Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke explained

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place 25 October.^[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool. This was the first appearance for this event in the Olympics for the women swimmers.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:31.1
2			2:36.9
3	Jeanne Warren		2:37.9
4			2:39.4
5			2:40.0
6			2:40.5
7			2:43.5

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:34.5
2			2:35.5
3			2:38.1
4			2:40.5

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:33.5
2			2:35.2
3			2:35.4
4			2:38.8
5			2:49.2

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:30.9
2			2:33.2
3			2:34.7
4			2:36.7
5			2:40.3
6			2:52.6

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:29.2
2			2:33.7
3			2:34.5
4			2:36.1
5			2:37.7
6			2:41.5
7			2:51.4
8			2:56.2

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			2:24.8	OR
			2:27.4
			2:28.9
4			2:29.5
5			2:32.3
6			2:33.5
7			2:33.9
8			2:36.6

Key: OR = Olympic record

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165450/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/SWI/womens-200-metres-backstroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 16 November 2016 . Sports Reference.