Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
Women's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympia Schwimmhalle | ||||||||||||
Dates | 4 September 1972 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 37 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:19.19 WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 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![]() |
Silver | Susie Atwood![]() |
Bronze | Donna Gurr![]() |
Results[]
Heats[]
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Annegret Kober | ![]() |
2:24.88 | |
2 | Wendy Cook-Hogg | ![]() |
2:25.71 | |
3 | Suzuko Matsumura | ![]() |
2:26.95 | |
4 | María Teresa Ramírez | ![]() |
2:27.47 | |
5 | Annemarie Groen | ![]() |
2:29.17 | |
6 | Diana Ashton | ![]() |
2:29.95 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Susie Atwood | ![]() |
2:22.13 | |
2 | Deborah Palmer | ![]() |
2:24.25 | |
3 | Susanne Hilger | ![]() |
2:27.88 | |
4 | Susan Hunter | ![]() |
2:28.28 | |
5 | Kikuyo Ishii | ![]() |
2:29.66 | |
6 | Zdenka Gašparač | ![]() |
2:33.57 | |
7 | Christine Fulcher | ![]() |
2:33.73 | |
8 | Pat Chan | ![]() |
2:41.27 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Leslie Cliff | ![]() |
2:25.08 | |
2 | Karin Bormann | ![]() |
2:25.59 | |
3 | Lynn Skrifvars | ![]() |
2:26.40 | |
4 | Debra Cain | ![]() |
2:27.14 | |
5 | Josien Elzerman | ![]() |
2:28.18 | |
6 | Kazu Fujimura | ![]() |
2:30.37 | |
7 | Felicia Ospitaletche | ![]() |
2:37.88 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Enith Brigitha | ![]() |
2:23.70 | |
2 | Donna-Marie Gurr | ![]() |
2:25.33 | |
3 | Sylvie Le Noach | ![]() |
2:27.18 | |
4 | Tina Lek'veishvili | ![]() |
2:28.22 | |
5 | Susanne Niesner | ![]() |
2:28.62 | |
6 | Pamela Bairstow | ![]() |
2:29.28 | |
7 | María Cecilia Vargas | ![]() |
2:37.54 | |
8 | Ong Mei Lin | ![]() |
2:46.40 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Melissa Belote | ![]() |
2:20.58 | |
2 | Christine Herbst | ![]() |
2:25.09 | |
3 | Sue Lewis | ![]() |
2:25.34 | |
4 | Andrea Gyarmati | ![]() |
2:25.81 | |
5 | Nataliya Yershova | ![]() |
2:29.46 | |
6 | Angelika Kraus | ![]() |
2:31.16 | |
7 | Patricia López | ![]() |
2:33.41 | |
8 | Diana Sutherland | ![]() |
2:37.61 |
Final[]
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Melissa Belote | ![]() |
2:19.19 | WR |
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Susie Atwood | ![]() |
2:20.38 | |
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Donna Gurr | ![]() |
2:23.22 | |
4 | Annegret Kober | ![]() |
2:23.35 | |
5 | Christine Herbst | ![]() |
2:23.44 | |
6 | Enith Brigitha | ![]() |
2:23.70 | |
7 | Deborah Palmer | ![]() |
2:24.65 | |
8 | Leslie Cliff | ![]() |
2:25.80 |
Key: WR = World record
References[]
- ^ "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.
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- Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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- Women's events at the 1972 Summer Olympics