Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place August 30.[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming two lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 United States
Shirley Babashoff
Jane Barkman
Jenny Kemp
Sandy Neilson		  East Germany
Andrea Eife
Kornelia Ender
Elke Sehmisch
Gabriele Wetzko		  West Germany
Gudrun Beckmann
Heidemarie Reineck
Angela Steinbach
Jutta Weber

Results

Heats

Heat 1

PlaceSwimmersTimeNotes
1 Gabriele Wetzko, Andrea Eife, Elke Sehmisch, Kornelia Ender, Sylvia Eichner (GDR)3:58.11
2 Enith Brigitha, Anke Rijnders, Hansje Bunschoten, Josien Elzerman (NED)4:02.70
3 Deborah Palmer, Leanne Francis, Sharon Booth, Shane Gould, Debra Cain (AUS)4:05.44
4 Wendy Cook-Hogg, Judy Wright, Mary Beth Rondeau, Leslie Cliff (CAN)4:05.95
5 Tatyana Zolotnitskaya, Yelena Timoshenko, Nadezhda Matyukhina, Iryna Ustymenko (URS)4:07.55
6 Claude Mandonnaud, Chantal Schertz, Christine Petit, Guylaine Berger (FRA)4:08.82
7 María Teresa Ramírez, Virginia Anchestegui, Laura Vaca, Marcia Arriaga (MEX)4:14.95
8 Ann O'Connor, Christine Fulcher, Brenda McGrory, Aisling O'Leary (IRL)4:26.34

Heat 2

PlaceSwimmersTimeNotes
1 Shirley Babashoff, Kim Peyton, Lynn Skrifvars, Ann Marshall (USA)3:58.93
2 Jutta Weber, Heidi Reineck, Gudrun Beckmann, Angela Steinbach (FRG)4:01.63
3 Anita Zarnowiecki, Eva Andersson, Diana Olsson, Irwi Johansson (SWE)4:03.99
4 Andrea Gyarmati, Judit Turóczy, Edit Kovács, Magdolna Patóh (HUN)4:04.29
5 Yoshimi Nishigawa, Shigeko Kawanishi, Eiko Goshi, Yukari Takemoto (JPN)4:08.34
6 Diana Sutherland, Judith Sirs, Susan Edmondson, Lesley Allardice (GBR)4:09.51
7 Laura Podestà, Patrizia Lanfredini, Laura Gorgerino, Federica Stabilini (ITA)4:10.70
8 Margrit Thomet, Irène Debrunner, Christiane Flamand, Françoise Monod (SUI)4:10.73

Final

[2]

RankNationSwimmersTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s) United StatesSandra Neilson (58.98)
Jennifer Kemp (58.99)
Jane Barkman (59.03)
Shirley Babashoff (58.18)		3:55.19WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) East GermanyGabriele Wetzko (59.23)
Andrea Eife (58.96)
Elke Sehmisch (59.08)
Kornelia Ender (58.27)		3:55.55ER
3rd, bronze medalist(s) West GermanyJutta Weber (59.84)
Heidemarie Reineck (59.02)
Gudrun Beckmann (59.99)
Angela Steinbach (59.07)		3:57.93NR
4 HungaryAndrea Gyarmati (59.32)
Judit Turóczy (1:00.88)
Edit Kovács (1:01.12)
Magdolna Patóh (59.06)		4:00.39
5 NetherlandsEnith Brigitha (59.46)
Anke Rijnders (1:00.85)
Hansje Bunschoten (59.93)
Josien Elzerman (1:01.24)		4:01.49
6 SwedenAnita Zarnowiecki (1:01.16)
Eva Andersson (1:00.25)
Diana Olsson (1:00.30)
Irwi Johansson (1:00.97)		4:02.69
7 CanadaWendy Cook (1:00.98)
Judy Wright (1:01.06)
Mary Beth Rondeau (1:01.37)
Leslie Cliff (1:00.41)		4:03.83
8 AustraliaDeborah Palmer (1:02.02)
Leanne Francis (1:01.09)
Sharon Booth (1:00.70)
Shane Gould (1:01.00)		4:04.82

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Olympic Report Munich 1972 – Women's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay Results" (PDF). Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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