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200 metres Individual Medley, Women

Date	20 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez, Ciudad de México
Participants	39 from 26 countries

The 200 metre individual medley was new to the Olympic Program in 1968. At Tokyo, Claudia Kolb had won a surprise silver medal in the 200 metre breaststroke, even though she was only 14-years-old. In the ensuing four years she had become the world’s best all-around swimmer, setting six world records in the 200 IM and four in the 400. At the 1967 Pan American Games she won three individual gold medals, in both individual medleys and the 200 butterfly. In Mexico City she was entered only in her two best events, the IMs, and she came through, easily winning two gold medals. In the 200 she won by 4+ seconds over teammate Sue Pedersen and led an American sweep as Jan Henne came home in third. The race for bronze was very close as Henne trailed East German Sabine Steinbach for most of the race but outtouched her, both recording the same time.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	15390	Claudia Kolb	USA	2:28.8 (1 h4)	2:24.7 (1)	Gold
2	15394	Sue Pedersen	USA	2:33.2 (2 h5)	2:28.8 (2)	Silver
3	15385	Jan Henne	USA	2:33.9 (2 h1)	2:31.4 (3)	Bronze
4	23076	Sabine Steinbach	GDR	2:33.2 (1 h1)	2:31.4 (4)
5	–	Yoshimi Nishigawa	JPN	2:31.5 (1 h3)	2:33.7 (5)
6	23074	Marianne Seydel	GDR	2:32.8 (1 h5)	2:33.7 (6)
7	21054	Larisa Zakharova	URS	2:34.6 (2 h4)	2:37.0 (7)
AC r2/2	16692	Shelagh Ratcliffe	GBR	2:34.9 (3 h4)	– (DQ)		DQ
9	19365	Tui Shipston	NZL	2:35.5 (1 h2)	–
10	13067	Dianna Rickard	AUS	2:36.0 (2 h2)	–
11	13059	Sue Eddy	AUS	2:36.6 (3 h1)	–
12	17067	Hennie Penterman	NED	2:36.7 (1 h6)	–
13	17385	Judit Turóczy	HUN	2:38.8 (2 h6)	–
14	14810	Kirsten Campbell	DEN	2:39.4 (4 h4)	–
15	16247	Danièle Dorléans	FRA	2:39.5 (3 h5)	–
16	21969	Consuelo Changanachi	PER	2:40.0 (3 h2)	–
17	17379	Márta Egerváry	HUN	2:40.7 (3 h6)	–
18	13620	Mariya Nikolova	BUL	2:40.8 (4 h6)	–
19	13289	Carla Galle	BEL	2:40.9 (4 h5)	–
=20	17704	Yvonne Tobis	ISR	2:41.0 (4 h1)	–
=20	–	Eva Sigg	FIN	2:41.0 (5 h4)	–
22	15077	Pilar Von Carstenn-Lichterfelde	ESP	2:41.7 (5 h6)	–
=23	12336	Heli Matzdorf	FRG	2:42.1 (4 h2)	–
=23	19364	Pru Chapman	NZL	2:42.1 (2 h3)	–
25	15889	Hedy García	PHI	2:42.3 (3 h3)	–
26	18778	Lidia Ramírez	MEX	2:42.6 (6 h4)	–
27	22933	Kristina Moir	PUR	2:42.8 (5 h5)	–
28	17669	Ellen Ingvadóttir	ISL	2:43.1 (4 h3)	–
29	17668	Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir	ISL	2:44.3 (5 h3)	–
30	14926	Carmen Ferracuti	ESA	2:44.7 (6 h5)	–
31	12328	Helmi Boxberger	FRG	2:45.2 (6 h6)	–
32	21521	Ruth Apt	URU	2:45.9 (6 h3)	–
33	21523	Felicia Ospitaletche	URU	2:47.8 (5 h2)	–
34	23710	Shen Bao-Ni	TPE	2:48.1 (7 h6)	–
35	14927	Donatella Ferracuti	ESA	2:48.6 (6 h2)	–
36	13974	Olga de Ángulo	COL	2:48.7 (7 h5)	–
37	14928	María Moreno	ESA	2:51.1 (7 h4)	–
38	13973	Nelly Syro	COL	2:55.7 (5 h1)	–
39	–	Liana Vicens	PUR	2:57.0 (6 h1)	–
DNS	12810	Adriana Comolli	ARG	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	17378	Judit Bárányi	HUN	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	20262	Pat Chan	SGP	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	–	Đurđica Bjedov	YUG	– (DNS h3)	–
DNS	22935	Ana Marcial	PUR	– (DNS h4)	–
DNS	13886	Marilyn Corson	CAN	– (DNS h5)	–

Round One

Date	20 October 1968 — 10:00
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	6	Claudia Kolb	USA	2:28.8	QOR
2	5	Yoshimi Nishigawa	JPN	2:31.5	QOR
3	6	Marianne Seydel	GDR	2:32.8	Q
=4	6	Sabine Steinbach	GDR	2:33.2	QOR
=4	1	Sue Pedersen	USA	2:33.2	Q
6	4	Jan Henne	USA	2:33.9	Q
7	5	Larisa Zakharova	URS	2:34.6	Q
8	3	Shelagh Ratcliffe	GBR	2:34.9	Q
9	6	Tui Shipston	NZL	2:35.5
10	5	Dianna Rickard	AUS	2:36.0
11	3	Sue Eddy	AUS	2:36.6
12	5	Hennie Penterman	NED	2:36.7
13	4	Judit Turóczy	HUN	2:38.8
14	7	Kirsten Campbell	DEN	2:39.4
15	2	Danièle Dorléans	FRA	2:39.5
16	7	Consuelo Changanachi	PER	2:40.0
17	7	Márta Egerváry	HUN	2:40.7
18	2	Mariya Nikolova	BUL	2:40.8
19	5	Carla Galle	BEL	2:40.9
=20	2	Yvonne Tobis	ISR	2:41.0
=20	4	Eva Sigg	FIN	2:41.0
22	6	Pilar Von Carstenn-Lichterfelde	ESP	2:41.7
=23	2	Heli Matzdorf	FRG	2:42.1
=23	4	Pru Chapman	NZL	2:42.1
25	3	Hedy García	PHI	2:42.3
26	2	Lidia Ramírez	MEX	2:42.6
27	4	Kristina Moir	PUR	2:42.8
28	5	Ellen Ingvadóttir	ISL	2:43.1
29	6	Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir	ISL	2:44.3
30	7	Carmen Ferracuti	ESA	2:44.7
31	1	Helmi Boxberger	FRG	2:45.2
32	4	Ruth Apt	URU	2:45.9
33	3	Felicia Ospitaletche	URU	2:47.8
34	3	Shen Bao-Ni	TPE	2:48.1
35	4	Donatella Ferracuti	ESA	2:48.6
36	3	Olga de Ángulo	COL	2:48.7
37	8	María Moreno	ESA	2:51.1
38	7	Nelly Syro	COL	2:55.7
39	5	Liana Vicens	PUR	2:57.0
DNS	–	Adriana Comolli	ARG	–
DNS	–	Judit Bárányi	HUN	–
DNS	–	Pat Chan	SGP	–
DNS	–	Đurđica Bjedov	YUG	–
DNS	–	Ana Marcial	PUR	–
DNS	–	Marilyn Corson	CAN	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	6	Sabine Steinbach	GDR	2:33.2	QOR
2	4	Jan Henne	USA	2:33.9	Q
3	3	Sue Eddy	AUS	2:36.6
4	2	Yvonne Tobis	ISR	2:41.0
5	7	Nelly Syro	COL	2:55.7
6	5	Liana Vicens	PUR	2:57.0
DNS	–	Adriana Comolli	ARG	–
DNS	–	Judit Bárányi	HUN	–

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	6	Tui Shipston	NZL	2:35.5
2	5	Dianna Rickard	AUS	2:36.0
3	7	Consuelo Changanachi	PER	2:40.0
4	2	Heli Matzdorf	FRG	2:42.1
5	3	Felicia Ospitaletche	URU	2:47.8
6	4	Donatella Ferracuti	ESA	2:48.6
DNS	–	Pat Chan	SGP	–

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Yoshimi Nishigawa	JPN	2:31.5	QOR
2	4	Pru Chapman	NZL	2:42.1
3	3	Hedy García	PHI	2:42.3
4	5	Ellen Ingvadóttir	ISL	2:43.1
5	6	Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir	ISL	2:44.3
6	4	Ruth Apt	URU	2:45.9
DNS	–	Đurđica Bjedov	YUG	–

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	6	Claudia Kolb	USA	2:28.8	QOR
2	5	Larisa Zakharova	URS	2:34.6	Q
3	3	Shelagh Ratcliffe	GBR	2:34.9	Q
4	7	Kirsten Campbell	DEN	2:39.4
5	4	Eva Sigg	FIN	2:41.0
6	2	Lidia Ramírez	MEX	2:42.6
7	8	María Moreno	ESA	2:51.1
DNS	–	Ana Marcial	PUR	–

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	6	Marianne Seydel	GDR	2:32.8	Q
2	1	Sue Pedersen	USA	2:33.2	Q
3	2	Danièle Dorléans	FRA	2:39.5
4	5	Carla Galle	BEL	2:40.9
5	4	Kristina Moir	PUR	2:42.8
6	7	Carmen Ferracuti	ESA	2:44.7
7	3	Olga de Ángulo	COL	2:48.7
DNS	–	Marilyn Corson	CAN	–

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Hennie Penterman	NED	2:36.7
2	4	Judit Turóczy	HUN	2:38.8
3	7	Márta Egerváry	HUN	2:40.7
4	2	Mariya Nikolova	BUL	2:40.8
5	6	Pilar Von Carstenn-Lichterfelde	ESP	2:41.7
6	1	Helmi Boxberger	FRG	2:45.2
7	3	Shen Bao-Ni	TPE	2:48.1

Final Round

Date	20 October 1968 — 17:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Claudia Kolb	USA	2:24.7	OR
2	2	Sue Pedersen	USA	2:28.8
3	7	Jan Henne	USA	2:31.4
4	6	Sabine Steinbach	GDR	2:31.4
5	5	Yoshimi Nishigawa	JPN	2:33.7
6	3	Marianne Seydel	GDR	2:33.7
7	1	Larisa Zakharova	URS	2:37.0
DQ	8	Shelagh Ratcliffe	GBR	–