Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly
Appearance
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 butterfly event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place September 4.[1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Karen Moe![]() |
Silver | Lynn Colella![]() |
Bronze | Ellie Daniel![]() |
Heats
[edit]Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Rosemarie Kother | ![]() |
2:18.32 | Q, OR |
2 | Mayumi Aoki | ![]() |
2:23.01 | Q |
3 | Anca Groza | ![]() |
2:30.32 | |
4 | Grisel Mendoza | ![]() |
2:35.85 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ellie Daniel | ![]() |
2:17.18 | Q, OR |
2 | Jean Jeavons | ![]() |
2:27.59 | |
3 | Eva Wikner | ![]() |
2:29.03 | |
4 | Margrit Thomet | ![]() |
2:29.21 | |
5 | Věra Faitlová | ![]() |
2:29.34 | |
6 | Moira Brown | ![]() |
2:30.08 | |
7 | Jennifer McHugh | ![]() |
2:30.36 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lynn Colella | ![]() |
2:18.80 | Q |
2 | Noriko Asano | ![]() |
2:20.09 | Q |
3 | Gail Neall | ![]() |
2:23.21 | Q |
4 | Frieke Buys | ![]() |
2:24.20 | |
5 | Olga de Angulo | ![]() |
2:34.69 | |
6 | Hsu Yue-yun | ![]() |
2:44.88 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Karen Moe | ![]() |
2:18.15 | Q |
2 | Helga Lindner | ![]() |
2:20.00 | Q |
3 | Brigitte Mertz | ![]() |
2:24.92 | |
4 | Sue Funch | ![]() |
2:26.69 | |
5 | Eva Sigg | ![]() |
2:27.64 | |
6 | Ileana Morales | ![]() |
2:28.41 | |
7 | Maria Isabel Guerra | ![]() |
2:32.60 |
"Q": Qualified
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Karen Moe | ![]() |
2:15.57 | WR |
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Lynn Colella | ![]() |
2:16.34 | |
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Ellie Daniel | ![]() |
2:16.74 | |
4 | Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel | ![]() |
2:17.11 | |
5 | Noriko Asano | ![]() |
2:19.50 | |
6 | Helga Lindner | ![]() |
2:20.47 | |
7 | Gail Neall | ![]() |
2:21.88 | |
8 | Mayumi Aoki | ![]() |
2:22.84 |
Key: WR = World record
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2016.