Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly
| Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between August 31 and September 1.[1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Medalists[edit]
| Gold | Mayumi Aoki Japan
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| Silver | Roswitha Beier East Germany
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| Bronze | Andrea Gyarmati Hungary
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Results[edit]
Heats[edit]
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dana Shrader |  United States |
1:05.09 | Q |
| 2 | Edeltraud Koch |  West Germany |
1:05.29 | Q |
| 3 | Frieke Buys |  Netherlands |
1:06.89 | Q |
| 4 | Margrit Thomet |  Switzerland |
1:07.28 | Q |
| 5 | Brenda McGrory |  Ireland |
1:08.52 | |
| 6 | Donatella Talpo-Schiavon |  Italy |
1:08.98 | |
| 7 | Susan Smith |  Canada |
1:09.38 | |
| 8 | Norma Amezcua |  Mexico |
1:12.23 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea Gyarmati |  Hungary |
1:04.01 | OR, Q |
| 2 | Roswitha Beier |  East Germany |
1:04.34 | Q |
| 3 | Eva Wikner |  Sweden |
1:06.70 | Q |
| 4 | Iryna Ustymenko |  Soviet Union |
1:07.44 | Q |
| 5 | Aurora Chamorro |  Spain |
1:08.39 | |
| 6 | Leslie Cliff | Canada |
1:09.29 | |
| 7 | Hsu Yue-yun |  Chinese Taipei |
1:11.67 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deena Deardurff | United States |
1:04.80 | Q |
| 2 | Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel | East Germany |
1:04.83 | Q |
| 3 | Noriko Asano | Japan |
1:04.97 | Q |
| 4 | Sue Funch |  Australia |
1:07.51 | |
| 5 | Jean Jeavons |  Great Britain |
1:07.64 | |
| 6 | Věra Faitlová |  Czechoslovakia |
1:08.18 | |
| 7 | Tay Chin Joo |  Singapore |
1:10.92 | |
| 8 | Susana Saxlund |  Uruguay |
1:11.90 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayumi Aoki | Japan |
1:04.00 | OR, Q |
| 2 | Ellie Daniel | United States |
1:04.33 | Q |
| 3 | Gudrun Beckmann | West Germany |
1:05.26 | Q |
| 4 | Heike Nagel | West Germany |
1:05.64 | Q |
| 5 | Marilyn Corson | Canada |
1:06.26 | Q |
| 6 | Judit Turóczy | Hungary |
1:09.73 | |
| 7 | Ileana Morales |  Venezuela |
1:10.37 |
Semifinals[edit]
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea Gyarmati | Hungary |
1:03.80 | Q, WR |
| 2 | Roswitha Beier | East Germany |
1:04.36 | Q |
| 3 | Dana Shrader | United States |
1:04.54 | Q |
| 4 | Rosemarie Kother | East Germany |
1:04.64 | |
| 5 | Edeltraud Koch | West Germany |
1:05.28 | |
| 6 | Frieke Buys | Netherlands |
1:06.78 | |
| 7 | Marilyn Corson | Canada |
1:06.78 | |
| 8 | Iryna Ustymenko | Soviet Union |
1:07.76 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deena Deardurff | United States |
1:03.97 | Q |
| 2 | Mayumi Aoki | Japan |
1:04.11 | Q |
| 3 | Ellie Daniel | United States |
1:04.25 | Q |
| 4 | Gudrun Beckmann | West Germany |
1:04.52 | Q |
| 5 | Noriko Asano | Japan |
1:04.53 | Q |
| 6 | Heike Hustede | West Germany |
1:06.48 | |
| 7 | Margrit Thomet | Switzerland |
1:07.12 | |
| 8 | Eva Wikner | Sweden |
1:07.53 |
Final[edit]
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mayumi Aoki | Japan |
1:03.34 | WR |
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Roswitha Beier | East Germany |
1:03.61 | |
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Andrea Gyarmati | Hungary |
1:03.73 | |
| 4 | Deena Deardurff | United States |
1:03.95 | |
| 5 | Dana Shrader | United States |
1:03.98 | |
| 6 | Ellie Daniel | United States |
1:04.08 | |
| 7 | Gudrun Beckmann | West Germany |
1:04.15 | |
| 8 | Noriko Asano | Japan |
1:04.25 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References[edit]
- ^ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
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