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

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place September 4.[1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Medalists

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Gold Karen Moe
  United States
Silver Lynn Colella
  United States
Bronze Ellie Daniel
  United States

Heats

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Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Rosemarie Kother   East Germany 2:18.32 Q, OR
2 Mayumi Aoki   Japan 2:23.01 Q
3 Anca Groza   Romania 2:30.32
4 Grisel Mendoza   Mexico 2:35.85

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Ellie Daniel   United States 2:17.18 Q, OR
2 Jean Jeavons   Great Britain 2:27.59
3 Eva Wikner   Sweden 2:29.03
4 Margrit Thomet   Switzerland 2:29.21
5 Věra Faitlová   Czechoslovakia 2:29.34
6 Moira Brown   Great Britain 2:30.08
7 Jennifer McHugh   Canada 2:30.36

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Lynn Colella   United States 2:18.80 Q
2 Noriko Asano   Japan 2:20.09 Q
3 Gail Neall   Australia 2:23.21 Q
4 Frieke Buys   Netherlands 2:24.20
5 Olga de Angulo   Colombia 2:34.69
6 Hsu Yue-yun   Chinese Taipei 2:44.88

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Karen Moe   United States 2:18.15 Q
2 Helga Lindner   East Germany 2:20.00 Q
3 Brigitte Mertz   East Germany 2:24.92
4 Sue Funch   Australia 2:26.69
5 Eva Sigg   Finland 2:27.64
6 Ileana Morales   Venezuela 2:28.41
7 Maria Isabel Guerra   Brazil 2:32.60

"Q": Qualified

Final

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Karen Moe   United States 2:15.57 WR
  Lynn Colella   United States 2:16.34
  Ellie Daniel   United States 2:16.74
4 Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel   East Germany 2:17.11
5 Noriko Asano   Japan 2:19.50
6 Helga Lindner   East Germany 2:20.47
7 Gail Neall   Australia 2:21.88
8 Mayumi Aoki   Japan 2:22.84

Key: WR = World record

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2016.