| Event: | Women's 100 metre breaststroke |
| Games: | 1972 Summer |
| Venue: | Olympia Schwimmhalle |
| Date: | 1 September (heats & semifinals) 2 September (final) |
| Competitors: | 40 |
| Nations: | 22 |
| Win Value: | 1:13.58 |
| Gold: | Cathy Carr |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Galina Prozumenshchikova |
| Silvernoc: | URS |
| Bronze: | Beverley Whitfield |
| Bronzenoc: | AUS |
| Prev: | 1968 |
| Next: | 1976 |
The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 2 in the Schwimmhalle, Olympiapark, München.[1] [2] This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:17.14 | ||||
| 2 | 1:17.33 | ||||
| 3 | 1:17.59 | ||||
| 4 | 1:18.11 | ||||
| 5 | 1:18.94 | ||||
| 6 | 1:19.13 | ||||
| 7 | 1:19.78 | ||||
| 8 | 1:20.90 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:16.75 | ||||
| 2 | 1:17.67 | ||||
| 3 | 1:18.80 | ||||
| 4 | 1:18.88 | ||||
| 5 | 1:19.12 | ||||
| 6 | 1:19.19 | ||||
| 7 | 1:23.00 | ||||
| 8 | 1:23.21 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:16.99 | ||||
| 2 | 1:18.27 | ||||
| 3 | 1:18.29 | ||||
| 4 | 1:18.62 | ||||
| 5 | 1:18.80 | ||||
| 6 | 1:20.56 | ||||
| 7 | 1:20.58 | ||||
| 8 | 1:29.71 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:17.18 | ||||
| 2 | 1:17.83 | ||||
| 3 | 1:18.57 | ||||
| 4 | 1:18.79 | ||||
| 5 | 1:19.38 | ||||
| 6 | 1:19.54 | ||||
| 7 | 1:21.70 | ||||
| 8 | 1:25.47 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:16.01 | ||||
| 2 | 1:16.52 | ||||
| 3 | 1:17.21 | ||||
| 4 | 1:17.95 | ||||
| 5 | 1:18.64 | ||||
| 6 | 1:18.69 | ||||
| 7 | 1:20.79 | ||||
| 8 | 1:21.61 |
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:15.89 | ||||
| 2 | 1:16.34 | ||||
| 3 | 1:16.53 | ||||
| 4 | 1:16.76 | ||||
| 5 | 1:16.87 | ||||
| 6 | 1:17.50 | ||||
| 7 | 1:17.58 | ||||
| 8 | 1:17.59 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:15.00 | OR | |||
| 2 | 1:16.22 | ||||
| 3 | 1:16.26 | ||||
| 4 | 1:16.67 | ||||
| 5 | 1:16.85 | ||||
| 6 | 1:17.54 | ||||
| 7 | 1:19.37 | ||||
| 8 | 1:20.03 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:13.58 | WR | ||||
| 1:14.99 | |||||
| 1:15.73 | |||||
| 4 | 1:16.26 | ||||
| 5 | 1:16.34 | ||||
| 6 | 1:17.16 | ||||
| 7 | 1:17.19 | ||||
| 8 | 1:17.49 |
Key: WR = World record