Swimming_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_200_metre_breaststroke

Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

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The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics, took place on July 21, at the Olympic Pool in Montreal, Canada.[1] In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the twelfth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 39 competitors from 22 nations participated in the event.[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:

World record Karla Linke (GDR)2:34.99 s Vienna, Austria19 August 1974[3]
Olympic record Beverley Whitfield (AUS)2:41.71 s Munich, West Germany29 August 1972[4]

The following records were established during the competition:

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Results

Heats

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Final

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Sources

  • "Games of the XXI Olympiad; Montréal 1976" (PDF). Volume Three. COJO 76. 1976. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  • Albert Schoenfeld, ed. (September 1976). "Results from the 1976 Olympic Games (Montreal)" (PDF). Swimming World & Junior Swimmer. Albert Schoenfeld. p. 90. ISSN 0039-7431. Retrieved 5 July 2012.

References

  1. [1]
    "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  2. [2]
    COJO 76, p. 473
  3. [3]
    "World, American and U.S. Open Records" (PDF). USA Swimming. 7 May 2012. p. 15. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  4. [4]
    Mallon, Bill (1988). "Olympic Records by Sport - Swimming". The Olympic Record Book. Garland Publishing. p. 240. ISBN 0824029488.
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