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

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Swimming at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place between 18 and 19 October.[1] This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool. This was the first appearance for this event in the Olympics for the women swimmers.

Medalists[]

Gold Đurđica Bjedov
 Yugoslavia
Silver Galina Prozumenshchikova
 Soviet Union
Bronze Sharon Wichman
 United States

Results[]

Heats[]

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Catie Ball  United States 1:18.8 OR
2 Jo-Anne Barnes  Australia 1:19.1
3 Sue Jones  United States 1:19.3
4 Dorothy Harrison  Great Britain 1:19.6
5 Christine Filippovits  Austria 1:19.9
6 Tamara Oynick  Mexico 1:22.7
7 Liana Vicens  Puerto Rico 1:25.2

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Djurdjica Bjedov  Yugoslavia 1:17.7 OR
2 Alla Grebennikova  Soviet Union 1:19.3
3 Shlomit Nir  Israel 1:20.9
4 Ann O'Connor  Ireland 1:21.1
5 Marjan Janus  Netherlands 1:21.9
6 Tamara Orejuela  Ecuador 1:26.8
7 Celia Jokisch  El Salvador 1:46.6

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Sharon Wichman  United States 1:18.3
2 Judy Playfair  Australia 1:19.2
3 Yvonne Brage  Sweden 1:20.8
4 Vreni Eberle  West Germany 1:22.6
5 Víctoria Casas  Mexico 1:24.7
6 María Moreño  El Salvador 1:27.2

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Uta Frommater  West Germany 1:18.5
2 Galina Prozumenschikova  Soviet Union 1:18.6
3 Svetlana Babanina  Soviet Union 1:20.2
4 Jill Slattery  Great Britain 1:20.7
5 Sue McKenzie  Australia 1:20.9
6 Ellen Ingvadóttir  Iceland 1:22.6

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Ana María Norbis  Uruguay 1:17.4 OR
2 Kiyoe Nakagawa  Japan 1:18.2
3 Diana Harris  Great Britain 1:19.8
4 Yukari Takemoto  Japan 1:20.7
5 Márta Egerváry  Hungary 1:22.6
6 Arlette Wilmes  Luxembourg 1:24.4
7 María Castro  El Salvador 1:36.9

Semifinals[]

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Sharon Wichman  United States 1:16.8 OR
2 Djurdjica Bjedov  Yugoslavia 1:17.1
3 Galina Prozumenschikova  Soviet Union 1:17.5
4 Joanne Barnes  Australia 1:18.4
5 Alla Grebennikova  Soviet Union 1:18.6
6 Christine Filippovits  Austria 1:18.9
7 Dorothy Harrison  Great Britain 1:19.6
8 Jill Slattery  Great Britain 1:19.8

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Ana Norbis  Uruguay 1:16.7 OR
2 Catie Ball  United States 1:16.8
3 Uta Frommater  West Germany 1:16.9
4 Kiyoe Nakagawa  Japan 1:17.7
5 Svetlana Babanina  Soviet Union 1:18.3
6 Sue Jones  United States 1:18.6
7 Judy Playfair  Australia 1:19.3
8 Diana Harris  Great Britain 1:19.3

Final[]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Đurđica Bjedov  Yugoslavia 1:15.8 OR
2 Galina Prozumenshchikova  Soviet Union 1:15.9
3 Sharon Wichman  United States 1:16.1
4 Uta Frommater  West Germany 1:16.2
5 Catie Ball  United States 1:16.7
6 Kiyoe Nakagawa  Japan 1:17.0
7 Svetlana Babanina  Soviet Union 1:17.2
8 Ana María Norbis  Uruguay 1:17.3

Key: OR = Olympic record

References[]

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

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