| Swimming 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 breaststroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place August 29. 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.
Contents |
| Gold | Beverley Whitfield Australia (AUS) |
| Silver | Dana Schoenfield United States (USA) |
| Bronze | Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union (URS) |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverley Whitfield | Australia | 2:41.71 | OR | |
| Dana Schoenfield | United States | 2:42.05 | ||
| Galina Prozumenshchikova | Soviet Union | 2:42.36 | ||
| 4 | Claudia Clevenger | United States | 2:42.88 | |
| 5 | Petra Nows | West Germany | 2:43.38 | |
| 6 | Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss | Hungary | 2:43.41 | |
| 7 | Lyudmila Porubayko | Soviet Union | 2:44.48 | |
| 8 | Éva Kiss | Hungary | 2:45.12 |
Key: OR = Olympic record