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

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Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Olympia Schwimmhalle
Date29 August (heats and final)
Competitors40 from 23 nations
Winning time2:41.71 (OR)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Beverley Whitfield Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Dana Schoenfield Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Galina Prozumenshchikova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1968
1976  

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.

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Catie Ball  (USA)2:38.5 s Los Angeles, California 26 August 1968 [1]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Sharon Wichman  (USA)2:44.4 s Mexico City, Mexico 23 October 1968 [1]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeORWR
29 AugustHeat 3 Ágnes Kaczander Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:43.13OR
29 AugustFinal Beverley Whitfield Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:41.71OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Ágnes Kaczander Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:43.13Q, OR [2]
23 Éva Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:43.68Q
36 Lyudmila Porubayko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:43.68Q
44 Dana Schoenfield Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:43.97Q
55 Galina Prozumenshchikova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:44.20Q
65 Beverley Whitfield Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:44.47Q
76 Claudia Clevenger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:44.74Q
86 Petra Nows Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:45.20Q
94 Hannelore Anke Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:45.92
102 Britt-Marie Smedh Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:46.05
111 Vreni Eberle Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:46.17
126 Chieno Shibata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:46.87
132 Barbara Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:47.05
142 Pat Beavan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:47.42
156 Erika Rüegg Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:47.63
165 Jane Wright Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:47.85
173 Alie te Riet Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:48.49
184 Judith Hudson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:49.09
194 Marian Stuart Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:49.11
205 Christine Jarvis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:49.24
211 Sylvia Langer Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:49.68
225 Jeanette Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:50.36
232 Ulrike Klees Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:50.48
241 Tetiana Prudnikova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:50.79
255 Nieves Panadell Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 2:51.50
263 Amanda Radnage Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:51.85
274 Béatrice Mottoulle Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:52.18
282 Brigitte Schuchardt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:53.03
292 Ann O'Connor Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:53.04
301 Patrizia Miserini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:53.14
313 Mairi Ioannidou Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Greece 2:53.53
323 Shlomit Nir Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:53.60
336 Zuzana Marková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:53.88
346 Ana Elena de la Portilla Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:54.10
354 Yoko Yamamoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:54.28
362 Rose-Marie Pepe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:54.75
373 Leonor Urueta Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:55.21
384 Winnie Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:59.31
391 Lee Yue-hwan Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China 3:04.74
401 Cristina Teixeira Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 2:57.03DSQ [2]
415 Ani Jane Mugrditchian Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon DNS [2]
421 Halina Zawadzka Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland DNS [2]

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Beverley Whitfield Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:41.71 OR [2]
Silver medal icon.svg Dana Schoenfield Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:42.05
Bronze medal icon.svg Galina Prozumenshchikova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:42.36
4 Claudia Clevenger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:42.88
5 Petra Nows Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:43.38
6 Ágnes Kaczander Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:43.41
7 Lyudmila Porubayko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:44.48
8 Éva Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:45.12

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