Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
December 20, 2023
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics, took place on August 26–27, at the Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the eighth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 30 competitors from 19 nations participated in the event.[1]British gold-medalist Anita Lonsbrough became the first swimmer to break the world record in this event, with a time of 2:49.5 in the final.
"The Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960" (PDF). Volume Two, Part 2. Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome. 1960. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
"LCM Women Records" (PDF). USA Swimming. 9 May 2012. p. 15. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
Referencesedit
^. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
^. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
December 20, 2023
swimming, 1960, summer, olympics, women, metre, breaststroke, women, metre, breaststroke, event, included, swimming, competition, 1960, summer, olympics, took, place, august, stadio, olimpico, nuoto, this, event, swimmers, covered, four, lengths, metre, olympi. The women s 200 metre breaststroke event included in the swimming competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place on August 26 27 at the Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto In this event swimmers covered four lengths of the 50 metre 160 ft Olympic sized pool employing the breaststroke It was the eighth appearance of the event which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris A total of 30 competitors from 19 nations participated in the event 1 British gold medalist Anita Lonsbrough became the first swimmer to break the world record in this event with a time of 2 49 5 in the final Women s 200 metre breaststrokeat the Games of the XVII OlympiadVenueStadio Olimpico del NuotoDate26 August heats 27 August final Competitors30 from 19 nationsWinning time2 49 5 WR MedalistsAnita Lonsbrough Great BritainWiltrud Urselmann United Team of GermanyBarbara Gobel United Team of Germany 19561964 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 2 Final 3 Sources 4 ReferencesRecords editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were World record nbsp Wiltrud Urselmann FRG 2 50 2 s Aachen West Germany 6 June 1960 2 Olympic record nbsp Ursula Happe EUA 2 53 1 s Melbourne Australia 30 November 1956 2 The following records were established during the competition Date Round Name Nationality Time OR WRAugust 26 Heat 2 Anita Lonsbrough nbsp Great Britain 2 53 3 ORAugust 26 Heat 3 Wiltrud Urselmann nbsp United Team of Germany 2 52 0 ORAugust 27 Final Anita Lonsbrough nbsp Great Britain 2 49 5 OR WRResults editHeats edit Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 3 4 Wiltrud Urselmann nbsp United Team of Germany 2 52 0 Q OR 3 2 2 4 Anita Lonsbrough nbsp Great Britain 2 53 3 Q OR 4 3 4 5 Ada den Haan nbsp Netherlands 2 54 0 Q4 1 4 Barbara Gobel nbsp United Team of Germany 2 54 2 Q5 3 5 Gretta Kok nbsp Netherlands 2 55 2 Q6 3 2 Patty Kempner nbsp United States 2 55 5 Q7 3 6 Dorrit Kristensen nbsp Denmark 2 56 2 Q8 4 4 Anne Warner nbsp United States 2 56 3 Q9 3 3 Christine Gosden nbsp Great Britain 2 56 910 4 7 Elena Zennaro nbsp Italy 2 57 011 1 3 Rosemary Lassig nbsp Australia 2 57 412 1 5 Yoshiko Takamatsu nbsp Japan 2 57 613 2 5 Klara Killermann nbsp Hungary 2 58 714 2 3 Barbro Eriksson nbsp Sweden 2 59 815 4 6 Inge Andersen nbsp Denmark 2 57 616 4 2 Janet Hogan nbsp Australia 3 00 317 2 6 Amelie Mirkowitch nbsp France 3 01 518 4 3 Marta Kadlecova nbsp Czechoslovakia 3 01 719 1 2 Michele Pialat nbsp France 3 02 220 2 2 Christl Filippovits nbsp Austria 3 02 621 2 7 Lyudmila Korobova nbsp Soviet Union 3 02 722 1 6 Eve Maurer nbsp Soviet Union 3 03 123 1 1 Meg Miners nbsp Rhodesia 3 05 224 3 7 Judith McHale nbsp Canada 3 07 725 1 7 Christl Wober nbsp Austria 3 09 326 2 1 Luciana Marcellini nbsp Italy 3 09 827 1 8 Maya Hungerbuhler nbsp Switzerland 3 10 128 3 8 Isabel Castane nbsp Spain 3 10 429 4 1 Regina Veloso nbsp Portugal 3 13 330 3 1 Suzette Schmidlin nbsp Switzerland DNS 3 Final edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp 5 Anita Lonsbrough nbsp Great Britain 2 49 5 WR 3 nbsp 4 Wiltrud Urselmann nbsp United Team of Germany 2 50 0 nbsp 6 Barbara Gobel nbsp United Team of Germany 2 53 64 3 Ada den Haan nbsp Netherlands 2 54 45 2 Gretta Kok nbsp Netherlands 2 54 66 8 Anne Warner nbsp United States 2 55 47 7 Patty Kempner nbsp United States 2 55 58 1 Dorrit Kristensen nbsp Denmark 2 55 7Sources edit The Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960 PDF Volume Two Part 2 Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960 Retrieved 1 July 2012 LCM Women Records PDF USA Swimming 9 May 2012 p 15 Retrieved 29 June 2012 Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games Women s 200 metres Breaststroke Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 1 July 2012 References edit Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games Women s 200 metres Breaststroke Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 1 July 2012 a b USA Swimming p 17 a b c OCGOR p 590 Swimming at the 1960 Roma Summer Games Women s 200 metres Breaststroke Round One Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 1 July 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics Women 27s 200 metre breaststroke amp oldid 1117441965, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
