Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

Swimming at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

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

Gold Mayumi Aoki
 Japan
Silver Roswitha Beier
 East Germany
Bronze Andrea Gyarmati
 Hungary

Results

Heats

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

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

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Mayumi Aoki  Japan 1:03.34 WR
2 Roswitha Beier  East Germany 1:03.61
3 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

  1. ^ "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.