Silver medal	1964 Tokyo	Swimming Women's 100m butterfly
Silver medal	1964 Tokyo	Swimming Women's 4x100m medley relay
Gold medal	1968 Mexico City	Swimming Women's 200m butterfly

Aagje ("Ada") Kok (born 6 June 1947 in Amsterdam) was a swimmer who ranked among the world's best in the butterfly stroke category during the 1960s. Subject: The Olympic Rings. ... The Games of the XVIII Olympiad were held in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. ... The Games of the XVIII Olympiad were held in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. ... The Games of the XIX Olympiad were held in Mexico City in 1968. ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54E - 52°22N Website www. ... The butterfly, (fly for short) is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with the arms moving synchronously. ... The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...

Her international career started in 1962 when, at the age of fifteen, she took the European title in the 100m butterfly in Leipzig. She was also part of the victorious 4×100m relay team. At the Tokyo Olympics two years later she finished second in both events. She was also good in freestyle swimming, a fact which showed when she took second place in the 400 metres at the 1966 European Championships in Utrecht. In the same tournament she also won the 100m butterfly and the 4×100m relay. She achieved nine world records between 1963 and 1967 in the 100m and 200m (not introduced until later). 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Games of the XVIII Olympiad were held in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. ... Freestyle is one of the official swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. However, it is technically not a style, as there are very few regulations about the way freestyle has to be swum. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Utrecht is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Kok reached her peak at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. She won Gold in the 200m butterfly in a time of 2:24.7, beating East German Helga Lindner by 0.1 seconds. The 100m in Mexico ended in disappointment for her. She did not feel well physically and only came fourth. 'Normally after a race there were always people around me. This time nobody. Nobody. I suddenly felt so abandoned and alone. Then under the shower I lost control and cried my eyes out.' There were two Olympic Games in the year 1968. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides... The German Democratic Republic (GDR) (German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik), also commonly known as East Germany, was a communist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ...

'For the 200m final I was so stiff and rigid that I couldn't even see myself getting my tracksuit bottoms off. My fingers couldn't get the zip undone. An official had to help me with it. I don't remember anything now of the first hundred metres. It's a black hole. Well anyway, after 150 metres I was in the lead. Twenty metres from the finish I saw someone (Lindner) catching up with me. I thought: Jesus, no, she's not getting past me. Fortunately I was able to keep in front'.

In her memoirs recorded by Henk Lichtenveldt she said: 'Approaching the podium of honour I felt like I was walking on clouds. I had to contain myself because I wanted to rush over the stands skipping like a foal.' This was the crowning moment in a great swimming career.

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• This article is based on a translation of the corresponding article from the Dutch Wikipedia, retrieved on 25 May 2005.