Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke
Introduction The '''women's 100 metre backstroke''' event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 22 and 23 October. This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition. Date  Event  Name  Nationality  Time  Record 23 October 1968  Final  Kaye Hall    '''1:06.2'''
Results ===Heats==='''Heat 1''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Yukiko Goushi    1:10.2   2  Glenda Stirling    1:10.2   3  Kiki Caron    1:10.5   4  Bep Weeteling    1:12.5   5  Jacqueline Brown    1:13.0   6  Lidia Ramírez    1:14.5   7  Hedy García     '''Heat 2''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Zdenka Gašparač    1:09.9   2  Jane Swagerty    1:10.2   3  Andrea Gyarmati    1:11.3   4  Yvette Hafner    1:11.8   5  Adriana Comolli    1:13.8   6  Doris Meister    1:14.1   7  Rosa Hasbún    1:20.5  '''Heat 3''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Elaine Tanner    1:07.6   2  Lynne Watson    1:09.4   3  María Corominas    1:10.7   4  Ulla Patrikka    1:11.6   5  Angelika Kraus    1:12.6   6  Felicia Ospitaletche    1:17.7   7  Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Lien    1:19.2  '''Heat 4''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Kendis Moore    1:10.5   2  Tatyana Savelyeva    1:11.7   3  Anca Andreiu    1:11.8   4  Dianna Rickard    1:12.4   5  Anne Walton    1:13.0   6  María Procopio    1:15.9   7  Shen Bao-ni    1:21.5  '''Heat 5''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Sylvie Canet    1:10.4   2  Tina Lek'veishvili    1:11.3   3  Bénédicte Duprez    1:11.6   4  Patricia Sentous    1:13.5   5  Pru Chapman    1:15.2   6  Carmen Ferracuti    1:17.8  '''Heat 6''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Kaye Hall    1:09.8   2  Cobie Buter    1:10.0   3  Mária Balla-Lantos    1:11.9   4  Coby Sikkens    1:11.9   5  Wendy Burrell    1:12.0   6  Francine Dauven    1:15.3   7  Judit Bárányi    1:16.0  ===Semifinals==='''Semifinal 1''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Lynne Watson    1:09.0   2  Kendis Moore    1:09.6   3  Glenda Stirling    1:10.1   4  Yukiko Goushi    1:10.2   5  Bénédicte Duprez    1:10.6   6  Zdenka Gašparač    1:10.8   7  María Corominas    1:11.0  8  Tina Lek'veishvili    1:11.0 '''Semifinal 2''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Elaine Tanner    1:07.4   2  Kaye Hall    1:08.2   3  Jane Swagerty    1:08.6   4  Sylvie Canet    1:09.0   5  Andrea Gyarmati    1:09.9   6  Cobie Buter    1:10.7  7  Kiki Caron    1:10.8   8  Ulla Patrikka    1:12.1 ===Final=== Rank  Athlete Country  Time  Notes  1  Kaye Hall   1:06.2  '''WR'''  2 Elaine Tanner   1:06.7  '''  '''  3  Jane Swagerty   1:08.1  ''' ''' 4  Kendis Moore   1:08.3  ''' ''' 5   Andrea Gyarmati   1:09.1  ''' ''' 6   Lynne Watson   1:09.1  ''' ''' 7  Sylvie Canet   1:09.3  ''' ''' 8  Glenda Stirling   1:10.6  ''' ''''''Key''': WR = World record
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