The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1968 Olympic Games

1968 Summer Olympics

The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...

 took place between October 18 and 19. This swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

 event used freestyle swimming

Freestyle swimming

Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl

Front crawl

The front crawl, forward crawl, or freestyle is a swimming stroke usually regarded as the fastest of the four front primary strokes. As such, the front crawl stroke is nearly universally used during a freestyle swimming competition, hence the synonymously used term "freestyle". It is one of two...

 or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Jan Henne Jan Henne Jan Henne is an American swimmer who won two gold medals at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico. She was admitted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1979.-External links:**...		1:00.0
	Susan Pedersen Susan Pedersen (swimmer) Susan Pedersen is an American swimmer and olympic champion. She competed at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, where she received a gold medal in 4 × 100 m medley relay, and also in 4 × 100 m freestyle relay...		1:00.3
	Linda Gustavson Linda Gustavson Linda Gustavson is an American swimmer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, where she received a gold medal in 4 × 100 m freestyle, a silver medal in 400 m freestyle, and a bronze medal in 100 m freestyle.-References:*...		1:00.3
4	Marion Lay		1:00.5
5	Martina Grunert		1:01.0
6	Alexandra Jackson		1:01.0
7	Mirjana Šegrt		1:01.5
8	Judit Turóczy Judit Turóczy Judit Turóczy is a former freestyle swimmer from Hungary, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1964....		1:01.6