Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Introduction The '''women's 200 metre breaststroke''' event, included in the swimming competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics, took place on August 29, at the Olympia Schwimmhalle. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the eleventh appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 40 competitors from 23 nations participated in the event, another 2 entries from 2 other countries did not compete.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:The following records were established during the competition:DateRoundNameNationalityTimeORWR 29 August  Heat 3  Ágnes Kaczander    2:43.13  OR  29 August  Final  Beverley Whitfield    2:41.71  OR
Results ===Heats=== Rank  Heat  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes1  3 2:43.13 Q, '''OR'''2  3 2:43.68 Q3  6 2:43.68 Q4  4 2:43.97 Q5  5 2:44.20 Q6  5 2:44.47 Q7  6 2:44.74 Q8  6 2:45.20 Q9  4 2:45.92 10  2 2:46.05 11  1 2:46.17 12  6 2:46.87 13  2 2:47.05  14  2 2:47.42 15  6 2:47.63 16  5 2:47.85 17  3 2:48.49 18  4 2:49.09 19  4 2:49.11 20  5 2:49.24 21  1 2:49.68 22  5 2:50.36 23  2 2:50.48 24  1 2:50.79 25  5 2:51.50 26  3 2:51.85 27  4 2:52.18 28  2 2:53.03 29  2  2:53.04 30  1 2:53.14 31  3 2:53.53 32  3 2:53.60 33  6 2:53.88 34  6 2:54.10 35  4 2:54.28 36  2 2:54.75 37  3 2:55.21 38  4 2:59.31 39  1 3:04.74 40  1 2:57.03  DSQ41  5 —  DNS42  1 —  DNS===Final=== Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 2:41.71  '''OR''' 2:42.05  2:42.36 4 2:42.88 5 2:43.38 6 2:43.41 7 2:44.48 8 2:45.12
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