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

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

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueOlympia Schwimmhalle
Dates4 September 1972 (heats & final)
Competitors37 from 20 nations
Winning time2:19.19 WR
Medalists
Melissa Belote  United States
Susie Atwood  United States
Donna Gurr  Canada

Medalists

GoldMelissa Belote
 United States
SilverSusie Atwood
 United States
BronzeDonna Gurr
 Canada

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Annegret Kober West Germany2:24.88
2Wendy Cook-Hogg Canada2:25.71
3Suzuko Matsumura Japan2:26.95
4María Teresa Ramírez Mexico2:27.47
5Annemarie Groen Netherlands2:29.17
6Diana Ashton Great Britain2:29.95

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Susie Atwood United States2:22.13
2Deborah Palmer Australia2:24.25
3Susanne Hilger East Germany2:27.88
4Susan Hunter New Zealand2:28.28
5Kikuyo Ishii Japan2:29.66
6Zdenka Gašparač Yugoslavia2:33.57
7Christine Fulcher Ireland2:33.73
8Pat Chan Singapore2:41.27

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Leslie Cliff Canada2:25.08
2Karin Bormann West Germany2:25.59
3Lynn Skrifvars United States2:26.40
4Debra Cain Australia2:27.14
5Josien Elzerman Netherlands2:28.18
6Kazu Fujimura Japan2:30.37
7Felicia Ospitaletche Uruguay2:37.88

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Enith Brigitha Netherlands2:23.70
2Donna-Marie Gurr Canada2:25.33
3Sylvie Le Noach France2:27.18
4Tina Lek'veishvili Soviet Union2:28.22
5Susanne Niesner Switzerland2:28.62
6Pamela Bairstow Great Britain2:29.28
7María Cecilia Vargas Mexico2:37.54
8Ong Mei Lin Malaysia2:46.40

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Melissa Belote United States2:20.58
2Christine Herbst East Germany2:25.09
3Sue Lewis Australia2:25.34
4Andrea Gyarmati Hungary2:25.81
5Nataliya Yershova Soviet Union2:29.46
6Angelika Kraus West Germany2:31.16
7Patricia López Argentina2:33.41
8Diana Sutherland Great Britain2:37.61

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Melissa Belote United States2:19.19WR
Susie Atwood United States2:20.38
Donna Gurr Canada2:23.22
4Annegret Kober West Germany2:23.35
5Christine Herbst East Germany2:23.44
6Enith Brigitha Netherlands2:23.70
7Deborah Palmer Australia2:24.65
8Leslie Cliff Canada2:25.80

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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