Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke
Swimming events at the 1972 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 | ||||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
Freestyle relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women | ||
4×200 m | men | |||
Medley relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women |
The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and 2.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Medalists
Gold | Melissa Belote![]() |
Silver | Andrea Gyarmati![]() |
Bronze | Susie Atwood![]() |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Melissa Belote | ![]() | 1:06.60 | |
2 | Tina Lek'veishvili | ![]() | 1:07.84 | |
3 | Marianne Vermaat | ![]() | 1:09.14 | |
4 | Susanne Niesner | ![]() | 1:09.16 | |
5 | Kazu Fujimura | ![]() | 1:09.81 | |
6 | Diana Ashton | ![]() | 1:10.90 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wendy Cook-Hogg | ![]() | 1:07.00 | |
2 | Sue Lewis | ![]() | 1:08.06 | |
3 | Deborah Palmer | ![]() | 1:08.68 | |
4 | Annemarie Groen | ![]() | 1:09.55 | |
5 | Susan Hunter | ![]() | 1:10.06 | |
6 | Kikuyo Ishii | ![]() | 1:10.44 | |
7 | Ildikó Szekeres | ![]() | 1:11.20 | |
8 | Felicia Ospitaletche | ![]() | 1:13.99 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christine Herbst | ![]() | 1:07.96 | |
2 | Susie Atwood | ![]() | 1:08.30 | |
3 | Debra Cain | ![]() | 1:08.81 | |
4 | Sylvie Le Noach | ![]() | 1:09.25 | |
5 | Nataliya Yershova | ![]() | 1:09.26 | |
6 | Diana Olsson | ![]() | 1:09.86 | |
7 | Christine Fulcher | ![]() | 1:10.63 | |
8 | Diana Sutherland | ![]() | 1:12.12 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andrea Gyarmati | ![]() | 1:06.56 | |
2 | Enith Brigitha | ![]() | 1:06.71 | |
3 | Annegret Kober | ![]() | 1:08.24 | |
4 | Angelika Kraus | ![]() | 1:08.92 | |
5 | Susanne Hilger | ![]() | 1:09.25 | |
6 | Jacqueline Brown | ![]() | 1:10.43 | |
7 | Ong Mei Lin | ![]() | 1:19.39 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Donna-Marie Gurr | ![]() | 1:07.45 | |
2 | Karen Moe-Thornton | ![]() | 1:07.69 | |
3 | Silke Pielen | ![]() | 1:07.70 | |
4 | Zdenka Gašparač | ![]() | 1:09.72 | |
5 | Cathy Raftery | ![]() | 1:09.72 | |
6 | Patricia López | ![]() | 1:12.13 | |
7 | María Cecilia Vargas | ![]() | 1:12.91 | |
8 | Pat Chan | ![]() | 1:14.24 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Melissa Belote | ![]() | 1:05.78 | OR |
![]() | Andrea Gyarmati | ![]() | 1:06.26 | |
![]() | Susie Atwood | ![]() | 1:06.34 | |
4 | Karen Moe | ![]() | 1:06.69 | |
5 | Wendy Cook-Hogg | ![]() | 1:06.70 | |
6 | Enith Brigitha | ![]() | 1:06.82 | |
7 | Christine Herbst | ![]() | 1:07.27 | |
8 | Silke Pielen | ![]() | 1:07.36 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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