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

The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 18 and 19 October.[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldJan Henne
 United States
SilverSusan Pedersen
 United States
BronzeLinda Gustavson
 United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Claude Mandonnaud France1:03.2
2Elisabeth Berglund Sweden1:03.6
3Jenny Steinbeck Australia1:03.8
4Simone Hanner France1:03.8
5Helen Elliott Philippines1:05.1
6Patricia Olano Colombia1:05.3

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Alexandra Jackson Great Britain1:00.5
2Nataliya Ustinova Soviet Union1:03.8
3Miwako Kobayashi Japan1:04.2
4Mariya Nikolova Bulgaria1:05.1
5Shen Bao-ni Republic of China1:06.7
6Ruth Apt Uruguay1:07.0

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Nel Bos Netherlands1:03.0
2Mirjana Šegrt Yugoslavia1:03.3
3Edit Kovács Hungary1:03.7
4Catherine Grosjean France1:04.9
5Fiona Kellock Great Britain1:05.8
6Gillian Treers Great Britain1:06.3
7Silvana Asturias Guatemala1:10.3

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Judit Turóczy Hungary1:02.1
2Shigeko Kawanishi Japan1:02.6
3Uta Schmuck East Germany1:03.1
4Lotten Andersson Sweden1:04.5
5Rosario de Vivanco Peru1:04.7
6Ingeborg Renner West Germany1:05.9
7Hedy García Philippines1:06.1
8Lorna Blake Puerto Rico1:13.2

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Linda Gustavson United States1:00.8
2Martina Grunert East Germany1:03.2
3Maria Strumolo Italy1:04.1
4Helmi Boxberger West Germany1:05.1
5Vera Kock Sweden1:05.1
6Vivian Ortíz Mexico1:06.9
7Emilia Figueroa Uruguay1:07.2
8Ana Marcial Puerto Rico1:10.1

Heat 6

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Sue Pedersen United States1:01.5
2Roswitha Krause East Germany1:03.3
3Lynne Watson Australia1:03.5
4Magdolna Patóh Hungary1:03.8
5Ana Boban Yugoslavia1:05.4
6Toos Beumer Netherlands1:06.1
7Lylian Castillo Uruguay1:08.3
8Rosa Hasbún El Salvador1:10.0

Heat 7

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Marion Lay Canada1:00.6
2Lidiya Hrebets Soviet Union1:03.3
3Oľga Kozičová Czechoslovakia1:03.3
4Zoya Dus Soviet Union1:04.2
5Carmen Ferracuti El Salvador1:08.5
6Nguyễn Minh Tam South Vietnam1:09.5

Heat 8

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Jan Henne United States1:00.1
2Lyn Bell Australia1:01.9
3Oei Liana Chinese Taipei1:03.0
4Heidi Reineck West Germany1:04.2
5Marcia Arriaga Mexico1:05.4
6Mirjam van Hemert Netherlands1:06.1
7Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir Iceland1:06.3
8Kristina Moir Puerto Rico1:07.9

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Jan Henne United States1:00.0
Susan Pedersen United States1:00.3
Linda Gustavson United States1:00.3
4Marion Lay Canada1:00.5
5Martina Grunert East Germany1:01.0
6Alexandra Jackson Great Britain1:01.0
7Mirjana Šegrt Yugoslavia1:01.5
8Judit Turóczy Hungary1:01.6

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
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