Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between August 31 and September 1.[1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

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Gold Mayumi Aoki
  Japan
Silver Roswitha Beier
  East Germany
Bronze Andrea Gyarmati
  Hungary

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Dana Shrader   United States 1:05.09 Q
2 Edeltraud Koch   West Germany 1:05.29 Q
3 Frieke Buys   Netherlands 1:06.89 Q
4 Margrit Thomet   Switzerland 1:07.28 Q
5 Brenda McGrory   Ireland 1:08.52
6 Donatella Talpo-Schiavon   Italy 1:08.98
7 Susan Smith   Canada 1:09.38
8 Norma Amezcua   Mexico 1:12.23

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Andrea Gyarmati   Hungary 1:04.01 OR, Q
2 Roswitha Beier   East Germany 1:04.34 Q
3 Eva Wikner   Sweden 1:06.70 Q
4 Iryna Ustymenko   Soviet Union 1:07.44 Q
5 Aurora Chamorro   Spain 1:08.39
6 Leslie Cliff   Canada 1:09.29
7 Hsu Yue-yun   Chinese Taipei 1:11.67

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Deena Deardurff   United States 1:04.80 Q
2 Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel   East Germany 1:04.83 Q
3 Noriko Asano   Japan 1:04.97 Q
4 Sue Funch   Australia 1:07.51
5 Jean Jeavons   Great Britain 1:07.64
6 Věra Faitlová   Czechoslovakia 1:08.18
7 Tay Chin Joo   Singapore 1:10.92
8 Susana Saxlund   Uruguay 1:11.90

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Mayumi Aoki   Japan 1:04.00 OR, Q
2 Ellie Daniel   United States 1:04.33 Q
3 Gudrun Beckmann   West Germany 1:05.26 Q
4 Heike Nagel   West Germany 1:05.64 Q
5 Marilyn Corson   Canada 1:06.26 Q
6 Judit Turóczy   Hungary 1:09.73
7 Ileana Morales   Venezuela 1:10.37

Semifinals

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Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Andrea Gyarmati   Hungary 1:03.80 Q, WR
2 Roswitha Beier   East Germany 1:04.36 Q
3 Dana Shrader   United States 1:04.54 Q
4 Rosemarie Kother   East Germany 1:04.64
5 Edeltraud Koch   West Germany 1:05.28
6 Frieke Buys   Netherlands 1:06.78
7 Marilyn Corson   Canada 1:06.78
8 Iryna Ustymenko   Soviet Union 1:07.76

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Deena Deardurff   United States 1:03.97 Q
2 Mayumi Aoki   Japan 1:04.11 Q
3 Ellie Daniel   United States 1:04.25 Q
4 Gudrun Beckmann   West Germany 1:04.52 Q
5 Noriko Asano   Japan 1:04.53 Q
6 Heike Hustede   West Germany 1:06.48
7 Margrit Thomet   Switzerland 1:07.12
8 Eva Wikner   Sweden 1:07.53

Final

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Mayumi Aoki   Japan 1:03.34 WR
  Roswitha Beier   East Germany 1:03.61
  Andrea Gyarmati   Hungary 1:03.73
4 Deena Deardurff   United States 1:03.95
5 Dana Shrader   United States 1:03.98
6 Ellie Daniel   United States 1:04.08
7 Gudrun Beckmann   West Germany 1:04.15
8 Noriko Asano   Japan 1:04.25

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2016.