Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Pool
Date	21 July (heats and final)
Competitors	39 from 22 nations
Winning time	2:33.35 (WR)
Medalists
Marina Kosheveya  Soviet Union   Marina Yurchenya  Soviet Union   Lyubov Rusanova  Soviet Union
«1972	1980»

Swimming events at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m				women
4×200 m		men
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics, took place on July 21, at the Olympic Pool in Montreal, Canada. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the twelfth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 39 competitors from 22 nations participated in the event.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:

World record	Karla Linke (GDR)	2:34.99 s	Vienna, Austria	19 August 1974
Olympic record	Beverley Whitfield (AUS)	2:41.71 s	Munich, West Germany	29 August 1972

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	OR	WR
21 July	Heat 1	Marina Kosheveya	Soviet Union	2:35.14	OR
21 July	Final	Marina Kosheveya	Soviet Union	2:33.35	OR	WR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Kosheveya, MarinaMarina Kosheveya	Soviet Union	2:35.14	Q, OR
2	5	Linke, KarlaKarla Linke	East Germany	2:37.13	Q
3	4	Anke, HanneloreHannelore Anke	East Germany	2:37.13	Q
4	4	Rusanova, LyubovLyubov Rusanova	Soviet Union	2:37.45	Q
5	2	Yurchenya, MarinaMarina Yurchenya	Soviet Union	2:37.92	Q
6	1	Rudd, DebbieDebbie Rudd	Great Britain	2:38.26	Q
7	3	Kelly, MargaretMargaret Kelly	Great Britain	2:39.01	Q
8	5	Nitschke, CarolaCarola Nitschke	East Germany	2:39.06	Q
9	3	Baker, JoannJoann Baker	Canada	2:39.27
10	5	Mazereeuw, WijdaWijda Mazereeuw	Netherlands	2:39.59
11	3	Borsholt, LisaLisa Borsholt	Canada	2:39.94
12	2	Nielsson, SusanneSusanne Nielsson	Denmark	2:41.09
13	2	Roos, Ann-SofiAnn-Sofi Roos	Sweden	2:41.38
14	2	Jarvis, ChristineChristine Jarvis	Great Britain	2:41.61
15	2	Siering, LauraLaura Siering	United States	2:41.66
16	1	Morey, MarciaMarcia Morey	United States	2:41.85
17	4	Rehak, DagmarDagmar Rehak	West Germany	2:41.98
18	4	Skolarczyk, AnnaAnna Skolarczyk	Poland	2:42.05
19	2	Askamp, GabrieleGabriele Askamp	West Germany	2:42.58
20	4	Hudson, JudithJudith Hudson	Australia	2:43.88
21	2	Inaba, KazuyoKazuyo Inaba	Japan	2:44.08
22	5	Haruoka, ToshikoToshiko Haruoka	Japan	2:44.11
23	3	Mackay, MelanieMelanie Mackay	Canada	2:45.08
24	4	Fredriksson, AnetteAnette Fredriksson	Sweden	2:45.31
25	5	Hape, JanisJanis Hape	United States	2:45.57
26	3	de Susini, AnnickAnnick de Susini	France	2:45.63
27	3	Deleurand, KarinKarin Deleurand	Denmark	2:45.96
28	3	Mori, ChiharuChiharu Mori	Japan	2:46.04
29	4	Crabbe, ColetteColette Crabbe	Belgium	2:47.16
30	5	Brisy, VéroniqueVéronique Brisy	Belgium	2:47.55
31	1	Teixeira, CristinaCristina Teixeira	Brazil	2:47.69
32	1	Smith, AllisonAllison Smith	Australia	2:50.11
33	1	Camuñas, BeatrizBeatriz Camuñas	Mexico	2:50.78
34	4	López, AngelaAngela López	Puerto Rico	2:52.71
35	5	Deano, NancyNancy Deano	Philippines	2:53.08
36	3	Ospitaletche, ElenaElena Ospitaletche	Uruguay	2:53.60
37	1	Pérez, DacylDacyl Pérez	Venezuela	2:56.76
38	2	Spohn, PatriciaPatricia Spohn	Argentina	2:59.51
39	1	Kiss, ÉvaÉva Kiss	Hungary	—	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Kosheveya, MarinaMarina Kosheveya	Soviet Union	2:33.35	WR
02 !	Yurchenya, MarinaMarina Yurchenya	Soviet Union	2:36.08
03 !	Rusanova, LyubovLyubov Rusanova	Soviet Union	2:36.22
4	Anke, HanneloreHannelore Anke	East Germany	2:36.49
5	Linke, KarlaKarla Linke	East Germany	2:36.97
6	Nitschke, CarolaCarola Nitschke	East Germany	2:38.27
7	Kelly, MargaretMargaret Kelly	Great Britain	2:38.37
8	Rudd, DebbieDebbie Rudd	Great Britain	2:39.01

Sources

• "Games of the XXI Olympiad; Montréal 1976" (PDF). Volume Three. COJO 76. 1976. Retrieved 5 July 2012. 
• Albert Schoenfeld, ed. (September 1976). "Results from the 1976 Olympic Games (Montreal)". Swimming World & Junior Swimmer. Albert Schoenfeld. p. 90. ISSN 0039-7431. Retrieved 5 July 2012. 
• "Swimming at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 5 July 2012.