| Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto | ||||||||||||
| Date | 26 August (heats) 27 August (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:49.5 (WR) | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| ← 19561964 → | |||||||||||||
| Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | women | |
| 200 m | men | |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
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. 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.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:
| World record |  Wiltrud Urselmann (FRG) |
2:50.2 s | Aachen, West Germany | 6 June 1960 | |
| Olympic record |  Ursula Happe (EUA) |
2:53.1 s | Melbourne, Australia | 30 November 1956 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 26 | Heat 2 | Anita Lonsbrough |  Great Britain |
2:53.3 | OR | |
| August 26 | Heat 3 | Wiltrud Urselmann |  United Team of Germany |
2:52.0 | OR | |
| August 27 | Final | Anita Lonsbrough | Great Britain |
2:49.5 | OR | WR |
Results
Heats
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Anita Lonsbrough | Great Britain
|
2:49.5 | WR |
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4 | Wiltrud Urselmann | United Team of Germany
|
2:50.0 | |
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6 | Barbara Göbel | United Team of Germany
|
2:53.6 | |
| 4 | 3 | Ada den Haan |  Netherlands
|
2:54.4 | |
| 5 | 2 | Gretta Kok | Netherlands
|
2:54.6 | |
| 6 | 8 | Anne Warner |  United States
|
2:55.4 | |
| 7 | 7 | Patty Kempner | United States
|
2:55.5 | |
| 8 | 1 | Dorrit Kristensen |  Denmark
|
2:55.7 |
Sources
- "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
- "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.
- ^ USA Swimming, p. 17.
- ^ 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.
| Olympic champions in women's 200 m breaststroke | |
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