Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

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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.

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Medalists

Gold Karen Moe
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Silver Lynn Colella
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Bronze Ellie Daniel
Flag of the United States.svg United States

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Rosemarie Kother Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:18.32Q, OR
2 Mayumi Aoki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:23.01 Q
3 Anca Groza Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 2:30.32
4 Grisel Mendoza Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:35.85

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Ellie Daniel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:17.18Q, OR
2 Jean Jeavons Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:27.59
3 Eva Wikner Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:29.03
4 Margrit Thomet Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:29.21
5 Věra Faitlová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:29.34
6 Moira Brown Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:30.08
7 Jennifer McHugh Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 2:30.36

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Lynn Colella Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:18.80Q
2 Noriko Asano Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:20.09 Q
3 Gail Neall Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:23.21Q
4 Frieke Buys Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:24.20
5 Olga de Angulo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:34.69
6 Hsu Yue-yun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:44.88

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Karen Moe Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:18.15Q
2 Helga Lindner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:20.00 Q
3 Brigitte Mertz Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:24.92
4 Sue Funch Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:26.69
5 Eva Sigg Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:27.64
6 Ileana Morales Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 2:28.41
7 Maria Isabel Guerra Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 2:32.60

"Q": Qualified

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Karen Moe Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:15.57 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Lynn Colella Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:16.34
Bronze medal icon.svg Ellie Daniel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:16.74
4 Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:17.11
5 Noriko Asano Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:19.50
6 Helga Lindner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:20.47
7 Gail Neall Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:21.88
8 Mayumi Aoki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:22.84

Key: WR = World record

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References

  1. "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.