Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics, took place on August 26–27, at the Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the eighth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 30 competitors from 19 nations participated in the event.[1] British gold-medalist Anita Lonsbrough became the first swimmer to break the world record in this event, with a time of 2:49.5 in the final.

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueStadio Olimpico del Nuoto
Date26 August (heats)
27 August (final)
Competitors30 from 19 nations
Winning time2:49.5 (WR)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anita Lonsbrough  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wiltrud Urselmann  United Team of Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Barbara Göbel  United Team of Germany
← 1956
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Records

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

World record   Wiltrud Urselmann (FRG) 2:50.2 s Aachen, West Germany 6 June 1960 [2]
Olympic record   Ursula Happe (EUA) 2:53.1 s Melbourne, Australia 30 November 1956 [2]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time OR WR
August 26 Heat 2 Anita Lonsbrough   Great Britain 2:53.3 OR
August 26 Heat 3 Wiltrud Urselmann   United Team of Germany 2:52.0 OR
August 27 Final Anita Lonsbrough   Great Britain 2:49.5 OR WR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Wiltrud Urselmann   United Team of Germany 2:52.0 Q, OR[3]
2 2 4 Anita Lonsbrough   Great Britain 2:53.3 Q, OR[4]
3 4 5 Ada den Haan   Netherlands 2:54.0 Q
4 1 4 Barbara Göbel   United Team of Germany 2:54.2 Q
5 3 5 Gretta Kok   Netherlands 2:55.2 Q
6 3 2 Patty Kempner   United States 2:55.5 Q
7 3 6 Dorrit Kristensen   Denmark 2:56.2 Q
8 4 4 Anne Warner   United States 2:56.3 Q
9 3 3 Christine Gosden   Great Britain 2:56.9
10 4 7 Elena Zennaro   Italy 2:57.0
11 1 3 Rosemary Lassig   Australia 2:57.4
12 1 5 Yoshiko Takamatsu   Japan 2:57.6
13 2 5 Klára Killermann   Hungary 2:58.7
14 2 3 Barbro Eriksson   Sweden 2:59.8
15 4 6 Inge Andersen   Denmark 2:59.9
16 4 2 Janet Hogan   Australia 3:00.3
17 2 6 Amélie Mirkowitch   France 3:01.5
18 4 3 Marta Kadlecová   Czechoslovakia 3:01.7
19 1 2 Michèle Pialat   France 3:02.2
20 2 2 Christl Filippovits   Austria 3:02.6
21 2 7 Lyudmila Korobova   Soviet Union 3:02.7
22 1 6 Eve Maurer   Soviet Union 3:03.1
23 1 1 Meg Miners   Rhodesia 3:05.2
24 3 7 Judith McHale   Canada 3:07.7
25 1 7 Christl Wöber   Austria 3:09.3
26 2 1 Luciana Marcellini   Italy 3:09.8
27 1 8 Maya Hungerbühler   Switzerland 3:10.1
28 3 8 Isabel Castañe   Spain 3:10.4
29 4 1 Regina Veloso   Portugal 3:13.3
30 3 1 Suzette Schmidlin   Switzerland DNS[3]

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Anita Lonsbrough   Great Britain 2:49.5 WR[3]
  4 Wiltrud Urselmann   United Team of Germany 2:50.0
  6 Barbara Göbel   United Team of Germany 2:53.6
4 3 Ada den Haan   Netherlands 2:54.4
5 2 Gretta Kok   Netherlands 2:54.6
6 8 Anne Warner   United States 2:55.4
7 7 Patty Kempner   United States 2:55.5
8 1 Dorrit Kristensen   Denmark 2:55.7

Sources

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  • "The Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960" (PDF). Volume Two, Part 2. Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome. 1960. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  • "LCM Women Records" (PDF). USA Swimming. 9 May 2012. p. 15. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  • "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2012.

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b USA Swimming, p. 17.
  3. ^ a b c OCGOR, p. 590
  4. ^ "Swimming at the 1960 Roma 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 1 July 2012.