Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 2.[1] 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.
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 |
Medalists
Gold | Cathy Carr United States |
Silver | Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union |
Bronze | Beverley Whitfield Australia |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lyudmila Porubayko | Soviet Union | 1:17.14 | |
2 | Renate Vogel | East Germany | 1:17.33 | |
3 | Beverley Whitfield | Australia | 1:17.59 | |
4 | Tetiana Prudnikova | Soviet Union | 1:18.11 | |
5 | Yoko Yamamoto | Japan | 1:18.94 | |
6 | Ann O'Connor | Ireland | 1:19.13 | |
7 | Judith Hudson | Australia | 1:19.78 | |
8 | Shlomit Nir | Israel | 1:20.90 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Judy Melick | United States | 1:16.75 | |
2 | Vreni Eberle | West Germany | 1:17.67 | |
3 | Lynn Vidali | United States | 1:18.80 | |
4 | Zuzana Marková | Czechoslovakia | 1:18.88 | |
5 | Jaroslava Slavíčková | Czechoslovakia | 1:19.12 | |
6 | Diana Harris | Great Britain | 1:19.19 | |
7 | Winnie Nielsen | Denmark | 1:23.00 | |
8 | Leonor Urueta | Mexico | 1:23.21 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Dorothy Harrison | Great Britain | 1:16.99 | |
2 | Christine Jarvis | Great Britain | 1:18.27 | |
3 | Sylvia Langer | East Germany | 1:18.29 | |
4 | Brigitte Schuchardt | East Germany | 1:18.62 | |
5 | Dagmar Sierck | West Germany | 1:18.80 | |
6 | Jane Wright | Canada | 1:20.56 | |
7 | Cristina Teixeira | Brazil | 1:20.58 | |
8 | Ani Jane Mugrditchian | Lebanon | 1:29.71 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Halyna Prozumenshchykova-Stepanova | Soviet Union | 1:17.18 | |
2 | Jeanette Pettersson | Sweden | 1:17.83 | |
3 | Éva Kiss | Hungary | 1:18.57 | |
4 | Alie te Riet | Netherlands | 1:18.79 | |
5 | Tineke Hofland | Netherlands | 1:19.38 | |
6 | Patricia Siewert | West Germany | 1:19.54 | |
7 | Mairi Ioannidou | Greece | 1:21.705 | |
8 | Lee Yue-hwan | Chinese Taipei | 1:25.47 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Cathy Carr | United States | 1:16.01 | |
2 | Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss | Hungary | 1:16.52 | |
3 | Britt-Marie Smedh | Sweden | 1:17.21 | |
4 | Erika Rüegg | Switzerland | 1:17.95 | |
5 | Sylvia Dockerill | Canada | 1:18.64 | |
6 | Marian Stuart | Canada | 1:18.69 | |
7 | Béatrice Mottoulle | Belgium | 1:20.79 | |
8 | Ana Elena de la Portilla | Mexico | 1:21.61 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Cathy Carr | United States | 1:13.58 | WR | |
Galina Prozumenshchikova | Soviet Union | 1:14.99 | ||
Beverley Whitfield | Australia | 1:15.73 | ||
4 | Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss | Hungary | 1:16.26 | |
5 | Judy Melick | United States | 1:16.34 | |
6 | Vreni Eberle | West Germany | 1:17.16 | |
7 | Britt-Marie Smedh | Sweden | 1:17.19 | |
8 | Dorothy Harrison | Great Britain | 1:17.49 |
Key: WR = World record
References
- "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.
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