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

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 2.[1] 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.

Medalists

GoldCathy Carr
 United States
SilverGalina Prozumenshchikova
 Soviet Union
BronzeBeverley Whitfield
 Australia

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Lyudmila Porubayko Soviet Union1:17.14
2Renate Vogel East Germany1:17.33
3Beverley Whitfield Australia1:17.59
4Tetiana Prudnikova Soviet Union1:18.11
5Yoko Yamamoto Japan1:18.94
6Ann O'Connor Ireland1:19.13
7Judith Hudson Australia1:19.78
8Shlomit Nir Israel1:20.90

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Judy Melick United States1:16.75
2Vreni Eberle West Germany1:17.67
3Lynn Vidali United States1:18.80
4Zuzana Marková Czechoslovakia1:18.88
5Jaroslava Slavíčková Czechoslovakia1:19.12
6Diana Harris Great Britain1:19.19
7Winnie Nielsen Denmark1:23.00
8Leonor Urueta Mexico1:23.21

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Dorothy Harrison Great Britain1:16.99
2Christine Jarvis Great Britain1:18.27
3Sylvia Langer East Germany1:18.29
4Brigitte Schuchardt East Germany1:18.62
5Dagmar Sierck West Germany1:18.80
6Jane Wright Canada1:20.56
7Cristina Teixeira Brazil1:20.58
8Ani Jane Mugrditchian Lebanon1:29.71

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Halyna Prozumenshchykova-Stepanova Soviet Union1:17.18
2Jeanette Pettersson Sweden1:17.83
3Éva Kiss Hungary1:18.57
4Alie te Riet Netherlands1:18.79
5Tineke Hofland Netherlands1:19.38
6Patricia Siewert West Germany1:19.54
7Mairi Ioannidou Greece1:21.705
8Lee Yue-hwan Chinese Taipei1:25.47

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Cathy Carr United States1:16.01
2Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss Hungary1:16.52
3Britt-Marie Smedh Sweden1:17.21
4Erika Rüegg Switzerland1:17.95
5Sylvia Dockerill Canada1:18.64
6Marian Stuart Canada1:18.69
7Béatrice Mottoulle Belgium1:20.79
8Ana Elena de la Portilla Mexico1:21.61

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Cathy Carr United States1:13.58WR
Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union1:14.99
Beverley Whitfield Australia1:15.73
4Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss Hungary1:16.26
5Judy Melick United States1:16.34
6Vreni Eberle West Germany1:17.16
7Britt-Marie Smedh Sweden1:17.19
8Dorothy Harrison Great Britain1:17.49

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
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