Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly
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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 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 United States
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| Silver | Lynn Colella United States
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| Bronze | Ellie Daniel United States
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Heats
[edit]Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosemarie Kother |  East Germany |
2:18.32 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Mayumi Aoki |  Japan |
2:23.01 | Q |
| 3 | Anca Groza |  Romania |
2:30.32 | |
| 4 | Grisel Mendoza |  Mexico |
2:35.85 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellie Daniel |  United States |
2:17.18 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Jean Jeavons |  Great Britain |
2:27.59 | |
| 3 | Eva Wikner |  Sweden |
2:29.03 | |
| 4 | Margrit Thomet |  Switzerland |
2:29.21 | |
| 5 | Věra Faitlová |  Czechoslovakia |
2:29.34 | |
| 6 | Moira Brown | Great Britain |
2:30.08 | |
| 7 | Jennifer McHugh |  Canada |
2:30.36 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lynn Colella | United States |
2:18.80 | Q |
| 2 | Noriko Asano | Japan |
2:20.09 | Q |
| 3 | Gail Neall |  Australia |
2:23.21 | Q |
| 4 | Frieke Buys |  Netherlands |
2:24.20 | |
| 5 | Olga de Angulo |  Colombia |
2:34.69 | |
| 6 | Hsu Yue-yun |  Chinese Taipei |
2:44.88 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karen Moe | United States |
2:18.15 | Q |
| 2 | Helga Lindner | East Germany |
2:20.00 | Q |
| 3 | Brigitte Mertz | East Germany |
2:24.92 | |
| 4 | Sue Funch | Australia |
2:26.69 | |
| 5 | Eva Sigg |  Finland |
2:27.64 | |
| 6 | Ileana Morales |  Venezuela |
2:28.41 | |
| 7 | Maria Isabel Guerra |  Brazil |
2:32.60 |
"Q": Qualified
Final
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Karen Moe | United States |
2:15.57 | WR |
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Lynn Colella | United States |
2:16.34 | |
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Ellie Daniel | United States |
2:16.74 | |
| 4 | Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel | East Germany |
2:17.11 | |
| 5 | Noriko Asano | Japan |
2:19.50 | |
| 6 | Helga Lindner | East Germany |
2:20.47 | |
| 7 | Gail Neall | Australia |
2:21.88 | |
| 8 | Mayumi Aoki | Japan |
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.
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