Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place September 4. [1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
Gold | Karen Moe |
Silver | Lynn Colella |
Bronze | Ellie Daniel |
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Rosemarie Kother | 2:18.32 | Q, OR | |
2 | Mayumi Aoki | 2:23.01 | Q | |
3 | Anca Groza | 2:30.32 | ||
4 | Grisel Mendoza | 2:35.85 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ellie Daniel | 2:17.18 | Q, OR | |
2 | Jean Jeavons | 2:27.59 | ||
3 | Eva Wikner | 2:29.03 | ||
4 | Margrit Thomet | 2:29.21 | ||
5 | Věra Faitlová | 2:29.34 | ||
6 | Moira Brown | 2:30.08 | ||
7 | Jennifer McHugh | 2:30.36 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lynn Colella | 2:18.80 | Q | |
2 | Noriko Asano | 2:20.09 | Q | |
3 | Gail Neall | 2:23.21 | Q | |
4 | Frieke Buys | 2:24.20 | ||
5 | Olga de Angulo | 2:34.69 | ||
6 | Hsu Yue-yun | 2:44.88 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Karen Moe | 2:18.15 | Q | |
2 | Helga Lindner | 2:20.00 | Q | |
3 | Brigitte Mertz | 2:24.92 | ||
4 | Sue Funch | 2:26.69 | ||
5 | Eva Sigg | 2:27.64 | ||
6 | Ileana Morales | 2:28.41 | ||
7 | Maria Isabel Guerra | 2:32.60 |
"Q": Qualified
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Karen Moe | 2:15.57 | WR | ||
Lynn Colella | 2:16.34 | |||
Ellie Daniel | 2:16.74 | |||
4 | Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel | 2:17.11 | ||
5 | Noriko Asano | 2:19.50 | ||
6 | Helga Lindner | 2:20.47 | ||
7 | Gail Neall | 2:21.88 | ||
8 | Mayumi Aoki | 2:22.84 |
Key: WR = World record
Gail Neall, also known by her married name Gail Yeo, is an Australian former medley swimmer who raced in the 1970s. She won a gold medal in the 400-metre individual medley at the 1972 Summer Olympics in world record time.
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