Women 200m Breaststroke Swimming XVIII Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo, Japan - Monday, 12th October

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 Union	2:46.4	OR		6	15
2. Claudia Kolb	United States	2:47.6		+1.2s	2	14
3. Svetlana Babanina	Soviet Union	2:48.6		+2.2s	4	21
4. Stella Mitchell	Great Britain	2:49.0		+2.6s	3	17
5. Jill Slattery	Great Britain	2:49.6		+3.2s	1	19
6. Barbel Grimmer	UT Germany	2:51.0		+4.6s	5	19
7. Klenie Bimolt	Netherlands	2:51.3		+4.9s	8	19
8. Ursula Kuper	UT Germany	2:53.9		+7.5s	7	26

28 Competitors from 15 Nations. Yoyogi National Gymansium.
1968 Women 200m Breaststroke	Women 200m Breaststroke History	1968 Women 200m Breaststroke

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

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

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 October

Best 8 times advanced to Final.

Heat 4		time	gap	L	Y	Rk	100m
1. Jill Slattery	Great Britain	2:50.2	+1.9s	2	19	7.	1:21.4
2. Vivien Haddon	New Zealand	2:53.4	+5.1s	1	19	11.	1:23.2
3. Geertruida Looijs	Netherlands	2:54.5	+6.2s	3	18	12.	1:23.2
4. Alexandra Hauka Nitta	United States	2:58.4	+10.1s	6	15	18.	1:25.0
5. Christine Christol Filippovits	Austria	2:59.2	+10.9s	5	20	19.	1:25.4
6. Yoshiko Morizane	Japan	2:59.9	+11.6s	7	16	21.	1:27.7
7. Hin-Yu Li	Hong Kong	3:22.2	+33.9s	4	16	26.	1:35.1

Heat 3		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	100m
1. Svetlana Babanina	Soviet Union	2:48.3	OR		1	21	1.	1:20.8
2. Stella Mitchell	Great Britain	2:48.8		+0.5s	7	17	3.	1:21.6
3. Claudia Kolb	United States	2:49.7		+1.4s	6	14	5.	1:21.6
4. Ursula Kuper	UT Germany	2:50.1		+1.8s	3	26	6.	1:21.6
5. Isabel Castane Lopez	Spain	2:55.7		+7.4s	5	18	16.	1:25.2
6. Linda McGill	Australia	2:59.4		+11.1s	4	18	20.	1:25.3
7. Mariana Jolly	Malaysia	3:11.0		+22.7s	2	16	24.	1:30.0

Heat 2		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	100m
1. Barbel Grimmer	UT Germany	2:48.6	OR	+0.3s	4	19	2.	1:20.9
2. Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	2:49.0		+0.7s	1	15	4.	1:20.7
3. Jacqueline Enfield	Great Britain	2:54.9		+6.6s	7	17	13.	1:23.6
4. Gretta Kok	Netherlands	2:55.4		+7.1s	5	19	15.	1:24.7
5. Susana Norma Peper	Argentina	3:00.0		+11.7s	6	18	22.	1:26.0
-. Marta Egervari	Hungary	DNS			2	21
-. Christine Barnetson	Australia	DSQ			3	16

Heat 1		time	gap	L	Y	Rk	100m
1. Klenie Bimolt	Netherlands	2:50.7	+2.4s	1	19	8.	1:21.6
2. Margueritha I Ruygrok	Australia	2:53.1	+4.8s	7	17	9.	1:21.3
3. Wiltrud Urselmann	UT Germany	2:53.2	+4.9s	6	22	10.	1:22.9
4. Tamara Anne Hazleton	United States	2:55.0	+6.7s	4	16	14.	1:25.6
5. Noriko Yamamoto	Japan	2:57.0	+8.7s	3	20	17.	1:23.4
6. Zsuzsa Kovacs	Hungary	3:06.7	+18.4s	5	18	23.	1:27.4
7. Margaret Harding	Puerto Rico	3:16.0	+27.7s	2	16	25.	1:32.2

Final		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	100m
1. Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	2:46.4	OR		6	15	1.
2. Claudia Kolb	United States	2:47.6		+1.2s	2	14	2.
3. Svetlana Babanina	Soviet Union	2:48.6		+2.2s	4	21	3.
4. Stella Mitchell	Great Britain	2:49.0		+2.6s	3	17	4.
5. Jill Slattery	Great Britain	2:49.6		+3.2s	1	19	5.
6. Barbel Grimmer	UT Germany	2:51.0		+4.6s	5	19	6.
7. Klenie Bimolt	Netherlands	2:51.3		+4.9s	8	19	7.
8. Ursula Kuper	UT Germany	2:53.9		+7.5s	7	26	8.
Heats		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	100m
1. Svetlana Babanina	Soviet Union	2:48.3	OR		1	21	1.	1:20.8
1. Barbel Grimmer	UT Germany	2:48.6	OR	+0.3s	4	19	2.	1:20.9
2. Stella Mitchell	Great Britain	2:48.8		+0.5s	7	17	3.	1:21.6
2. Galina Prozumenshchikova	Soviet Union	2:49.0		+0.7s	1	15	4.	1:20.7
3. Claudia Kolb	United States	2:49.7		+1.4s	6	14	5.	1:21.6
4. Ursula Kuper	UT Germany	2:50.1		+1.8s	3	26	6.	1:21.6
1. Jill Slattery	Great Britain	2:50.2		+1.9s	2	19	7.	1:21.4
1. Klenie Bimolt	Netherlands	2:50.7		+2.4s	1	19	8.	1:21.6
2. Margueritha I Ruygrok	Australia	2:53.1		+4.8s	7	17	9.	1:21.3
3. Wiltrud Urselmann	UT Germany	2:53.2		+4.9s	6	22	10.	1:22.9
2. Vivien Haddon	New Zealand	2:53.4		+5.1s	1	19	11.	1:23.2
3. Geertruida Looijs	Netherlands	2:54.5		+6.2s	3	18	12.	1:23.2
3. Jacqueline Enfield	Great Britain	2:54.9		+6.6s	7	17	13.	1:23.6
4. Tamara Anne Hazleton	United States	2:55.0		+6.7s	4	16	14.	1:25.6
4. Gretta Kok	Netherlands	2:55.4		+7.1s	5	19	15.	1:24.7
5. Isabel Castane Lopez	Spain	2:55.7		+7.4s	5	18	16.	1:25.2
5. Noriko Yamamoto	Japan	2:57.0		+8.7s	3	20	17.	1:23.4
4. Alexandra Hauka Nitta	United States	2:58.4		+10.1s	6	15	18.	1:25.0
5. Christine Christol Filippovits	Austria	2:59.2		+10.9s	5	20	19.	1:25.4
6. Linda McGill	Australia	2:59.4		+11.1s	4	18	20.	1:25.3
6. Yoshiko Morizane	Japan	2:59.9		+11.6s	7	16	21.	1:27.7
5. Susana Norma Peper	Argentina	3:00.0		+11.7s	6	18	22.	1:26.0
6. Zsuzsa Kovacs	Hungary	3:06.7		+18.4s	5	18	23.	1:27.4
7. Mariana Jolly	Malaysia	3:11.0		+22.7s	2	16	24.	1:30.0
7. Margaret Harding	Puerto Rico	3:16.0		+27.7s	2	16	25.	1:32.2
7. Hin-Yu Li	Hong Kong	3:22.2		+33.9s	4	16	26.	1:35.1
-. Marta Egervari	Hungary	DNS			2	21
-. Christine Barnetson	Australia	DSQ			3	16

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