Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 21 July (heats and final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:33.35 (WR) | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1976 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 | ||
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | women | |
4 × 200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics, took place on July 21, at the Olympic Pool in Montreal, Canada.[1] In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the twelfth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 39 competitors from 22 nations participated in the event.[2]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:
World record | ![]() | 2:34.99 s | Vienna, Austria | 19 August 1974 | [3] |
Olympic record | ![]() | 2:41.71 s | Munich, West Germany | 29 August 1972 | [4] |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | OR | WR |
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21 July | Heat 1 | Marina Kosheveya | ![]() | 2:35.14 | OR | |
21 July | Final | Marina Kosheveya | ![]() | 2:33.35 | OR | WR |
Results
Heats
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Marina Kosheveya | ![]() |
2:33.35 | WR[2][4] |
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Marina Yurchenya | ![]() |
2:36.08 | |
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Lyubov Rusanova | ![]() |
2:36.22 | |
4 | Hannelore Anke | ![]() |
2:36.49 | |
5 | Karla Linke | ![]() |
2:36.97 | |
6 | Carola Nitschke | ![]() |
2:38.27 | |
7 | Margaret Kelly | ![]() |
2:38.37 | |
8 | Debbie Rudd | ![]() |
2:39.01 |
Sources
- "Games of the XXI Olympiad; Montréal 1976" (PDF). Volume Three. COJO 76. 1976. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- Albert Schoenfeld, ed. (September 1976). "Results from the 1976 Olympic Games (Montreal)" (PDF). Swimming World & Junior Swimmer. Albert Schoenfeld. p. 90. ISSN 0039-7431. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
References
- "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- COJO 76, p. 473
- "World, American and U.S. Open Records" (PDF). USA Swimming. 7 May 2012. p. 15. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- Mallon, Bill (1988). "Olympic Records by Sport - Swimming". The Olympic Record Book. Garland Publishing. p. 240. ISBN 0824029488.
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