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

The women's 200 metre butterfly
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 October 24. 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 four lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	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....		2:24.7	OR
	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....		2:24.8
	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...		2:25.9
4	Toni Hewitt		2:26.2
5	Heike Hustede-Nagel		2:27.9
6	Diane Giebel		2:31.7
7	Margaret Auton		2:33.2
8	Yasuko Fujii		2:34.3

Key: OR = Olympic record

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