Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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 4×100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place October 26.^[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming two lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States Jane Barkman Linda Gustavson Susan Pedersen Jan Henne	East Germany Gabriele Wetzko Roswitha Krause Uta Schmuck Gabriele Perthes	Canada Angela Coughlan Marilyn Corson Elaine Tanner Marion Lay

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Place	Swimmers	Time
1	Jenny Steinbeck, Sue Eddy, Lynne Watson, Lyn Bell, Julie McDonald (AUS)	4:12.0
2	Marie-José Kersaudy, Simone Hanner, Danièle Dorléans, Claude Mandonnaud (FRA)	4:15.4
3	Zoya Dus, Tamara Sosnova, Nataliya Ustinova, Lidiya Hrebets (URS)	4:17.1
4	Elisabeth Berglund, Elisabeth Ljunggren-Morris, Lotten Andersson, Ingrid Gustavsson (SWE)	4:18.2
5	Heidi Reineck, Aloisia Bauer, Ingeborg Renner, Helmi Boxberger (FRG)	4:19.4
6	María Teresa Ramírez, Laura Vaca, Marcia Arriaga, Norma Amezcua (MEX)	4:21.9

Heat 2

Place	Swimmers	Time
1	Jane Barkman, Linda Gustavson, Sue Pedersen, Jan Henne (USA)	4:11.1
2	Edit Kovács, Magdolna Patóh, Andrea Gyarmati, Judit Turóczy (HUN)	4:13.6
3	Shigeko Kawanishi, Yoshimi Nishigawa, Yasuko Fujii, Miwako Kobayashi, Yumiko Ono (JPN)	4:14.5
4	Hella Rentema, Bep Weeteling, Mirjam van Hemert, Nel Bos (NED)	4:16.7
5	María Moreño, Rosa Hasbún, Donatella Ferracuti, Carmen Ferracuti (ESA)	4:39.8

Heat 3

Place	Swimmers	Time
1	Gabriele Wetzko, Roswitha Krause, Uta Schmuck, Gabriele Perthes, Martina Grunert (GDR)	4:10.3
2	Angela Coughlan, Marilyn Corson, Elaine Tanner, Marion Lay (CAN)	4:14.1
3	Shelagh Ratcliffe, Fiona Kellock, Susan Williams, Alexandra Jackson (GBR)	4:16.3
4	Emilia Figueroa, Ruth Apt, Felicia Ospitaletche, Lylian Castillo (URU)	4:33.4

References

↑ "Swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

Olympic champions in women's 4×100 m freestyle relay

1912: Moore, Fletcher, Speirs, Steer (GBR)
1920: Woodridge, Schroth, Guest, Bleibtrey (USA)
1924: Donnelly, Ederle, Lackie, Wehselau (USA)
1928: Lambert, Osipowich, Saville, Norelius (USA)
1932: Johns, Saville, McKim, Madison (USA)
1936: Selbach, Wagner, Den Ouden, Mastenbroek (NED)
1948: Corridon, Kalama, Helser, Curtis (USA)
1952: I. Novák, Temes, E. Novák, Szőke (HUN)
1956: Fraser, Leech, Morgan, Crapp (AUS)
1960: Spillane, Stobs, Wood, von Saltza (USA)
1964: Stouder, de Varona, Watson, Ellis (USA)
1968: Barkman, Gustavson, Pedersen, Henne (USA)
1972: Babashoff, Barkman, Kemp, Neilson (USA)
1976: Peyton, Sterkel, Babashoff, Boglioli (USA)
1980: Krause, Metschuck, Diers, Hülsenbeck (GDR)
1984: Johnson, Steinseifer, Torres, Hogshead (USA)
1988: Otto, Meissner, Hunger, Stellmach (GDR)
1992: Haislett, Martino, Thompson, Torres (USA)
1996: Martino, Van Dyken, Fox, Thompson (USA)
2000: Van Dyken, Shealy, Thompson, Torres (USA)
2004: Mills, Lenton, Thomas, Henry (AUS)
2008: Dekker, Kromowidjojo, Heemskerk, Veldhuis (NED)
2012: Coutts, C. Campbell, Elmslie, Schlanger (AUS)
2016: McKeon, Elmslie, B. Campbell, C. Campbell (AUS)

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