In the final, running in lane 1, Lillian Board went out fast, making up the stagger on Aurelia Pentón in lane 2. In lane 4, Jarvis Scott did the same to Colette Besson in lane 5 who was passing Mirna van der Hoeven-Jansen in 6. On the backstretch, Scott opened up a clear lead on the field. Through the final turn, Natalya Pechonkina in lane 8 started to make headway against Scott's lead, with Board sandwiching the challenge from the inside. Coming off the turn, Board attacked and took the lead, Besson was still more than two metres behind Scott, but the rush was on. Besson shot past Scott and gained on Board with every step. After her early exuberance, Scott had no answer. Besson passed Board 10 metres before the line with Pechonkina taking bronze well ahead of Janet Simpson.
Competition formatedit
The Women's 200m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The four fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the Semifinals. The four fastest competitors from each of the Semifinal races qualified for the final.
Recordsedit
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
^. sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
External linksedit
Official Olympic Report[permanent dead link], la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
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athletics, 1968, summer, olympics, women, metres, women, metres, competition, 1968, summer, olympics, mexico, city, mexico, held, university, olympic, stadium, october, women, metresat, games, olympiadvenueestadio, olímpico, universitariodateoctober, 16competi. The Women s 400 metres competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Mexico was held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 14 16 1 Women s 400 metresat the Games of the XIX OlympiadVenueEstadio Olimpico UniversitarioDateOctober 14 16Competitors29 from 22 nationsWinning time52 0MedalistsColette Besson FranceLillian Board Great BritainNatalya Pechonkina Soviet Union 19641972 Contents 1 Summary 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Results 4 1 Round 1 4 1 1 Heat 1 4 1 2 Heat 2 4 1 3 Heat 3 4 1 4 Heat 4 4 2 Semifinals 4 2 1 Semifinal 1 4 2 2 Semifinal 2 4 3 Final 5 References 6 External linksSummary editIn the final running in lane 1 Lillian Board went out fast making up the stagger on Aurelia Penton in lane 2 In lane 4 Jarvis Scott did the same to Colette Besson in lane 5 who was passing Mirna van der Hoeven Jansen in 6 On the backstretch Scott opened up a clear lead on the field Through the final turn Natalya Pechonkina in lane 8 started to make headway against Scott s lead with Board sandwiching the challenge from the inside Coming off the turn Board attacked and took the lead Besson was still more than two metres behind Scott but the rush was on Besson shot past Scott and gained on Board with every step After her early exuberance Scott had no answer Besson passed Board 10 metres before the line with Pechonkina taking bronze well ahead of Janet Simpson Competition format editThe Women s 200m competition consisted of heats Round 1 Semifinals and a Final The four fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the Semifinals The four fastest competitors from each of the Semifinal races qualified for the final Records editPrior to the competition the existing World and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Shin Geum Dan PRK 51 9 Pyongyang North Korea October 23 1962Olympic record nbsp Betty Cuthbert AUS 52 0 Tokyo Japan October 17 1964Results editRound 1 edit Heat 1 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Colette Besson nbsp France 53 1 Q2 Jarvis Scott nbsp United States 53 5 Q3 Helga Henning nbsp West Germany 53 5 Q4 Joan Fisher nbsp Canada 54 6 Q5 Enriqueta Basilio nbsp Mexico 55 66 Joyce Bennett nbsp Australia 56 5Heat 2 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Aurelia Penton nbsp Cuba 52 8 Q2 Lillian Board nbsp Great Britain 52 9 Q3 Ingrida Verbele nbsp Soviet Union 54 0 Q4 Una Morris nbsp Jamaica 54 1 Q5 Anne Covell nbsp Canada 54 36 Anna Chmelkova nbsp Czechoslovakia 54 97 Antonia Munkacsi nbsp Hungary 55 68 Jean Robotham nbsp Costa Rica 58 2Heat 3 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Mirna van der Hoeven Jansen nbsp Netherlands 53 1 Q2 Esther Stroy nbsp United States 53 5 Q3 Janet Simpson nbsp Great Britain 53 6 Q4 Monique Noirot nbsp France 53 6 Q5 Tekla Chemabwai nbsp Kenya 54 06 Sandra Brown nbsp Australia 55 47 Hana Shezifi nbsp Israel 56 3Heat 4 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Natalya Pechonkina nbsp Soviet Union 53 7 Q2 Mary Green nbsp Great Britain 53 9 Q3 Karin Wallgren nbsp Sweden 54 2 Q4 Lois Anne Drinkwater nbsp United States 54 5 Q5 Donata Govoni nbsp Italy 54 76 Eeva Haimi nbsp Finland 55 07 Josefa Vicent nbsp Uruguay 56 38 Olajumoke Bodunrin nbsp Nigeria 57 0Semifinals edit Semifinal 1 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Helga Henning nbsp West Germany 53 3 Q2 Colette Besson nbsp France 53 6 Q3 Janet Simpson nbsp Great Britain 54 0 Q4 Aurelia Penton nbsp Cuba 54 0 Q5 Esther Stroy nbsp United States 54 36 Una Morris nbsp Jamaica 54 67 Ingrida Verbele nbsp Soviet Union 54 68 Joan Fisher nbsp Canada 55 2Semifinal 2 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Lillian Board nbsp Great Britain 52 5 Q2 Mirna van der Hoeven Jansen nbsp Netherlands 52 6 Q3 Natalya Pechonkina nbsp Soviet Union 52 8 Q4 Jarvis Scott nbsp United States 53 2 Q5 Mary Green nbsp Great Britain 53 66 Karin Wallgren nbsp Sweden 53 97 Monique Noirot nbsp France 54 28 Lois Drinkwater nbsp United States 57 3Final edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes nbsp Colette Besson nbsp France 52 0 nbsp Lillian Board nbsp Great Britain 52 1 nbsp Natalya Pechonkina nbsp Soviet Union 52 24 Janet Simpson nbsp Great Britain 52 55 Aurelia Penton nbsp Cuba 52 76 Jarvis Scott nbsp United States 52 77 Helga Henning nbsp West Germany 52 88 Mirna van der Hoeven Jansen nbsp Netherlands 53 0References edit Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games Women s 400 metres sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 1 August 2017 External links editOfficial Olympic Report permanent dead link la84foundation org Retrieved August 15 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics Women 27s 400 metres amp oldid 1072340756, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
