![]() |
1:09.6 | Q |
3 | Glenda Stirling | ![]() |
1:10.1 | Q |
4 | Yukiko Goushi | ![]() |
1:10.2 | |
5 | Bénédicte Duprez | ![]() |
1:10.6 | |
6 | Zdenka Gašparač | ![]() |
1:10.8 | |
7 | María Corominas | ![]() |
1:11.0 | |
8 | Tina Lek'veishvili | ![]() |
1:11.0 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Elaine Tanner | ![]() |
1:07.4 | Q |
2 | Kaye Hall | ![]() |
1:08.2 | Q |
3 | Jane Swagerty | ![]() |
1:08.6 | Q |
4 | Sylvie Canet | ![]() |
1:09.0 | Q |
5 | Andrea Gyarmati | ![]() |
1:09.9 | Q |
6 | Cobie Buter | ![]() |
1:10.7 | |
7 | Kiki Caron | ![]() |
1:10.8 | |
8 | Ulla Patrikka | ![]() |
1:12.1 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Kaye Hall | ![]() |
1:06.2 | WR |
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Elaine Tanner | ![]() |
1:06.7 | |
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Jane Swagerty | ![]() |
1:08.1 | |
4 | Kendis Moore | ![]() |
1:08.3 | |
5 | Andrea Gyarmati | ![]() |
1:09.1 | |
6 | Lynne Watson | ![]() |
1:09.1 | |
7 | Sylvie Canet | ![]() |
1:09.3 | |
8 | Glenda Stirling | ![]() |
1:10.6 |
Key: WR = World record
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ "Karen Muir". Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Official Report of the 1968 Olympic Games v.3" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. p. 752. Retrieved 5 August 2020.