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The inaugural women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 21 and 22 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 four lengths of the pool.
Medalists
edit| Gold | Debbie Meyer United States
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| Silver | Jan Henne United States
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| Bronze | Jane Barkman United States
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Results
editHeats
editHeat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Debbie Meyer |  United States |
2:13.1 | |
| 2 | Oľga Kozičová |  Czechoslovakia |
2:16.1 | |
| 3 | Susan Williams |  Great Britain |
2:20.4 | |
| 4 | Heidi Reineck |  West Germany |
2:21.4 | |
| 5 | Danièle Dorléans |  France |
2:21.7 | |
| 6 | Kirsten Strange-Campbell |  Denmark |
2:30.5 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyn Bell |  Australia |
2:15.7 | |
| 2 | Claude Mandonnaud | France |
2:15.8 | |
| 3 | Jenny Steinbeck | Australia |
2:18.8 | |
| 4 | Helen Elliott |  Philippines |
2:25.4 | |
| 5 | Novella Calligaris |  Italy |
2:26.3 | |
| 6 | Marcia Arriaga |  Mexico |
2:27.0 | |
| 7 | Shen Bao-ni |  Taiwan |
2:34.0 | |
| 8 | Lorna Blake |  Puerto Rico |
2:43.8 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan Henne | United States |
2:13.8 | |
| 2 | Marion Lay |  Canada |
2:16.7 | |
| 3 | María Teresa Ramírez | Mexico |
2:17.5 | |
| 4 | Alexandra Jackson | Great Britain |
2:19.2 | |
| 5 | Kristina Moir | Puerto Rico |
2:23.1 | |
| 6 | Donatella Ferracuti |  El Salvador |
2:28.2 | |
| 7 | Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir |  Iceland |
2:28.5 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriele Wetzko | East Germany |
2:14.7 | |
| 2 | Angela Coughlan | Canada |
2:20.9 | |
| 3 | Maria Strumolo | Italy |
2:23.3 | |
| 4 | Aloisia Bauer | West Germany |
2:24.5 | |
| 5 | Emilia Figueroa |  Uruguay |
2:27.4 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jane Barkman | United States |
2:13.6 | |
| 2 | Marie-José Kersaudy | France |
2:18.0 | |
| 3 | Elisabeth Berglund |  Sweden |
2:19.7 | |
| 4 | Tamara Sosnova |  Soviet Union |
2:23.5 | |
| 5 | Patricia Olano |  Colombia |
2:25.1 | |
| 6 | Silvana Asturias |  Guatemala |
2:30.7 | |
| 7 | Lylian Castillo | Uruguay |
2:34.1 |
Heat 6
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mirjana Šegrt |  Yugoslavia |
2:15.7 | |
| 2 | Oei Liana | Taiwan |
2:16.3 | |
| 3 | Julie McDonald | Australia |
2:19.9 | |
| 4 | Consuelo Changanaqui |  Peru |
2:20.7 | |
| 5 | Rosario de Vivanco | Peru |
2:22.2 | |
| 6 | Sally Davison | Great Britain |
2:26.1 |
Final
edit| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Debbie Meyer | United States |
2:10.5 | OR |
 |
Jan Henne | United States |
2:11.0 | |
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Jane Barkman | United States |
2:11.2 | |
| 4 | Gabriele Wetzko | East Germany |
2:12.3 | |
| 5 | Mirjana Šegrt | Yugoslavia |
2:13.3 | |
| 6 | Claude Mandonnaud | France |
2:14.9 | |
| 7 | Lyn Bell | Australia |
2:15.1 | |
| 8 | Olga Kozičová | Czechoslovakia |
2:16.0 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
edit- ^ "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2016.