Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1968 Olympic Games took place between 20 and 21 October.^[1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

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Gold	Lyn McClements Australia
Silver	Ellie Daniel United States
Bronze	Susan Shields United States

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Heike Hustede-Nagel	West Germany	1:07.7
2	Ada Kok	Netherlands	1:08.5
3	Jeanne Warren	Canada	1:10.0
4	Yasuko Fujii	Japan	1:10.1
5	Patricia Obregón	Mexico	1:12.4
6	Nam Sang-nam	South Korea	1:16.9

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Ellie Daniel	United States	1:07.2
2	Tatyana Devyatova	Soviet Union	1:07.6
3	Christine Strübing	East Germany	1:09.2
4	Nel Bos	Netherlands	1:09.5
5	Oei Liana	Chinese Taipei	1:11.2
6	Vivienne Smith	Ireland	1:13.1
7	Catherine Grosjean	France	1:14.6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Lyn McClements	Australia	1:06.1
2	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	1:07.4
3	Yvonne Tobis	Israel	1:12.0

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Helga Lindner	East Germany	1:08.0
2	Toni Hewitt	United States	1:08.1
3	Margaret Auton	Great Britain	1:08.5
4	Carmen Gómez	Colombia	1:14.7
5	Ruth Apt	Uruguay	1:15.3
6	Ana Marcial	Puerto Rico	1:17.1

Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

Medalists

Results

Heats

Semifinals

Final

References

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Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Susan Shields	United States	1:06.2
2	Sandra Whittleston	New Zealand	1:08.5
3	Gillian Treers	Great Britain	1:10.6
4	Marilyn Corson	Canada	1:10.7
5	Pauline Gray	Australia	1:13.5
6	Adriana Comolli	Argentina	1:16.5