Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres

Women's 200 metres at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date	October 17–18
Competitors	36 from 21 nations
Winning time	22.5 WR
Medalists
Irena Szewińska   Poland   Raelene Boyle   Australia   Jenny Lamy   Australia

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Women's 200 metres competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico was held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 17–18.

Competition format

The Women's 200m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The three fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the Semifinals along with the fastest overall competitor not already qualified. The four fastest competitors from each of the Semifinal races qualified for the final.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Irena Szewińska (POL)	22.7	Warsaw, Poland	August 8, 1965
Olympic record	Edith McGuire (USA)	23.0	Tokyo, Japan	October 19, 1964

Results

Round 1

Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the fastest time (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Samotyosova, LyudmilaLyudmila Samotyosova	Soviet Union	23.1	Q
2	Bailes, MargaretMargaret Bailes	United States	23.1	Q
3	Montandon, NicoleNicole Montandon	France	23.3	Q
4	Lubej, MarijanaMarijana Lubej	Yugoslavia	23.9
5	Lehocká-Glesková, EvaEva Lehocká-Glesková	Czechoslovakia	24.0
6	Balogh-Szomov, GyörgyiGyörgyi Balogh-Szomov	Hungary	24.1
7	Tien Ah-Mei	Republic of China	25.5

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Boyle, RaeleneRaelene Boyle	Australia	23.0	Q
2	Popkova, VeraVera Popkova	Soviet Union	23.3	Q
3	Hennipman-Cruiming, TruusTruus Hennipman-Cruiming	Netherlands	23.4	Q
4	Board, LillianLillian Board	Great Britain	23.4	q
5	Piotrowski, IreneIrene Piotrowski	Canada	23.7
6	Charlton, VilmaVilma Charlton	Jamaica	24.3
7	Vicent, JosefaJosefa Vicent	Uruguay	24.8
8	Yeh Chu-Mei	Republic of China	25.5

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ferrell, BarbaraBarbara Ferrell	United States	22.9	Q
2	Lamy, JennyJenny Lamy	Australia	23.1	Q
3	Stöck, JuttaJutta Stöck	West Germany	23.3	Q
4	van Gool-van den Berg, WilmaWilma van Gool-van den Berg	Netherlands	23.5
5	Tranter, MaureenMaureen Tranter	Great Britain	23.5
6	Golomazova, LyudmilaLyudmila Golomazova	Soviet Union	23.7
7	Anum, AliceAlice Anum	Ghana	23.9
8	Wallgren-Lundgren, KarinKarin Wallgren-Lundgren	Sweden	24.2

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Tyus, WyomiaWyomia Tyus	United States	23.4	Q
2	Bowering-Burge, DianneDianne Bowering-Burge	Australia	23.6	Q
3	Romay, FulgenciaFulgencia Romay	Cuba	23.7	Q
4	Akindele, OyeronkeOyeronke Akindele	Nigeria	23.9
5	Kaufmanas, AliciaAlicia Kaufmanas	Argentina	24.4
6	Górecka, HalinaHalina Górecka	West Germany	24.7

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Szewińska, IrenaIrena Szewińska	Poland	23.2	Q
2	Cobián, MiguelinaMiguelina Cobián	Cuba	23.4	Q
3	Morris, UnaUna Morris	Jamaica	23.7	Q
4	Telliez, SylvianeSylviane Telliez	France	23.8
5	Sterk, MiekeMieke Sterk	Netherlands	24.0
6	Wilden, RitaRita Wilden	West Germany	24.0
7	Girón, EsperanzaEsperanza Girón	Mexico	25.3

Semi-Final

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Boyle, RaeleneRaelene Boyle	Australia	22.9	Q
2	Tyus, WyomiaWyomia Tyus	United States	23.1	Q
3	Szewińska, IrenaIrena Szewińska	Poland	23.2	Q
4	Stöck, JuttaJutta Stöck	West Germany	23.4	Q
5	Samotyosova, LyudmilaLyudmila Samotyosova	Soviet Union	23.4
6	Board, LillianLillian Board	Great Britain	23.4
7	Bowering-Burge, DianneDianne Bowering-Burge	Australia	23.6

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ferrell, BarbaraBarbara Ferrell	United States	22.8	Q OR
2	Lamy, JennyJenny Lamy	Australia	22.8	Q
3	Bailes, MargaretMargaret Bailes	United States	22.9	Q
4	Montandon, NicoleNicole Montandon	France	23.0	Q
5	Popkova, VeraVera Popkova	Soviet Union	23.2
6	Cobián, MiguelinaMiguelina Cobián	Cuba	23.3
7	Morris, UnaUna Morris	Jamaica	23.5
8	Hennipman-Cruiming, TruusTruus Hennipman-Cruiming	Netherlands	23.5

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Szewińska, IrenaIrena Szewińska	Poland	22.5	WR
	Boyle, RaeleneRaelene Boyle	Australia	22.7	WJR
	Lamy, JennyJenny Lamy	Australia	22.8
4	Ferrell, BarbaraBarbara Ferrell	United States	22.9
5	Montandon, NicoleNicole Montandon	France	23.0
6	Tyus, WyomiaWyomia Tyus	United States	23.0
7	Bailes, MargaretMargaret Bailes	United States	23.1
8	Stöck, JuttaJutta Stöck	West Germany	23.2

References

• Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 15, 2012.