Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres
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Women's 400 metres at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
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Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||||||||
Date | October 14–16 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 29 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 52.0 | ||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics |
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Track events | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | men | women | ||
1500 m | men | |||
5000 m | men | |||
10,000 m | men | |||
80 m hurdles | women | |||
110 m hurdles | men | |||
400 m hurdles | men | |||
3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
4×400 m relay | men | |||
Road events | ||||
Marathon | men | |||
20 km walk | men | |||
50 km walk | men | |||
Field events | ||||
Long jump | men | women | ||
Triple jump | men | |||
High jump | men | women | ||
Pole vault | men | |||
Shot put | men | women | ||
Discus throw | men | women | ||
Javelin throw | men | women | ||
Hammer throw | men | |||
Combined events | ||||
Pentathlon | women | |||
Decathlon | men |
The Women's 400 metres competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico was held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 14–16.
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Competition format
The Women's 200m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The four fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the Semifinals. The four fastest competitors from each of the Semifinal races qualified for the final.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Shin Geum-Dan (PRK) | 51.9 | Pyongyang, North Korea | October 23, 1962 |
Olympic record | Betty Cuthbert (AUS) | 52.0 | Tokyo, Japan | October 17, 1964 |
Results
Round 1
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Colette Besson | France | 53.1 | Q |
2 | Jarvis Scott | United States | 53.5 | Q |
3 | Helga Henning | West Germany | 53.5 | Q |
4 | Joan Fisher | Canada | 54.6 | Q |
5 | Enriqueta Basilio | Mexico | 55.6 | |
6 | Joyce Bennett | Australia | 56.5 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Aurelia Pentón | Cuba | 52.8 | Q |
2 | Lillian Board | Great Britain | 52.9 | Q |
3 | Ingrīda Verbele | Soviet Union | 54.0 | Q |
4 | Una Morris | Jamaica | 54.1 | Q |
5 | Anne Covell | Canada | 54.3 | |
6 | Anna Chmelková | Czechoslovakia | 54.9 | |
7 | Antónia Munkácsi | Hungary | 55.6 | |
8 | Jean Robotham | Costa Rica | 58.2 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mirna van der Hoeven-Jansen | Netherlands | 53.1 | Q |
2 | Esther Stroy | United States | 53.5 | Q |
3 | Janet Simpson | Great Britain | 53.6 | Q |
4 | Monique Noirot | France | 53.6 | Q |
5 | Tekla Chemabwai | Kenya | 54.0 | |
6 | Sandra Brown | Australia | 55.4 | |
7 | Channa Shezifi | Israel | 56.3 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Natalya Pechonkina | Soviet Union | 53.7 | Q |
2 | Mary Green | Great Britain | 53.9 | Q |
3 | Karin Wallgren-Lundgren | Sweden | 54.2 | Q |
4 | Lois Drinkwater | United States | 54.5 | Q |
5 | Donata Govoni | Italy | 54.7 | |
6 | Eeva Haimi | Finland | 55.0 | |
7 | Josefa Vicent | Uruguay | 56.3 | |
8 | Olajumoke Bodunrin | Nigeria | 57.0 |
Semi-Final
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Helga Henning | West Germany | 53.3 | Q |
2 | Colette Besson | France | 53.6 | Q |
3 | Janet Simpson | Great Britain | 54.0 | Q |
4 | Aurelia Pentón | Cuba | 54.0 | Q |
5 | Esther Stroy | United States | 54.3 | |
6 | Una Morris | Jamaica | 54.6 | |
7 | Ingrīda Verbele | Soviet Union | 54.6 | |
8 | Joan Fisher | Canada | 55.2 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lillian Board | Great Britain | 52.5 | Q |
2 | Mirna van der Hoeven-Jansen | Netherlands | 52.6 | Q |
3 | Natalya Pechonkina | Soviet Union | 52.8 | Q |
4 | Jarvis Scott | United States | 53.2 | Q |
5 | Mary Green | Great Britain | 53.6 | |
6 | Karin Wallgren-Lundgren | Sweden | 53.9 | |
7 | Monique Noirot | France | 54.2 | |
8 | Lois Drinkwater | United States | 57.3 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Colette Besson | France | 52.0 | ||
Lillian Board | Great Britain | 52.1 | ||
Natalya Pechonkina | Soviet Union | 52.2 | ||
4 | Janet Simpson | Great Britain | 52.5 | |
5 | Aurelia Pentón | Cuba | 52.7 | |
6 | Jarvis Scott | United States | 52.7 | |
7 | Helga Henning | West Germany | 52.8 | |
8 | Mirna van der Hoeven-Jansen | Netherlands | 53.0 |
References
- Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 15, 2012.