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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.[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

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Gold Karen Moe
 United States
Silver Lynn Colella
 United States
Bronze Ellie Daniel
 United States

Heats

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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

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Karen Moe  United States 2:15.57 WR
2 Lynn Colella  United States 2:16.34
3 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

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2016.