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200 metres Freestyle, Women

Date	21 – 22 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez, Ciudad de México
Participants	39 from 23 countries

At the US Olympic Trials Debbie Meyer had set world records in the 200, 400, and 800 metre freestyles. By the time of this race, she had already won gold in the 400 at Mexico City. The altitude prevented her from approaching her world record time, but she won the gold medal comfortably in 2:10.5. Behind her the Americans swept the medals with Jan Henne, gold medalist in the 100 free, placing second followed by Jane Barkman. The three were well clear of the outmatched field. A few days later, Meyer came back to win the 800 freestyle, giving her three individual freestyle gold medals in Mexico City.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Debbie Meyer	USA	2:13.1 (1 h1)	2:10.5 (1)	Gold
2	Jan Henne	USA	2:13.8 (1 h3)	2:11.0 (2)	Silver
3	Jane Barkman	USA	2:13.6 (1 h5)	2:11.2 (3)	Bronze
4	Gabriele Wetzko	GDR	2:14.7 (1 h4)	2:12.3 (4)
5	Mirjana Šegrt	YUG	2:15.7 (1 h6)	2:13.3 (5)
6	Claude Mandonnaud	FRA	2:15.8 (2 h2)	2:14.9 (6)
7	Lyn Bell	AUS	2:15.7 (1 h2)	2:15.1 (7)
8	Oľga Kozičová	TCH	2:16.1 (2 h1)	2:16.0 (8)
9	Oei Liana	TPE	2:16.3 (2 h6)	–
10	Marion Lay	CAN	2:16.7 (2 h3)	–
11	María Teresa Ramírez	MEX	2:17.5 (3 h3)	–
12	Marie-José Kersaudy	FRA	2:18.0 (2 h5)	–
13	Jenny Steinbeck	AUS	2:18.8 (3 h2)	–
14	Alex Jackson	GBR	2:19.2 (4 h3)	–
15	Elisabeth Berglund	SWE	2:19.7 (3 h5)	–
16	Julie McDonald	AUS	2:19.9 (3 h6)	–
17	Sue Williams	GBR	2:20.4 (3 h1)	–
18	Consuelo Changanachi	PER	2:20.7 (4 h6)	–
19	Angela Coughlan	CAN	2:20.9 (2 h4)	–
20	Heidi Reineck	FRG	2:21.4 (4 h1)	–
21	Danièle Dorléans	FRA	2:21.7 (5 h1)	–
22	Rosario de Vivanco	PER	2:22.2 (5 h6)	–
23	Kristina Moir	PUR	2:23.1 (5 h3)	–
24	Mietta Strumolo	ITA	2:23.3 (3 h4)	–
25	Tamara Sosnova	URS	2:23.5 (4 h5)	–
26	Aloisia Bauer	FRG	2:24.5 (4 h4)	–
27	Patricia Olano	COL	2:25.1 (5 h5)	–
28	Helen Elliott	PHI	2:25.4 (4 h2)	–
29	Sally Davison	GBR	2:26.1 (6 h6)	–
30	Novella Calligaris	ITA	2:26.3 (5 h2)	–
31	Marcia Arriaga	MEX	2:27.0 (6 h2)	–
32	Mónica E. Figueroa	URU	2:27.4 (5 h4)	–
33	Donatella Ferracuti	ESA	2:28.2 (6 h3)	–
34	Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir	ISL	2:28.5 (7 h3)	–
35	Kirsten Campbell	DEN	2:30.5 (6 h1)	–
36	Silvana Asturias	GUA	2:30.7 (6 h5)	–
37	Shen Bao-Ni	TPE	2:34.0 (7 h2)	–
38	Lylián Castillo	URU	2:34.1 (7 h5)	–
39	Lorna Blake	PUR	2:43.8 (8 h2)	–
DNS	María Moreno	ESA	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	Nguyễn Minh Tam	VNM	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	Carmen Ferracuti	ESA	– (DNS h3)	–
DNS	Mara Sacchi	ITA	– (DNS h4)	–
DNS	Lotten Andersson	SWE	– (DNS h4)	–
DNS	Ana Marcial	PUR	– (DNS h5)	–
DNS	Pat Chan	SGP	– (DNS h6)	–
DNS	Ingrid Gustavsson	SWE	– (DNS h6)	–

Round One (21 October 1968 — 10:00)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	3	Debbie Meyer	USA	1:05.0 (1) 1:08.1 (1)	2:13.1	QOR
2	2	Oľga Kozičová	TCH	1:05.9 (2) 1:10.2 (2)	2:16.1	Q
3	4	Sue Williams	GBR	1:08.1 (3) 1:12.3 (5)	2:20.4
4	7	Heidi Reineck	FRG	1:09.8 (5) 1:11.6 (3)	2:21.4
5	6	Danièle Dorléans	FRA	1:09.5 (4) 1:12.2 (4)	2:21.7
6	5	Kirsten Campbell	DEN	1:11.3 (6) 1:19.2 (6)	2:30.5
DNS	–	María Moreno	ESA	– (–) –	–
DNS	–	Nguyễn Minh Tam	VNM	– (–) –	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	4	Lyn Bell	AUS	1:04.7 (1) 1:11.0 (3)	2:15.7	Q
2	1	Claude Mandonnaud	FRA	1:06.5 (2) 1:09.3 (1)	2:15.8	Q
3	7	Jenny Steinbeck	AUS	1:07.9 (3) 1:10.9 (2)	2:18.8
4	3	Helen Elliott	PHI	1:09.5 (4) 1:15.9 (5)	2:25.4
5	5	Novella Calligaris	ITA	1:11.6 (6) 1:14.7 (4)	2:26.3
6	8	Marcia Arriaga	MEX	1:10.2 (5) 1:16.8 (6)	2:27.0
7	2	Shen Bao-Ni	TPE	1:11.9 (7) 1:22.1 (7)	2:34.0
8	6	Lorna Blake	PUR	1:15.7 (8) 1:28.1 (8)	2:43.8

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	3	Jan Henne	USA	1:06.9 (2) 1:06.9 (1)	2:13.8	Q
2	1	Marion Lay	CAN	1:07.3 (4) 1:09.4 (2)	2:16.7
3	5	María Teresa Ramírez	MEX	1:06.6 (1) 1:10.9 (3)	2:17.5
4	6	Alex Jackson	GBR	1:07.2 (3) 1:12.0 (4)	2:19.2
5	4	Kristina Moir	PUR	1:09.7 (5) 1:13.4 (5)	2:23.1
6	2	Donatella Ferracuti	ESA	1:12.2 (6) 1:16.0 (6)	2:28.2
7	7	Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir	ISL	– (–) –	2:28.5
DNS	–	Carmen Ferracuti	ESA	– (–) –	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	6	Gabriele Wetzko	GDR	1:06.6 (1) 1:08.1 (1)	2:14.7	Q
2	4	Angela Coughlan	CAN	1:08.3 (3) 1:12.6 (2)	2:20.9
3	7	Mietta Strumolo	ITA	1:07.7 (2) 1:15.6 (3)	2:23.3
4	3	Aloisia Bauer	FRG	1:08.8 (4) 1:15.7 (4)	2:24.5
5	5	Mónica E. Figueroa	URU	1:11.0 (5) 1:16.4 (5)	2:27.4
DNS	–	Mara Sacchi	ITA	– (–) –	–
DNS	–	Lotten Andersson	SWE	– (–) –	–

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	4	Jane Barkman	USA	1:06.0 (1) 1:07.6 (1)	2:13.6	Q
2	5	Marie-José Kersaudy	FRA	1:06.9 (2) 1:11.1 (2)	2:18.0
3	1	Elisabeth Berglund	SWE	1:08.0 (3) 1:11.7 (3)	2:19.7
4	3	Tamara Sosnova	URS	1:09.8 (4) 1:13.7 (4)	2:23.5
5	2	Patricia Olano	COL	1:10.1 (5) 1:15.0 (5)	2:25.1
6	6	Silvana Asturias	GUA	1:13.1 (6) 1:17.6 (6)	2:30.7
7	7	Lylián Castillo	URU	1:13.8 (7) 1:20.3 (7)	2:34.1
DNS	–	Ana Marcial	PUR	– (–) –	–

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	5	Mirjana Šegrt	YUG	1:05.5 (1) 1:10.2 (2)	2:15.7	Q
2	4	Oei Liana	TPE	1:06.4 (2) 1:09.9 (1)	2:16.3
3	3	Julie McDonald	AUS	1:07.9 (3) 1:12.0 (3)	2:19.9
4	2	Consuelo Changanachi	PER	1:08.5 (4) 1:12.2 (4)	2:20.7
5	7	Rosario de Vivanco	PER	1:09.7 (6) 1:12.5 (5)	2:22.2
6	6	Sally Davison	GBR	1:09.6 (5) 1:16.5 (6)	2:26.1
DNS	–	Pat Chan	SGP	– (–) –	–
DNS	–	Ingrid Gustavsson	SWE	– (–) –	–

Final (22 October 1968 — 17:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	4	Debbie Meyer	USA	1:04.0 (1) 1:06.5 (3)	2:10.5	OR
2	3	Jan Henne	USA	1:04.7 (4) 1:06.3 (2)	2:11.0
3	5	Jane Barkman	USA	1:04.5 (2) 1:06.7 (4)	2:11.2
4	6	Gabriele Wetzko	GDR	1:06.1 (8) 1:06.2 (1)	2:12.3
5	7	Mirjana Šegrt	YUG	1:05.1 (6) 1:08.2 (5)	2:13.3
6	1	Claude Mandonnaud	FRA	1:05.0 (5) 1:09.9 (6)	2:14.9
7	2	Lyn Bell	AUS	1:04.6 (3) 1:10.5 (8)	2:15.1
8	8	Oľga Kozičová	TCH	1:05.7 (7) 1:10.3 (7)	2:16.0