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

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Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Swimming pictogram.svg
Venue Olympia Schwimmhalle
Dates4 September 1972 (heats & final)
Competitors37 from 20 nations
Winning time2:19.19 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Melissa Belote Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Susie Atwood Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Donna Gurr Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  1968
1976  

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.

Medalists

Gold Melissa Belote
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Silver Susie Atwood
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Bronze Donna Gurr
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Annegret Kober Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:24.88
2 Wendy Cook-Hogg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:25.71
3 Suzuko Matsumura Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:26.95
4 María Teresa Ramírez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:27.47
5 Annemarie Groen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:29.17
6 Diana Ashton Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:29.95

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Susie Atwood Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:22.13
2 Deborah Palmer Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:24.25
3 Susanne Hilger Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:27.88
4 Susan Hunter Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:28.28
5 Kikuyo Ishii Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:29.66
6 Zdenka Gašparač Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 2:33.57
7 Christine Fulcher Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 2:33.73
8 Pat Chan Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:41.27

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Leslie Cliff Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:25.08
2 Karin Bormann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:25.59
3 Lynn Skrifvars Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:26.40
4 Debra Cain Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:27.14
5 Josien Elzerman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:28.18
6 Kazu Fujimura Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:30.37
7 Felicia Ospitaletche Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 2:37.88

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Enith Brigitha Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:23.70
2 Donna-Marie Gurr Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:25.33
3 Sylvie Le Noach Flag of France.svg  France 2:27.18
4 Tina Lek'veishvili Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:28.22
5 Susanne Niesner Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:28.62
6 Pamela Bairstow Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:29.28
7 María Cecilia Vargas Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:37.54
8 Ong Mei Lin Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2:46.40

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Melissa Belote Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:20.58
2 Christine Herbst Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:25.09
3 Sue Lewis Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:25.34
4 Andrea Gyarmati Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:25.81
5 Nataliya Yershova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:29.46
6 Angelika Kraus Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:31.16
7 Patricia López Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 2:33.41
8 Diana Sutherland Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:37.61

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Melissa Belote Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:19.19 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Susie Atwood Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:20.38
Bronze medal icon.svg Donna Gurr Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:23.22
4 Annegret Kober Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:23.35
5 Christine Herbst Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:23.44
6 Enith Brigitha Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:23.70
7 Deborah Palmer Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:24.65
8 Leslie Cliff Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:25.80

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.