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
← 1964
1972 →

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

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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

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Heats

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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

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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

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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

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  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.