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. 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.

Medalists

Results

Heats

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Djurdjica Bjedov1:17.7
2Alla Grebennikova1:19.3
3Shlomit Nir1:20.9
4Ann O'Connor1:21.1
5Marjan Janus1:21.9
6Tamara Orejuela1:26.8
7Celia Jokisch1:46.6

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Sharon Wichman1:18.3
2Judy Playfair1:19.2
3Yvonne Brage1:20.8
4Vreni Eberle1:22.6
5Víctoria Casas1:24.7
6María Moreño1:27.2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Uta Frommater1:18.5
2Galina Prozumenschikova1:18.6
3Svetlana Babanina1:20.2
4Jill Slattery1:20.7
5Sue McKenzie1:20.9
6Ellen Ingvadóttir1:22.6

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Ana María Norbis1:17.4
2Kiyoe Nakagawa1:18.2
3Diana Harris1:19.8
4Yukari Takemoto1:20.7
5Márta Egerváry1:22.6
6Arlette Wilmes1:24.4
7María Castro1:36.9

Semifinals

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Ana Norbis1:16.7
2Catie Ball1:16.8
3Uta Frommater1:16.9
4Kiyoe Nakagawa1:17.7
5Svetlana Babanina1:18.3
6Sue Jones1:18.6
7Judy Playfair1:19.3
8Diana Harris1:19.3

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Đurđica Bjedov1:15.8OR
Galina Prozumenshchikova1:15.9
Sharon Wichman1:16.1
4Uta Frommater1:16.2
5Catie Ball1:16.7
6Kiyoe Nakagawa1:17.0
7Svetlana Babanina1:17.2
8Ana María Norbis1:17.3

Key: OR = Olympic record