Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

Swimming at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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 breaststroke event at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place between October 22 and October 23. This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Sharon Wichman
United States (USA)
Silver  Đurđica Bjedov
Yugoslavia (YUG)
Bronze  Galina Prozumenshchikova
Soviet Union (URS)

Results

Heats

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
Sharon Wichman United States 2:44.4 OR
Đurđica Bjedov Yugoslavia 2:46.4
Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union 2:47.0
4 Alla Grebennikova Soviet Union 2:47.1
5 Cathy Jamison United States 2:48.4
6 Svetlana Babanina Soviet Union 2:48.4
7 Chieno Shibata Japan 2:51.5
8 Ana María Norbis Uruguay 2:51.9

Key: OR = Olympic record

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