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200 metres Breaststroke, Women

Date	29 August 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Schwimmhalle, Olympiapark, München
Participants	40 from 23 countries

The favorite was the 1964 gold medalist and bronze medalist from Mexico City, Halyna Prozumenshchykova, now Stepanova. Stepanova led out the final over American Dana Schoenfield, with two full bodylengths at 150 metres, as another American Claudia Clevenger moved into second on the final turn. But Schoenfield re-grouped and caught Stepanova at 185 metres. Then from nowhere came the unknown Australian Beverley Whitfield, who caught everybody five metres from the wall and won the gold medal. Schoenfield hung on for second with Stepanova winning bronze. This was the fifth individual Olympic breaststroke medal for Halyna Prozumenshchykova-Stepanova, who ended her renowned career after the Munich Olympics.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	Beverley Whitfield	AUS	2:44.47 (2 h5)	2:41.71 (1)	Gold
2	1075	Dana Schoenfield	USA	2:43.97 (1 h4)	2:42.05 (2)	Silver
3	1041	Galina Stepanova	URS	2:44.20 (1 h5)	2:42.36 (3)	Bronze
4	1059	Claudia Clevenger	USA	2:44.74 (2 h6)	2:42.88 (4)
5	826	Petra Nows	FRG	2:45.20 (3 h6)	2:43.38 (5)
6	862	Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss	HUN	2:43.13 (1 h3)	2:43.41 (6)
7	1036	Lyudmila Porubayko	URS	2:43.68 (1 h6)	2:44.48 (7)
8	861	Éva Kiss	HUN	2:43.68 (2 h3)	2:45.12 (8)
9	785	Hannelore Anke	GDR	2:45.92 (2 h4)	–
10	1017	Britt-Marie Smedh	SWE	2:46.05 (1 h2)	–
11	–	Vreni Eberle	FRG	2:46.17 (1 h1)	–
12	919	Chieno Shibata	JPN	2:46.87 (4 h6)	–
13	1069	Barbara Mitchell	USA	2:47.05 (2 h2)	–
14	760	Pat Beavan	GBR	2:47.42 (3 h2)	–
15	1003	Erika Rüegg	SUI	2:47.63 (5 h6)	–
16	712	Jane Wright	CAN	2:47.85 (3 h5)	–
17	855	Alie te Riet	NED	2:48.49 (3 h3)	–
18	659	Judy Hudson	AUS	2:49.09 (3 h4)	–
19	711	Marian Stuart	CAN	2:49.11 (4 h4)	–
20	768	Christine Jarvis	GBR	2:49.24 (4 h5)	–
21	798	Sylvia Langer	GDR	2:49.68 (2 h1)	–
22	1016	Jeanette Pettersson	SWE	2:50.36 (5 h5)	–
23	819	Ulrike Klees	FRG	2:50.48 (4 h2)	–
24	1037	Tatyana Prudnikova	URS	2:50.79 (3 h1)	–
25	–	Nieves Panadell	ESP	2:51.50 (6 h5)	–
26	772	Amanda Radnage	GBR	2:51.85 (4 h3)	–
27	–	Béatrice Mottoulle	BEL	2:52.18 (5 h4)	–
28	802	Brigitte Schuchardt	GDR	2:53.03 (5 h2)	–
29	880	Ann O'Connor	IRL	2:53.04 (6 h2)	–
30	892	Patrizia Miserini	ITA	2:53.14 (4 h1)	–
31	843	Mairi Ioannidou	GRE	2:53.53 (5 h3)	–
32	887	Shlomit Nir	ISR	2:53.60 (6 h3)	–
33	1027	Zuzana Marková	TCH	2:53.88 (6 h6)	–
34	941	Ana Elena de la Portilla	MEX	2:54.10 (7 h6)	–
35	921	Yoko Yamamoto	JPN	2:54.28 (6 h4)	–
36	704	Rose-Marie Pepe	CAN	2:54.75 (7 h2)	–
37	944	Leonor Urueta	MEX	2:55.21 (7 h3)	–
38	–	Winnie Nielsen	DEN	2:59.31 (7 h4)	–
39	–	Lee Yue-Hwan	TPE	3:04.74 (5 h1)	–
DQ	684	Cristina Teixeira	BRA	[2:57.03] (DQ h1)	–
DNS	964	Halina Zawadzka	POL	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	928	Ani Jane Mugrditchian	LBN	– (DNS h5)	–

Round One

Date	29 August 1972 — 10:50
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss	HUN	2:43.13	QOR
=2	Éva Kiss	HUN	2:43.68	Q
=2	Lyudmila Porubayko	URS	2:43.68	Q
4	Dana Schoenfield	USA	2:43.97	Q
5	Galina Stepanova	URS	2:44.20	Q
6	Beverley Whitfield	AUS	2:44.47	Q
7	Claudia Clevenger	USA	2:44.74	Q
8	Petra Nows	FRG	2:45.20	Q
9	Hannelore Anke	GDR	2:45.92
10	Britt-Marie Smedh	SWE	2:46.05
11	Vreni Eberle	FRG	2:46.17
12	Chieno Shibata	JPN	2:46.87
13	Barbara Mitchell	USA	2:47.05
14	Pat Beavan	GBR	2:47.42
15	Erika Rüegg	SUI	2:47.63
16	Jane Wright	CAN	2:47.85
17	Alie te Riet	NED	2:48.49
18	Judy Hudson	AUS	2:49.09
19	Marian Stuart	CAN	2:49.11
20	Christine Jarvis	GBR	2:49.24
21	Sylvia Langer	GDR	2:49.68
22	Jeanette Pettersson	SWE	2:50.36
23	Ulrike Klees	FRG	2:50.48
24	Tatyana Prudnikova	URS	2:50.79
25	Nieves Panadell	ESP	2:51.50
26	Amanda Radnage	GBR	2:51.85
27	Béatrice Mottoulle	BEL	2:52.18
28	Brigitte Schuchardt	GDR	2:53.03
29	Ann O'Connor	IRL	2:53.04
30	Patrizia Miserini	ITA	2:53.14
31	Mairi Ioannidou	GRE	2:53.53
32	Shlomit Nir	ISR	2:53.60
33	Zuzana Marková	TCH	2:53.88
34	Ana Elena de la Portilla	MEX	2:54.10
35	Yoko Yamamoto	JPN	2:54.28
36	Rose-Marie Pepe	CAN	2:54.75
37	Leonor Urueta	MEX	2:55.21
38	Winnie Nielsen	DEN	2:59.31
39	Lee Yue-Hwan	TPE	3:04.74
DQ	Cristina Teixeira	BRA	[2:57.03]
DNS	Halina Zawadzka	POL	–
DNS	Ani Jane Mugrditchian	LBN	–

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	Vreni Eberle	FRG	2:46.17	37.26 (1)	1:18.61 (1)	2:01.21 (1)	41.35 (1)	42.60 (1)	44.96 (4)
2	Sylvia Langer	GDR	2:49.68	38.79 (4)	1:20.80 (2)	2:05.38 (2)	42.01 (2)	44.58 (2)	44.30 (2)
3	Tatyana Prudnikova	URS	2:50.79	38.50 (3)	1:21.79 (3)	2:06.82 (3)	43.29 (3)	45.03 (4)	43.97 (1)
4	Patrizia Miserini	ITA	2:53.14	39.09 (5)	1:23.06 (4)	2:08.42 (5)	43.97 (4)	45.36 (5)	44.72 (3)
5	Lee Yue-Hwan	TPE	3:04.74	42.19 (6)	1:28.99 (6)	2:16.96 (6)	46.80 (6)	47.97 (6)	47.78 (5)
DQ	Cristina Teixeira	BRA	[2:57.03]	[37.65] ([2])	[1:23.35] ([5])	[2:08.17] ([4])	[45.70 (5)]	[44.82 (3)]	[48.86 (6)]
DNS	Halina Zawadzka	POL	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	Britt-Marie Smedh	SWE	2:46.05	37.58 (1)	1:19.71 (1)	2:02.82 (1)	42.13 (1)	43.11 (2)	43.23 (3)
2	Barbara Mitchell	USA	2:47.05	38.28 (4)	1:21.03 (3)	2:04.09 (2)	42.75 (3)	43.06 (1)	42.96 (2)
3	Pat Beavan	GBR	2:47.42	38.14 (3)	1:21.43 (4)	2:04.83 (3)	43.29 (4)	43.40 (3)	42.59 (1)
4	Ulrike Klees	FRG	2:50.48	38.04 (2)	1:20.61 (2)	2:05.20 (4)	42.57 (2)	44.59 (5)	45.28 (4)
5	Brigitte Schuchardt	GDR	2:53.03	38.49 (5)	1:22.11 (5)	2:07.25 (5)	43.62 (5)	45.14 (7)	45.78 (7)
6	Ann O'Connor	IRL	2:53.04	38.62 (6)	1:23.21 (6)	2:07.61 (6)	44.59 (7)	44.40 (4)	45.43 (6)
7	Rose-Marie Pepe	CAN	2:54.75	40.13 (7)	1:24.52 (7)	2:09.34 (7)	44.39 (6)	44.82 (6)	45.41 (5)

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss	HUN	2:43.13	37.27 (2)	1:18.77 (2)	2:00.13 (1)	41.50 (1)	41.36 (1)	43.00 (2)	QOR
2	Éva Kiss	HUN	2:43.68	36.81 (1)	1:18.37 (1)	2:00.97 (2)	41.56 (2)	42.60 (2)	42.71 (1)	Q
3	Alie te Riet	NED	2:48.49	38.75 (4)	1:21.53 (4)	2:04.62 (3)	42.78 (4)	43.09 (3)	43.87 (3)
4	Amanda Radnage	GBR	2:51.85	38.26 (3)	1:21.00 (3)	2:06.63 (4)	42.74 (3)	45.63 (7)	45.22 (4)
5	Mairi Ioannidou	GRE	2:53.53	38.80 (5)	1:22.97 (6)	2:07.75 (6)	44.17 (6)	44.78 (5)	45.78 (5)
6	Shlomit Nir	ISR	2:53.60	39.43 (7)	1:23.97 (7)	2:07.67 (5)	44.54 (7)	43.70 (4)	45.93 (6)
7	Leonor Urueta	MEX	2:55.21	39.26 (6)	1:22.67 (5)	2:07.90 (7)	43.41 (5)	45.23 (6)	47.31 (7)

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	Dana Schoenfield	USA	2:43.97	36.90 (1)	1:19.62 (2)	2:01.04 (1)	42.72 (3)	41.42 (1)	42.93 (1)	Q
2	Hannelore Anke	GDR	2:45.92	37.33 (3)	1:19.46 (1)	2:02.78 (2)	42.13 (2)	43.32 (3)	43.14 (2)
3	Judy Hudson	AUS	2:49.09	37.22 (2)	1:20.30 (4)	2:03.38 (3)	43.08 (4)	43.08 (2)	45.71 (5)
4	Marian Stuart	CAN	2:49.11	37.98 (4)	1:19.89 (3)	2:04.11 (4)	41.91 (1)	44.22 (4)	45.00 (4)
5	Béatrice Mottoulle	BEL	2:52.18	39.14 (6)	1:23.62 (5)	2:07.89 (5)	44.48 (5)	44.27 (=5)	44.29 (3)
6	Yoko Yamamoto	JPN	2:54.28	39.68 (7)	1:24.24 (6)	2:08.51 (6)	44.56 (6)	44.27 (=5)	45.77 (6)
7	Winnie Nielsen	DEN	2:59.31	38.51 (5)	1:24.49 (7)	2:11.30 (7)	45.98 (7)	46.81 (7)	48.01 (7)

Heat #5

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	Galina Stepanova	URS	2:44.20	37.17 (1)	1:18.48 (1)	2:00.48 (1)	41.31 (1)	42.00 (1)	43.72 (4)	Q
2	Beverley Whitfield	AUS	2:44.47	37.71 (3)	1:19.34 (2)	2:02.54 (2)	41.63 (2)	43.20 (3)	41.93 (1)	Q
3	Jane Wright	CAN	2:47.85	38.38 (4)	1:21.34 (4)	2:04.27 (3)	42.96 (4)	42.93 (2)	43.58 (3)
4	Christine Jarvis	GBR	2:49.24	37.19 (2)	1:19.97 (3)	2:04.39 (4)	42.78 (3)	44.42 (6)	44.85 (=5)
5	Jeanette Pettersson	SWE	2:50.36	38.63 (5)	1:23.76 (6)	2:08.03 (6)	45.13 (6)	44.27 (5)	42.33 (2)
6	Nieves Panadell	ESP	2:51.50	38.89 (6)	1:22.67 (5)	2:06.65 (5)	43.78 (5)	43.98 (4)	44.85 (=5)
DNS	Ani Jane Mugrditchian	LBN	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	Lyudmila Porubayko	URS	2:43.68	37.67 (2)	1:19.25 (1)	2:01.22 (1)	41.58 (1)	41.97 (2)	42.46 (3)	Q
2	Claudia Clevenger	USA	2:44.74	37.99 (3)	1:20.13 (3)	2:01.95 (2)	42.14 (2)	41.82 (1)	42.79 (4)	Q
3	Petra Nows	FRG	2:45.20	38.06 (4)	1:21.16 (4)	2:03.61 (4)	43.10 (5)	42.45 (3)	41.59 (1)	Q
4	Chieno Shibata	JPN	2:46.87	39.85 (7)	1:22.35 (5)	2:05.12 (5)	42.50 (4)	42.77 (4)	41.75 (2)
5	Erika Rüegg	SUI	2:47.63	37.33 (1)	1:19.75 (2)	2:03.08 (3)	42.42 (3)	43.33 (5)	44.55 (5)
6	Zuzana Marková	TCH	2:53.88	38.36 (5)	1:22.76 (6)	2:08.21 (6)	44.40 (7)	45.45 (7)	45.67 (7)
7	Ana Elena de la Portilla	MEX	2:54.10	39.49 (6)	1:23.45 (7)	2:08.56 (7)	43.96 (6)	45.11 (6)	45.54 (6)

Final Round

Date	29 August 1972 — 18:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Beverley Whitfield	AUS	2:41.71	38.37 (8)	1:19.64 (=3)	2:01.15 (4)	41.27 (2)	41.51 (4)	40.56 (1)	OR
2	–	Dana Schoenfield	USA	2:42.05	38.16 (7)	1:19.63 (2)	2:01.02 (3)	41.47 (3)	41.39 (3)	41.03 (2)
3	–	Galina Stepanova	URS	2:42.36	37.28 (1)	1:17.90 (1)	1:59.48 (1)	40.62 (1)	41.58 (5)	42.88 (8)
4	–	Claudia Clevenger	USA	2:42.88	37.46 (2)	1:19.64 (=3)	2:00.54 (2)	42.18 (7)	40.90 (1)	42.34 (6)
5	–	Petra Nows	FRG	2:43.38	38.10 (6)	1:20.11 (6)	2:01.94 (7)	42.01 (5)	41.83 (6)	41.44 (3)
6	–	Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss	HUN	2:43.41	37.89 (4)	1:20.65 (8)	2:01.92 (6)	42.76 (8)	41.27 (2)	41.49 (4)
7	–	Lyudmila Porubayko	URS	2:44.48	37.77 (3)	1:19.73 (5)	2:01.72 (5)	41.96 (4)	41.99 (7)	42.76 (7)
8	–	Éva Kiss	HUN	2:45.12	38.04 (5)	1:20.15 (7)	2:02.94 (8)	42.11 (6)	42.79 (8)	42.18 (5)