Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics, took place on July 21, at the Olympic Pool in Montreal, Canada. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the twelfth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 39 competitors from 22 nations participated in the event.COJO 76, p. 473

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeORWR 21 July Heat 1 Marina Kosheveya 2:35.14 OR 21 July Final Marina Kosheveya 2:33.35 OR WR

Results

Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes1 1 2:35.14 Q, OR2 5 2:37.13 Q3 4 2:37.13 Q4 4 2:37.45 Q5 2 2:37.92 Q6 1 2:38.26 Q7 3 2:39.01 Q8 5 2:39.06 Q9 3 2:39.27 10 5 2:39.59 11 3 2:39.94 12 2 2:41.09 13 2 2:41.38 14 2 2:41.61 15 2 2:41.66 16 1 2:41.85 17 4 2:41.98 18 4 2:42.05 19 2 2:42.58 20 4 2:43.88 21 2 2:44.08 22 5 2:44.11 23 3 2:45.08 24 4 2:45.31 25 5 2:45.57 26 3 2:45.63 27 3 2:45.96 28 3 2:46.04 29 4 2:47.16 30 5 2:47.55 31 1 2:47.69 32 1 2:50.11 33 1 2:50.78 34 4 2:52.71 35 5 2:53.08 36 3 2:53.60 37 1 2:56.76 38 2 2:59.51 39 1 — DNS

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 2:33.35 WR 2:36.08 2:36.22 4 2:36.49 5 2:36.97 6 2:38.27 7 2:38.37 8 2:39.01

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