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4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Women

Date	17 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez, Ciudad de México
Participants	70 from 16 countries

The American team of Kaye Hall, Catie Ball, Ellie Daniel, and Sue Pedersen had set the world record of 4:28.1 only a few weeks before the Olympics, at a meet in Colorado Springs. They were heavily favored but had a bit of a tussle with the Australians. The race opened the Olympic meet, with Hall swimming the opening backstroke leg, leading Australian Lynne Watson by 0.7 seconds. Catie Ball swam the second breaststroke leg, but she had a poor Olympics for her, suffering from a viral infection throughout, and Australian Judy Playfair, only 14-years-old, closed the lead down to 0.3 seconds. Daniel opened it a little bit on the butterfly, racing the eventual 100 fly champion Lyn McClements, but the race was still in doubt as Sue Pedersen took the anchor leg freestyle against Jenny Steinbeck. And then it was over. Pedersen pulled away to give the Americans a gold by 1.7 seconds. Far back in third was West Germany, followed by the Soviet Union and East Germany.

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	United States	USA	4:34.7 (1 h1)	4:28.3 (1)	Gold
Backstroke	15384	Kaye Hall		–	–
Breaststroke	15376	Catie Ball		–	–
Butterfly	15381	Ellie Daniel		–	–
Freestyle	15394	Sue Pedersen		–	–
Backstroke	15397	Jane Swagerty		–	–
Breaststroke	15388	Suzy Jones		–	–
Butterfly	15396	Susan Shields		–	–
Freestyle	15385	Jan Henne		–	–
2	–	Australia	AUS	4:34.6 (1 h2)	4:30.0 (2)	Silver
Backstroke	13069	Lynne Watson		–	–
Breaststroke	13066	Judy Playfair		–	–
Butterfly	13062	Lyn McClements		–	–
Freestyle	13068	Jenny Steinbeck		–	–
Freestyle	13056	Lyn Bell		–	–
3	–	West Germany	FRG	4:39.5 (3 h2)	4:36.4 (3)	Bronze
Backstroke	12334	Angelika Kraus		–	–
Breaststroke	12331	Uta Frommater		–	–
Butterfly	12333	Heike Hustede-Nagel		–	–
Freestyle	12338	Heidi Reineck		–	–
4	–	Soviet Union	URS	4:39.5 (3 h1)	4:37.0 (4)
Backstroke	21067	Tina Lek'veishvili		–	–
Breaststroke	21058	Alla Grebennikova		–	–
Butterfly	21056	Tatyana Devyatova		–	–
Freestyle	21063	Lidiya Grebets		–	–
Butterfly	21054	Larisa Zakharova		–	–
5	–	East Germany	GDR	4:39.3 (2 h1)	4:38.0 (5)
Backstroke	23126	Martina Grunert		–	–
Breaststroke	23080	Eva Wittke		–	–
Butterfly	–	Helga Lindner		–	–
Freestyle	–	Uta Schmuck		–	–
6	–	Great Britain	GBR	4:40.4 (4 h1)	4:38.3 (6)
Backstroke	16694	Wendy Burrell		–	–
Breaststroke	16698	Dorothy Harrison		–	–
Butterfly	16699	Margaret Auton		–	–
Freestyle	16703	Alex Jackson		–	–
7	–	Netherlands	NED	4:39.4 (2 h2)	4:38.7 (7)
Backstroke	17075	Cobie Buter		–	–
Breaststroke	–	Klenie Bimolt		–	–
Butterfly	17070	Ada Kok		–	–
Freestyle	17071	Nel Bos		–	–
8	–	Hungary	HUN	4:41.2 (4 h2)	4:42.9 (8)
Backstroke	17382	Mária Balla-Lantos		–	–
Breaststroke	17381	Edit Kovács		–	–
Butterfly	–	Andrea Gyarmati		–	–
Freestyle	17385	Judit Turóczy		–	–
9	–	Japan	JPN	4:41.4 (5 h2)	–
	18159	Yukiko Goushi		–	–
	18155	Kiyoe Nakagawa		–	–
	18160	Yasuko Fujii		–	–
	18153	Miwako Kobayashi		–	–
10	–	Canada	CAN	4:43.1 (5 h1)	–
	13885	Elaine Tanner		–	–
	13883	Anne Walton		–	–
	13887	Jeanne Warren		–	–
	13884	Marion Lay		–	–
11	–	New Zealand	NZL	4:49.0 (6 h1)	–
	19366	Glenda Stirling		–	–
	19364	Pru Chapman		–	–
	19367	Sandra Whittleston		–	–
	19365	Tui Shipston		–	–
12	–	Mexico	MEX	4:51.0 (7 h1)	–
	18778	Lidia Ramírez		–	–
	18779	Tamara Oynick		–	–
	18781	Patricia Obregón		–	–
	18776	María Teresa Ramírez		–	–
13	–	Uruguay	URU	4:56.0 (6 h2)	–
	21523	Felicia Ospitaletche		–	–
	21520	Ana María Norbis		–	–
	21521	Ruth Apt		–	–
	21524	Mónica E. Figueroa		–	–
14	–	El Salvador	ESA	5:12.6 (8 h1)	–
	14929	Rosa Hasbún		–	–
	14928	María Moreno		–	–
	14926	Carmen Ferracuti		–	–
	14927	Donatella Ferracuti		–	–
15	–	Puerto Rico	PUR	5:18.2 (7 h2)	–
	22935	Ana Marcial		–	–
	–	Liana Vicens		–	–
	22933	Kristina Moir		–	–
	–	Lorna Blake		–	–
DQ	–	Yugoslavia	YUG	– (DQ h2)	–
	21689	Zdenka Gašparac		–	–
	–	Đurđica Bjedov		–	–
	21692	Mirjana Šegrt		–	–
	21690	Ana Boban		–	–

Round One

Date	17 October 1968 — 10:00
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Team	NOC	Time
1	–	Australia	AUS	4:34.6	Q
2	–	United States	USA	4:34.7	Q
3	–	East Germany	GDR	4:39.3	Q
4	–	Netherlands	NED	4:39.4	Q
=5	–	Soviet Union	URS	4:39.5	Q
=5	–	West Germany	FRG	4:39.5	Q
7	–	Great Britain	GBR	4:40.4	Q
8	–	Hungary	HUN	4:41.2	Q
9	–	Japan	JPN	4:41.4
10	–	Canada	CAN	4:43.1
11	–	New Zealand	NZL	4:49.0
12	–	Mexico	MEX	4:51.0
13	–	Uruguay	URU	4:56.0
14	–	El Salvador	ESA	5:12.6
15	–	Puerto Rico	PUR	5:18.2
DQ	–	Yugoslavia	YUG	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	United States	USA	4:34.7	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Jane Swagerty		–	1:10.3 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Suzy Jones		–	1:17.0 (1)	2:27.3 (1)
Butterfly	–	Susan Shields		–	1:05.9 (1)	3:33.2 (1)
Freestyle	–	Jan Henne		–	1:01.5 (3)	– (–)
2	–	East Germany	GDR	4:39.3	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Martina Grunert		–	1:10.7 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Eva Wittke		–	1:19.7 (3)	2:30.4 (3)
Butterfly	–	Helga Lindner		–	1:07.1 (=2)	3:37.5 (3)
Freestyle	–	Uta Schmuck		–	1:01.8 (4)	– (–)
3	–	Soviet Union	URS	4:39.5	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Tina Lek'veishvili		–	1:11.8 (6)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Alla Grebennikova		–	1:17.2 (2)	2:29.0 (2)
Butterfly	–	Larisa Zakharova		–	1:08.4 (4)	3:37.4 (2)
Freestyle	–	Lidiya Grebets		–	1:02.1 (5)	– (–)
4	–	Great Britain	GBR	4:40.4	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Wendy Burrell		–	1:11.2 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Dorothy Harrison		–	1:21.2 (4)	2:32.4 (4)
Butterfly	–	Margaret Auton		–	1:07.1 (=2)	3:39.5 (4)
Freestyle	–	Alex Jackson		–	1:00.9 (2)	– (–)
5	–	Canada	CAN	4:43.1	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Elaine Tanner		–	1:07.6 (1)	– (–)	IOR
Breaststroke	–	Anne Walton		–	1:25.1 (6)	2:32.7 (5)
Butterfly	–	Jeanne Warren		–	1:09.9 (6)	3:42.6 (5)
Freestyle	–	Marion Lay		–	1:00.5 (1)	– (–)
6	–	New Zealand	NZL	4:49.0	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Glenda Stirling		–	1:10.2 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Pru Chapman		–	1:25.2 (7)	2:35.4 (6)
Butterfly	–	Sandra Whittleston		–	1:09.0 (5)	3:44.4 (6)
Freestyle	–	Tui Shipston		–	1:04.6 (7)	– (–)
7	–	Mexico	MEX	4:51.0	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Lidia Ramírez		–	1:14.1 (7)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Tamara Oynick		–	1:22.0 (5)	2:36.1 (7)
Butterfly	–	Patricia Obregón		–	1:12.1 (7)	3:48.2 (7)
Freestyle	–	María Teresa Ramírez		–	1:02.8 (6)	– (–)
8	–	El Salvador	ESA	5:12.6	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Rosa Hasbún		–	1:22.2 (8)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	María Moreno		–	1:26.8 (8)	2:49.0 (8)
Butterfly	–	Carmen Ferracuti		–	1:15.6 (8)	4:04.6 (8)
Freestyle	–	Donatella Ferracuti		–	1:08.0 (8)	– (–)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	Australia	AUS	4:34.6	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Lynne Watson		–	1:09.6 (1)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Judy Playfair		–	1:17.7 (5)	2:27.3 (1)
Butterfly	–	Lyn McClements		–	1:06.4 (2)	3:33.7 (1)
Freestyle	–	Lyn Bell		–	1:00.9 (1)	– (–)
2	–	Netherlands	NED	4:39.4	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Cobie Buter		–	1:10.1 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Klenie Bimolt		–	1:21.0 (6)	2:31.1 (4)
Butterfly	–	Ada Kok		–	1:06.1 (1)	3:37.2 (3)
Freestyle	–	Nel Bos		–	1:02.2 (3)	– (–)
3	–	West Germany	FRG	4:39.5	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Angelika Kraus		–	1:12.7 (6)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Uta Frommater		–	1:16.5 (2)	2:29.2 (3)
Butterfly	–	Heike Hustede-Nagel		–	1:07.4 (4)	3:36.6 (2)
Freestyle	–	Heidi Reineck		–	1:02.9 (4)	– (–)
4	–	Hungary	HUN	4:41.2	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Mária Balla-Lantos		–	1:11.1 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Edit Kovács		–	1:21.7 (7)	2:32.8 (5)
Butterfly	–	Andrea Gyarmati		–	1:07.2 (3)	3:40.0 (5)
Freestyle	–	Judit Turóczy		–	1:01.2 (2)	– (–)
5	–	Japan	JPN	4:41.4	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Yukiko Goushi		–	1:11.4 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Kiyoe Nakagawa		–	1:17.0 (4)	2:28.4 (2)
Butterfly	–	Yasuko Fujii		–	1:10.0 (5)	3:38.4 (4)
Freestyle	–	Miwako Kobayashi		–	1:03.0 (5)	– (–)
6	–	Uruguay	URU	4:56.0	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Felicia Ospitaletche		–	1:17.8 (7)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Ana María Norbis		–	1:16.4 (1)	2:34.2 (6)
Butterfly	–	Ruth Apt		–	1:15.8 (7)	3:50.0 (6)
Freestyle	–	Mónica E. Figueroa		–	1:06.0 (7)	– (–)
7	–	Puerto Rico	PUR	5:18.2	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Ana Marcial		–	1:22.7 (8)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Liana Vicens		–	1:25.8 (8)	2:48.5 (7)
Butterfly	–	Kristina Moir		–	1:17.6 (8)	4:06.1 (7)
Freestyle	–	Lorna Blake		–	1:12.1 (8)	– (–)
DQ	–	Yugoslavia	YUG	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Zdenka Gašparac		–	[1:10.8] ([3])	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Đurđica Bjedov		–	[1:16.8] ([3])	[2:27.6] ([−])
Butterfly	–	Mirjana Šegrt		–	[1:11.3] ([6])	[3:38.9] ([−])
Freestyle	–	Ana Boban		–	[1:04.3] ([6])	– (–)

Final Round

Date	17 October 1968 — 17:00

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	United States	USA	4:28.3	– (–)	– (–)	OR
Backstroke	–	Kaye Hall		–	1:07.8 (1)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Catie Ball		–	1:16.3 (3)	2:24.1 (1)
Butterfly	–	Ellie Daniel		–	1:04.8 (1)	3:28.9 (1)
Freestyle	–	Sue Pedersen		–	59.4 (1)	– (–)
2	–	Australia	AUS	4:30.0	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Lynne Watson		–	1:08.5 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Judy Playfair		–	1:15.9 (2)	2:24.4 (2)
Butterfly	–	Lyn McClements		–	1:05.0 (2)	3:29.4 (2)
Freestyle	–	Jenny Steinbeck		–	1:00.6 (2)	– (–)
3	–	West Germany	FRG	4:36.4	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Angelika Kraus		–	1:12.6 (8)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Uta Frommater		–	1:15.7 (1)	2:28.3 (4)
Butterfly	–	Heike Hustede-Nagel		–	1:06.1 (4)	3:34.4 (3)
Freestyle	–	Heidi Reineck		–	1:02.0 (6)	– (–)
4	–	Soviet Union	URS	4:37.0	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Tina Lek'veishvili		–	1:10.9 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Alla Grebennikova		–	1:17.2 (4)	2:28.1 (3)
Butterfly	–	Tatyana Devyatova		–	1:07.0 (7)	3:35.1 (4)
Freestyle	–	Lidiya Grebets		–	1:01.9 (=4)	– (–)
5	–	East Germany	GDR	4:38.0	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Martina Grunert		–	1:10.1 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Eva Wittke		–	1:19.2 (5)	2:29.3 (5)
Butterfly	–	Helga Lindner		–	1:06.8 (=5)	3:36.1 (5)
Freestyle	–	Uta Schmuck		–	1:01.9 (=4)	– (–)
6	–	Great Britain	GBR	4:38.3	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Wendy Burrell		–	1:11.3 (7)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Dorothy Harrison		–	1:19.3 (6)	2:30.6 (6)
Butterfly	–	Margaret Auton		–	1:06.8 (=5)	3:37.4 (7)
Freestyle	–	Alex Jackson		–	1:00.9 (3)	– (–)
7	–	Netherlands	NED	4:38.7	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Cobie Buter		–	1:10.3 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Klenie Bimolt		–	1:20.7 (7)	2:31.0 (7)
Butterfly	–	Ada Kok		–	1:05.5 (3)	3:36.5 (6)
Freestyle	–	Nel Bos		–	1:02.2 (8)	– (–)
8	–	Hungary	HUN	4:42.9	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Mária Balla-Lantos		–	1:11.2 (6)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Edit Kovács		–	1:22.0 (8)	2:33.2 (8)
Butterfly	–	Andrea Gyarmati		–	1:07.6 (8)	3:40.8 (8)
Freestyle	–	Judit Turóczy		–	1:02.1 (7)	– (–)