Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

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Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto
Date26 August (heats)
27 August (final)
Competitors30 from 19 nations
Winning time2:49.5 (WR)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Anita Lonsbrough Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Wiltrud Urselmann Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Barbara Göbel Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
  1956
1964  

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics, took place on August 26–27, at the Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the eighth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 30 competitors from 19 nations participated in the event. [1] British gold-medalist Anita Lonsbrough became the first swimmer to break the world record in this event, with a time of 2:49.5 in the final.

Records

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

World recordFlag of Germany.svg  Wiltrud Urselmann  (FRG)2:50.2 s Aachen, West Germany 6 June 1960 [2]
Olympic recordFlag of Germany.svg  Ursula Happe  (EUA)2:53.1 s Melbourne, Australia 30 November 1956 [2]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeORWR
August 26Heat 2 Anita Lonsbrough Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:53.3OR
August 26Heat 3 Wiltrud Urselmann Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 2:52.0OR
August 27Final Anita Lonsbrough Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:49.5ORWR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 Wiltrud Urselmann Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 2:52.0Q, OR [3]
224 Anita Lonsbrough Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:53.3Q, OR [4]
345 Ada den Haan Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:54.0Q
414 Barbara Göbel Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 2:54.2Q
535 Gretta Kok Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:55.2Q
632 Patty Kempner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:55.5Q
736 Dorrit Kristensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:56.2Q
844 Anne Warner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:56.3Q
933 Christine Gosden Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:56.9
1047 Elena Zennaro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:57.0
1113 Rosemary Lassig Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:57.4
1215 Yoshiko Takamatsu Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:57.6
1325 Klára Killermann Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:58.7
1423 Barbro Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:59.8
1546 Inge Andersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:59.9
1642 Janet Hogan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:00.3
1726 Amélie Mirkowitch Flag of France.svg  France 3:01.5
1843 Marta Kadlecová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 3:01.7
1912 Michèle Pialat Flag of France.svg  France 3:02.2
2022 Christl Filippovits Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3:02.6
2127 Lyudmila Korobova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:02.7
2216 Eve Maurer Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:03.1
2311 Meg Miners Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.svg  Rhodesia 3:05.2
2437 Judith McHale Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 3:07.7
2517 Christl Wöber Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3:09.3
2621 Luciana Marcellini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:09.8
2718 Maya Hungerbühler Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 3:10.1
2838 Isabel Castañe Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 3:10.4
2941 Regina Veloso Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 3:13.3
3031 Suzette Schmidlin Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DNS [3]

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Anita Lonsbrough Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:49.5 WR [3]
Silver medal icon.svg4 Wiltrud Urselmann Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 2:50.0
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Barbara Göbel Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 2:53.6
43 Ada den Haan Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:54.4
52 Gretta Kok Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:54.6
68 Anne Warner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:55.4
77 Patty Kempner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:55.5
81 Dorrit Kristensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:55.7

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