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100 metres Freestyle, Women

Date	18 – 19 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez, Ciudad de México
Participants	57 from 27 countries

Dawn Fraser was gone, after having won the event in 1956, 1960, and 1964, and in her absence, there was no real favorite. Sue Pedersen had won the US Nationals and Olympic Trials over Jan Henne and they both made the final, each winning a semi, with Canada’s Marion Lay, silver medalist at the 1967 Pan American Games, winning the first semi. In the final Pedersen led by inches at the turn, but Henne surged past her to win the gold medal, with the Americans sweeping, Pedersen in second, and Linda Gustavson winning bronze, Lay placing fourth.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	15385	Jan Henne	USA	1:00.1 (1 h8)	1:00.5 (1 h3)	1:00.0 (1)	Gold
2	15394	Sue Pedersen	USA	1:01.5 (1 h6)	1:00.2 (1 h2)	1:00.3 (2)	Silver
3	15383	Linda Gustavson	USA	1:00.8 (1 h5)	1:00.6 (2 h3)	1:00.3 (3)	Bronze
4	13884	Marion Lay	CAN	1:00.6 (1 h7)	1:00.7 (1 h1)	1:00.5 (4)
5	23126	Martina Grunert	GDR	1:03.2 (2 h5)	1:02.2 (3 h1)	1:01.0 (5)
6	16703	Alex Jackson	GBR	1:00.5 (1 h2)	1:00.6 (2 h2)	1:01.0 (6)
7	21692	Mirjana Šegrt	YUG	1:03.3 (2 h3)	1:01.9 (2 h1)	1:01.5 (7)
8	17385	Judit Turóczy	HUN	1:02.1 (1 h4)	1:01.8 (3 h3)	1:01.6 (8)
=9	13056	Lyn Bell	AUS	1:01.9 (2 h8)	1:02.4 (4 h1)	–
=9	23058	Roswitha Krause	GDR	1:03.3 (2 h6)	1:02.4 (3 h2)	–
=11	13068	Jenny Steinbeck	AUS	1:03.8 (3 h1)	1:02.6 (5 h1)	–
=11	14609	Oľga Kozičová	TCH	1:03.3 (3 h7)	1:02.6 (4 h3)	–
13	–	Claude Mandonnaud	FRA	1:03.2 (1 h1)	1:02.7 (6 h3)	–
=14	–	Uta Schmuck	GDR	1:03.1 (3 h4)	1:02.8 (4 h2)	–
=14	17071	Nel Bos	NED	1:03.0 (1 h3)	1:02.8 (5 h3)	–
=14	23709	Oei Liana	TPE	1:03.0 (3 h8)	1:02.8 (6 h1)	–
17	13069	Lynne Watson	AUS	1:03.5 (3 h6)	1:02.9 (7 h1)	–
18	–	Shigeko Kawanishi	JPN	1:02.6 (2 h4)	1:03.0 (5 h2)	–
19	21063	Lidiya Grebets	URS	1:03.3 (2 h7)	1:03.3 (6 h2)	–
=20	17381	Edit Kovács	HUN	1:03.7 (3 h3)	1:03.5 (7 h2)	–
=20	20391	Elisabeth Berglund	SWE	1:03.6 (2 h1)	1:03.5 (7 h3)	–
22	17384	Magdolna Patóh	HUN	1:03.8 (4 h6)	1:03.8 (8 h1)	–
23	–	Simone Hanner	FRA	1:03.8 (4 h1)	1:04.8 (8 h3)	–
24	21061	Nataliya Ustinova	URS	1:03.8 (2 h2)	1:05.0 (8 h2)	–
25	17944	Mietta Strumolo	ITA	1:04.1 (3 h5)	–	–
=26	12338	Heidi Reineck	FRG	1:04.2 (4 h8)	–	–
=26	18153	Miwako Kobayashi	JPN	1:04.2 (3 h2)	–	–
=26	21039	Zoya Dus	URS	1:04.2 (4 h7)	–	–
29	–	Lotten Andersson	SWE	1:04.5 (4 h4)	–	–
30	21968	Rosario de Vivanco	PER	1:04.7 (5 h4)	–	–
31	16248	Catherine Grosjean	FRA	1:04.9 (4 h3)	–	–
=32	13620	Mariya Nikolova	BUL	1:05.1 (4 h2)	–	–
=32	12328	Helmi Boxberger	FRG	1:05.1 (4 h5)	–	–
=32	15890	Helen Elliott	PHI	1:05.1 (5 h1)	–	–
=32	–	Vera Kock	SWE	1:05.1 (5 h5)	–	–
36	13972	Patricia Olano	COL	1:05.3 (6 h1)	–	–
=37	–	Marcia Arriaga	MEX	1:05.4 (5 h8)	–	–
=37	21690	Ana Boban	YUG	1:05.4 (5 h6)	–	–
39	16704	Fiona Kellock	GBR	1:05.8 (5 h3)	–	–
40	12339	Ingeborg Renner	FRG	1:05.9 (6 h4)	–	–
=41	17069	Toos Beumer	NED	1:06.1 (6 h6)	–	–
=41	17076	Mirjam van Hemert	NED	1:06.1 (6 h8)	–	–
=41	15889	Hedy García	PHI	1:06.1 (7 h4)	–	–
=44	16701	Gillian Treers	GBR	1:06.3 (6 h3)	–	–
=44	17668	Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir	ISL	1:06.3 (7 h8)	–	–
46	23710	Shen Bao-Ni	TPE	1:06.7 (5 h2)	–	–
47	18941	Vivian Ortiz	MEX	1:06.9 (6 h5)	–	–
48	21521	Ruth Apt	URU	1:07.0 (6 h2)	–	–
49	21524	Mónica E. Figueroa	URU	1:07.2 (7 h5)	–	–
50	22933	Kristina Moir	PUR	1:07.9 (8 h8)	–	–
51	21522	Lylián Castillo	URU	1:08.3 (7 h6)	–	–
52	14926	Carmen Ferracuti	ESA	1:08.5 (5 h7)	–	–
53	21565	Nguyễn Minh Tam	VNM	1:09.5 (6 h7)	–	–
54	14929	Rosa Hasbún	ESA	1:10.0 (8 h6)	–	–
55	22935	Ana Marcial	PUR	1:10.1 (8 h5)	–	–
56	16863	Silvana Asturias	GUA	1:10.3 (7 h3)	–	–
57	–	Lorna Blake	PUR	1:13.2 (8 h4)	–	–
DNS	12851	María Procopio	ARG	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	13888	Angela Coughlan	CAN	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	17942	Mara Sacchi	ITA	– (DNS h7)	–	–
DNS	20262	Pat Chan	SGP	– (DNS h3)	–	–

Round One

Date	18 October 1968 — 10:00
Format	Fastest 24 advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Jan Henne	USA	1:00.1	Q
2	–	Alex Jackson	GBR	1:00.5	Q
3	–	Marion Lay	CAN	1:00.6	Q
4	–	Linda Gustavson	USA	1:00.8	Q
5	–	Sue Pedersen	USA	1:01.5	Q
6	–	Lyn Bell	AUS	1:01.9	Q
7	–	Judit Turóczy	HUN	1:02.1	Q
8	–	Shigeko Kawanishi	JPN	1:02.6	Q
=9	–	Nel Bos	NED	1:03.0	Q
=9	–	Oei Liana	TPE	1:03.0	Q
11	–	Uta Schmuck	GDR	1:03.1	Q
=12	–	Claude Mandonnaud	FRA	1:03.2	Q
=12	–	Martina Grunert	GDR	1:03.2	Q
=14	–	Mirjana Šegrt	YUG	1:03.3	Q
=14	–	Roswitha Krause	GDR	1:03.3	Q
=14	–	Lidiya Grebets	URS	1:03.3	Q
=14	–	Oľga Kozičová	TCH	1:03.3	Q
18	–	Lynne Watson	AUS	1:03.5	Q
19	–	Elisabeth Berglund	SWE	1:03.6	Q
20	–	Edit Kovács	HUN	1:03.7	Q
=21	–	Jenny Steinbeck	AUS	1:03.8	Q
=21	–	Simone Hanner	FRA	1:03.8	Q
=21	–	Nataliya Ustinova	URS	1:03.8	Q
=21	–	Magdolna Patóh	HUN	1:03.8	Q
25	–	Mietta Strumolo	ITA	1:04.1
=26	–	Miwako Kobayashi	JPN	1:04.2
=26	–	Zoya Dus	URS	1:04.2
=26	–	Heidi Reineck	FRG	1:04.2
29	–	Lotten Andersson	SWE	1:04.5
30	–	Rosario de Vivanco	PER	1:04.7
31	–	Catherine Grosjean	FRA	1:04.9
=32	–	Helen Elliott	PHI	1:05.1
=32	–	Mariya Nikolova	BUL	1:05.1
=32	–	Helmi Boxberger	FRG	1:05.1
=32	–	Vera Kock	SWE	1:05.1
36	–	Patricia Olano	COL	1:05.3
=37	–	Ana Boban	YUG	1:05.4
=37	–	Marcia Arriaga	MEX	1:05.4
39	–	Fiona Kellock	GBR	1:05.8
40	–	Ingeborg Renner	FRG	1:05.9
=41	–	Hedy García	PHI	1:06.1
=41	–	Toos Beumer	NED	1:06.1
=41	–	Mirjam van Hemert	NED	1:06.1
=44	–	Gillian Treers	GBR	1:06.3
=44	–	Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir	ISL	1:06.3
46	–	Shen Bao-Ni	TPE	1:06.7
47	–	Vivian Ortiz	MEX	1:06.9
48	–	Ruth Apt	URU	1:07.0
49	–	Mónica E. Figueroa	URU	1:07.2
50	–	Kristina Moir	PUR	1:07.9
51	–	Lylián Castillo	URU	1:08.3
52	–	Carmen Ferracuti	ESA	1:08.5
53	–	Nguyễn Minh Tam	VNM	1:09.5
54	–	Rosa Hasbún	ESA	1:10.0
55	–	Ana Marcial	PUR	1:10.1
56	–	Silvana Asturias	GUA	1:10.3
57	–	Lorna Blake	PUR	1:13.2
DNS	–	María Procopio	ARG	–
DNS	–	Angela Coughlan	CAN	–
DNS	–	Pat Chan	SGP	–
DNS	–	Mara Sacchi	ITA	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Claude Mandonnaud	FRA	1:03.2	Q
2	–	Elisabeth Berglund	SWE	1:03.6	Q
3	–	Jenny Steinbeck	AUS	1:03.8	Q
4	–	Simone Hanner	FRA	1:03.8	Q
5	–	Helen Elliott	PHI	1:05.1
6	–	Patricia Olano	COL	1:05.3
DNS	–	María Procopio	ARG	–

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Alex Jackson	GBR	1:00.5	Q
2	–	Nataliya Ustinova	URS	1:03.8	Q
3	–	Miwako Kobayashi	JPN	1:04.2
4	–	Mariya Nikolova	BUL	1:05.1
5	–	Shen Bao-Ni	TPE	1:06.7
6	–	Ruth Apt	URU	1:07.0
DNS	–	Angela Coughlan	CAN	–

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Nel Bos	NED	1:03.0	Q
2	–	Mirjana Šegrt	YUG	1:03.3	Q
3	–	Edit Kovács	HUN	1:03.7	Q
4	–	Catherine Grosjean	FRA	1:04.9
5	–	Fiona Kellock	GBR	1:05.8
6	–	Gillian Treers	GBR	1:06.3
7	–	Silvana Asturias	GUA	1:10.3
DNS	–	Pat Chan	SGP	–

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Judit Turóczy	HUN	1:02.1	Q
2	–	Shigeko Kawanishi	JPN	1:02.6	Q
3	–	Uta Schmuck	GDR	1:03.1	Q
4	–	Lotten Andersson	SWE	1:04.5
5	–	Rosario de Vivanco	PER	1:04.7
6	–	Ingeborg Renner	FRG	1:05.9
7	–	Hedy García	PHI	1:06.1
8	–	Lorna Blake	PUR	1:13.2

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Linda Gustavson	USA	1:00.8	Q
2	–	Martina Grunert	GDR	1:03.2	Q
3	–	Mietta Strumolo	ITA	1:04.1
4	–	Helmi Boxberger	FRG	1:05.1
5	–	Vera Kock	SWE	1:05.1
6	–	Vivian Ortiz	MEX	1:06.9
7	–	Mónica E. Figueroa	URU	1:07.2
8	–	Ana Marcial	PUR	1:10.1

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Sue Pedersen	USA	1:01.5	Q
2	–	Roswitha Krause	GDR	1:03.3	Q
3	–	Lynne Watson	AUS	1:03.5	Q
4	–	Magdolna Patóh	HUN	1:03.8	Q
5	–	Ana Boban	YUG	1:05.4
6	–	Toos Beumer	NED	1:06.1
7	–	Lylián Castillo	URU	1:08.3
8	–	Rosa Hasbún	ESA	1:10.0

Heat #7

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Marion Lay	CAN	1:00.6	Q
2	–	Lidiya Grebets	URS	1:03.3	Q
3	–	Oľga Kozičová	TCH	1:03.3	Q
4	–	Zoya Dus	URS	1:04.2
5	–	Carmen Ferracuti	ESA	1:08.5
6	–	Nguyễn Minh Tam	VNM	1:09.5
DNS	–	Mara Sacchi	ITA	–

Heat #8

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Jan Henne	USA	1:00.1	Q
2	–	Lyn Bell	AUS	1:01.9	Q
3	–	Oei Liana	TPE	1:03.0	Q
4	–	Heidi Reineck	FRG	1:04.2
5	–	Marcia Arriaga	MEX	1:05.4
6	–	Mirjam van Hemert	NED	1:06.1
7	–	Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir	ISL	1:06.3
8	–	Kristina Moir	PUR	1:07.9

Semi-Finals

Date	18 October 1968 — 17:00
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Sue Pedersen	USA	1:00.2	Q
2	–	Jan Henne	USA	1:00.5	Q
=3	–	Alex Jackson	GBR	1:00.6	Q
=3	–	Linda Gustavson	USA	1:00.6	Q
5	–	Marion Lay	CAN	1:00.7	Q
6	–	Judit Turóczy	HUN	1:01.8	Q
7	–	Mirjana Šegrt	YUG	1:01.9	Q
8	–	Martina Grunert	GDR	1:02.2	Q
=9	–	Lyn Bell	AUS	1:02.4
=9	–	Roswitha Krause	GDR	1:02.4
=11	–	Jenny Steinbeck	AUS	1:02.6
=11	–	Oľga Kozičová	TCH	1:02.6
13	–	Claude Mandonnaud	FRA	1:02.7
=14	–	Oei Liana	TPE	1:02.8
=14	–	Uta Schmuck	GDR	1:02.8
=14	–	Nel Bos	NED	1:02.8
17	–	Lynne Watson	AUS	1:02.9
18	–	Shigeko Kawanishi	JPN	1:03.0
19	–	Lidiya Grebets	URS	1:03.3
=20	–	Edit Kovács	HUN	1:03.5
=20	–	Elisabeth Berglund	SWE	1:03.5
22	–	Magdolna Patóh	HUN	1:03.8
23	–	Simone Hanner	FRA	1:04.8
24	–	Nataliya Ustinova	URS	1:05.0

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Marion Lay	CAN	1:00.7	Q
2	–	Mirjana Šegrt	YUG	1:01.9	Q
3	–	Martina Grunert	GDR	1:02.2	Q
4	–	Lyn Bell	AUS	1:02.4
5	–	Jenny Steinbeck	AUS	1:02.6
6	–	Oei Liana	TPE	1:02.8
7	–	Lynne Watson	AUS	1:02.9
8	–	Magdolna Patóh	HUN	1:03.8

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Sue Pedersen	USA	1:00.2	Q
2	–	Alex Jackson	GBR	1:00.6	Q
3	–	Roswitha Krause	GDR	1:02.4
4	–	Uta Schmuck	GDR	1:02.8
5	–	Shigeko Kawanishi	JPN	1:03.0
6	–	Lidiya Grebets	URS	1:03.3
7	–	Edit Kovács	HUN	1:03.5
8	–	Nataliya Ustinova	URS	1:05.0

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Jan Henne	USA	1:00.5	Q
2	–	Linda Gustavson	USA	1:00.6	Q
3	–	Judit Turóczy	HUN	1:01.8	Q
4	–	Oľga Kozičová	TCH	1:02.6
5	–	Nel Bos	NED	1:02.8
6	–	Claude Mandonnaud	FRA	1:02.7
7	–	Elisabeth Berglund	SWE	1:03.5
8	–	Simone Hanner	FRA	1:04.8

Final Round

Date	19 October 1968 — 17:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Jan Henne	USA	1:00.0
2	–	Sue Pedersen	USA	1:00.3
3	–	Linda Gustavson	USA	1:00.3
4	–	Marion Lay	CAN	1:00.5
5	–	Martina Grunert	GDR	1:01.0
6	–	Alex Jackson	GBR	1:01.0
7	–	Mirjana Šegrt	YUG	1:01.5
8	–	Judit Turóczy	HUN	1:01.6