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

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Swimming at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
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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[]

Gold Jan Henne
 United States
Silver Susan Pedersen
 United States
Bronze Linda Gustavson
 United States

Results[]

Heats[]

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Claude Mandonnaud  France 1:03.2
2 Elisabeth Berglund  Sweden 1:03.6
3 Jenny Steinbeck  Australia 1:03.8
4 Simone Hanner  France 1:03.8
5 Helen Elliott  Philippines 1:05.1
6 Patricia Olano  Colombia 1:05.3

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Alexandra Jackson  Great Britain 1:00.5
2 Nataliya Ustinova  Soviet Union 1:03.8
3 Miwako Kobayashi  Japan 1:04.2
4 Mariya Nikolova  Bulgaria 1:05.1
5 Shen Bao-ni  Taiwan 1:06.7
6 Ruth Apt  Uruguay 1:07.0

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Nel Bos  Netherlands 1:03.0
2 Mirjana Šegrt  Yugoslavia 1:03.3
3 Edit Kovács  Hungary 1:03.7
4 Catherine Grosjean  France 1:04.9
5 Fiona Kellock  Great Britain 1:05.8
6 Gillian Treers  Great Britain 1:06.3
7 Silvana Asturias  Guatemala 1:10.3

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Judit Turóczy  Hungary 1:02.1
2 Shigeko Kawanishi  Japan 1:02.6
3 Uta Schmuck  East Germany 1:03.1
4 Lotten Andersson  Sweden 1:04.5
5 Rosario de Vivanco  Peru 1:04.7
6 Ingeborg Renner  West Germany 1:05.9
7 Hedy García  Philippines 1:06.1
8 Lorna Blake  Puerto Rico 1:13.2

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Linda Gustavson  United States 1:00.8
2 Martina Grunert  East Germany 1:03.2
3 Maria Strumolo  Italy 1:04.1
4 Helmi Boxberger  West Germany 1:05.1
5 Vera Kock  Sweden 1:05.1
6 Vivian Ortíz  Mexico 1:06.9
7 Emilia Figueroa  Uruguay 1:07.2
8 Ana Marcial  Puerto Rico 1:10.1

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Sue Pedersen  United States 1:01.5
2 Roswitha Krause  East Germany 1:03.3
3 Lynne Watson  Australia 1:03.5
4 Magdolna Patóh  Hungary 1:03.8
5 Ana Boban  Yugoslavia 1:05.4
6 Toos Beumer  Netherlands 1:06.1
7 Lylian Castillo  Uruguay 1:08.3
8 Rosa Hasbún  El Salvador 1:10.0

Heat 7

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Marion Lay  Canada 1:00.6
2 Lidiya Hrebets  Soviet Union 1:03.3
3 Oľga Kozičová  Czechoslovakia 1:03.3
4 Zoya Dus  Soviet Union 1:04.2
5 Carmen Ferracuti  El Salvador 1:08.5
6 Nguyễn Minh Tam  Vietnam 1:09.5

Heat 8

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Jan Henne  United States 1:00.1
2 Lyn Bell  Australia 1:01.9
3 Oei Liana  Taiwan 1:03.0
4 Heidi Reineck  West Germany 1:04.2
5 Marcia Arriaga  Mexico 1:05.4
6 Mirjam van Hemert  Netherlands 1:06.1
7 Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir  Iceland 1:06.3
8 Kristina Moir  Puerto Rico 1:07.9

Semifinals[]

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Marion Lay  Canada 1:00.7 Q
2  Yugoslavia 1:01.9 Q
3 Martina Grunert  East Germany 1:02.2 Q
4 Lynette Bell  Australia 1:02.4
5 Janet Steinbeck  Australia 1:02.6
6  Taiwan 1:02.8
7 Lynette Watson  Australia 1:02.9
8 Magdolna Patoh  Hungary 1:03.8

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Susan Pedersen  United States 1:00.2 Q
2 Alexandra Jackson  Great Britain 1:00.6 Q
3 Roswitha Krause  East Germany 1:02.4
4 Uta Schmuck  East Germany 1:02.8
5 Shigeko Kawanishi  Japan 1:03.0
6 Lidiya Hrebets  Soviet Union 1:03.3
7  Hungary 1:03.5
8 Natalya Ustinova  Soviet Union 1:05.0

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Jan Henne  United States 1:00.5 Q
2 Linda Gustavson  United States 1:00.6 Q
3 Judit Turoczy  Hungary 1:01.8 Q
4  Czechoslovakia 1:02.6
5 Petronella Bos  Netherlands 1:02.8
5 Claude Mandonnaud  France 1:02.8
7 Elisabeth Berglund  Sweden 1:03.5
8 Simone Hanner  France 1:04.8

Final[]

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Jan Henne  United States 1:00.0
2 Susan Pedersen  United States 1:00.3
3 Linda Gustavson  United States 1:00.3
4 Marion Lay  Canada 1:00.5
5 Martina Grunert  East Germany 1:01.0
6 Alexandra Jackson  Great Britain 1:01.0
7 Mirjana Šegrt  Yugoslavia 1:01.5
8 Judit Turóczy  Hungary 1:01.6

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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