Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
Appearance
Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympia Schwimmhalle | ||||||||||||
Date | 1 September (heats & semifinals) 2 September (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:13.58 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 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 2 in the Schwimmhalle, Olympiapark, München.[1] [2] This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lyudmila Porubayko | ![]() |
1:17.14 | |
2 | Renate Vogel | ![]() |
1:17.33 | |
3 | Beverley Whitfield | ![]() |
1:17.59 | |
4 | Tetiana Prudnikova | ![]() |
1:18.11 | |
5 | Yoko Yamamoto | ![]() |
1:18.94 | |
6 | Ann O'Connor | ![]() |
1:19.13 | |
7 | Judith Hudson | ![]() |
1:19.78 | |
8 | Shlomit Nir | ![]() |
1:20.90 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Judy Melick | ![]() |
1:16.75 | |
2 | Vreni Eberle | ![]() |
1:17.67 | |
3 | Lynn Vidali | ![]() |
1:18.80 | |
4 | Zuzana Marková | ![]() |
1:18.88 | |
5 | Jaroslava Slavíčková | ![]() |
1:19.12 | |
6 | Diana Harris | ![]() |
1:19.19 | |
7 | Winnie Nielsen | ![]() |
1:23.00 | |
8 | Leonor Urueta | ![]() |
1:23.21 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Dorothy Harrison | ![]() |
1:16.99 | |
2 | Christine Jarvis | ![]() |
1:18.27 | |
3 | Sylvia Langer | ![]() |
1:18.29 | |
4 | Brigitte Schuchardt | ![]() |
1:18.62 | |
5 | Dagmar Sierck | ![]() |
1:18.80 | |
6 | Jane Wright | ![]() |
1:20.56 | |
7 | Cristina Teixeira | ![]() |
1:20.58 | |
8 | Ani Jane Mugrditchian | ![]() |
1:29.71 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Halyna Prozumenshchykova-Stepanova | ![]() |
1:17.18 | |
2 | Jeanette Pettersson | ![]() |
1:17.83 | |
3 | Éva Kiss | ![]() |
1:18.57 | |
4 | Alie te Riet | ![]() |
1:18.79 | |
5 | Tineke Hofland | ![]() |
1:19.38 | |
6 | Patricia Siewert | ![]() |
1:19.54 | |
7 | Mairi Ioannidou | ![]() |
1:21.70 | |
8 | Lee Yue-hwan | ![]() |
1:25.47 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Cathy Carr | ![]() |
1:16.01 | |
2 | Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss | ![]() |
1:16.52 | |
3 | Britt-Marie Smedh | ![]() |
1:17.21 | |
4 | Erika Rüegg | ![]() |
1:17.95 | |
5 | Sylvia Dockerill | ![]() |
1:18.64 | |
6 | Marian Stuart | ![]() |
1:18.69 | |
7 | Béatrice Mottoulle | ![]() |
1:20.79 | |
8 | Ana Elena de la Portilla | ![]() |
1:21.61 |
Semifinals
[edit]Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Galina Prozumenshchikova | ![]() |
1:15.89 | |
2 | Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss | ![]() |
1:16.34 | |
3 | Dorothy Harrison | ![]() |
1:16.53 | |
4 | Vreni Eberle | ![]() |
1:16.76 | |
5 | Renate Vogel | ![]() |
1:16.87 | |
6 | Erika Rüegg | ![]() |
1:17.50 | |
7 | Christine Jarvis | ![]() |
1:17.58 | |
8 | Éva Kiss | ![]() |
1:17.59 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Cathy Carr | ![]() |
1:15.00 | OR |
2 | Judy Melick | ![]() |
1:16.22 | |
3 | Beverley Whitfield | ![]() |
1:16.26 | |
4 | Britt-Marie Smedh | ![]() |
1:16.67 | |
5 | Lyudmila Porubayko | ![]() |
1:16.85 | |
6 | Jeanette Pettersson | ![]() |
1:17.54 | |
7 | Tetiana Prudnikova | ![]() |
1:19.37 | |
8 | Sylvia Langer | ![]() |
1:20.03 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Cathy Carr | ![]() |
1:13.58 | WR |
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Galina Prozumenshchikova | ![]() |
1:14.99 | |
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Beverley Whitfield | ![]() |
1:15.73 | |
4 | Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss | ![]() |
1:16.26 | |
5 | Judy Melick | ![]() |
1:16.34 | |
6 | Vreni Eberle | ![]() |
1:17.16 | |
7 | Britt-Marie Smedh | ![]() |
1:17.19 | |
8 | Dorothy Harrison | ![]() |
1:17.49 |
Key: WR = World record
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ "100 meters Breaststroke, Women". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 24 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.