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. 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

Results

Heats

Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Kaye Hall2:31.1
2Coby Sikkens2:36.9
3Jeanne Warren2:37.9
4Anne Walton2:39.4
5Jacqueline Brown2:40.0
6Tina Lek'veishvili2:40.5
7Francine Dauven2:43.5

Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1María Corominas2:34.5
2Tatyana Savelyeva2:35.5
3Ulla Patrikka2:38.1
4Kiki Caron2:40.5

Heat 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Lynne Watson2:33.5
2Susie Atwood2:35.2
3Bep Weeteling2:35.4
4Anca Andreiu2:38.8
5María Procopio2:49.2

Heat 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Elaine Tanner2:30.9
2Wendy Burrell2:33.2
3Doris Kohardt2:34.7
4Angelika Kraus2:36.7
5Glenda Stirling2:40.3
6Carmen Ferracuti2:52.6

Heat 5
RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Pokey Watson2:29.2
2Zdenka Gašparač2:33.7
3Bénédicte Duprez2:34.5
4Sylvie Canet2:36.1
5Yvette Hafner2:37.7
6Patricia Sentous2:41.5
7Felicia Ospitaletche2:51.4
8Rosa Hasbún2:56.2

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Lillian Watson2:24.8OR
Elaine Tanner2:27.4
Kaye Hall2:28.9
4Lynne Watson2:29.5
5Wendy Burrell2:32.3
6Zdenka Gašparač2:33.5
7María Corominas2:33.9
8Bénédicte Duprez2:36.6

Key: OR = Olympic record