Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

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

GoldMelissa Belote
 United States
SilverAndrea Gyarmati
 Hungary
BronzeSusie Atwood
 United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Melissa Belote United States1:06.60
2Tina Lek'veishvili Soviet Union1:07.84
3Marianne Vermaat Netherlands1:09.14
4Susanne Niesner Switzerland1:09.16
5Kazu Fujimura Japan1:09.81
6Diana Ashton Great Britain1:10.90

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Wendy Cook-Hogg Canada1:07.00
2Sue Lewis Australia1:08.06
3Deborah Palmer Australia1:08.68
4Annemarie Groen Netherlands1:09.55
5Susan Hunter New Zealand1:10.06
6Kikuyo Ishii Japan1:10.44
7Ildikó Szekeres Hungary1:11.20
8Felicia Ospitaletche Uruguay1:13.99

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Christine Herbst East Germany1:07.96
2Susie Atwood United States1:08.30
3Debra Cain Australia1:08.81
4Sylvie Le Noach France1:09.25
5Nataliya Yershova Soviet Union1:09.26
6Diana Olsson Sweden1:09.86
7Christine Fulcher Ireland1:10.63
8Diana Sutherland Great Britain1:12.12

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Andrea Gyarmati Hungary1:06.56
2Enith Brigitha Netherlands1:06.71
3Annegret Kober West Germany1:08.24
4Angelika Kraus West Germany1:08.92
5Susanne Hilger East Germany1:09.25
6Jacqueline Brown Great Britain1:10.43
7Ong Mei Lin Malaysia1:19.39

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Donna-Marie Gurr Canada1:07.45
2Karen Moe-Thornton United States1:07.69
3Silke Pielen West Germany1:07.70
4Zdenka Gašparač Yugoslavia1:09.72
5Cathy Raftery Canada1:09.72
6Patricia López Argentina1:12.13
7María Cecilia Vargas Mexico1:12.91
8Pat Chan Singapore1:14.24

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Melissa Belote United States1:05.78OR
Andrea Gyarmati Hungary1:06.26
Susie Atwood United States1:06.34
4Karen Moe United States1:06.69
5Wendy Cook-Hogg Canada1:06.70
6Enith Brigitha Netherlands1:06.82
7Christine Herbst East Germany1:07.27
8Silke Pielen West Germany1:07.36

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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