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

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Gold Lillian Watson
  United States
Silver Elaine Tanner
  Canada
Bronze Kaye Hall
  United States

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Kaye Hall   United States 2:31.1
2 Coby Sikkens   Netherlands 2:36.9
3 Jeanne Warren   Canada 2:37.9
4 Anne Walton   Canada 2:39.4
5 Jacqueline Brown   Great Britain 2:40.0
6 Tina Lek'veishvili   Soviet Union 2:40.5
7 Francine Dauven   Belgium 2:43.5

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 María Corominas   Spain 2:34.5
2 Tatyana Savelyeva   Soviet Union 2:35.5
3 Ulla Patrikka   Finland 2:38.1
4 Kiki Caron   France 2:40.5

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Lynne Watson   Australia 2:33.5
2 Susie Atwood   United States 2:35.2
3 Bep Weeteling   Netherlands 2:35.4
4 Anca Andreiu   Romania 2:38.8
5 María Procopio   Argentina 2:49.2

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Elaine Tanner   Canada 2:30.9
2 Wendy Burrell   Great Britain 2:33.2
3 Doris Kohardt   East Germany 2:34.7
4 Angelika Kraus   West Germany 2:36.7
5 Glenda Stirling   New Zealand 2:40.3
6 Carmen Ferracuti   El Salvador 2:52.6

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Lillian Watson   United States 2:29.2
2 Zdenka Gašparač   Yugoslavia 2:33.7
3 Bénédicte Duprez   France 2:34.5
4 Sylvie Canet   France 2:36.1
5 Yvette Hafner   Austria 2:37.7
6 Patricia Sentous   Argentina 2:41.5
7 Felicia Ospitaletche   Uruguay 2:51.4
8 Rosa Hasbún   El Salvador 2:56.2

Final

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Lillian Watson   United States 2:24.8 OR
  Elaine Tanner   Canada 2:27.4
  Kaye Hall   United States 2:28.9
4 Lynne Watson   Australia 2:29.5
5 Wendy Burrell   Great Britain 2:32.3
6 Zdenka Gašparač   Yugoslavia 2:33.5
7 María Corominas   Spain 2:33.9
8 Bénédicte Duprez   France 2:36.6

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

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  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.