|
| Event type

200 metres, Women

Date17 – 18 October 1968
StatusOlympic
LocationEstadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad de México
Participants36 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.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1SFFinal
1207Irena SzewińskaPOL23.2 (1 h5)23.2 (3 h1)22.5 (1)GoldWR
233Raelene BoyleAUS23.0 (1 h2)22.9 (1 h1)22.7 (2)Silver
338Jennifer LamyAUS23.1 (2 h3)22.8 (2 h2)22.8 (3)Bronze
493Barbara FerrellUSA22.9 (1 h3)22.8 (1 h2)22.9 (4)
5121Nicole MontandonFRA23.3 (3 h1)23.0 (4 h2)23.0 (5)
6105Wyomia TyusUSA23.4 (1 h4)23.1 (2 h1)23.0 (6)
784Margaret BailesUSA23.1 (2 h1)22.9 (3 h2)23.1 (7)
814Jutta StöckFRG23.3 (3 h3)23.4 (4 h1)23.2 (8)
5 h1 r2/3242Lyudmila SamotesovaURS23.1 (1 h1)23.4 (5 h1)
5 h2 r2/3239Vera PopkovaURS23.3 (2 h2)23.2 (5 h2)
6 h1 r2/3126Lillian BoardGBR23.4 (4 h2)23.4 (6 h1)
6 h2 r2/365Miguelina CobiánCUB23.4 (2 h5)23.3 (6 h2)
7 h1 r2/335Dianne BurgeAUS23.6 (2 h4)23.6 (7 h1)
7 h2 r2/3180Una MorrisJAM23.7 (3 h5)23.5 (7 h2)
8 h2 r2/3149Truus Hennipman-CruimingNED23.4 (3 h2)23.5 (8 h2)
3 h4 r1/371Fulgencia RomayCUB23.7 (3 h4)– (DNS h1)
4 h1 r1/3255Marijana LubejYUG23.9 (4 h1)
4 h3 r1/3153Wilma van den BergNED23.5 (4 h3)
4 h4 r1/3192Oyeronke AkindeleNGR23.9 (4 h4)
4 h5 r1/3123Sylviane TelliezFRA23.8 (4 h5)
5 h1 r1/374Eva GleskováTCH24.0 (5 h1)
5 h2 r1/361Irene PiotrowskiCAN23.7 (5 h2)
5 h3 r1/3143Maureen TranterGBR23.5 (5 h3)
5 h4 r1/331Alicia KaufmanasARG24.4 (5 h4)
5 h5 r1/3152Mieke SterkNED24.0 (5 h5)
6 h1 r1/3157Györgyi Balogh-SzomovHUN24.1 (6 h1)
6 h2 r1/3177Vilma CharltonJAM24.3 (6 h2)
6 h3 r1/3231Lyudmila GolomazovaURS23.7 (6 h3)
6 h4 r1/36Halina HerrmannFRG24.7 (6 h4)
6 h5 r1/37Rita JahnFRG24.0 (6 h5)
7 h1 r1/3225Tien Ah-MeiTPE25.5 (7 h1)
7 h2 r1/3252Josefa VicentURU24.8 (7 h2)
7 h3 r1/3124Alice AnnumGHA23.9 (7 h3)
7 h5 r1/3187Esperanza GirónMEX25.3 (7 h5)
8 h2 r1/3226Yeh Chu-MeiTPE25.5 (8 h2)
8 h3 r1/3219Karin WallgrenSWE24.2 (8 h3)
DNS64Jean RobothamCRC– (DNS h1)
DNS198Berit BerthelsenNOR– (DNS h5)
DNS185Lydia StephensKEN– (DNS h4)

Round One

Date17 October 1968 — 10:00
FormatTop three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Wind0.0 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1242Lyudmila SamotesovaURS23.123.16Q
284Margaret BailesUSA23.123.17Q
3121Nicole MontandonFRA23.323.34Q
4255Marijana LubejYUG23.923.96
574Eva GleskováTCH24.024.08
6157Györgyi Balogh-SzomovHUN24.124.15
7225Tien Ah-MeiTPE25.525.53
DNS64Jean RobothamCRC

Heat #2

Wind0.0 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
133Raelene BoyleAUS23.023.09Q=OR
2239Vera PopkovaURS23.323.40Q
3149Truus Hennipman-CruimingNED23.423.43Q
4126Lillian BoardGBR23.423.49q
561Irene PiotrowskiCAN23.723.74
6177Vilma CharltonJAM24.324.39
7252Josefa VicentURU24.824.89
8226Yeh Chu-MeiTPE25.525.55

Heat #3

Wind0.0 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
193Barbara FerrellUSA22.922.94QOR
238Jennifer LamyAUS23.123.19Q
314Jutta StöckFRG23.323.37Q
4153Wilma van den BergNED23.523.54
5143Maureen TranterGBR23.523.58
6231Lyudmila GolomazovaURS23.723.73
7124Alice AnnumGHA23.923.95
8219Karin WallgrenSWE24.224.23

Heat #4

Wind0.0 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1105Wyomia TyusUSA23.423.46Q
235Dianne BurgeAUS23.623.69Q
371Fulgencia RomayCUB23.723.71Q
4192Oyeronke AkindeleNGR23.923.91
531Alicia KaufmanasARG24.424.57
66Halina HerrmannFRG24.724.62
DNS185Lydia StephensKEN

Heat #5

Wind0.0 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1207Irena SzewińskaPOL23.223.21Q
265Miguelina CobiánCUB23.423.50Q
3180Una MorrisJAM23.723.80Q
4123Sylviane TelliezFRA23.823.84
5152Mieke SterkNED24.024.01
67Rita JahnFRG24.024.02
7187Esperanza GirónMEX25.325.32
DNS198Berit BerthelsenNOR

Semi-Finals

Date17 October 1968 — 16:00
FormatTop four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Wind0.0 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
133Raelene BoyleAUS22.922.95Q=OR
2105Wyomia TyusUSA23.123.14Q
3207Irena SzewińskaPOL23.223.21Q
414Jutta StöckFRG23.423.41Q
5242Lyudmila SamotesovaURS23.423.52
6126Lillian BoardGBR23.423.52
735Dianne BurgeAUS23.623.65
DNS71Fulgencia RomayCUB

Heat #2

Wind1.7 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
193Barbara FerrellUSA22.822.87QOR
238Jennifer LamyAUS22.822.89Q=OR
384Margaret BailesUSA22.922.95Q
4121Nicole MontandonFRA23.023.02Q
5239Vera PopkovaURS23.223.28
665Miguelina CobiánCUB23.323.39
7180Una MorrisJAM23.523.59
8149Truus Hennipman-CruimingNED23.523.60

Final

Date18 October 1968 — 15:30
Wind2.0 m/s
PosCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1Irena SzewińskaPOL22.522.58WR
2Raelene BoyleAUS22.722.74
3Jennifer LamyAUS22.822.88
4Barbara FerrellUSA22.922.93
5Nicole MontandonFRA23.023.08
6Wyomia TyusUSA23.023.08
7Margaret BailesUSA23.123.18
8Jutta StöckFRG23.223.25