The Women's 200 metres competition at the
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
in
Mexico City,
Mexico was held at the
University Olympic Stadium
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on October 17–18.
The winning margin was 0.2 seconds.
Competition format
The Women's 200m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), semifinals and a Final. The three fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the semifinals along with the fastest overall competitor not already qualified. 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.
Results
Round 1
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the fastest time (q) qualified.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
Semi-final
Heat 1
Heat 2
Final
References
External links
Official Olympic Report ''la84foundation.org''. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
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Women's events at the 1968 Summer Olympics