Women 200m Breaststroke Swimming XVII Olympic Games 1960 Rome, Italy - Saturday, 27th September - Gold Medal: Amite Lonsborough, Great Britain
Final 21:25 time gapLY
1. Anita LonsbroughGBR Great Britain2:49.5 WR519
2. Wiltrud UrselmannGER UT Germany2:50.0 +0.5s418
3. Barbara GobelGER UT Germany2:53.6 +4.1s617
4. Ada Den HaanNED Netherlands2:54.4 +4.9s319
5. Gretta KokNED Netherlands2:54.6 +5.1s215
6. Anne WarnerUSA United States2:55.4 +5.9s815
7. Patty KempnerUSA United States2:55.5 +6.0s718
8. Dorrit Gosmer KristensenDEN Denmark2:55.7 +6.2s122
19 Competitors from 30 Nations. Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto.
1964 Women 200m BreaststrokeWomen 200m Breaststroke History1956 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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Men 100m FreestyleWomen 100m Freestyle
Men 400m FreestyleWomen 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle
Men 100m BackstrokeWomen 100m Backstroke
Men 200m BreaststrokeWomen 200m Breaststroke
Men 200m ButterflyWomen 100m Butterfly
Men 4x200m Freestyle RelayWomen 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x100m Medley RelayWomen 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 gapLYRk
1. Ada Den HaanNED Netherlands2:54.0 +2.0s5193.
2. Anne WarnerUSA United States2:56.3 +4.3s4158.
3. Elena ZennaroITA Italy2:57.0 +5.0s71710.
4. Inge AndersenDEN Denmark2:59.9 +7.9s61615.
5. Janet HoganAUS Australia3:00.3 +8.3s21516.
6. Marta KadelkovaTCH Czechoslovakia3:01.7 +9.7s31618.
7. Regina Freitas VelosoPOR Portugal3:13.3 +21.3s12129.
Heat 3 time gapLYRk
1. Wiltrud UrselmannGER UT Germany2:52.0OR 4181.
2. Gretta KokNED Netherlands2:55.2 +3.2s5155.
4. Patty KempnerUSA United States2:55.5 +3.5s2186.
5. Dorrit Gosmer KristensenDEN Denmark2:56.2 +4.2s6227.
5. Christine Loraine GosdenGBR Great Britain2:56.9 +4.9s3209.
6. Judith MchaleCAN Canada3:07.7 +15.7s71724.
7. Isabel Castane LopezESP Spain3:10.4 +18.4s81428.
-. Suzette SchmidlinSUI SwitzerlandDNS 125-.
Heat 2 time gapLYRk
1. Anita LonsbroughGBR Great Britain2:53.3OR+1.3s4192.
2. Klara Killermann BartosHUN Hungary2:58.7 +6.7s53113.
3. Barbro ErikssonSWE Sweden2:59.8 +7.8s31614.
4. Amelie MirkovitchFRA France3:01.5 +9.5s61817.
5. Christine Christol FilippovitsAUT Austria3:02.6 +10.6s21620.
6. Lyudmila KorobovaURS Soviet Union3:02.7 +10.7s71821.
7. Luciana MarcelliniITA Italy3:09.8 +17.8s11226.
Heat 1 time gapLYRk
1. Barbara GobelGER UT Germany2:54.2OR+2.2s4174.
2. Rosemary LassigAUS Australia2:57.4 +5.4s31911.
3. Yoshiko TakamatsuJPN Japan2:57.6 +5.6s52212.
4. Michele PialatFRA France3:02.2 +10.2s21819.
5. Eve-Mai Uusmees-MaurerURS Soviet Union3:03.1 +11.1s62322.
6. Margaret MinersRHO South Rhodesia3:05.2 +13.2s11623.
7. Christine Christl WoberAUT Austria3:09.3 +17.3s71725.
8. Maya HungerbuhlerSUI Switzerland3:10.1 +18.1s81727.
Final 21:25 time gapLYRk
1. Anita LonsbroughGBR Great Britain2:49.5 WR5191.
2. Wiltrud UrselmannGER UT Germany2:50.0 +0.5s4182.
3. Barbara GobelGER UT Germany2:53.6 +4.1s6173.
4. Ada Den HaanNED Netherlands2:54.4 +4.9s3194.
5. Gretta KokNED Netherlands2:54.6 +5.1s2155.
6. Anne WarnerUSA United States2:55.4 +5.9s8156.
7. Patty KempnerUSA United States2:55.5 +6.0s7187.
8. Dorrit Gosmer KristensenDEN Denmark2:55.7 +6.2s1228.
Heats time gapLYRk
1. Wiltrud UrselmannGER UT Germany2:52.0OR 4181.
1. Anita LonsbroughGBR Great Britain2:53.3OR+1.3s4192.
1. Ada Den HaanNED Netherlands2:54.0 +2.0s5193.
1. Barbara GobelGER UT Germany2:54.2OR+2.2s4174.
2. Gretta KokNED Netherlands2:55.2 +3.2s5155.
4. Patty KempnerUSA United States2:55.5 +3.5s2186.
5. Dorrit Gosmer KristensenDEN Denmark2:56.2 +4.2s6227.
2. Anne WarnerUSA United States2:56.3 +4.3s4158.
5. Christine Loraine GosdenGBR Great Britain2:56.9 +4.9s3209.
3. Elena ZennaroITA Italy2:57.0 +5.0s71710.
2. Rosemary LassigAUS Australia2:57.4 +5.4s31911.
3. Yoshiko TakamatsuJPN Japan2:57.6 +5.6s52212.
2. Klara Killermann BartosHUN Hungary2:58.7 +6.7s53113.
3. Barbro ErikssonSWE Sweden2:59.8 +7.8s31614.
4. Inge AndersenDEN Denmark2:59.9 +7.9s61615.
5. Janet HoganAUS Australia3:00.3 +8.3s21516.
4. Amelie MirkovitchFRA France3:01.5 +9.5s61817.
6. Marta KadelkovaTCH Czechoslovakia3:01.7 +9.7s31618.
4. Michele PialatFRA France3:02.2 +10.2s21819.
5. Christine Christol FilippovitsAUT Austria3:02.6 +10.6s21620.
6. Lyudmila KorobovaURS Soviet Union3:02.7 +10.7s71821.
5. Eve-Mai Uusmees-MaurerURS Soviet Union3:03.1 +11.1s62322.
6. Margaret MinersRHO South Rhodesia3:05.2 +13.2s11623.
6. Judith MchaleCAN Canada3:07.7 +15.7s71724.
7. Christine Christl WoberAUT Austria3:09.3 +17.3s71725.
7. Luciana MarcelliniITA Italy3:09.8 +17.8s11226.
8. Maya HungerbuhlerSUI Switzerland3:10.1 +18.1s81727.
7. Isabel Castane LopezESP Spain3:10.4 +18.4s81428.
7. Regina Freitas VelosoPOR Portugal3:13.3 +21.3s12129.
-. Suzette SchmidlinSUI SwitzerlandDNS 125-.
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