Women 200m Breaststroke Swimming XVII Olympic Games 1960 Rome, Italy - Saturday, 27th September - Gold Medal: Amite Lonsborough, Great Britain

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 Britain	2:49.5	WR	5	19
2. Wiltrud Urselmann	UT Germany	2:50.0	+0.5s	4	18
3. Barbara Gobel	UT Germany	2:53.6	+4.1s	6	17
4. Ada Den Haan	Netherlands	2:54.4	+4.9s	3	19
5. Gretta Kok	Netherlands	2:54.6	+5.1s	2	15
6. Anne Warner	United States	2:55.4	+5.9s	8	15
7. Patty Kempner	United States	2:55.5	+6.0s	7	18
8. Dorrit Gosmer Kristensen	Denmark	2:55.7	+6.2s	1	22

19 Competitors from 30 Nations. Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto.
1964 Women 200m Breaststroke	Women 200m Breaststroke History	1956 Women 200m Breaststroke

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

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index Rome 1960	index Swimming Rome 1960


Men 100m Freestyle	Women 100m Freestyle
Men 400m Freestyle	Women 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle
Men 100m Backstroke	Women 100m Backstroke
Men 200m Breaststroke	Women 200m Breaststroke
Men 200m Butterfly	Women 100m Butterfly
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay	Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x100m Medley Relay	Women 4x100m Medley Relay

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	Netherlands	2:54.0	+2.0s	5	19	3.
2. Anne Warner	United States	2:56.3	+4.3s	4	15	8.
3. Elena Zennaro	Italy	2:57.0	+5.0s	7	17	10.
4. Inge Andersen	Denmark	2:59.9	+7.9s	6	16	15.
5. Janet Hogan	Australia	3:00.3	+8.3s	2	15	16.
6. Marta Kadelkova	Czechoslovakia	3:01.7	+9.7s	3	16	18.
7. Regina Freitas Veloso	Portugal	3:13.3	+21.3s	1	21	29.

Heat 3		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Wiltrud Urselmann	UT Germany	2:52.0	OR		4	18	1.
2. Gretta Kok	Netherlands	2:55.2		+3.2s	5	15	5.
4. Patty Kempner	United States	2:55.5		+3.5s	2	18	6.
5. Dorrit Gosmer Kristensen	Denmark	2:56.2		+4.2s	6	22	7.
5. Christine Loraine Gosden	Great Britain	2:56.9		+4.9s	3	20	9.
6. Judith Mchale	Canada	3:07.7		+15.7s	7	17	24.
7. Isabel Castane Lopez	Spain	3:10.4		+18.4s	8	14	28.
-. Suzette Schmidlin	Switzerland	DNS			1	25	-.

Heat 2		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Anita Lonsbrough	Great Britain	2:53.3	OR	+1.3s	4	19	2.
2. Klara Killermann Bartos	Hungary	2:58.7		+6.7s	5	31	13.
3. Barbro Eriksson	Sweden	2:59.8		+7.8s	3	16	14.
4. Amelie Mirkovitch	France	3:01.5		+9.5s	6	18	17.
5. Christine Christol Filippovits	Austria	3:02.6		+10.6s	2	16	20.
6. Lyudmila Korobova	Soviet Union	3:02.7		+10.7s	7	18	21.
7. Luciana Marcellini	Italy	3:09.8		+17.8s	1	12	26.

Heat 1		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Barbara Gobel	UT Germany	2:54.2	OR	+2.2s	4	17	4.
2. Rosemary Lassig	Australia	2:57.4		+5.4s	3	19	11.
3. Yoshiko Takamatsu	Japan	2:57.6		+5.6s	5	22	12.
4. Michele Pialat	France	3:02.2		+10.2s	2	18	19.
5. Eve-Mai Uusmees-Maurer	Soviet Union	3:03.1		+11.1s	6	23	22.
6. Margaret Miners	South Rhodesia	3:05.2		+13.2s	1	16	23.
7. Christine Christl Wober	Austria	3:09.3		+17.3s	7	17	25.
8. Maya Hungerbuhler	Switzerland	3:10.1		+18.1s	8	17	27.

Final 21:25		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Anita Lonsbrough	Great Britain	2:49.5		WR	5	19	1.
2. Wiltrud Urselmann	UT Germany	2:50.0		+0.5s	4	18	2.
3. Barbara Gobel	UT Germany	2:53.6		+4.1s	6	17	3.
4. Ada Den Haan	Netherlands	2:54.4		+4.9s	3	19	4.
5. Gretta Kok	Netherlands	2:54.6		+5.1s	2	15	5.
6. Anne Warner	United States	2:55.4		+5.9s	8	15	6.
7. Patty Kempner	United States	2:55.5		+6.0s	7	18	7.
8. Dorrit Gosmer Kristensen	Denmark	2:55.7		+6.2s	1	22	8.
Heats		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Wiltrud Urselmann	UT Germany	2:52.0	OR		4	18	1.
1. Anita Lonsbrough	Great Britain	2:53.3	OR	+1.3s	4	19	2.
1. Ada Den Haan	Netherlands	2:54.0		+2.0s	5	19	3.
1. Barbara Gobel	UT Germany	2:54.2	OR	+2.2s	4	17	4.
2. Gretta Kok	Netherlands	2:55.2		+3.2s	5	15	5.
4. Patty Kempner	United States	2:55.5		+3.5s	2	18	6.
5. Dorrit Gosmer Kristensen	Denmark	2:56.2		+4.2s	6	22	7.
2. Anne Warner	United States	2:56.3		+4.3s	4	15	8.
5. Christine Loraine Gosden	Great Britain	2:56.9		+4.9s	3	20	9.
3. Elena Zennaro	Italy	2:57.0		+5.0s	7	17	10.
2. Rosemary Lassig	Australia	2:57.4		+5.4s	3	19	11.
3. Yoshiko Takamatsu	Japan	2:57.6		+5.6s	5	22	12.
2. Klara Killermann Bartos	Hungary	2:58.7		+6.7s	5	31	13.
3. Barbro Eriksson	Sweden	2:59.8		+7.8s	3	16	14.
4. Inge Andersen	Denmark	2:59.9		+7.9s	6	16	15.
5. Janet Hogan	Australia	3:00.3		+8.3s	2	15	16.
4. Amelie Mirkovitch	France	3:01.5		+9.5s	6	18	17.
6. Marta Kadelkova	Czechoslovakia	3:01.7		+9.7s	3	16	18.
4. Michele Pialat	France	3:02.2		+10.2s	2	18	19.
5. Christine Christol Filippovits	Austria	3:02.6		+10.6s	2	16	20.
6. Lyudmila Korobova	Soviet Union	3:02.7		+10.7s	7	18	21.
5. Eve-Mai Uusmees-Maurer	Soviet Union	3:03.1		+11.1s	6	23	22.
6. Margaret Miners	South Rhodesia	3:05.2		+13.2s	1	16	23.
6. Judith Mchale	Canada	3:07.7		+15.7s	7	17	24.
7. Christine Christl Wober	Austria	3:09.3		+17.3s	7	17	25.
7. Luciana Marcellini	Italy	3:09.8		+17.8s	1	12	26.
8. Maya Hungerbuhler	Switzerland	3:10.1		+18.1s	8	17	27.
7. Isabel Castane Lopez	Spain	3:10.4		+18.4s	8	14	28.
7. Regina Freitas Veloso	Portugal	3:13.3		+21.3s	1	21	29.
-. Suzette Schmidlin	Switzerland	DNS			1	25	-.

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