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
Beverley Whitfield  Australia
Dana Schoenfield  United States
Galina Prozumenshchikova  Soviet Union
Swimming at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Records

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

World record Catie Ball (USA)2:38.5 sLos Angeles, California26 August 1968[1]
Olympic record Sharon Wichman (USA)2:44.4 sMexico City, Mexico23 October 1968[1]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeORWR
29 AugustHeat 3Ágnes Kaczander Hungary2:43.13OR
29 AugustFinalBeverley Whitfield Australia2:41.71OR

Results

Heats
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Ágnes Kaczander Hungary 2:43.13Q, OR[2]
23 Éva Kiss Hungary 2:43.68Q
36 Lyudmila Porubayko Soviet Union 2:43.68Q
44 Dana Schoenfield United States 2:43.97Q
55 Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union 2:44.20Q
65 Beverley Whitfield Australia 2:44.47Q
76 Claudia Clevenger United States 2:44.74Q
86 Petra Nows West Germany 2:45.20Q
94 Hannelore Anke East Germany 2:45.92
102 Britt-Marie Smedh Sweden 2:46.05
111 Vreni Eberle West Germany 2:46.17
126 Chieno Shibata Japan 2:46.87
132 Barbara Mitchell United States 2:47.05
142 Pat Beavan Great Britain 2:47.42
156 Erika Rüegg Switzerland 2:47.63
165 Jane Wright Canada 2:47.85
173 Alie te Riet Netherlands 2:48.49
184 Judith Hudson Australia 2:49.09
194 Marian Stuart Canada 2:49.11
205 Christine Jarvis Great Britain 2:49.24
211 Sylvia Langer East Germany 2:49.68
225 Jeanette Pettersson Sweden 2:50.36
232 Ulrike Klees West Germany 2:50.48
241 Tetiana Prudnikova Soviet Union 2:50.79
255 Nieves Panadell Spain 2:51.50
263 Amanda Radnage Great Britain 2:51.85
274 Béatrice Mottoulle Belgium 2:52.18
282 Brigitte Schuchardt East Germany 2:53.03
292 Ann O'Connor Ireland 2:53.04
301 Patrizia Miserini Italy 2:53.14
313 Mairi Ioannidou Greece 2:53.53
323 Shlomit Nir Israel 2:53.60
336 Zuzana Marková Czechoslovakia 2:53.88
346 Ana Elena de la Portilla Mexico 2:54.10
354 Yoko Yamamoto Japan 2:54.28
362 Rose-Marie Pepe Canada 2:54.75
373 Leonor Urueta Mexico 2:55.21
384 Winnie Nielsen Denmark 2:59.31
391 Lee Yue-hwan Republic of China 3:04.74
401 Cristina Teixeira Brazil 2:57.03DSQ[2]
415 Ani Jane Mugrditchian Lebanon —DNS[2]
421 Halina Zawadzka Poland —DNS[2]

Final
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Beverley Whitfield Australia 2:41.71OR[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
  • "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
  1. MOC, p. 329
  2. MOC, p. 344
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