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

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueAlberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez
Date22 October 1968 (heats & semi-finals)
23 October 1968 (final)
Competitors41 from 24 nations
Winning time1:06.2 (WR)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kaye Hall  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Elaine Tanner  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jane Swagerty  United States
Swimming at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmen
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

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 22 and 23 October.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Karen Muir (RSA) 1:06.4 Paris, France 6 April 1968 [2]
Olympic record  Cathy Ferguson (USA) 1:07.7 Tokyo, Japan 14 October 1964 [3]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
23 October 1968 Final Kaye Hall  United States 1:06.2 WR

Results

[3]

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Yukiko Goushi  Japan 1:10.2 Q
2 Glenda Stirling  New Zealand 1:10.2 Q
3 Kiki Caron  France 1:10.5 Q
4 Bep Weeteling  Netherlands 1:12.5
5 Jacqueline Brown  Great Britain 1:13.0
6 Lidia Ramírez  Mexico 1:14.5
7 Hedy García  Philippines DNS

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Zdenka Gašparač  Yugoslavia 1:09.9 Q
2 Jane Swagerty  United States 1:10.2 Q
3 Andrea Gyarmati  Hungary 1:11.3 Q
4 Yvette Hafner  Austria 1:11.8
5 Adriana Comolli  Argentina 1:13.8
6 Doris Meister  West Germany 1:14.1
7 Rosa Hasbún  El Salvador 1:20.5

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Elaine Tanner  Canada 1:07.6 Q
2 Lynne Watson  Australia 1:09.4 Q
3 María Corominas  Spain 1:10.7 Q
4 Ulla Patrikka  Finland 1:11.6 Q
5 Angelika Kraus  West Germany 1:12.6
6 Felicia Ospitaletche  Uruguay 1:17.7
7 Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Lien  Vietnam 1:19.2

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Kendis Moore  United States 1:10.5 Q
2 Tatyana Savelyeva  Soviet Union 1:11.7
3 Anca Andreiu  Romania 1:11.8
4 Dianna Rickard  Australia 1:12.4
5 Anne Walton  Canada 1:13.0
6 María Procopio  Argentina 1:15.9
7 Shen Bao-ni  Taiwan 1:21.5

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Sylvie Canet  France 1:10.4 Q
2 Tina Lek'veishvili  Soviet Union 1:11.3 Q
3 Bénédicte Duprez  France 1:11.6 Q
4 Patricia Sentous  Argentina 1:13.5
5 Pru Chapman  New Zealand 1:15.2
6 Carmen Ferracuti  El Salvador 1:17.8

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Kaye Hall  United States 1:09.8 Q
2 Cobie Buter  Netherlands 1:10.0 Q
3 Mária Balla-Lantos  Hungary 1:11.9
4 Coby Sikkens  Netherlands 1:11.9
5 Wendy Burrell  Great Britain 1:12.0
6 Francine Dauven  Belgium 1:15.3
7 Judit Bárányi  Hungary 1:16.0

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Lynne Watson  Australia 1:09.0 Q
2 Kendis Moore  United States 1:09.6 Q
3 Glenda Stirling  New Zealand 1:10.1 Q
4 Yukiko Goushi  Japan 1:10.2
5 Bénédicte Duprez  France 1:10.6
6 Zdenka Gašparač  Yugoslavia 1:10.8
7 María Corominas  Spain 1:11.0
8 Tina Lek'veishvili  Soviet Union 1:11.0

Semifinal 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Note
1 Elaine Tanner  Canada 1:07.4 Q
2 Kaye Hall  United States 1:08.2 Q
3 Jane Swagerty  United States 1:08.6 Q
4 Sylvie Canet  France 1:09.0 Q
5 Andrea Gyarmati  Hungary 1:09.9 Q
6 Cobie Buter  Netherlands 1:10.7
7 Kiki Caron  France 1:10.8
8 Ulla Patrikka  Finland 1:12.1

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Kaye Hall  United States 1:06.2 WR
2 Elaine Tanner  Canada 1:06.7
3 Jane Swagerty  United States 1:08.1
4 Kendis Moore  United States 1:08.3
5 Andrea Gyarmati  Hungary 1:09.1
6 Lynne Watson  Australia 1:09.1
7 Sylvie Canet  France 1:09.3
8 Glenda Stirling  New Zealand 1:10.6

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Karen Muir". Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Official Report of the 1968 Olympic Games v.3" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. p. 752. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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