Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
| Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XIX Olympiad |
| Venue | Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez |
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| Date | 22 October (heats)
23 October (final) |
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| Competitors | 31 from 20 nations |
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| Winning time | 2:44.4 (OR) |
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| Medalists |
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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 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] 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]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:
The following records were established during the competition:
Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Lane[5] | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 1 |
Wichman, SharonSharon Wichman |  United States |
2:46.8 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 6 |
Prozumenshchikova, GalinaGalina Prozumenshchikova | .svg.png) Soviet Union |
2:47.8 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 2 |
Norbis, Ana MaríaAna María Norbis |  Uruguay |
2:49.4 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 1 |
Babanina, SvetlanaSvetlana Babanina | Soviet Union |
2:49.8 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 4 |
Grebennikova, AllaAlla Grebennikova | Soviet Union |
2:49.8 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 |
Jamison, CathyCathy Jamison | United States |
2:50.1 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 |
Bjedov, ĐurđicaĐurđica Bjedov |  Yugoslavia |
2:50.2 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 3 |
Shibata, ChienoChieno Shibata | .svg.png) Japan |
2:50.6 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 |
Slattery, JillJill Slattery |  Great Britain |
2:51.2 | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 |
Filippovits, ChristlChristl Filippovits |  Austria |
2:51.3 | |
| 11 | 2 | 4 |
Oynick, TamaraTamara Oynick | .svg.png) Mexico |
2:52.4 | |
| 12 | 2 | 3 |
Eberle, VreniVreni Eberle | .svg.png) West Germany |
2:52.5 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 |
Playfair, JudyJudy Playfair |  Australia |
2:52.9 | |
| 14 | 4 | 2 |
McKenzie, SueSue McKenzie | Australia |
2:53.1 | |
| 15 | 1 | 4 |
Harrison, DorothyDorothy Harrison | Great Britain |
2:55.1 | |
| 16 | 5 | 3 |
Nishigawa, YoshimiYoshimi Nishigawa | Japan |
2:55.3 | |
| 17 | 3 | 2 |
Brage, YvonneYvonne Brage |  Sweden |
2:56.3 | |
| 18 | 5 | 7 |
O'Connor, AnnAnn O'Connor |  Ireland |
2:56.4 | |
| 19 | 4 | 1 |
Barnes, Jo-AnneJo-Anne Barnes | Australia |
2:57.4 | |
| 20 | 5 | 6 |
Bimolt, KlenieKlenie Bimolt |  Netherlands |
2:57.9 | |
| 21 | 4 | 4 |
Takemoto, YukariYukari Takemoto | Japan |
2:57.9 | |
| 22 | 4 | 5 |
Ingvadóttir, EllenEllen Ingvadóttir |  Iceland |
2:58.2 | |
| 23 | 3 | 6 |
Nir, ShlomitShlomit Nir |  Israel |
2:58.5 | |
| 24 | 2 | 2 |
Casas, VíctoriaVíctoria Casas | Mexico |
3:01.0 | |
| 25 | 2 | 5 |
Harris, DianaDiana Harris | Great Britain |
3:03.4 | |
| 26 | 3 | 6 |
de la Portilla, Ana ElenaAna Elena de la Portilla | Mexico |
3:03.5 | |
| 27 | 5 | 5 |
Wilmes, ArletteArlette Wilmes |  Luxembourg |
3:06.7 | |
| 28 | 1 | 5 |
García, HedyHedy García | .svg.png) Philippines |
3:08.1 | |
| 29 | 1 | 1 |
Orejuela, TamaraTamara Orejuela |  Ecuador |
3:08.5 | |
| 30 | 4 | 7 |
Moreño, MaríaMaría Moreño |  El Salvador |
3:15.4 | |
| 31 | 5 | 1 |
Vicens, LianaLiana Vicens | .svg.png) Puerto Rico |
3:16.2 | |
Final
Sources
References
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