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
Venue Estadio Olímpico Universitario
DateOctober 17–18
Competitors36 from 21 nations
Winning time22.5 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Irena Szewińska Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svg Raelene Boyle Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Jenny Lamy Flag of Australia.svg  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] The winning margin was 0.2 seconds.

Competition format

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

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

World record Flag of Poland.svg  Irena Szewińska  (POL)22.7 Warsaw, Poland August 8, 1965
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Edith McGuire  (USA)23.0 Tokyo, Japan October 19, 1964

Results

Round 1

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

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Lyudmila Samotyosova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 23.1Q
2 Margaret Bailes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.1Q
3 Nicole Montandon Flag of France.svg  France 23.3Q
4 Marijana Lubej Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 23.9
5 Eva Glesková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 24.0
6 Györgyi Balogh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 24.1
7 Tien Ah-mei Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 25.5

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Raelene Boyle Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.0Q
2 Vera Popkova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 23.3Q
3 Truus Hennipman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 23.4Q
4 Lillian Board Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23.4q
5 Irene Piotrowski Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.7
6 Vilma Charlton Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 24.3
7 Josefa Vicent Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 24.8
8 Yeh Chu-Mei Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 25.5

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Barbara Ferrell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.9Q
2 Jenny Lamy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.1Q
3 Jutta Stöck Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 23.3Q
4 Wilma van Gool-van den Berg Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 23.5
5 Maureen Tranter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23.5
6 Lyudmila Golomazova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 23.7
7 Alice Anum Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 23.9
8 Karin Wallgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24.2

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Wyomia Tyus Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.4Q
2 Dianne Bowering-Burge Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.6Q
3 Fulgencia Romay Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 23.7Q
4 Oyeronke Akindele Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 23.9
5 Alicia Kaufmanas Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 24.4
6 Halina Górecka Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 24.7

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Irena Szewińska Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 23.2Q
2 Miguelina Cobián Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 23.4Q
3 Una Morris Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 23.7Q
4 Sylviane Telliez Flag of France.svg  France 23.8
5 Mieke Sterk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24.0
6 Rita Wilden Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 24.0
7 Esperanza Girón Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 25.3

Semi-final

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Raelene Boyle Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.9Q
2 Wyomia Tyus Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.1Q
3 Irena Szewińska Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 23.2Q
4 Jutta Stöck Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 23.4Q
5 Lyudmila Samotyosova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 23.4
6 Lillian Board Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23.4
7 Dianne Bowering-Burge Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.6

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Barbara Ferrell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.8Q OR
2 Jenny Lamy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.8Q
3 Margaret Bailes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.9Q
4 Nicole Montandon Flag of France.svg  France 23.0Q
5 Vera Popkova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 23.2
6 Miguelina Cobián Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 23.3
7 Una Morris Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 23.5
8 Truus Hennipman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 23.5

Final

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Irena Szewińska Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 22.5 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Raelene Boyle Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.7 WJR
Bronze medal icon.svg Jenny Lamy Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.8
4 Barbara Ferrell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.9
5 Nicole Montandon Flag of France.svg  France 23.0
6 Wyomia Tyus Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.0
7 Margaret Bailes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.1
8 Jutta Stöck Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 23.2

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References

  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.