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200 metres Breaststroke, Women

Date	26 – 27 August 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Roma
Participants	29 from 19 countries

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.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Anita Lonsbrough	GBR	2:53.3 (1 h2)	2:49.5 (1)	Gold
2	Wiltrud Urselmann	GER	2:52.0 (1 h3)	2:50.0 (2)	Silver
3	Barbara Göbel	GER	2:54.2 (1 h1)	2:53.6 (3)	Bronze
4	Ada den Haan	NED	2:54.0 (1 h4)	2:54.4 (4)
5	Gretta Kok	NED	2:55.2 (2 h3)	2:54.6 (5)
6	Anne Warner	USA	2:56.3 (2 h4)	2:55.4 (6)
7	Patty Kempner	USA	2:55.5 (3 h3)	2:55.5 (7)
8	Dorrit Kristensen	DEN	2:56.2 (4 h3)	2:55.7 (8)
9	Christine Gosden	GBR	2:56.9 (5 h3)	–
10	Elena Zennaro	ITA	2:57.0 (3 h4)	–
11	Rosemary Lassig	AUS	2:57.4 (2 h1)	–
12	Yoshiko Takamatsu	JPN	2:57.6 (3 h1)	–
13	Klára Killermann-Bartos	HUN	2:58.7 (2 h2)	–
14	Barbro Eriksson	SWE	2:59.8 (3 h2)	–
15	Inge Andersen	DEN	2:59.9 (4 h4)	–
16	Janet Hogan	AUS	3:00.3 (5 h4)	–
17	Amélie Mirkowitch	FRA	3:01.5 (4 h2)	–
18	Marta Kadlecová	TCH	3:01.7 (6 h4)	–
19	Michèle Pialat	FRA	3:02.2 (4 h1)	–
20	Christl Filippovits	AUT	3:02.6 (5 h2)	–
21	Lyudmila Korobova	URS	3:02.7 (6 h2)	–
22	Eve Maurer	URS	3:03.1 (5 h1)	–
23	Meg Miners	RHO	3:05.2 (6 h1)	–
24	Judith McHale	CAN	3:07.7 (6 h3)	–
25	Christl Wöber	AUT	3:09.3 (7 h1)	–
26	Luciana Marcellini	ITA	3:09.8 (7 h2)	–
27	Maya Hungerbühler	SUI	3:10.1 (8 h1)	–
28	Isabel Castañe	ESP	3:10.4 (7 h3)	–
29	Regina Veloso	POR	3:13.3 (7 h4)	–
DNS	Suzette Schmidlin	SUI	– (DNS h3)	–

Round One (26 August 1960 — 9:55)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	4	Barbara Göbel	GER	1:24.5 (1) 1:29.7 (1)	2:54.2	QOR
2	3	Rosemary Lassig	AUS	1:25.5 (2) 1:31.9 (3)	2:57.4
3	5	Yoshiko Takamatsu	JPN	1:25.9 (3) 1:31.7 (2)	2:57.6
4	2	Michèle Pialat	FRA	1:26.7 (4) 1:35.5 (4)	3:02.2
5	6	Eve Maurer	URS	1:27.3 (5) 1:35.8 (5)	3:03.1
6	1	Meg Miners	RHO	1:28.0 (6) 1:37.2 (6)	3:05.2
7	7	Christl Wöber	AUT	1:28.3 (7) 1:41.0 (8)	3:09.3
8	8	Maya Hungerbühler	SUI	1:29.4 (8) 1:40.7 (7)	3:10.1

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	4	Anita Lonsbrough	GBR	1:23.4 (1) 1:29.9 (1)	2:53.3	QOR
2	5	Klára Killermann-Bartos	HUN	1:23.8 (2) 1:34.9 (=3)	2:58.7
3	3	Barbro Eriksson	SWE	1:26.8 (5) 1:33.0 (2)	2:59.8
4	6	Amélie Mirkowitch	FRA	1:26.6 (4) 1:34.9 (=3)	3:01.5
5	2	Christl Filippovits	AUT	1:27.5 (6) 1:35.1 (5)	3:02.6
6	7	Lyudmila Korobova	URS	1:24.5 (3) 1:38.2 (6)	3:02.7
7	1	Luciana Marcellini	ITA	1:29.6 (7) 1:40.2 (7)	3:09.8

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	4	Wiltrud Urselmann	GER	1:21.6 (1) 1:30.4 (1)	2:52.0	QOR
2	5	Gretta Kok	NED	1:24.5 (3) 1:30.7 (2)	2:55.2	Q
3	2	Patty Kempner	USA	1:24.4 (2) 1:31.1 (3)	2:55.5	Q
4	6	Dorrit Kristensen	DEN	1:24.7 (=4) 1:31.5 (4)	2:56.2	Q
5	3	Christine Gosden	GBR	1:24.7 (=4) 1:32.2 (5)	2:56.9
6	7	Judith McHale	CAN	1:29.2 (6) 1:38.5 (7)	3:07.7
7	8	Isabel Castañe	ESP	1:32.9 (7) 1:37.5 (6)	3:10.4
DNS	1	Suzette Schmidlin	SUI	– (–) –	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	5	Ada den Haan	NED	1:24.4 (1) 1:29.6 (1)	2:54.0	Q
2	4	Anne Warner	USA	1:25.5 (3) 1:30.8 (2)	2:56.3	Q
3	7	Elena Zennaro	ITA	1:25.2 (2) 1:31.8 (3)	2:57.0
4	6	Inge Andersen	DEN	1:25.6 (4) 1:34.3 (4)	2:59.9
5	2	Janet Hogan	AUS	1:25.7 (5) 1:34.6 (6)	3:00.3
6	3	Marta Kadlecová	TCH	1:27.3 (6) 1:34.4 (5)	3:01.7
7	1	Regina Veloso	POR	1:29.9 (7) 1:43.4 (7)	3:13.3

Final (27 August 1960 — 21:25)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	5	Anita Lonsbrough	GBR	1:22.2 (2) 1:27.3 (1)	2:49.5	WR
2	4	Wiltrud Urselmann	GER	1:20.2 (1) 1:29.8 (2)	2:50.0
3	6	Barbara Göbel	GER	1:22.9 (=3) 1:30.7 (3)	2:53.6
4	3	Ada den Haan	NED	1:22.9 (=3) 1:31.5 (7)	2:54.4
5	2	Gretta Kok	NED	1:23.5 (5) 1:31.1 (=5)	2:54.6
6	8	Anne Warner	USA	1:24.3 (7) 1:31.1 (=5)	2:55.4
7	7	Patty Kempner	USA	1:24.7 (8) 1:30.8 (4)	2:55.5
8	1	Dorrit Kristensen	DEN	1:23.8 (6) 1:31.9 (8)	2:55.7