Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly
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The women's 100 metre butterfly
event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between October 20 and 21. This swimming
event used the butterfly stroke
. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Butterfly stroke
The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...
event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between October 20 and 21. This swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
event used the butterfly stroke
Butterfly stroke
The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...
. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Medalists
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Lyn McClements Lyn McClements Lynnette Velma McClements , was an Australian butterfly swimmer of the 1960s and 1970s who won a gold medal in the 100m butterfly at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics... |
1:05.5 | ||
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Ellie Daniel Ellie Daniel Eleanor Suzanne Daniel is an American swimmer and olympic champion. She competed at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, where she received a gold medal in 4 × 100 m medley relay, a silver medal in 100 m butterley, and a bronze medal in 200 m butterfly... |
1:05.8 | ||
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Susan Shields Susan Shields Susanne Marie "Susan" Shields is a former American swimmer. Shields won a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.-References:* , from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-12-05.... |
1:06.2 | ||
| 4 | Ada Kok Ada Kok Aagje Kok is a former swimmer who ranked among the world's best in the butterfly stroke category during the 1960s.... |
1:06.2 | ||
| 5 | Andrea Gyarmati Andrea Gyarmati Andrea Gyarmati is a Hungarian retired female swimmer. She won two medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.... |
1:06.8 | ||
| 6 | Heike Hustede-Nagel | 1:06.9 | ||
| 7 | Toni Hewitt | 1:07.5 | ||
| 8 | Helga Lindner Helga Lindner Helga Lindner is a German swimmer. Born in Chemnitz, East Germany, she competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics.... |
1:07.6 |