Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres

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Women's 200 metres
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueEstadio Olímpico Universitario
DateOctober 17–18
Competitors36 from 21 nations
Winning time22.5 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Irena Szewińska  Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Raelene Boyle  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jenny Lamy  Australia
← 1964
1972 →

The Women's 200 metres competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico was held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 17–18.[1]

Competition format[edit]

The Women's 200m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), semifinals and a Final. The three fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the semifinals along with the fastest overall competitor not already qualified. The four fastest competitors from each of the semifinal races qualified for the final.

Records[edit]

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Irena Szewińska (POL) 22.7 Warsaw, Poland August 8, 1965
Olympic record  Edith McGuire (USA) 23.0 Tokyo, Japan October 19, 1964

Results[edit]

Round 1[edit]

Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the fastest time (q) qualified.

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Lyudmila Samotyosova  Soviet Union 23.1 Q
2 Margaret Bailes  United States 23.1 Q
3 Nicole Montandon  France 23.3 Q
4 Marijana Lubej  Yugoslavia 23.9
5 Eva Glesková  Czechoslovakia 24.0
6 Györgyi Balogh  Hungary 24.1
7 Tien Ah-mei  Taiwan 25.5

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Raelene Boyle  Australia 23.0 Q
2 Vera Popkova  Soviet Union 23.3 Q
3 Truus Hennipman  Netherlands 23.4 Q
4 Lillian Board  Great Britain 23.4 q
5 Irene Piotrowski  Canada 23.7
6 Vilma Charlton  Jamaica 24.3
7 Josefa Vicent  Uruguay 24.8
8 Yeh Chu-Mei  Taiwan 25.5

Heat 3[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Barbara Ferrell  United States 22.9 Q
2 Jenny Lamy  Australia 23.1 Q
3 Jutta Stöck  West Germany 23.3 Q
4 Wilma van Gool-van den Berg  Netherlands 23.5
5 Maureen Tranter  Great Britain 23.5
6 Lyudmila Golomazova  Soviet Union 23.7
7 Alice Anum  Ghana 23.9
8 Karin Wallgren  Sweden 24.2

Heat 4[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Wyomia Tyus  United States 23.4 Q
2 Dianne Bowering-Burge  Australia 23.6 Q
3 Fulgencia Romay  Cuba 23.7 Q
4 Oyeronke Akindele  Nigeria 23.9
5 Alicia Kaufmanas  Argentina 24.4
6 Halina Górecka  West Germany 24.7

Heat 5[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Irena Szewińska  Poland 23.2 Q
2 Miguelina Cobián  Cuba 23.4 Q
3 Una Morris  Jamaica 23.7 Q
4 Sylviane Telliez  France 23.8
5 Mieke Sterk  Netherlands 24.0
6 Rita Wilden  West Germany 24.0
7 Esperanza Girón  Mexico 25.3

Semi-final[edit]

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Raelene Boyle  Australia 22.9 Q
2 Wyomia Tyus  United States 23.1 Q
3 Irena Szewińska  Poland 23.2 Q
4 Jutta Stöck  West Germany 23.4 Q
5 Lyudmila Samotyosova  Soviet Union 23.4
6 Lillian Board  Great Britain 23.4
7 Dianne Bowering-Burge  Australia 23.6

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Barbara Ferrell  United States 22.8 Q OR
2 Jenny Lamy  Australia 22.8 Q
3 Margaret Bailes  United States 22.9 Q
4 Nicole Montandon  France 23.0 Q
5 Vera Popkova  Soviet Union 23.2
6 Miguelina Cobián  Cuba 23.3
7 Una Morris  Jamaica 23.5
8 Truus Hennipman  Netherlands 23.5

Final[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Irena Szewińska  Poland 22.5 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Raelene Boyle  Australia 22.7 WJR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jenny Lamy  Australia 22.8
4 Barbara Ferrell  United States 22.9
5 Nicole Montandon  France 23.0
6 Wyomia Tyus  United States 23.0
7 Margaret Bailes  United States 23.1
8 Jutta Stöck  West Germany 23.2

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

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