Women 200m Breaststroke Swimming XVIII Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo, Japan - Monday, 12th October - Galina Prozumenshchikova, Soviet Union
Final time gap L Y 100m 1. Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union2:46.4 OR 6 15 2. Claudia Kolb United States2:47.6 +1.2s 2 14 3. Svetlana Babanina Soviet Union2:48.6 +2.2s 4 21 4. Stella Mitchell Great Britain2:49.0 +2.6s 3 17 5. Jill Slattery Great Britain2:49.6 +3.2s 1 19 6. Barbel Grimmer UT Germany2:51.0 +4.6s 5 19 7. Klenie Bimolt Netherlands2:51.3 +4.9s 8 19 8. Ursula Kuper UT Germany2:53.9 +7.5s 7 26
World Record: Galina Prozumenshchikova, Soviet Union 2:45.5 East Berlin, East Germany 17th May 1964 Olympic Record: Anita Lonsbrough, Great Britain 2:49.5 Rome, Ita;y 27th August 1960
The defending champion was Anita Lonsbrough of Great Britain, who was in Tokyo, but elected to swim only the 400 individual medley. She would not have been favored, that accolade going to Ukrainian Soviet Galina Prozumenshchikova, who had set two world records earlier in 1964, posting 2:45.4 in Berlin in August, the current mark. Other challengers were thought to be Soviet Svetlana Babanina and the Netherlands Klena Bimolt, both of whom had gone under 2:47 in the Olympic year. This is not usually the best event for American swimmers, their top entrant this year being [Claudia Kolb], who was only 14-years-old. The final was led for 50 metres by East German Barbel Grimmer, but Prozumenshchikova swept past to lead at 100 metres. She held on to win, but Kolb closed fast for a surprising silver medal, trailed by Babanina in third. Grimmer faded to sixth, followed by Bimolt in seventh. Prozumenshchikova would win bronze medals in this event in 1968 and 1972. Kolb would return to the Olympics in 1968 to win gold in the 200 and 400 individual medleys.
Heats - Sunday, 11th OctoberBest 8 times advanced to Final.
Heat 4 time gap L Y Rk 100m 1. Jill Slattery Great Britain2:50.2 +1.9s 2 19 7. 1:21.4 2. Vivien Haddon New Zealand2:53.4 +5.1s 1 19 11. 1:23.2 3. Geertruida Looijs Netherlands2:54.5 +6.2s 3 18 12. 1:23.2 4. Alexandra Hauka Nitta United States2:58.4 +10.1s 6 15 18. 1:25.0 5. Christine Christol Filippovits Austria2:59.2 +10.9s 5 20 19. 1:25.4 6. Yoshiko Morizane Japan2:59.9 +11.6s 7 16 21. 1:27.7 7. Hin-Yu Li Hong Kong3:22.2 +33.9s 4 16 26. 1:35.1
Heat 3 time gap L Y Rk 100m 1. Svetlana Babanina Soviet Union2:48.3 OR 1 21 1. 1:20.8 2. Stella Mitchell Great Britain2:48.8 +0.5s 7 17 3. 1:21.6 3. Claudia Kolb United States2:49.7 +1.4s 6 14 5. 1:21.6 4. Ursula Kuper UT Germany2:50.1 +1.8s 3 26 6. 1:21.6 5. Isabel Castane Lopez Spain2:55.7 +7.4s 5 18 16. 1:25.2 6. Linda McGill Australia2:59.4 +11.1s 4 18 20. 1:25.3 7. Mariana Jolly Malaysia3:11.0 +22.7s 2 16 24. 1:30.0
Heat 2 time gap L Y Rk 100m 1. Barbel Grimmer UT Germany2:48.6 OR +0.3s 4 19 2. 1:20.9 2. Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union2:49.0 +0.7s 1 15 4. 1:20.7 3. Jacqueline Enfield Great Britain2:54.9 +6.6s 7 17 13. 1:23.6 4. Gretta Kok Netherlands2:55.4 +7.1s 5 19 15. 1:24.7 5. Susana Norma Peper Argentina3:00.0 +11.7s 6 18 22. 1:26.0 -. Marta Egervari HungaryDNS 2 21 -. Christine Barnetson AustraliaDSQ 3 16
Heat 1 time gap L Y Rk 100m 1. Klenie Bimolt Netherlands2:50.7 +2.4s 1 19 8. 1:21.6 2. Margueritha I Ruygrok Australia2:53.1 +4.8s 7 17 9. 1:21.3 3. Wiltrud Urselmann UT Germany2:53.2 +4.9s 6 22 10. 1:22.9 4. Tamara Anne Hazleton United States2:55.0 +6.7s 4 16 14. 1:25.6 5. Noriko Yamamoto Japan2:57.0 +8.7s 3 20 17. 1:23.4 6. Zsuzsa Kovacs Hungary3:06.7 +18.4s 5 18 23. 1:27.4 7. Margaret Harding Puerto Rico3:16.0 +27.7s 2 16 25. 1:32.2
Final time gap L Y Rk 100m 1. Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union2:46.4 OR 6 15 1. 2. Claudia Kolb United States2:47.6 +1.2s 2 14 2. 3. Svetlana Babanina Soviet Union2:48.6 +2.2s 4 21 3. 4. Stella Mitchell Great Britain2:49.0 +2.6s 3 17 4. 5. Jill Slattery Great Britain2:49.6 +3.2s 1 19 5. 6. Barbel Grimmer UT Germany2:51.0 +4.6s 5 19 6. 7. Klenie Bimolt Netherlands2:51.3 +4.9s 8 19 7. 8. Ursula Kuper UT Germany2:53.9 +7.5s 7 26 8. Heats time gap L Y Rk 100m 1. Svetlana Babanina Soviet Union2:48.3 OR 1 21 1. 1:20.8 1. Barbel Grimmer UT Germany2:48.6 OR +0.3s 4 19 2. 1:20.9 2. Stella Mitchell Great Britain2:48.8 +0.5s 7 17 3. 1:21.6 2. Galina Prozumenshchikova Soviet Union2:49.0 +0.7s 1 15 4. 1:20.7 3. Claudia Kolb United States2:49.7 +1.4s 6 14 5. 1:21.6 4. Ursula Kuper UT Germany2:50.1 +1.8s 3 26 6. 1:21.6 1. Jill Slattery Great Britain2:50.2 +1.9s 2 19 7. 1:21.4 1. Klenie Bimolt Netherlands2:50.7 +2.4s 1 19 8. 1:21.6 2. Margueritha I Ruygrok Australia2:53.1 +4.8s 7 17 9. 1:21.3 3. Wiltrud Urselmann UT Germany2:53.2 +4.9s 6 22 10. 1:22.9 2. Vivien Haddon New Zealand2:53.4 +5.1s 1 19 11. 1:23.2 3. Geertruida Looijs Netherlands2:54.5 +6.2s 3 18 12. 1:23.2 3. Jacqueline Enfield Great Britain2:54.9 +6.6s 7 17 13. 1:23.6 4. Tamara Anne Hazleton United States2:55.0 +6.7s 4 16 14. 1:25.6 4. Gretta Kok Netherlands2:55.4 +7.1s 5 19 15. 1:24.7 5. Isabel Castane Lopez Spain2:55.7 +7.4s 5 18 16. 1:25.2 5. Noriko Yamamoto Japan2:57.0 +8.7s 3 20 17. 1:23.4 4. Alexandra Hauka Nitta United States2:58.4 +10.1s 6 15 18. 1:25.0 5. Christine Christol Filippovits Austria2:59.2 +10.9s 5 20 19. 1:25.4 6. Linda McGill Australia2:59.4 +11.1s 4 18 20. 1:25.3 6. Yoshiko Morizane Japan2:59.9 +11.6s 7 16 21. 1:27.7 5. Susana Norma Peper Argentina3:00.0 +11.7s 6 18 22. 1:26.0 6. Zsuzsa Kovacs Hungary3:06.7 +18.4s 5 18 23. 1:27.4 7. Mariana Jolly Malaysia3:11.0 +22.7s 2 16 24. 1:30.0 7. Margaret Harding Puerto Rico3:16.0 +27.7s 2 16 25. 1:32.2 7. Hin-Yu Li Hong Kong3:22.2 +33.9s 4 16 26. 1:35.1 -. Marta Egervari HungaryDNS 2 21 -. Christine Barnetson AustraliaDSQ 3 16
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