Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
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 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 2.[1] This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Medalists[]
Gold | Cathy Carr United States |
Silver | Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union |
Bronze | Beverley Whitfield Australia |
Results[]
Heats[]
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lyudmila Porubayko | Soviet Union | 1:17.14 | |
2 | Renate Vogel | East Germany | 1:17.33 | |
3 | Beverley Whitfield | Australia | 1:17.59 | |
4 | Tetiana Prudnikova | Soviet Union | 1:18.11 | |
5 | Yoko Yamamoto | Japan | 1:18.94 | |
6 | Ann O'Connor | Ireland | 1:19.13 | |
7 | Judith Hudson | Australia | 1:19.78 | |
8 | Shlomit Nir | Israel | 1:20.90 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Judy Melick | United States | 1:16.75 | |
2 | Vreni Eberle | West Germany | 1:17.67 | |
3 | Lynn Vidali | United States | 1:18.80 | |
4 | Zuzana Marková | Czechoslovakia | 1:18.88 | |
5 | Jaroslava Slavíčková | Czechoslovakia | 1:19.12 | |
6 | Diana Harris | Great Britain | 1:19.19 | |
7 | Winnie Nielsen | Denmark | 1:23.00 | |
8 | Leonor Urueta | Mexico | 1:23.21 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Dorothy Harrison | Great Britain | 1:16.99 | |
2 | Christine Jarvis | Great Britain | 1:18.27 | |
3 | Sylvia Langer | East Germany | 1:18.29 | |
4 | Brigitte Schuchardt | East Germany | 1:18.62 | |
5 | Dagmar Sierck | West Germany | 1:18.80 | |
6 | Jane Wright | Canada | 1:20.56 | |
7 | Cristina Teixeira | Brazil | 1:20.58 | |
8 | Ani Jane Mugrditchian | Lebanon | 1:29.71 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Halyna Prozumenshchykova-Stepanova | Soviet Union | 1:17.18 | |
2 | Jeanette Pettersson | Sweden | 1:17.83 | |
3 | Éva Kiss | Hungary | 1:18.57 | |
4 | Alie te Riet | Netherlands | 1:18.79 | |
5 | Tineke Hofland | Netherlands | 1:19.38 | |
6 | Patricia Siewert | West Germany | 1:19.54 | |
7 | Mairi Ioannidou | Greece | 1:21.705 | |
8 | Lee Yue-hwan | Chinese Taipei | 1:25.47 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Cathy Carr | United States | 1:16.01 | |
2 | Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss | Hungary | 1:16.52 | |
3 | Britt-Marie Smedh | Sweden | 1:17.21 | |
4 | Erika Rüegg | Switzerland | 1:17.95 | |
5 | Sylvia Dockerill | Canada | 1:18.64 | |
6 | Marian Stuart | Canada | 1:18.69 | |
7 | Béatrice Mottoulle | Belgium | 1:20.79 | |
8 | Ana Elena de la Portilla | Mexico | 1:21.61 |
Semifinals[]
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Final[]
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Cathy Carr | United States | 1:13.58 | WR | |
Galina Prozumenshchikova | Soviet Union | 1:14.99 | ||
Beverley Whitfield | Australia | 1:15.73 | ||
4 | Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss | Hungary | 1:16.26 | |
5 | Judy Melick | United States | 1:16.34 | |
6 | Vreni Eberle | West Germany | 1:17.16 | |
7 | Britt-Marie Smedh | Sweden | 1:17.19 | |
8 | Dorothy Harrison | Great Britain | 1:17.49 |
Key: WR = World record
References[]
- ^ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
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