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Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place between 18 and 19 October in the Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez.[1][2] This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool. This was the first appearance for this event in the Olympics for the women swimmers.

Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueAlberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez
Date18 September (heats & semifinals)
19 September (final)
Competitors33 from 20 nations
Winning time1:15.8 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Đurđica Bjedov  Yugoslavia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Galina Prozumenshchikova  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sharon Wichman  United States
1972 →

American Katie Ball was the favorite to win three gold medals at the 1968 Olympics.[3][4] She was the reigning world record holder in all four breaststroke distances and bettered her own world records in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic Trials in August 1968.[5][6] She arrived at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, however, with a case of influenza.[3] She won her only Olympic medal, a gold, as a member of the winning U.S. 4×100-meter medley relay team by swimming the breaststroke leg of the four-person relay.[7] Sharing the gold medal honors were her relay teammates Kaye Hall (backstroke), Ellie Daniel (butterfly) and Susan Pedersen (freestyle).[8] In the 100-meter breaststroke final, Ball led close to the finish but physical exhaustion overwhelmed her,[3] and she finished fifth.[9] She was too ill to swim in the subsequent preliminary heats of the 200-meter breaststroke and was scratched from the event.[3][10]

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Catie Ball United States1:18.8 OR
2Jo-Anne Barnes Australia1:19.1
3Sue Jones United States1:19.3
4Dorothy Harrison Great Britain1:19.6
5Christine Filippovits Austria1:19.9
6Tamara Oynick Mexico1:22.7
7Liana Vicens Puerto Rico1:25.2

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Djurdjica Bjedov Yugoslavia1:17.7 OR
2Alla Grebennikova Soviet Union1:19.3
3Shlomit Nir Israel1:20.9
4Ann O'Connor Ireland1:21.1
5Marjan Janus Netherlands1:21.9
6Tamara Orejuela Ecuador1:26.8
7Celia Jokisch El Salvador1:46.6

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Sharon Wichman United States1:18.3
2Judy Playfair Australia1:19.2
3Yvonne Brage Sweden1:20.8
4Vreni Eberle West Germany1:22.6
5Víctoria Casas Mexico1:24.7
6María Moreño El Salvador1:27.2

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Uta Frommater West Germany1:18.5
2Galina Prozumenschikova Soviet Union1:18.6
3Svetlana Babanina Soviet Union1:20.2
4Jill Slattery Great Britain1:20.7
5Sue McKenzie Australia1:20.9
6Ellen Ingvadóttir Iceland1:22.6

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Ana María Norbis Uruguay1:17.4 OR
2Kiyoe Nakagawa Japan1:18.2
3Diana Harris Great Britain1:19.8
4Yukari Takemoto Japan1:20.7
5Márta Egerváry Hungary1:22.6
6Arlette Wilmes Luxembourg1:24.4
7María Castro El Salvador1:36.9

Semifinals

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Final

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References

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  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "100 meters Breaststroke, Women". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Jamie Secola, "Hall of Fame induction cements Ball-Condon's swimming legacy," Pensacola News-Journal (July 4, 2010). Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ Frank Litsky, "U.S. Expected to Win the Most Medals (112) and the Most Gold Medals (43); Major Hopes In Swimming And in Track," The New York Times, p. S17 (October 6, 1968). Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  5. ↑ United Press International, "Catie Ball Clips World Swim Mark," The New York Times, p. 50 (August 27, 1968). Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ Bob Ottum, "The Encore Will be in Mexico," Sports Illustrated (September 16, 1968). Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  7. ↑ databaseOlympics.com, Athletes, Catie Ball Archived January 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  8. ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  9. ↑ "U.S. Swimmers Register Sweep in Women's 100-Meter Olympic Free-Style," The New York Times, p. S2 (October 20, 1968). Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  10. ↑ Associated Press, "U.S.–Yugoslavia in Cage Finals," The Evening Independent, p. 2C (October 23, 1968). Retrieved November 7, 2014.
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