The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and 2.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Medalists edit
| Gold | Melissa Belote United States
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| Silver | Andrea Gyarmati Hungary
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| Bronze | Susie Atwood United States
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Results edit
Heats edit
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melissa Belote |  United States |
1:06.60 | |
| 2 | Tina Lek'veishvili |  Soviet Union |
1:07.84 | |
| 3 | Marianne Vermaat |  Netherlands |
1:09.14 | |
| 4 | Susanne Niesner |  Switzerland |
1:09.16 | |
| 5 | Kazu Fujimura |  Japan |
1:09.81 | |
| 6 | Diana Ashton |  Great Britain |
1:10.90 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wendy Cook-Hogg |  Canada |
1:07.00 | |
| 2 | Sue Lewis |  Australia |
1:08.06 | |
| 3 | Deborah Palmer | Australia |
1:08.68 | |
| 4 | Annemarie Groen | Netherlands |
1:09.55 | |
| 5 | Susan Hunter |  New Zealand |
1:10.06 | |
| 6 | Kikuyo Ishii | Japan |
1:10.44 | |
| 7 | Ildikó Szekeres |  Hungary |
1:11.20 | |
| 8 | Felicia Ospitaletche |  Uruguay |
1:13.99 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christine Herbst |  East Germany |
1:07.96 | |
| 2 | Susie Atwood | United States |
1:08.30 | |
| 3 | Debra Cain | Australia |
1:08.81 | |
| 4 | Sylvie Le Noach |  France |
1:09.25 | |
| 5 | Nataliya Yershova | Soviet Union |
1:09.26 | |
| 6 | Diana Olsson |  Sweden |
1:09.86 | |
| 7 | Christine Fulcher |  Ireland |
1:10.63 | |
| 8 | Diana Sutherland | Great Britain |
1:12.12 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea Gyarmati | Hungary |
1:06.56 | |
| 2 | Enith Brigitha | Netherlands |
1:06.71 | |
| 3 | Annegret Kober |  West Germany |
1:08.24 | |
| 4 | Angelika Kraus | West Germany |
1:08.92 | |
| 5 | Susanne Hilger | East Germany |
1:09.25 | |
| 6 | Jacqueline Brown | Great Britain |
1:10.43 | |
| 7 | Ong Mei Lin |  Malaysia |
1:19.39 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donna-Marie Gurr | Canada |
1:07.45 | |
| 2 | Karen Moe-Thornton | United States |
1:07.69 | |
| 3 | Silke Pielen | West Germany |
1:07.70 | |
| 4 | Zdenka Gašparač |  Yugoslavia |
1:09.72 | |
| 5 | Cathy Raftery | Canada |
1:09.72 | |
| 6 | Patricia López |  Argentina |
1:12.13 | |
| 7 | María Cecilia Vargas |  Mexico |
1:12.91 | |
| 8 | Pat Chan |  Singapore |
1:14.24 |
Semifinals edit
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Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Melissa Belote | United States |
1:05.78 | OR |
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Andrea Gyarmati | Hungary |
1:06.26 | |
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Susie Atwood | United States |
1:06.34 | |
| 4 | Karen Moe | United States |
1:06.69 | |
| 5 | Wendy Cook-Hogg | Canada |
1:06.70 | |
| 6 | Enith Brigitha | Netherlands |
1:06.82 | |
| 7 | Christine Herbst | East Germany |
1:07.27 | |
| 8 | Silke Pielen | West Germany |
1:07.36 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References edit
- ^ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2016.