Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

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Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Pool
Date21 July (heats and final)
Competitors39 from 22 nations
Winning time2:33.35 (WR)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marina Kosheveya  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marina Yurchenya  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lyubov Rusanova  Soviet Union
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics, took place on July 21, at the Olympic Pool in Montreal, Canada.[1] In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the twelfth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 39 competitors from 22 nations participated in the event.[2]

Records[]

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

World record  Karla Linke (GDR) 2:34.99 s Vienna, Austria 19 August 1974 [3]
Olympic record  Beverley Whitfield (AUS) 2:41.71 s Munich, West Germany 29 August 1972 [4]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time OR WR
21 July Heat 1 Marina Kosheveya  Soviet Union 2:35.14 OR
21 July Final Marina Kosheveya  Soviet Union 2:33.35 OR WR

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Marina Kosheveya  Soviet Union 2:35.14 Q, OR[4]
2 5 Karla Linke  East Germany 2:37.13 Q
3 4 Hannelore Anke  East Germany 2:37.13 Q
4 4 Lyubov Rusanova  Soviet Union 2:37.45 Q
5 2 Marina Yurchenya  Soviet Union 2:37.92 Q
6 1 Debbie Rudd  Great Britain 2:38.26 Q
7 3 Margaret Kelly  Great Britain 2:39.01 Q
8 5 Carola Nitschke  East Germany 2:39.06 Q
9 3 Joann Baker  Canada 2:39.27
10 5 Wijda Mazereeuw  Netherlands 2:39.59
11 3 Lisa Borsholt  Canada 2:39.94
12 2 Susanne Nielsson  Denmark 2:41.09
13 2 Ann-Sofi Roos  Sweden 2:41.38
14 2 Christine Jarvis  Great Britain 2:41.61
15 2 Laura Siering  United States 2:41.66
16 1 Marcia Morey  United States 2:41.85
17 4 Dagmar Rehak  West Germany 2:41.98
18 4 Anna Skolarczyk  Poland 2:42.05
19 2 Gabriele Askamp  West Germany 2:42.58
20 4 Judith Hudson  Australia 2:43.88
21 2 Kazuyo Inaba  Japan 2:44.08
22 5 Toshiko Haruoka  Japan 2:44.11
23 3 Melanie MacKay  Canada 2:45.08
24 4 Anette Fredriksson  Sweden 2:45.31
25 5 Janis Hape  United States 2:45.57
26 3 Annick de Susini  France 2:45.63
27 3 Karin Deleurand  Denmark 2:45.96
28 3 Chiharu Mori  Japan 2:46.04
29 4 Colette Crabbe  Belgium 2:47.16
30 5 Véronique Brisy  Belgium 2:47.55
31 1 Cristina Teixeira  Brazil 2:47.69
32 1 Allison Smith  Australia 2:50.11
33 1 Beatriz Camuñas  Mexico 2:50.78
34 4 Angela López  Puerto Rico 2:52.71
35 5 Nancy Deano  Philippines 2:53.08
36 3 Elena Ospitaletche  Uruguay 2:53.60
37 1 Dacyl Pérez  Venezuela 2:56.76
38 2 Patricia Spohn  Argentina 2:59.51
39 1 Éva Kiss  Hungary DNS[2]

Final[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marina Kosheveya  Soviet Union 2:33.35 WR[2][4]
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marina Yurchenya  Soviet Union 2:36.08
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lyubov Rusanova  Soviet Union 2:36.22
4 Hannelore Anke  East Germany 2:36.49
5 Karla Linke  East Germany 2:36.97
6 Carola Nitschke  East Germany 2:38.27
7 Margaret Kelly  Great Britain 2:38.37
8 Debbie Rudd  Great Britain 2:39.01

Sources[]

  • "Games of the XXI Olympiad; Montréal 1976" (PDF). Volume Three. COJO 76. 1976. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  • Albert Schoenfeld, ed. (September 1976). "Results from the 1976 Olympic Games (Montreal)" (PDF). Swimming World & Junior Swimmer. Albert Schoenfeld. p. 90. ISSN 0039-7431. Retrieved 5 July 2012.

References[]

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c COJO 76, p. 473
  3. ^ "World, American and U.S. Open Records" (PDF). USA Swimming. 7 May 2012. p. 15. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Mallon, Bill (1988). "Olympic Records by Sport - Swimming". The Olympic Record Book. Garland Publishing. p. 240. ISBN 0824029488.
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