Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres
| 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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Colette Besson |
 France
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Lillian Board |
 Great Britain
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Natalya Pechonkina |
 Soviet Union
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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.
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.
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
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