Women 200m Breaststroke Swimming XVII Olympic Games 1960 Rome, Italy - Saturday, 27th September - Gold Medal: Amite Lonsborough, Great Britain
Final 21:25 time gap L Y 1. Anita Lonsbrough Great Britain2:49.5 WR 5 19 2. Wiltrud Urselmann UT Germany2:50.0 +0.5s 4 18 3. Barbara Gobel UT Germany2:53.6 +4.1s 6 17 4. Ada Den Haan Netherlands2:54.4 +4.9s 3 19 5. Gretta Kok Netherlands2:54.6 +5.1s 2 15 6. Anne Warner United States2:55.4 +5.9s 8 15 7. Patty Kempner United States2:55.5 +6.0s 7 18 8. Dorrit Gosmer Kristensen Denmark2:55.7 +6.2s 1 22
World Record: Wiltrud Urselmann, West Germany 2:52.0 Aachen, West Germany 6th June 1960 Olympic Record: Ursula Happe, UT Germany 2:53.1 Melbourne, Australia 30 November 1956
This event was unusual in Rome as the favorites were not from the United States or Australia. In 1959 Britain's Anita Lonsbrough had set the world record with 2:50.3, only to see it bettered in June 1960 by German Wiltrud Urselmann. The event had been changed since the Melbourne Olympics with underwater swimming banned on 30 April 1957, and the times were now slower than they had been previously. The final in Rome was closely fought between the two favorites with Urselmann leading early but Lonsbrough surged in the last 25 metres to come out on top in the world record time of 2:49.5.
Heats - Friday, 26th August Best 8 times advanced to Final.
Heat 4 time gap L Y Rk 1. Ada Den Haan Netherlands2:54.0 +2.0s 5 19 3. 2. Anne Warner United States2:56.3 +4.3s 4 15 8. 3. Elena Zennaro Italy2:57.0 +5.0s 7 17 10. 4. Inge Andersen Denmark2:59.9 +7.9s 6 16 15. 5. Janet Hogan Australia3:00.3 +8.3s 2 15 16. 6. Marta Kadelkova Czechoslovakia3:01.7 +9.7s 3 16 18. 7. Regina Freitas Veloso Portugal3:13.3 +21.3s 1 21 29.
Heat 3 time gap L Y Rk 1. Wiltrud Urselmann UT Germany2:52.0 OR 4 18 1. 2. Gretta Kok Netherlands2:55.2 +3.2s 5 15 5. 4. Patty Kempner United States2:55.5 +3.5s 2 18 6. 5. Dorrit Gosmer Kristensen Denmark2:56.2 +4.2s 6 22 7. 5. Christine Loraine Gosden Great Britain2:56.9 +4.9s 3 20 9. 6. Judith Mchale Canada3:07.7 +15.7s 7 17 24. 7. Isabel Castane Lopez Spain3:10.4 +18.4s 8 14 28. -. Suzette Schmidlin SwitzerlandDNS 1 25 -.
Heat 2 time gap L Y Rk 1. Anita Lonsbrough Great Britain2:53.3 OR +1.3s 4 19 2. 2. Klara Killermann Bartos Hungary2:58.7 +6.7s 5 31 13. 3. Barbro Eriksson Sweden2:59.8 +7.8s 3 16 14. 4. Amelie Mirkovitch France3:01.5 +9.5s 6 18 17. 5. Christine Christol Filippovits Austria3:02.6 +10.6s 2 16 20. 6. Lyudmila Korobova Soviet Union3:02.7 +10.7s 7 18 21. 7. Luciana Marcellini Italy3:09.8 +17.8s 1 12 26.
Heat 1 time gap L Y Rk 1. Barbara Gobel UT Germany2:54.2 OR +2.2s 4 17 4. 2. Rosemary Lassig Australia2:57.4 +5.4s 3 19 11. 3. Yoshiko Takamatsu Japan2:57.6 +5.6s 5 22 12. 4. Michele Pialat France3:02.2 +10.2s 2 18 19. 5. Eve-Mai Uusmees-Maurer Soviet Union3:03.1 +11.1s 6 23 22. 6. Margaret Miners South Rhodesia3:05.2 +13.2s 1 16 23. 7. Christine Christl Wober Austria3:09.3 +17.3s 7 17 25. 8. Maya Hungerbuhler Switzerland3:10.1 +18.1s 8 17 27.
Final 21:25 time gap L Y Rk 1. Anita Lonsbrough Great Britain2:49.5 WR 5 19 1. 2. Wiltrud Urselmann UT Germany2:50.0 +0.5s 4 18 2. 3. Barbara Gobel UT Germany2:53.6 +4.1s 6 17 3. 4. Ada Den Haan Netherlands2:54.4 +4.9s 3 19 4. 5. Gretta Kok Netherlands2:54.6 +5.1s 2 15 5. 6. Anne Warner United States2:55.4 +5.9s 8 15 6. 7. Patty Kempner United States2:55.5 +6.0s 7 18 7. 8. Dorrit Gosmer Kristensen Denmark2:55.7 +6.2s 1 22 8. Heats time gap L Y Rk 1. Wiltrud Urselmann UT Germany2:52.0 OR 4 18 1. 1. Anita Lonsbrough Great Britain2:53.3 OR +1.3s 4 19 2. 1. Ada Den Haan Netherlands2:54.0 +2.0s 5 19 3. 1. Barbara Gobel UT Germany2:54.2 OR +2.2s 4 17 4. 2. Gretta Kok Netherlands2:55.2 +3.2s 5 15 5. 4. Patty Kempner United States2:55.5 +3.5s 2 18 6. 5. Dorrit Gosmer Kristensen Denmark2:56.2 +4.2s 6 22 7. 2. Anne Warner United States2:56.3 +4.3s 4 15 8. 5. Christine Loraine Gosden Great Britain2:56.9 +4.9s 3 20 9. 3. Elena Zennaro Italy2:57.0 +5.0s 7 17 10. 2. Rosemary Lassig Australia2:57.4 +5.4s 3 19 11. 3. Yoshiko Takamatsu Japan2:57.6 +5.6s 5 22 12. 2. Klara Killermann Bartos Hungary2:58.7 +6.7s 5 31 13. 3. Barbro Eriksson Sweden2:59.8 +7.8s 3 16 14. 4. Inge Andersen Denmark2:59.9 +7.9s 6 16 15. 5. Janet Hogan Australia3:00.3 +8.3s 2 15 16. 4. Amelie Mirkovitch France3:01.5 +9.5s 6 18 17. 6. Marta Kadelkova Czechoslovakia3:01.7 +9.7s 3 16 18. 4. Michele Pialat France3:02.2 +10.2s 2 18 19. 5. Christine Christol Filippovits Austria3:02.6 +10.6s 2 16 20. 6. Lyudmila Korobova Soviet Union3:02.7 +10.7s 7 18 21. 5. Eve-Mai Uusmees-Maurer Soviet Union3:03.1 +11.1s 6 23 22. 6. Margaret Miners South Rhodesia3:05.2 +13.2s 1 16 23. 6. Judith Mchale Canada3:07.7 +15.7s 7 17 24. 7. Christine Christl Wober Austria3:09.3 +17.3s 7 17 25. 7. Luciana Marcellini Italy3:09.8 +17.8s 1 12 26. 8. Maya Hungerbuhler Switzerland3:10.1 +18.1s 8 17 27. 7. Isabel Castane Lopez Spain3:10.4 +18.4s 8 14 28. 7. Regina Freitas Veloso Portugal3:13.3 +21.3s 1 21 29. -. Suzette Schmidlin SwitzerlandDNS 1 25 -.
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