Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay explained

The women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place October 26.^[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming two lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.

Medalists

Jane Barkman
Linda Gustavson
Susan Pedersen
Jan Henne

Gabriele Wetzko
Roswitha Krause
Uta Schmuck
Martina Grunert

Angela Coughlan
Marilyn Corson
Elaine Tanner
Marion Lay

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		4:12.0
2		4:15.4
3		4:17.1
4		4:18.2
5		4:19.4
6		4:21.9

Heat 2

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		4:11.1
2		4:13.6
3		4:14.5	NR
4		4:16.7
5		4:39.8

Heat 3

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		4:10.3
2		4:14.1
3		4:16.3
4		4:33.4

Final

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		4:02.5
2		4:05.7
3		4:07.2
4		4:08.7
5		4:11.0
6		4:13.6	NR
7		4:18.0

Notes and References

Web site: Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165923/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/SWI/womens-4-x-100-metres-freestyle-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 19 November 2016 . Sports Reference.