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

Swimming events at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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

GoldKaren Moe
 United States
SilverLynn Colella
 United States
BronzeEllie Daniel
 United States

Heats

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

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
Karen Moe  United States 2:15.57 WR
Lynn Colella  United States 2:16.34
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

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
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