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200 metres, Women

Date	17 – 18 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad de México
Participants	36 from 21 countries

The heavy favorite was the silver medalist from 1964, Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein, who had won the 1966 European Championships, and had set the world record of 22.7 at a meet in Warszawa in 1965. She did not disappoint. In the final, the 1964/68 100 gold medalist Wyomia Tyus started in the lead, but faded in the straight. Szewińska-Kirszenstein pulled ahead and won by two metres in world record time. The first four finishers broke 23 seconds, the first time that had occurred. The eight-place finisher, Jutta Stöck, was the daughter of 1936 javelin gold medalist Gerd Stöck.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	207	Irena Szewińska	POL	23.2 (1 h5)	23.2 (3 h1)	22.5 (1)	Gold	WR
2	33	Raelene Boyle	AUS	23.0 (1 h2)	22.9 (1 h1)	22.7 (2)	Silver
3	38	Jennifer Lamy	AUS	23.1 (2 h3)	22.8 (2 h2)	22.8 (3)	Bronze
4	93	Barbara Ferrell	USA	22.9 (1 h3)	22.8 (1 h2)	22.9 (4)
5	121	Nicole Montandon	FRA	23.3 (3 h1)	23.0 (4 h2)	23.0 (5)
6	105	Wyomia Tyus	USA	23.4 (1 h4)	23.1 (2 h1)	23.0 (6)
7	84	Margaret Bailes	USA	23.1 (2 h1)	22.9 (3 h2)	23.1 (7)
8	14	Jutta Stöck	FRG	23.3 (3 h3)	23.4 (4 h1)	23.2 (8)
5 h1 r2/3	242	Lyudmila Samotesova	URS	23.1 (1 h1)	23.4 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	239	Vera Popkova	URS	23.3 (2 h2)	23.2 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	126	Lillian Board	GBR	23.4 (4 h2)	23.4 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	65	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	23.4 (2 h5)	23.3 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r2/3	35	Dianne Burge	AUS	23.6 (2 h4)	23.6 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	180	Una Morris	JAM	23.7 (3 h5)	23.5 (7 h2)	–
8 h2 r2/3	149	Truus Hennipman-Cruiming	NED	23.4 (3 h2)	23.5 (8 h2)	–
3 h4 r1/3	71	Fulgencia Romay	CUB	23.7 (3 h4)	– (DNS h1)	–
4 h1 r1/3	255	Marijana Lubej	YUG	23.9 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	153	Wilma van den Berg	NED	23.5 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	192	Oyeronke Akindele	NGR	23.9 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	123	Sylviane Telliez	FRA	23.8 (4 h5)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	74	Eva Glesková	TCH	24.0 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	61	Irene Piotrowski	CAN	23.7 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	143	Maureen Tranter	GBR	23.5 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	31	Alicia Kaufmanas	ARG	24.4 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	152	Mieke Sterk	NED	24.0 (5 h5)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	157	Györgyi Balogh-Szomov	HUN	24.1 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	177	Vilma Charlton	JAM	24.3 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	231	Lyudmila Golomazova	URS	23.7 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	6	Halina Herrmann	FRG	24.7 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	7	Rita Jahn	FRG	24.0 (6 h5)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	225	Tien Ah-Mei	TPE	25.5 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r1/3	252	Josefa Vicent	URU	24.8 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	124	Alice Annum	GHA	23.9 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	187	Esperanza Girón	MEX	25.3 (7 h5)	–	–
8 h2 r1/3	226	Yeh Chu-Mei	TPE	25.5 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r1/3	219	Karin Wallgren	SWE	24.2 (8 h3)	–	–
DNS	64	Jean Robotham	CRC	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	198	Berit Berthelsen	NOR	– (DNS h5)	–	–
DNS	185	Lydia Stephens	KEN	– (DNS h4)	–	–

Round One

Date	17 October 1968 — 10:00
Format	Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	242	Lyudmila Samotesova	URS	23.1	23.16	Q
2	84	Margaret Bailes	USA	23.1	23.17	Q
3	121	Nicole Montandon	FRA	23.3	23.34	Q
4	255	Marijana Lubej	YUG	23.9	23.96
5	74	Eva Glesková	TCH	24.0	24.08
6	157	Györgyi Balogh-Szomov	HUN	24.1	24.15
7	225	Tien Ah-Mei	TPE	25.5	25.53
DNS	64	Jean Robotham	CRC	–	–

Heat #2

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	33	Raelene Boyle	AUS	23.0	23.09	Q=OR
2	239	Vera Popkova	URS	23.3	23.40	Q
3	149	Truus Hennipman-Cruiming	NED	23.4	23.43	Q
4	126	Lillian Board	GBR	23.4	23.49	q
5	61	Irene Piotrowski	CAN	23.7	23.74
6	177	Vilma Charlton	JAM	24.3	24.39
7	252	Josefa Vicent	URU	24.8	24.89
8	226	Yeh Chu-Mei	TPE	25.5	25.55

Heat #3

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	93	Barbara Ferrell	USA	22.9	22.94	QOR
2	38	Jennifer Lamy	AUS	23.1	23.19	Q
3	14	Jutta Stöck	FRG	23.3	23.37	Q
4	153	Wilma van den Berg	NED	23.5	23.54
5	143	Maureen Tranter	GBR	23.5	23.58
6	231	Lyudmila Golomazova	URS	23.7	23.73
7	124	Alice Annum	GHA	23.9	23.95
8	219	Karin Wallgren	SWE	24.2	24.23

Heat #4

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	105	Wyomia Tyus	USA	23.4	23.46	Q
2	35	Dianne Burge	AUS	23.6	23.69	Q
3	71	Fulgencia Romay	CUB	23.7	23.71	Q
4	192	Oyeronke Akindele	NGR	23.9	23.91
5	31	Alicia Kaufmanas	ARG	24.4	24.57
6	6	Halina Herrmann	FRG	24.7	24.62
DNS	185	Lydia Stephens	KEN	–	–

Heat #5

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	207	Irena Szewińska	POL	23.2	23.21	Q
2	65	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	23.4	23.50	Q
3	180	Una Morris	JAM	23.7	23.80	Q
4	123	Sylviane Telliez	FRA	23.8	23.84
5	152	Mieke Sterk	NED	24.0	24.01
6	7	Rita Jahn	FRG	24.0	24.02
7	187	Esperanza Girón	MEX	25.3	25.32
DNS	198	Berit Berthelsen	NOR	–	–

Semi-Finals

Date	17 October 1968 — 16:00
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	33	Raelene Boyle	AUS	22.9	22.95	Q=OR
2	105	Wyomia Tyus	USA	23.1	23.14	Q
3	207	Irena Szewińska	POL	23.2	23.21	Q
4	14	Jutta Stöck	FRG	23.4	23.41	Q
5	242	Lyudmila Samotesova	URS	23.4	23.52
6	126	Lillian Board	GBR	23.4	23.52
7	35	Dianne Burge	AUS	23.6	23.65
DNS	71	Fulgencia Romay	CUB	–	–

Heat #2

Wind	1.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	93	Barbara Ferrell	USA	22.8	22.87	QOR
2	38	Jennifer Lamy	AUS	22.8	22.89	Q=OR
3	84	Margaret Bailes	USA	22.9	22.95	Q
4	121	Nicole Montandon	FRA	23.0	23.02	Q
5	239	Vera Popkova	URS	23.2	23.28
6	65	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	23.3	23.39
7	180	Una Morris	JAM	23.5	23.59
8	149	Truus Hennipman-Cruiming	NED	23.5	23.60

Final

Date	18 October 1968 — 15:30
Wind	2.0 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	Irena Szewińska	POL	22.5	22.58	WR
2	Raelene Boyle	AUS	22.7	22.74
3	Jennifer Lamy	AUS	22.8	22.88
4	Barbara Ferrell	USA	22.9	22.93
5	Nicole Montandon	FRA	23.0	23.08
6	Wyomia Tyus	USA	23.0	23.08
7	Margaret Bailes	USA	23.1	23.18
8	Jutta Stöck	FRG	23.2	23.25