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Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
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.
| Women's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Olympia Schwimmhalle |
| Dates | 4 September 1972 (heats & final) |
| Competitors | 37 from 20 nations |
| Winning time | 2:19.19 WR |
| Medalists | |
Medalists edit
| Gold | Melissa Belote United States |
| Silver | Susie Atwood United States |
| Bronze | Donna Gurr Canada |
Results edit
Heats edit
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annegret Kober | West Germany | 2:24.88 | |
| 2 | Wendy Cook-Hogg | Canada | 2:25.71 | |
| 3 | Suzuko Matsumura | Japan | 2:26.95 | |
| 4 | María Teresa Ramírez | Mexico | 2:27.47 | |
| 5 | Annemarie Groen | Netherlands | 2:29.17 | |
| 6 | Diana Ashton | Great Britain | 2:29.95 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Susie Atwood | United States | 2:22.13 | |
| 2 | Deborah Palmer | Australia | 2:24.25 | |
| 3 | Susanne Hilger | East Germany | 2:27.88 | |
| 4 | Susan Hunter | New Zealand | 2:28.28 | |
| 5 | Kikuyo Ishii | Japan | 2:29.66 | |
| 6 | Zdenka Gašparač | Yugoslavia | 2:33.57 | |
| 7 | Christine Fulcher | Ireland | 2:33.73 | |
| 8 | Pat Chan | Singapore | 2:41.27 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leslie Cliff | Canada | 2:25.08 | |
| 2 | Karin Bormann | West Germany | 2:25.59 | |
| 3 | Lynn Skrifvars | United States | 2:26.40 | |
| 4 | Debra Cain | Australia | 2:27.14 | |
| 5 | Josien Elzerman | Netherlands | 2:28.18 | |
| 6 | Kazu Fujimura | Japan | 2:30.37 | |
| 7 | Felicia Ospitaletche | Uruguay | 2:37.88 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enith Brigitha | Netherlands | 2:23.70 | |
| 2 | Donna-Marie Gurr | Canada | 2:25.33 | |
| 3 | Sylvie Le Noach | France | 2:27.18 | |
| 4 | Tina Lek'veishvili | Soviet Union | 2:28.22 | |
| 5 | Susanne Niesner | Switzerland | 2:28.62 | |
| 6 | Pamela Bairstow | Great Britain | 2:29.28 | |
| 7 | María Cecilia Vargas | Mexico | 2:37.54 | |
| 8 | Ong Mei Lin | Malaysia | 2:46.40 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melissa Belote | United States | 2:20.58 | |
| 2 | Christine Herbst | East Germany | 2:25.09 | |
| 3 | Sue Lewis | Australia | 2:25.34 | |
| 4 | Andrea Gyarmati | Hungary | 2:25.81 | |
| 5 | Nataliya Yershova | Soviet Union | 2:29.46 | |
| 6 | Angelika Kraus | West Germany | 2:31.16 | |
| 7 | Patricia López | Argentina | 2:33.41 | |
| 8 | Diana Sutherland | Great Britain | 2:37.61 |
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa Belote | United States | 2:19.19 | WR | |
| Susie Atwood | United States | 2:20.38 | ||
| Donna Gurr | Canada | 2:23.22 | ||
| 4 | Annegret Kober | West Germany | 2:23.35 | |
| 5 | Christine Herbst | East Germany | 2:23.44 | |
| 6 | Enith Brigitha | Netherlands | 2:23.70 | |
| 7 | Deborah Palmer | Australia | 2:24.65 | |
| 8 | Leslie Cliff | Canada | 2:25.80 |
Key: WR = World record
References edit
- ^ . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2016.