Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
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| Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics  |
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place October 25. This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool. This was the first appearance for this event in the Olympics for the women swimmers.
Contents
Medalists
| Gold | Lillian Watson United States |
| Silver | Elaine Tanner Canada |
| Bronze | Kaye Hall United States |
Results
Heats
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Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Lillian Watson | United States |
2:24.8 | OR |
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Elaine Tanner | Canada |
2:27.4 | |
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Kaye Hall | United States |
2:28.9 | |
| 4 | Lynne Watson |  Australia |
2:29.5 | |
| 5 | Wendy Burrell |  Great Britain |
2:32.3 | |
| 6 | Zdenka Gašparač |  Yugoslavia |
2:33.5 | |
| 7 | María Corominas | 23x15px Spain | 2:33.9 | |
| 8 | Bénédicte Duprez |  France |
2:36.6 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
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References
- 1968 Summer Olympics results: Women's 200 m backstroke, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-12-04.
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