| Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics |
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | women | |||
| 200 m | men | |||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | women | |||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 26 and August 27. This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
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| Gold | Anita Lonsbrough Great Britain (GBR) |
| Silver | Wiltrud Urselmann Germany (GER) |
| Bronze | Barbara Goebel Germany (GER) |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anita Lonsbrough | Great Britain | 2:49.5 | WR | |
| Wiltrud Urselmann | Germany | 2:50.0 | ||
| Barbara Goebel | Germany | 2:53.6 | ||
| 4 | Ada den Haan | Netherlands | 2:54.4 | |
| 5 | Gretta Kok | Netherlands | 2:54.6 | |
| 6 | Anne Warner | United States | 2:55.4 | |
| 7 | Patty Kempner | United States | 2:55.5 | |
| 8 | Dorrit Kristensen | Denmark | 2:55.7 |
Key: WR = World record