Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle
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Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics |
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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 800 metre freestyle event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between October 22 and 24. This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool.
Contents
Medalists
Gold | Debbie Meyer United States |
Silver | Pam Kruse United States |
Bronze | Maria Teresa Ramírez Mexico |
Results
Heats
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Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Debbie Meyer | United States | 9:24.0 | OR | |
Pam Kruse | United States | 9:35.7 | ||
Maria Teresa Ramírez | Mexico | 9:38.5 | ||
4 | Karen Moras | Australia | 9:38.6 | |
5 | Patty Caretto | United States | 9:51.3 | |
6 | Angela Coughlan | Canada | 9:56.4 | |
7 | Denise Langford | Australia | 9:56.7 | |
8 | Laura Vaca | Mexico | 10:02.5 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
- 1968 Summer Olympics results: Women's 800 m freestyle, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-12-04.