Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
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| 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 200 metre backstroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place September 4. This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
Contents
Medalists
| Gold | Melissa Belote United States |
| Silver | Susie Atwood United States |
| Bronze | Donna Gurr Canada |
Results
Heats
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Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Melissa Belote | United States |
2:19.19 | WR |
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Susie Atwood | United States |
2:20.38 | |
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Donna Gurr | Canada |
2:23.22 | |
| 4 | Annegret Kober |  West Germany |
2:23.35 | |
| 5 | Christine Herbst |  East Germany |
2:23.44 | |
| 6 | Enith Brigitha |  Netherlands |
2:23.70 | |
| 7 | Deborah Palmer |  Australia |
2:24.65 | |
| 8 | Leslie Cliff | Canada |
2:25.80 |
Key: WR = World record
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References
- 1972 Summer Olympics results: Women's 200 m backstroke, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-12-10.
