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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SWI/womens-200-metres-butterfly.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055124/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SWI/womens-200-metres-butterfly.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly |accessdate=30 November 2016 |work=Sports Reference}} 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
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{{OlympicGoldMedalist|Karen Moe|USA|1972 Summer}} |
{{OlympicSilverMedalist|Lynn Colella|USA|1972 Summer}} |
{{OlympicBronzeMedalist|Ellie Daniel|USA|1972 Summer}} |
=Heats=
Heat 1
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! Rank !! Athlete !!Country !! Time | Notes | |||
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| 1 | Rosemarie Kother | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 2:18.32 | Q, OR |
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| 2 | Mayumi Aoki | align=left| {{FlagIOC|JPN|1972 Summer}} | 2:23.01 | Q |
3 | Anca Groza | align=left| {{FlagIOC|ROU|1972 Summer}} | 2:30.32 | |
4 | Grisel Mendoza | align=left| {{FlagIOC|MEX|1972 Summer}} | 2:35.85 |
Heat 2
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! Rank !! Athlete !!Country !! Time | Notes | |||
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| 1 | Ellie Daniel | align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 2:17.18 | Q, OR |
2 | Jean Jeavons | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | 2:27.59 | |
3 | Eva Wikner | align=left| {{FlagIOC|SWE|1972 Summer}} | 2:29.03 | |
4 | Margrit Thomet | align=left| {{FlagIOC|SUI|1972 Summer}} | 2:29.21 | |
5 | Věra Faitlová | align=left| {{FlagIOC|TCH|1972 Summer}} | 2:29.34 | |
6 | Moira Brown | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | 2:30.08 | |
7 | Jennifer McHugh | align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}} | 2:30.36 |
Heat 3
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! Rank !! Athlete !!Country !! Time | Notes | |||
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| 1 | Lynn Colella | align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 2:18.80 | Q |
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| 2 | Noriko Asano | align=left| {{FlagIOC|JPN|1972 Summer}} | 2:20.09 | Q |
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| 3 | Gail Neall | align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUS|1972 Summer}} | 2:23.21 | Q |
4 | Frieke Buys | align=left| {{FlagIOC|NED|1972 Summer}} | 2:24.20 | |
5 | Olga de Angulo | align=left| {{FlagIOC|COL|1972 Summer}} | 2:34.69 | |
6 | Hsu Yue-yun | align=left| {{FlagIOC|TPE|1972 Summer}} | 2:44.88 |
Heat 4
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! Rank !! Athlete !!Country !! Time | Notes | |||
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| 1 | Karen Moe | align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 2:18.15 | Q |
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| 2 | Helga Lindner | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 2:20.00 | Q |
3 | Brigitte Mertz | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 2:24.92 | |
4 | Sue Funch | align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUS|1972 Summer}} | 2:26.69 | |
5 | Eva Sigg | align=left| {{FlagIOC|FIN|1972 Summer}} | 2:27.64 | |
6 | Ileana Morales | align=left| {{FlagIOC|VEN|1972 Summer}} | 2:28.41 | |
7 | Maria Isabel Guerra | align=left| {{FlagIOC|BRA|1972 Summer}} | 2:32.60 |
"Q": Qualified
=Final=
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! Rank !! Athlete !!Country !! Time | Notes | |||
1 | Karen Moe | align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 2:15.57 | WR |
2 | Lynn Colella | align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 2:16.34 | |
3 | Ellie Daniel | align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 2:16.74 | |
4 | Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 2:17.11 | |
5 | Noriko Asano | align=left| {{FlagIOC|JPN|1972 Summer}} | 2:19.50 | |
6 | Helga Lindner | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 2:20.47 | |
7 | Gail Neall | align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUS|1972 Summer}} | 2:21.88 | |
8 | Mayumi Aoki | align=left| {{FlagIOC|JPN|1972 Summer}} | 2:22.84 |
Key: WR = World record
References
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{{Footer Olympic Champions 200 m Butterfly Women}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming At The 1972 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 Metre Butterfly}}