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Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

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Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Left-right: Babanina, Prozumenschikova, Kolb
VenueYoyogi National Gymnasium
Date11 October (heats)
12 October (final)
Competitors27 from 15 nations
Winning time2:46.4 (OR)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Galina Prozumenshchikova  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claudia Kolb  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Svetlana Babanina  Soviet Union
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics, took place on 11–12 October, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the ninth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 27 competitors from 15 nations participated in the event.[1] Soviet Union's Galina Prozumenshchikova and Svetlana Babanina won their country's first medals in this event, with a gold and bronze medal respectively. 14-year-old Claudia Kolb's silver medal was the United States' second ever medal in this event, after Agnes Geraghty's silver in the inaugural event in 1924. In the heats, Australian Christine Barnetson was disqualified for an incorrect breaststroke, and Hungarian Márta Egerváry withdrew from the competition.[2]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:

World record  Galina Prozumenshchikova (URS) 2:45.4 s Berlin, East Germany 17 May 1964 [3]
Olympic record  Anita Lonsbrough (GBR) 2:49.5 s Rome, Italy 27 August 1960 [3]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time OR WR
11 October Heat 2 Bärbel Grimmer  United Team of Germany 2:48.6 OR
11 October Heat 3 Svetlana Babanina  Soviet Union 2:48.3 OR
12 October Final Galina Prozumenshchikova  Soviet Union 2:46.4 OR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane[4] Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 1 Svetlana Babanina  Soviet Union 2:48.3 Q, OR[5]
2 2 4 Bärbel Grimmer  United Team of Germany 2:48.6 Q, OR[5]
3 3 7 Stella Mitchell  Great Britain 2:48.8 Q
4 2 1 Galina Prozumenshchikova  Soviet Union 2:49.0 Q
5 3 6 Claudia Kolb  United States 2:49.7 Q
6 3 3 Ursula Küper  United Team of Germany 2:50.1 Q
7 4 2 Jill Slattery  Great Britain 2:50.2 Q
8 1 1 Klenie Bimolt  Netherlands 2:50.7 Q
9 1 7 Marguerite Ruygrok  Australia 2:53.1
10 1 6 Wiltrud Urselmann  United Team of Germany 2:53.2
11 4 1 Vivien Haddon  New Zealand 2:53.4
12 4 3 Truus Looijs  Netherlands 2:54.5
13 2 7 Jacqueline Enfield  Great Britain 2:54.9
14 1 4 Tammy Hazleton  United States 2:55.0
15 2 5 Gretta Kok  Netherlands 2:55.4
16 3 5 Isabel Castañe  Spain 2:55.7
17 1 3 Noriko Yamamoto  Japan 2:57.0
18 4 6 Sandra Nitta  United States 2:58.4
19 4 5 Christl Filippovits  Austria 2:59.2
20 3 4 Linda McGill  Australia 2:59.4
21 4 7 Yoshiko Morizane  Japan 2:59.9
22 2 6 Susana Peper  Argentina 3:00.0
23 1 5 Zsuzsa Kovács  Hungary 3:06.7
24 3 2 Marny Jolly  Malaysia 3:11.0
25 1 2 Margaret Harding  Puerto Rico 3:16.0
26 4 4 Li Hin Yu  Hong Kong 3:22.2
27 2 3 Christine Barnetson  Australia DSQ[3]

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Galina Prozumenshchikova  Soviet Union 2:46.4 OR[3]
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Claudia Kolb  United States 2:47.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Svetlana Babanina  Soviet Union 2:48.6
4 3 Stella Mitchell  Great Britain 2:49.0
5 1 Jill Slattery  Great Britain 2:49.6
6 5 Bärbel Grimmer  United Team of Germany 2:51.0
7 8 Klenie Bimolt  Netherlands 2:51.3
8 7 Ursula Küper  United Team of Germany 2:53.9

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Reynolds Qualifies". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 12 October 1964. p. 17.
  3. ^ a b c d "The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokyo 1964: The Official Report of the Organising Committee" (PDF). Volume Two, Part 2. Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokyo. 1964. pp. 532–533. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  4. ^ Albert Schoenfeld, ed. (29 September 1964). "Results from the 1964 Olympic Games (Tokyo)" (PDF). Swimming World & Junior Swimmer. Albert Schoenfeld. p. 46. ISSN 0039-7431. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2012.