Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between September 2 and 3.[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldKeena Rothhammer
 United States
SilverShane Gould
 Australia
BronzeNovella Calligaris
 Italy

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Novella Calligaris Italy9:02.96
2Andrea Eife East Germany9:22.88
3Barbara Schwarzfeldt West Germany9:24.89
4María Teresa Ramírez Mexico9:25.09
5Françoise Monod Switzerland9:50.73
6Hsu Yue-yun Chinese Taipei10:08.49
7Eleni Avlonitou Greece10:10.88

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Keena Rothhammer United States8:59.69
2Hansje Bunschoten Netherlands9:21.13
3Uta Schütz West Germany9:22.93
4Olga de Angulo Colombia9:43.27
5Helga Wagner West Germany9:44.17
6Olga Petrusyova Soviet Union10:04.96
7Silvia Borgini Argentina10:09.19

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Ann Simmons United States9:11.94
2Narelle Moras Australia9:17.95
3Roselina Angee Colombia9:38.08
4June Green Great Britain9:39.91
5Laura Vaca Mexico9:50.10
6Belinda Phillips Jamaica9:53.99
7Avis Willington Great Britain10:10.91

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Shane Gould Australia9:10.84
2Gudrun Wegner East Germany9:11.32
3Karin Tülling East Germany9:25.73
4Federica Stabilini Italy9:27.84
5Mary Beth Rondeau Canada9:43.31
6Antonella Valentini Italy9:49.07
7Patricia López Argentina10:06.39

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Jo Harshbarger United States9:14.46
2Karen Moras Australia9:25.11
3Jaynie Parkhouse New Zealand9:34.65
4Karen LeGresley Canada9:37.13
5Brenda Holmes Canada9:39.44
6Susan Jones Great Britain9:47.35
7Kirsten Knudsen Denmark10:02.56
8Aisling O'Leary Ireland10:18.05

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Keena Rothhammer United States8:53.68WR
Shane Gould Australia8:56.39
Novella Calligaris Italy8:57.46
4Ann Simmons United States8:57.62
5Gudrun Wegner East Germany8:58.89
6Jo Harshbarger United States9:01.21
7Hansje Bunschoten Netherlands9:16.69
8Narelle Moras Australia9:19.06

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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