Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place 25 October.^[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool. This was the first appearance for this event in the Olympics for the women swimmers.

Medalists

Gold	Lillian Watson United States
Silver	Elaine Tanner Canada
Bronze	Kaye Hall United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Kaye Hall	United States	2:31.1
2	Coby Sikkens	Netherlands	2:36.9
3	Jeanne Warren	Canada	2:37.9
4	Anne Walton	Canada	2:39.4
5	Jacqueline Brown	Great Britain	2:40.0
6	Tina Lek'veishvili	Soviet Union	2:40.5
7	Francine Dauven	Belgium	2:43.5

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	María Corominas	Spain	2:34.5
2	Tatyana Savelyeva	Soviet Union	2:35.5
3	Ulla Patrikka	Finland	2:38.1
4	Kiki Caron	France	2:40.5

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Lynne Watson	Australia	2:33.5
2	Susie Atwood	United States	2:35.2
3	Bep Weeteling	Netherlands	2:35.4
4	Anca Andreiu	Romania	2:38.8
5	María Procopio	Argentina	2:49.2

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Elaine Tanner	Canada	2:30.9
2	Wendy Burrell	Great Britain	2:33.2
3	Doris Kohardt	East Germany	2:34.7
4	Angelika Kraus	West Germany	2:36.7
5	Glenda Stirling	New Zealand	2:40.3
6	Carmen Ferracuti	El Salvador	2:52.6

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Lillian Watson	United States	2:29.2
2	Zdenka Gašparač	Yugoslavia	2:33.7
3	Bénédicte Duprez	France	2:34.5
4	Sylvie Canet	France	2:36.1
5	Yvette Hafner	Austria	2:37.7
6	Patricia Sentous	Argentina	2:41.5
7	Felicia Ospitaletche	Uruguay	2:51.4
8	Rosa Hasbún	El Salvador	2:56.2

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Lillian Watson	United States	2:24.8	OR
	Elaine Tanner	Canada	2:27.4
	Kaye Hall	United States	2:28.9
4	Lynne Watson	Australia	2:29.5
5	Wendy Burrell	Great Britain	2:32.3
6	Zdenka Gašparač	Yugoslavia	2:33.5
7	María Corominas	Spain	2:33.9
8	Bénédicte Duprez	France	2:36.6

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

^ "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2016.

[SportsRef-1] "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2016.

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