The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 2 in the Schwimmhalle, Olympiapark, München.[1] [2] This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
| Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympia Schwimmhalle | ||||||||||||
| Date | 1 September (heats & semifinals) 2 September (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:13.58 WR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Results edit
Heats edit
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyudmila Porubayko |  Soviet Union |
1:17.14 | |
| 2 | Renate Vogel |  East Germany |
1:17.33 | |
| 3 | Beverley Whitfield |  Australia |
1:17.59 | |
| 4 | Tetiana Prudnikova | Soviet Union |
1:18.11 | |
| 5 | Yoko Yamamoto |  Japan |
1:18.94 | |
| 6 | Ann O'Connor |  Ireland |
1:19.13 | |
| 7 | Judith Hudson | Australia |
1:19.78 | |
| 8 | Shlomit Nir |  Israel |
1:20.90 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judy Melick |  United States |
1:16.75 | |
| 2 | Vreni Eberle |  West Germany |
1:17.67 | |
| 3 | Lynn Vidali | United States |
1:18.80 | |
| 4 | Zuzana Marková |  Czechoslovakia |
1:18.88 | |
| 5 | Jaroslava Slavíčková | Czechoslovakia |
1:19.12 | |
| 6 | Diana Harris |  Great Britain |
1:19.19 | |
| 7 | Winnie Nielsen |  Denmark |
1:23.00 | |
| 8 | Leonor Urueta |  Mexico |
1:23.21 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorothy Harrison | Great Britain |
1:16.99 | |
| 2 | Christine Jarvis | Great Britain |
1:18.27 | |
| 3 | Sylvia Langer | East Germany |
1:18.29 | |
| 4 | Brigitte Schuchardt | East Germany |
1:18.62 | |
| 5 | Dagmar Sierck | West Germany |
1:18.80 | |
| 6 | Jane Wright |  Canada |
1:20.56 | |
| 7 | Cristina Teixeira |  Brazil |
1:20.58 | |
| 8 | Ani Jane Mugrditchian |  Lebanon |
1:29.71 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halyna Prozumenshchykova-Stepanova | Soviet Union |
1:17.18 | |
| 2 | Jeanette Pettersson |  Sweden |
1:17.83 | |
| 3 | Éva Kiss |  Hungary |
1:18.57 | |
| 4 | Alie te Riet |  Netherlands |
1:18.79 | |
| 5 | Tineke Hofland | Netherlands |
1:19.38 | |
| 6 | Patricia Siewert | West Germany |
1:19.54 | |
| 7 | Mairi Ioannidou |  Greece |
1:21.70 | |
| 8 | Lee Yue-hwan |  Chinese Taipei |
1:25.47 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cathy Carr | United States |
1:16.01 | |
| 2 | Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss | Hungary |
1:16.52 | |
| 3 | Britt-Marie Smedh | Sweden |
1:17.21 | |
| 4 | Erika Rüegg |  Switzerland |
1:17.95 | |
| 5 | Sylvia Dockerill | Canada |
1:18.64 | |
| 6 | Marian Stuart | Canada |
1:18.69 | |
| 7 | Béatrice Mottoulle |  Belgium |
1:20.79 | |
| 8 | Ana Elena de la Portilla | Mexico |
1:21.61 |
Semifinals edit
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galina Prozumenshchikova | Soviet Union |
1:15.89 | |
| 2 | Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss | Hungary |
1:16.34 | |
| 3 | Dorothy Harrison | Great Britain |
1:16.53 | |
| 4 | Vreni Eberle | West Germany |
1:16.76 | |
| 5 | Renate Vogel | East Germany |
1:16.87 | |
| 6 | Erika Rüegg | Switzerland |
1:17.50 | |
| 7 | Christine Jarvis | Great Britain |
1:17.58 | |
| 8 | Éva Kiss | Hungary |
1:17.59 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cathy Carr | United States |
1:15.00 | OR |
| 2 | Judy Melick | United States |
1:16.22 | |
| 3 | Beverley Whitfield | Australia |
1:16.26 | |
| 4 | Britt-Marie Smedh | Sweden |
1:16.67 | |
| 5 | Lyudmila Porubayko | Soviet Union |
1:16.85 | |
| 6 | Jeanette Pettersson | Sweden |
1:17.54 | |
| 7 | Tetiana Prudnikova | Soviet Union |
1:19.37 | |
| 8 | Sylvia Langer | East Germany |
1:20.03 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Cathy Carr | United States |
1:13.58 | WR |
 |
Galina Prozumenshchikova | Soviet Union |
1:14.99 | |
 |
Beverley Whitfield | Australia |
1:15.73 | |
| 4 | Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss | Hungary |
1:16.26 | |
| 5 | Judy Melick | United States |
1:16.34 | |
| 6 | Vreni Eberle | West Germany |
1:17.16 | |
| 7 | Britt-Marie Smedh | Sweden |
1:17.19 | |
| 8 | Dorothy Harrison | Great Britain |
1:17.49 |
Key: WR = World record
References edit
- ^ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ "100 meters Breaststroke, Women". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 24 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.