Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly explained

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place September 4.^[1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			2:18.32	Q, OR
2			2:23.01	Q
3			2:30.32
4			2:35.85

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			2:17.18	Q, OR
2			2:27.59
3			2:29.03
4			2:29.21
5			2:29.34
6			2:30.08
7			2:30.36

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			2:18.80	Q
2			2:20.09	Q
3			2:23.21	Q
4			2:24.20
5			2:34.69
6			2:44.88

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			2:18.15	Q
2			2:20.00	Q
3			2:24.92
4			2:26.69
5			2:27.64
6			2:28.41
7			2:32.60

"Q": Qualified

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			2:15.57	WR
			2:16.34
			2:16.74
4			2:17.11
5			2:19.50
6			2:20.47
7			2:21.88
8			2:22.84

Key: WR = World record

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055124/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SWI/womens-200-metres-butterfly.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 30 November 2016 . Sports Reference.