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

Event:	Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Games:	1976 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Pool
Date:	21 July (heats and final)
Competitors:	39
Nations:	22
Win Value:	2:33.35 (WR)
Gold:	Marina Kosheveya
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Marina Yurchenya
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Lyubov Rusanova
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1972

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:

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	OR	WR
21 July	Heat 1			2:35.14	OR
21 July	Final			2:33.35	OR	WR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			2:35.14	Q, OR
2	5			2:37.13	Q
3	4			2:37.13	Q
4	4			2:37.45	Q
5	2			2:37.92	Q
6	1			2:38.26	Q
7	3			2:39.01	Q
8	5			2:39.06	Q
9	3			2:39.27
10	5			2:39.59
11	3			2:39.94
12	2			2:41.09
13	2			2:41.38
14	2			2:41.61
15	2			2:41.66
16	1			2:41.85
17	4			2:41.98
18	4			2:42.05
19	2			2:42.58
20	4			2:43.88
21	2			2:44.08
22	5			2:44.11
23	3			2:45.08
24	4			2:45.31
25	5			2:45.57
26	3			2:45.63
27	3			2:45.96
28	3			2:46.04
29	4			2:47.16
30	5			2:47.55
31	1			2:47.69
32	1			2:50.11
33	1			2:50.78
34	4			2:52.71
35	5			2:53.08
36	3			2:53.60
37	1			2:56.76
38	2			2:59.51
39	1			—	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:33.35	WR
			2:36.08
			2:36.22
4			2:36.49
5			2:36.97
6			2:38.27
7			2:38.37
8			2:39.01

Sources

• Web site: Games of the XXI Olympiad; Montréal 1976 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222651/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/1972s3.pdf . dead . 27 September 2007 . Volume Three . PDF . 1976 . 5 July 2012 . COJO 76 .
• Web site: Results from the 1976 Olympic Games (Montreal) . 5 July 2012 . September 1976 . 0039-7431 . . Albert Schoenfeld . Albert Schoenfeld . 90 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170034/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/SWI/womens-200-metres-breaststroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 December 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. COJO 76, p. 473