Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
January 01, 1970
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics, took place on October 22–23, at the Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the tenth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 31 competitors from 20 nations participated in the event.[1]AmericanCatie Ball was the large favourite to win the event, as she had broken the world record in this event the last three times.[2] However, she was suffering from a virus infection and was forced to withdraw from the heats.[3] Her 16-year-old teammate Sharon Wichman won the event, breaking bronze medalist Galina Prozumenshchikova's Olympic record in the final.[4]
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The women s 200 metre breaststroke event included in the swimming competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place on October 22 23 at the Alberca Olimpica Francisco Marquez In this event swimmers covered four lengths of the 50 metre 160 ft Olympic sized pool employing the breaststroke It was the tenth appearance of the event which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris A total of 31 competitors from 20 nations participated in the event 1 American Catie Ball was the large favourite to win the event as she had broken the world record in this event the last three times 2 However she was suffering from a virus infection and was forced to withdraw from the heats 3 Her 16 year old teammate Sharon Wichman won the event breaking bronze medalist Galina Prozumenshchikova s Olympic record in the final 4 Women s 200 metre breaststrokeat the Games of the XIX OlympiadVenueAlberca Olimpica Francisco MarquezDate22 October heats 23 October final Competitors31 from 20 nationsWinning time2 44 4 OR MedalistsSharon Wichman United StatesĐurđica Bjedov YugoslaviaGalina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union 19641972 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 2 Final 3 Sources 4 ReferencesRecords editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were World record nbsp Catie Ball USA 2 38 5 s Los Angeles United States 26 August 1968 5 Olympic record nbsp Galina Prozumenshchikova URS 2 46 4 s Tokyo Japan 12 October 1964 6 The following records were established during the competition Date Round Name Nationality Time OR WR 23 October Final Sharon Wichman nbsp United States 2 44 4 ORResults editHeats edit Rank Heat Lane 7 Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 1 Sharon Wichman nbsp United States 2 46 8 Q 2 4 6 Galina Prozumenshchikova nbsp Soviet Union 2 47 8 Q 3 5 2 Ana Maria Norbis nbsp Uruguay 2 49 4 Q 4 3 1 Svetlana Babanina nbsp Soviet Union 2 49 8 Q 4 5 4 Alla Grebennikova nbsp Soviet Union 2 49 8 Q 6 3 3 Cathy Jamison nbsp United States 2 50 1 Q 7 3 4 Đurđica Bjedov nbsp Yugoslavia 2 50 2 Q 8 4 3 Chieno Shibata nbsp Japan 2 50 6 Q 9 2 6 Jill Slattery nbsp Great Britain 2 51 2 10 1 3 Christl Filippovits nbsp Austria 2 51 3 11 2 4 Tamara Oynick nbsp Mexico 2 52 4 12 2 3 Vreni Eberle nbsp West Germany 2 52 5 13 1 2 Judy Playfair nbsp Australia 2 52 9 14 4 2 Sue McKenzie nbsp Australia 2 53 1 15 1 4 Dorothy Harrison nbsp Great Britain 2 55 1 16 5 3 Yoshimi Nishigawa nbsp Japan 2 55 3 17 3 2 Yvonne Brage nbsp Sweden 2 56 3 18 5 7 Ann O Connor nbsp Ireland 2 56 4 19 4 1 Jo Anne Barnes nbsp Australia 2 57 4 20 5 6 Klenie Bimolt nbsp Netherlands 2 57 9 21 4 4 Yukari Takemoto nbsp Japan 2 57 9 22 4 5 Ellen Ingvadottir nbsp Iceland 2 58 2 23 3 6 Shlomit Nir nbsp Israel 2 58 5 24 2 2 Victoria Casas nbsp Mexico 3 01 0 25 2 5 Diana Harris nbsp Great Britain 3 03 4 26 3 6 Ana Elena de la Portilla nbsp Mexico 3 03 5 27 5 5 Arlette Wilmes nbsp Luxembourg 3 06 7 28 1 5 Hedy Garcia nbsp Philippines 3 08 1 29 1 1 Tamara Orejuela nbsp Ecuador 3 08 5 30 4 7 Maria Moreno nbsp El Salvador 3 15 4 31 5 1 Liana Vicens nbsp Puerto Rico 3 16 2 Final edit Rank Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp Sharon Wichman nbsp United States 2 44 4 OR 4 nbsp Đurđica Bjedov nbsp Yugoslavia 2 46 4 nbsp Galina Prozumenshchikova nbsp Soviet Union 2 47 0 4 Alla Grebennikova nbsp Soviet Union 2 47 1 5 Cathy Jamison nbsp United States 2 48 4 6 Svetlana Babanina nbsp Soviet Union 2 48 4 7 Chieno Shibata nbsp Japan 2 51 5 8 Ana Maria Norbis nbsp Uruguay 2 51 9Sources edit The Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968 The Official Report of the Organising Committee PDF Volume Three Part 1 Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 68 1968 Retrieved 2 July 2012 Albert Schoenfeld ed November 1968 Results from the 1968 Olympic Games Mexico City PDF Swimming World amp Junior Swimmer Volume 9 Issue 11 Albert Schoenfeld ISSN 0039 7431 Retrieved 2 July 2012 Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de Mexico Summer Games Women s 200 metres Breaststroke Final Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 2 July 2012 References edit Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de Mexico Summer Games Women s 200 metres Breaststroke Final Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 2 July 2012 LCM Women Records PDF USA Swimming 9 May 2012 Retrieved 2 July 2012 Catie Ball Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 2 July 2012 a b OCGOM p 369 Schoenfeld p 15 The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokyo 1964 The Official Report of the Organising Committee PDF Volume Two Part 2 Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokyo 1964 Retrieved 2 July 2012 Schoenfeld pp 55 56 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics Women 27s 200 metre breaststroke amp oldid 1117442310, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
