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

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 20 and 21 October.[1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Gold	Lyn McClements  Australia
Silver	Ellie Daniel  United States
Bronze	Susan Shields  United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1	Heike Hustede-Nagel	West Germany	1:07.7
2	Ada Kok	Netherlands	1:08.5
3	Jeanne Warren	Canada	1:10.0
4	Yasuko Fujii	Japan	1:10.1
5	Patricia Obregón	Mexico	1:12.4
6	Nam Sang-nam	South Korea	1:16.9

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1	Ellie Daniel	United States	1:07.2
2	Tetiana Dev'iatova	Soviet Union	1:07.6
3	Christine Strübing	East Germany	1:09.2
4	Nel Bos	Netherlands	1:09.5
5	Oei Liana	Chinese Taipei	1:11.2
6	Vivienne Smith	Ireland	1:13.1
7	Catherine Grosjean	France	1:14.6

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1	Lyn McClements	Australia	1:06.1
2	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	1:07.4
3	Yvonne Tobis	Israel	1:12.0

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1	Helga Lindner	East Germany	1:08.0
2	Toni Hewitt	United States	1:08.1
3	Margaret Auton	Great Britain	1:08.5
4	Carmen Gómez	Colombia	1:14.7
5	Ruth Apt	Uruguay	1:15.3
6	Ana Marcial	Puerto Rico	1:17.1

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1	Susan Shields	United States	1:06.2
2	Sandra Whittleston	New Zealand	1:08.5
3	Gillian Treers	Great Britain	1:10.6
4	Marilyn Corson	Canada	1:10.7
5	Pauline Gray	Australia	1:13.5
6	Adriana Comolli	Argentina	1:16.5

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Lyn McClements	Australia	1:05.5
	Ellie Daniel	United States	1:05.8
	Susan Shields	United States	1:06.2
4	Ada Kok	Netherlands	1:06.2
5	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	1:06.8
6	Heike Hustede-Nagel	West Germany	1:06.9
7	Toni Hewitt	United States	1:07.5
8	Helga Lindner	East Germany	1:07.6

References

1. "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2016.