| Women's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympia Schwimmhalle | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 4 September 1972 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:19.19 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 200 metre backstroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place September 4. This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
Medalists
| Gold | Melissa Belote United States
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| Silver | Susie Atwood United States
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| Bronze | Donna Gurr Canada
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Results
Heats
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
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Melissa Belote | United States |
2:19.19 | WR |
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Susie Atwood | United States |
2:20.38 | |
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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
- "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
