Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke
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) | ||||||||||||
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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
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
[3]
Heats
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
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
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
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Kaye Hall | ![]() | 1:06.2 | WR |
![]() | Elaine Tanner | ![]() | 1:06.7 | |
![]() | 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
- ^ "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.