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200 metres Individual Medley, Women

200 metres Individual Medley, Women

Date	28 August 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Schwimmhalle, Olympiapark, München
Participants	44 from 26 countries

This was the first women’s swimming final of the 1972 Olympics, and it featured the world’s top female swimmer, Australia’s Shane Gould. Lynn Vidali (USA) was back after winning a silver medal in 1968 in the 400 IM, and using her strong backstroke leg she led the final of this race at 100 metres. Gould almost pulled even on the breaststroke and then used her freestyle dominance to pull away for the expected gold medal in a world record 2:23.07. Behind her, Vidali faded on the final lap and was passed by 13-year-old East Germany Kornelia Ender, Vidali winning bronze. Ender would win three medals in Munich, adding two in relays, but she would be heard from much more in Montréal, winning five medals there, including four golds. Gould would continue to star in Munich, eventually finishing with three golds and five Olympic medals in all.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	Shane Gould	👁 Image AUS	2:26.44 (1 h6)	2:23.07 (1)	Gold
2	790	Kornelia Ender	👁 Image GDR	2:25.39 (1 h4)	2:23.59 (2)	Silver
3	1079	Lynn Vidali	👁 Image USA	2:24.92 (1 h5)	2:24.06 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Jenny Bartz	👁 Image USA	2:25.83 (1 h3)	2:24.55 (4)
5	693	Leslie Cliff	👁 Image CAN	2:25.59 (2 h2)	2:24.83 (5)
6	804	Evelyn Stolze	👁 Image GDR	2:25.45 (1 h2)	2:25.90 (6)
7	–	Yoshimi Nishigawa	👁 Image JPN	2:26.61 (2 h5)	2:26.35 (7)
8	1080	Carolyn Woods	👁 Image USA	2:26.98 (2 h4)	2:27.42 (8)
9	1033	Nina Petrova	👁 Image URS	2:27.20 (1 h1)	–
10	1028	Jaroslava Slavíčková	👁 Image TCH	2:27.33 (3 h2)	–
11	862	Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss	👁 Image HUN	2:28.05 (2 h6)	–
12	853	Hennie Penterman	👁 Image NED	2:28.99 (4 h2)	–
13	1019	Anita Zarnowiecki	👁 Image SWE	2:29.08 (2 h1)	–
14	–	Yukari Takemoto	👁 Image JPN	2:29.41 (3 h6)	–
15	664	Gail Neall	👁 Image AUS	2:29.64 (3 h1)	–
16	802	Brigitte Schuchardt	👁 Image GDR	2:30.04 (2 h3)	–
17	960	Susan Hunter	👁 Image NZL	2:30.29 (3 h4)	–
18	703	Martha Nelson	👁 Image CAN	2:30.51 (3 h3)	–
19	1002	Susanne Niesner	👁 Image SUI	2:30.87 (4 h6)	–
20	773	Shelagh Ratcliffe	👁 Image GBR	2:31.04 (4 h3)	–
21	–	Birutė Užkuraitytė	👁 Image URS	2:31.11 (3 h5)	–
22	815	Karin Bormann	👁 Image FRG	2:31.19 (5 h6)	–
23	774	Susan Richardson	👁 Image GBR	2:31.24 (4 h5)	–
24	–	Karen James	👁 Image CAN	2:31.25 (4 h1)	–
25	654	Debra Cain	👁 Image AUS	2:31.82 (5 h1)	–
26	852	Wijda Mazereeuw	👁 Image NED	2:32.59 (4 h4)	–
27	863	Judit Turóczy	👁 Image HUN	2:32.63 (5 h5)	–
28	779	Avis Willington	👁 Image GBR	2:32.64 (5 h4)	–
29	861	Éva Kiss	👁 Image HUN	2:32.68 (5 h2)	–
30	851	Gerda Lassooij	👁 Image NED	2:32.92 (5 h3)	–
31	685	Maria Isabel Guerra	👁 Image BRA	2:32.95 (6 h4)	–
32	727	Kirsten Campbell	👁 Image DEN	2:33.15 (7 h4)	–
33	–	Eva Sigg	👁 Image FIN	2:33.61 (6 h3)	–
34	816	Helmi Boxberger	👁 Image FRG	2:33.71 (6 h6)	–
35	1087	Gisela Cerezo	👁 Image VEN	2:35.34 (7 h3)	–
36	977	Hsu Yue-Yun	👁 Image TPE	2:35.93 (6 h2)	–
37	952	Trine Krogh	👁 Image NOR	2:36.27 (6 h5)	–
38	938	Rosa Ballesteros	👁 Image MEX	2:37.00 (7 h2)	–
39	1051	Felicia Ospitaletche	👁 Image URU	2:37.69 (7 h5)	–
40	–	Eleni Avlonitou	👁 Image GRE	2:39.10 (6 h1)	–
41	652	Patricia López	👁 Image ARG	2:42.08 (7 h1)	–
42	720	Roselina Ángel	👁 Image COL	2:45.46 (7 h6)	–
43	934	Ong Mei Lin	👁 Image MAS	2:48.13 (8 h6)	–
945	Laura Vaca	👁 Image MEX	[2:34.35] (DQ h3)	–
–	Zhanet Slavcheva	👁 Image BUL	– (DNS h1)	–
1015	Diana Olsson	👁 Image SWE	– (DNS h2)	–
992	Pat Chan	👁 Image SGP	– (DNS h4)	–
927	Mireille Bassoul	👁 Image LBN	– (DNS h5)	–

Round One

Date	28 August 1972 — 10:30
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Lynn Vidali	👁 Image USA	2:24.92
2	Kornelia Ender	👁 Image GDR	2:25.39
3	Evelyn Stolze	👁 Image GDR	2:25.45
4	Leslie Cliff	👁 Image CAN	2:25.59
5	Jenny Bartz	👁 Image USA	2:25.83
6	Shane Gould	👁 Image AUS	2:26.44
7	Yoshimi Nishigawa	👁 Image JPN	2:26.61
8	Carolyn Woods	👁 Image USA	2:26.98
9	Nina Petrova	👁 Image URS	2:27.20
10	Jaroslava Slavíčková	👁 Image TCH	2:27.33
11	Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss	👁 Image HUN	2:28.05
12	Hennie Penterman	👁 Image NED	2:28.99
13	Anita Zarnowiecki	👁 Image SWE	2:29.08
14	Yukari Takemoto	👁 Image JPN	2:29.41
15	Gail Neall	👁 Image AUS	2:29.64
16	Brigitte Schuchardt	👁 Image GDR	2:30.04
17	Susan Hunter	👁 Image NZL	2:30.29
18	Martha Nelson	👁 Image CAN	2:30.51
19	Susanne Niesner	👁 Image SUI	2:30.87
20	Shelagh Ratcliffe	👁 Image GBR	2:31.04
21	Birutė Užkuraitytė	👁 Image URS	2:31.11
22	Karin Bormann	👁 Image FRG	2:31.19
23	Susan Richardson	👁 Image GBR	2:31.24
24	Karen James	👁 Image CAN	2:31.25
25	Debra Cain	👁 Image AUS	2:31.82
26	Wijda Mazereeuw	👁 Image NED	2:32.59
27	Judit Turóczy	👁 Image HUN	2:32.63
28	Avis Willington	👁 Image GBR	2:32.64
29	Éva Kiss	👁 Image HUN	2:32.68
30	Gerda Lassooij	👁 Image NED	2:32.92
31	Maria Isabel Guerra	👁 Image BRA	2:32.95
32	Kirsten Campbell	👁 Image DEN	2:33.15
33	Eva Sigg	👁 Image FIN	2:33.61
34	Helmi Boxberger	👁 Image FRG	2:33.71
35	Gisela Cerezo	👁 Image VEN	2:35.34
36	Hsu Yue-Yun	👁 Image TPE	2:35.93
37	Trine Krogh	👁 Image NOR	2:36.27
38	Rosa Ballesteros	👁 Image MEX	2:37.00
39	Felicia Ospitaletche	👁 Image URU	2:37.69
40	Eleni Avlonitou	👁 Image GRE	2:39.10
41	Patricia López	👁 Image ARG	2:42.08
42	Roselina Ángel	👁 Image COL	2:45.46
43	Ong Mei Lin	👁 Image MAS	2:48.13
Laura Vaca	👁 Image MEX	[2:34.35]
Zhanet Slavcheva	👁 Image BUL	–
Diana Olsson	👁 Image SWE	–
Pat Chan	👁 Image SGP	–
Mireille Bassoul	👁 Image LBN	–

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	Nina Petrova	👁 Image URS	2:27.20	33.27 (4)	1:11.29 (4)	1:53.91 (1)	38.02 (3)	42.62 (1)	33.29 (1)
2	Anita Zarnowiecki	👁 Image SWE	2:29.08	32.95 (3)	1:11.13 (3)	1:55.57 (3)	38.18 (4)	44.44 (2)	33.51 (2)
3	Gail Neall	👁 Image AUS	2:29.64	32.65 (2)	1:09.73 (1)	1:55.28 (2)	37.08 (1)	45.55 (4)	34.36 (5)
4	Karen James	👁 Image CAN	2:31.25	33.57 (5)	1:12.77 (5)	1:57.49 (4)	39.20 (5)	44.72 (3)	33.76 (3)
5	Debra Cain	👁 Image AUS	2:31.82	32.36 (1)	1:09.89 (2)	1:57.88 (5)	37.53 (2)	47.99 (5)	33.94 (4)
6	Eleni Avlonitou	👁 Image GRE	2:39.10	34.35 (6)	1:15.96 (7)	2:04.07 (6)	41.61 (7)	48.11 (6)	35.03 (6)
7	Patricia López	👁 Image ARG	2:42.08	35.24 (7)	1:14.89 (6)	2:05.00 (7)	39.65 (6)	50.11 (7)	37.08 (7)
Zhanet Slavcheva	👁 Image BUL	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	Evelyn Stolze	👁 Image GDR	2:25.45	32.16 (2)	1:09.24 (2)	1:51.70 (1)	37.08 (2)	42.46 (1)	33.75 (2)
2	Leslie Cliff	👁 Image CAN	2:25.59	31.45 (1)	1:07.45 (1)	1:52.13 (2)	36.00 (1)	44.68 (5)	33.46 (1)
3	Jaroslava Slavíčková	👁 Image TCH	2:27.33	32.22 (3)	1:09.77 (3)	1:52.46 (3)	37.55 (3)	42.69 (2)	34.87 (4)
4	Hennie Penterman	👁 Image NED	2:28.99	32.99 (6)	1:11.98 (4)	1:55.20 (4)	38.99 (4)	43.22 (4)	33.79 (3)
5	Éva Kiss	👁 Image HUN	2:32.68	32.53 (5)	1:13.05 (6)	1:55.89 (5)	40.52 (7)	42.84 (3)	36.79 (6)
6	Hsu Yue-Yun	👁 Image TPE	2:35.93	32.49 (4)	1:12.04 (5)	1:59.31 (6)	39.55 (6)	47.27 (7)	36.62 (5)
7	Rosa Ballesteros	👁 Image MEX	2:37.00	34.91 (7)	1:14.11 (7)	1:59.79 (7)	39.20 (5)	45.68 (6)	37.21 (7)
Diana Olsson	👁 Image SWE	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	Jenny Bartz	👁 Image USA	2:25.83	31.81 (1)	1:08.99 (1)	1:51.95 (1)	37.18 (1)	42.96 (1)	33.88 (1)
2	Brigitte Schuchardt	👁 Image GDR	2:30.04	32.66 (4)	1:11.29 (3)	1:54.28 (2)	38.63 (3)	42.99 (2)	35.76 (7)
3	Martha Nelson	👁 Image CAN	2:30.51	32.45 (2)	1:10.45 (2)	1:55.40 (3)	38.00 (2)	44.95 (5)	35.11 (=4)
4	Shelagh Ratcliffe	👁 Image GBR	2:31.04	32.97 (5)	1:11.66 (4)	1:56.28 (4)	38.69 (4)	44.62 (4)	34.76 (2)
5	Gerda Lassooij	👁 Image NED	2:32.92	32.99 (6)	1:12.09 (5)	1:58.01 (5)	39.10 (5)	45.92 (7)	34.91 (3)
6	Eva Sigg	👁 Image FIN	2:33.61	32.62 (3)	1:12.18 (6)	1:58.50 (6)	39.56 (6)	46.32 (8)	35.11 (=4)
7	Gisela Cerezo	👁 Image VEN	2:35.34	33.30 (7)	1:13.90 (7)	1:59.41 (8)	40.60 (8)	45.51 (6)	35.93 (8)
Laura Vaca	👁 Image MEX	[2:34.35]	[34.59] ([8])	[1:14.64] ([8])	[1:58.93] ([7])	[40.05] ([7])	[44.29] ([3])	[35.42] ([6])

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	Kornelia Ender	👁 Image GDR	2:25.39	31.60 (1)	1:08.18 (1)	1:53.19 (2)	36.58 (3)	45.01 (2)	32.20 (1)
2	Carolyn Woods	👁 Image USA	2:26.98	31.93 (2)	1:08.41 (3)	1:52.15 (1)	36.48 (2)	43.74 (1)	34.83 (4)
3	Susan Hunter	👁 Image NZL	2:30.29	32.58 (5)	1:08.37 (2)	1:55.50 (3)	35.79 (1)	47.13 (6)	34.79 (3)
4	Wijda Mazereeuw	👁 Image NED	2:32.59	32.70 (6)	1:10.42 (4)	1:56.10 (4)	37.72 (4)	45.68 (4)	36.49 (7)
5	Avis Willington	👁 Image GBR	2:32.64	32.06 (3)	1:10.43 (5)	1:56.39 (5)	38.37 (6)	45.96 (5)	36.25 (6)
6	Maria Isabel Guerra	👁 Image BRA	2:32.95	32.56 (4)	1:10.84 (6)	1:58.09 (6)	38.28 (5)	47.25 (7)	34.86 (5)
7	Kirsten Campbell	👁 Image DEN	2:33.15	33.24 (7)	1:13.40 (7)	1:58.77 (7)	40.16 (7)	45.37 (3)	34.38 (2)
Pat Chan	👁 Image SGP	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #5

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	Lynn Vidali	👁 Image USA	2:24.92	31.35 (1)	1:07.73 (1)	1:51.19 (1)	36.38 (2)	43.46 (1)	33.73 (2)
2	Yoshimi Nishigawa	👁 Image JPN	2:26.61	33.28 (4)	1:09.54 (2)	1:53.13 (2)	36.26 (1)	43.59 (2)	33.48 (1)
3	Birutė Užkuraitytė	👁 Image URS	2:31.11	33.78 (5)	1:12.79 (5)	1:57.23 (5)	39.01 (4)	44.44 (3)	33.88 (3)
4	Susan Richardson	👁 Image GBR	2:31.24	32.32 (3)	1:11.95 (4)	1:56.61 (3)	39.63 (5)	44.66 (4)	34.63 (4)
5	Judit Turóczy	👁 Image HUN	2:32.63	32.03 (2)	1:09.68 (3)	1:56.83 (4)	37.65 (3)	47.15 (7)	35.80 (7)
6	Trine Krogh	👁 Image NOR	2:36.27	34.28 (6)	1:14.34 (6)	2:01.34 (6)	40.06 (6)	47.00 (6)	34.93 (5)
7	Felicia Ospitaletche	👁 Image URU	2:37.69	36.28 (7)	1:16.59 (7)	2:02.19 (7)	40.31 (7)	45.60 (5)	35.50 (6)
Mireille Bassoul	👁 Image LBN	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	Shane Gould	👁 Image AUS	2:26.44	31.63 (1)	1:08.89 (1)	1:53.13 (1)	37.26 (2)	44.24 (3)	33.31 (1)
2	Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss	👁 Image HUN	2:28.05	31.95 (2)	1:11.68 (5)	1:53.51 (2)	39.73 (6)	41.83 (1)	34.54 (2)
3	Yukari Takemoto	👁 Image JPN	2:29.41	32.66 (5)	1:09.95 (3)	1:53.54 (3)	37.29 (3)	43.59 (2)	35.87 (5)
4	Susanne Niesner	👁 Image SUI	2:30.87	32.19 (3)	1:10.22 (4)	1:56.20 (5)	38.03 (4)	45.98 (6)	34.67 (3)
5	Karin Bormann	👁 Image FRG	2:31.19	32.30 (4)	1:08.90 (2)	1:54.53 (4)	36.60 (1)	45.63 (4)	36.66 (7)
6	Helmi Boxberger	👁 Image FRG	2:33.71	32.85 (6)	1:12.26 (6)	1:57.91 (6)	39.41 (5)	45.65 (5)	35.80 (4)
7	Roselina Ángel	👁 Image COL	2:45.46	34.83 (7)	1:17.79 (7)	2:08.92 (8)	42.96 (8)	51.13 (8)	36.54 (6)
8	Ong Mei Lin	👁 Image MAS	2:48.13	37.28 (8)	1:19.00 (8)	2:08.02 (7)	41.72 (7)	49.02 (7)	40.11 (8)

Final Round

Date	28 August 1972 — 18:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	7	Shane Gould	👁 Image AUS	2:23.07	31.07 (=1)	1:08.46 (=3)	1:51.07 (2)	37.39 (8)	42.61 (2)	32.00 (2)
2	5	Kornelia Ender	👁 Image GDR	2:23.59	31.45 (3)	1:07.60 (2)	1:52.03 (4)	36.15 (2)	44.43 (8)	31.56 (1)
3	4	Lynn Vidali	👁 Image USA	2:24.06	31.07 (=1)	1:06.74 (1)	1:50.00 (1)	35.67 (1)	43.26 (3)	34.06 (7)
4	2	Jenny Bartz	👁 Image USA	2:24.55	31.58 (4)	1:08.77 (5)	1:51.27 (3)	37.19 (6)	42.50 (1)	33.28 (5)
5	6	Leslie Cliff	👁 Image CAN	2:24.83	31.76 (6)	1:08.46 (=3)	1:52.11 (5)	36.70 (3)	43.65 (6)	32.72 (3)
6	3	Evelyn Stolze	👁 Image GDR	2:25.90	32.40 (8)	1:09.30 (8)	1:52.86 (8)	36.90 (4)	43.56 (5)	33.04 (4)
7	1	Yoshimi Nishigawa	👁 Image JPN	2:26.35	31.71 (5)	1:08.84 (6)	1:52.70 (7)	37.13 (5)	43.86 (7)	33.65 (6)
8	8	Carolyn Woods	👁 Image USA	2:27.42	31.80 (7)	1:09.07 (7)	1:52.61 (6)	37.27 (7)	43.54 (4)	34.81 (8)

URL: https://www.olympedia.org/results/6426

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