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

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place between 18 and 19 October.[1] This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool. This was the first appearance for this event in the Olympics for the women swimmers.

Medalists

Gold	Đurđica Bjedov  Yugoslavia
Silver	Galina Prozumenshchikova  Soviet Union
Bronze	Sharon Wichman  United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Catie Ball	United States	1:18.8
2	Jo-Anne Barnes	Australia	1:19.1
3	Sue Jones	United States	1:19.3
4	Dorothy Harrison	Great Britain	1:19.6
5	Christine Filippovits	Austria	1:19.9
6	Tamara Oynick	Mexico	1:22.7
7	Liana Vicens	Puerto Rico	1:25.2

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Djurdjica Bjedov	Yugoslavia	1:17.7
2	Alla Grebennikova	Soviet Union	1:19.3
3	Shlomit Nir	Israel	1:20.9
4	Ann O'Connor	Ireland	1:21.1
5	Marjan Janus	Netherlands	1:21.9
6	Tamara Orejuela	Ecuador	1:26.8
7	Celia Jokisch	El Salvador	1:46.6

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sharon Wichman	United States	1:18.3
2	Judy Playfair	Australia	1:19.2
3	Yvonne Brage	Sweden	1:20.8
4	Vreni Eberle	West Germany	1:22.6
5	Víctoria Casas	Mexico	1:24.7
6	María Moreño	El Salvador	1:27.2

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Uta Frommater	West Germany	1:18.5
2	Galina Prozumenschikova	Soviet Union	1:18.6
3	Svetlana Babanina	Soviet Union	1:20.2
4	Jill Slattery	Great Britain	1:20.7
5	Sue McKenzie	Australia	1:20.9
6	Ellen Ingvadóttir	Iceland	1:22.6

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ana María Norbis	Uruguay	1:17.4
2	Kiyoe Nakagawa	Japan	1:18.2
3	Diana Harris	Great Britain	1:19.8
4	Yukari Takemoto	Japan	1:20.7
5	Márta Egerváry	Hungary	1:22.6
6	Arlette Wilmes	Luxembourg	1:24.4
7	María Castro	El Salvador	1:36.9

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sharon Wichman	United States	1:16.8
2	Djurdjica Bjedov	Yugoslavia	1:17.1
3	Galina Prozumenschikova	Soviet Union	1:17.5
4	Joanne Barnes	Australia	1:18.4
5	Alla Grebennikova	Soviet Union	1:18.6
6	Christine Filippovits	Austria	1:18.9
7	Dorothy Harrison	Great Britain	1:19.6
8	Jill Slattery	Great Britain	1:19.8

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ana Norbis	Uruguay	1:16.7
2	Catie Ball	United States	1:16.8
3	Uta Frommater	West Germany	1:16.9
4	Kiyoe Nakagawa	Japan	1:17.7
5	Svetlana Babanina	Soviet Union	1:18.3
6	Sue Jones	United States	1:18.6
7	Judy Playfair	Australia	1:19.3
8	Diana Harris	Great Britain	1:19.3

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Đurđica Bjedov	Yugoslavia	1:15.8	OR
	Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	1:15.9
	Sharon Wichman	United States	1:16.1
4	Uta Frommater	West Germany	1:16.2
5	Catie Ball	United States	1:16.7
6	Kiyoe Nakagawa	Japan	1:17.0
7	Svetlana Babanina	Soviet Union	1:17.2
8	Ana María Norbis	Uruguay	1:17.3

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

1. "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

External links

• 1968 Summer Olympics results: Women's 100 m breaststroke, from http://library.la84.org/; retrieved 2016-04-02.