Women's 400 metres at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||||||||
Date | October 14–16, 1968 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 29 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 52.0 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
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]
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.
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.
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 51.9 | Pyongyang, North Korea | October 23, 1962 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 52.0 | Tokyo, Japan | October 17, 1964 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Colette Besson | ![]() | 53.1 | Q |
2 | Jarvis Scott | ![]() | 53.5 | Q |
3 | Helga Henning | ![]() | 53.5 | Q |
4 | Joan Fisher | ![]() | 54.6 | Q |
5 | Enriqueta Basilio | ![]() | 55.6 | |
6 | Joyce Bennett | ![]() | 56.5 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Aurelia Pentón | ![]() | 52.8 | Q |
2 | Lillian Board | ![]() | 52.9 | Q |
3 | Ingrīda Verbele | ![]() | 54.0 | Q |
4 | Una Morris | ![]() | 54.1 | Q |
5 | Anne Covell | ![]() | 54.3 | |
6 | Anna Chmelková | ![]() | 54.9 | |
7 | Antónia Munkácsi | ![]() | 55.6 | |
8 | Jean Robotham | ![]() | 58.2 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mirna van der Hoeven-Jansen | ![]() | 53.1 | Q |
2 | Esther Stroy | ![]() | 53.5 | Q |
3 | Janet Simpson | ![]() | 53.6 | Q |
4 | Monique Noirot | ![]() | 53.6 | Q |
5 | Tekla Chemabwai | ![]() | 54.0 | |
6 | Sandra Brown | ![]() | 55.4 | |
7 | Hana Shezifi | ![]() | 56.3 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Natalya Pechonkina | ![]() | 53.7 | Q |
2 | Mary Green | ![]() | 53.9 | Q |
3 | Karin Wallgren | ![]() | 54.2 | Q |
4 | Lois Anne Drinkwater | ![]() | 54.5 | Q |
5 | Donata Govoni | ![]() | 54.7 | |
6 | Eeva Haimi | ![]() | 55.0 | |
7 | Josefa Vicent | ![]() | 56.3 | |
8 | Olajumoke Bodunrin | ![]() | 57.0 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Helga Henning | ![]() | 53.3 | Q |
2 | Colette Besson | ![]() | 53.6 | Q |
3 | Janet Simpson | ![]() | 54.0 | Q |
4 | Aurelia Pentón | ![]() | 54.0 | Q |
5 | Esther Stroy | ![]() | 54.3 | |
6 | Una Morris | ![]() | 54.6 | |
7 | Ingrīda Verbele | ![]() | 54.6 | |
8 | Joan Fisher | ![]() | 55.2 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lillian Board | ![]() | 52.5 | Q |
2 | Mirna van der Hoeven-Jansen | ![]() | 52.6 | Q |
3 | Natalya Pechonkina | ![]() | 52.8 | Q |
4 | Jarvis Scott | ![]() | 53.2 | Q |
5 | Mary Green | ![]() | 53.6 | |
6 | Karin Wallgren | ![]() | 53.9 | |
7 | Monique Noirot | ![]() | 54.2 | |
8 | Lois Drinkwater | ![]() | 57.3 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Colette Besson | ![]() | 52.0 | |
![]() | Lillian Board | ![]() | 52.1 | |
![]() | Natalya Pechonkina | ![]() | 52.2 | |
4 | Janet Simpson | ![]() | 52.5 | |
5 | Aurelia Pentón | ![]() | 52.7 | |
6 | Jarvis Scott | ![]() | 52.7 | |
7 | Helga Henning | ![]() | 52.8 | |
8 | Mirna van der Hoeven-Jansen | ![]() | 53.0 |
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