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

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympia Schwimmhalle
Date	29 August (heats and final)
Competitors	40 from 23 nations
Winning time	2:41.71 (OR)
Medalists
Beverley Whitfield   Australia   Dana Schoenfield   United States   Galina Prozumenshchikova   Soviet Union

Swimming events at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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 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 record	Catie Ball (USA)	2:38.5 s	Los Angeles, California	26 August 1968	[1]
Olympic record	Sharon Wichman (USA)	2:44.4 s	Mexico City, Mexico	23 October 1968	[1]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	OR	WR
29 August	Heat 3	Ágnes Kaczander	Hungary	2:43.13	OR
29 August	Final	Beverley Whitfield	Australia	2:41.71	OR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Kaczander, ÁgnesÁgnes Kaczander	Hungary	2:43.13	Q, OR[2]
2	3	Kiss, ÉvaÉva Kiss	Hungary	2:43.68	Q
3	6	Porubayko, LyudmilaLyudmila Porubayko	Soviet Union	2:43.68	Q
4	4	Schoenfield, DanaDana Schoenfield	United States	2:43.97	Q
5	5	Prozumenshchikova, GalinaGalina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	2:44.20	Q
6	5	Whitfield, BeverleyBeverley Whitfield	Australia	2:44.47	Q
7	6	Clevenger, ClaudiaClaudia Clevenger	United States	2:44.74	Q
8	6	Nows, PetraPetra Nows	West Germany	2:45.20	Q
9	4	Anke, HanneloreHannelore Anke	East Germany	2:45.92
10	2	Smedh, Britt-MarieBritt-Marie Smedh	Sweden	2:46.05
11	1	Eberle, VreniVreni Eberle	West Germany	2:46.17
12	6	Shibata, ChienoChieno Shibata	Japan	2:46.87
13	2	Mitchell, BarbaraBarbara Mitchell	United States	2:47.05
14	2	Beavan, PatPat Beavan	Great Britain	2:47.42
15	6	Rüegg, ErikaErika Rüegg	Switzerland	2:47.63
16	5	Wright, JaneJane Wright	Canada	2:47.85
17	3	te Riet, AlieAlie te Riet	Netherlands	2:48.49
18	4	Hudson, JudithJudith Hudson	Australia	2:49.09
19	4	Stuart, MarianMarian Stuart	Canada	2:49.11
20	5	Jarvis, ChristineChristine Jarvis	Great Britain	2:49.24
21	1	Langer, SylviaSylvia Langer	East Germany	2:49.68
22	5	Pettersson, JeanetteJeanette Pettersson	Sweden	2:50.36
23	2	Klees, UlrikeUlrike Klees	West Germany	2:50.48
24	1	Prudnikova, TetianaTetiana Prudnikova	Soviet Union	2:50.79
25	5	Panadell, NievesNieves Panadell	Spain	2:51.50
26	3	Radnage, AmandaAmanda Radnage	Great Britain	2:51.85
27	4	Mottoulle, BéatriceBéatrice Mottoulle	Belgium	2:52.18
28	2	Schuchardt, BrigitteBrigitte Schuchardt	East Germany	2:53.03
29	2	O'Connor, AnnAnn O'Connor	Ireland	2:53.04
30	1	Miserini, PatriziaPatrizia Miserini	Italy	2:53.14
31	3	Ioannidou, MairiMairi Ioannidou	Greece	2:53.53
32	3	Nir, ShlomitShlomit Nir	Israel	2:53.60
33	6	Marková, ZuzanaZuzana Marková	Czechoslovakia	2:53.88
34	6	de la Portilla, Ana ElenaAna Elena de la Portilla	Mexico	2:54.10
35	4	Yamamoto, YokoYoko Yamamoto	Japan	2:54.28
36	2	Pepe, Rose-MarieRose-Marie Pepe	Canada	2:54.75
37	3	Urueta, LeonorLeonor Urueta	Mexico	2:55.21
38	4	Nielsen, WinnieWinnie Nielsen	Denmark	2:59.31
39	1	Lie Yue-HwanLie Yue-Hwan	Republic of China	3:04.74
40	1	Teixeira, CristinaCristina Teixeira	Brazil	2:57.03	DSQ[2]
41	5	Mugrditchian, Ani JaneAni Jane Mugrditchian	Lebanon	—	DNS[2]
42	1	Zawadzka, HalinaHalina Zawadzka	Poland	—	DNS[2]

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Whitfield, BeverleyBeverley Whitfield	Australia	2:41.71	OR[2]
	Schoenfield, DanaDana Schoenfield	United States	2:42.05
	Prozumenshchikova, GalinaGalina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	2:42.36
4	Clevenger, ClaudiaClaudia Clevenger	United States	2:42.88
5	Nows, PetraPetra Nows	West Germany	2:43.38
6	Kaczander, ÁgnesÁgnes Kaczander	Hungary	2:43.41
7	Porubayko, LyudmilaLyudmila Porubayko	Soviet Union	2:44.48
8	Kiss, ÉvaÉva 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. 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. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

References

1. MOC, p. 329
2. MOC, p. 344