Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics, took place on August 29, at the Olympia Schwimmhalle. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the eleventh appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 40 competitors from 23 nations participated in the event, another 2 entries from 2 other countries did not compete.

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueOlympia Schwimmhalle
Date29 August (heats and final)
Competitors40 from 23 nations
Winning time2:41.71 (OR)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Beverley Whitfield  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dana Schoenfield  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Galina Prozumenshchikova  Soviet Union
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Records

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

World record   Catie Ball (USA) 2:38.5 s Los Angeles, California 26 August 1968 [1]
Olympic record   Sharon Wichman (USA) 2:44.4 s Mexico City, Mexico 23 October 1968 [1]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time OR WR
29 August Heat 3 Ágnes Kaczander   Hungary 2:43.13 OR
29 August Final Beverley Whitfield   Australia 2:41.71 OR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Ágnes Kaczander   Hungary 2:43.13 Q, OR[2]
2 3 Éva Kiss   Hungary 2:43.68 Q
3 6 Lyudmila Porubayko   Soviet Union 2:43.68 Q
4 4 Dana Schoenfield   United States 2:43.97 Q
5 5 Galina Prozumenshchikova   Soviet Union 2:44.20 Q
6 5 Beverley Whitfield   Australia 2:44.47 Q
7 6 Claudia Clevenger   United States 2:44.74 Q
8 6 Petra Nows   West Germany 2:45.20 Q
9 4 Hannelore Anke   East Germany 2:45.92
10 2 Britt-Marie Smedh   Sweden 2:46.05
11 1 Vreni Eberle   West Germany 2:46.17
12 6 Chieno Shibata   Japan 2:46.87
13 2 Barbara Mitchell   United States 2:47.05
14 2 Pat Beavan   Great Britain 2:47.42
15 6 Erika Rüegg   Switzerland 2:47.63
16 5 Jane Wright   Canada 2:47.85
17 3 Alie te Riet   Netherlands 2:48.49
18 4 Judith Hudson   Australia 2:49.09
19 4 Marian Stuart   Canada 2:49.11
20 5 Christine Jarvis   Great Britain 2:49.24
21 1 Sylvia Langer   East Germany 2:49.68
22 5 Jeanette Pettersson   Sweden 2:50.36
23 2 Ulrike Klees   West Germany 2:50.48
24 1 Tetiana Prudnikova   Soviet Union 2:50.79
25 5 Nieves Panadell   Spain 2:51.50
26 3 Amanda Radnage   Great Britain 2:51.85
27 4 Béatrice Mottoulle   Belgium 2:52.18
28 2 Brigitte Schuchardt   East Germany 2:53.03
29 2 Ann O'Connor   Ireland 2:53.04
30 1 Patrizia Miserini   Italy 2:53.14
31 3 Mairi Ioannidou   Greece 2:53.53
32 3 Shlomit Nir   Israel 2:53.60
33 6 Zuzana Marková   Czechoslovakia 2:53.88
34 6 Ana Elena de la Portilla   Mexico 2:54.10
35 4 Yoko Yamamoto   Japan 2:54.28
36 2 Rose-Marie Pepe   Canada 2:54.75
37 3 Leonor Urueta   Mexico 2:55.21
38 4 Winnie Nielsen   Denmark 2:59.31
39 1 Lee Yue-hwan   Republic of China 3:04.74
40 1 Cristina Teixeira   Brazil 2:57.03 DSQ[2]
41 5 Ani Jane Mugrditchian   Lebanon DNS[2]
42 1 Halina Zawadzka   Poland DNS[2]

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Beverley Whitfield   Australia 2:41.71 OR[2]
  Dana Schoenfield   United States 2:42.05
  Galina Prozumenshchikova   Soviet Union 2:42.36
4 Claudia Clevenger   United States 2:42.88
5 Petra Nows   West Germany 2:43.38
6 Ágnes Kaczander   Hungary 2:43.41
7 Lyudmila Porubayko   Soviet Union 2:44.48
8 Éva Kiss   Hungary 2:45.12

Sources

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  • "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972" (PDF). Volume 3: The Competitions. Volume Two, Part 2. Munich Organizing Committee. 1972. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  • Albert Schoenfeld, ed. (October 1972). "Results from the 1972 Olympic Games (Munich)" (PDF). Swimming World & Junior Swimmer. Albert Schoenfeld. p. 68. ISSN 0039-7431. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  • "Swimming at the 1972 München Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

References

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  1. ^ a b MOC, p. 329
  2. ^ a b c d e MOC, p. 344