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1972 Olympics: Swimming

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff

Men

Event		Time
100m Free	Mark Spitz, USA	51.22	WR
	Jerry Heidenreich, USA	51.65
	Vladimir Bure, USSR	51.77
200m Free	Mark Spitz, USA	1:52.78	WR
	Steven Genter, USA	1:53.73
	Werner Lampe, W. Ger	1:53.99
400m Free	Brad Cooper, USA	4:00.27	OR
	Steven Genter, USA	4:01.94
	Tom McBreen, USA	4:02.64
1500m Free	Mike Burton, USA	15:52.58	WR
	Graham Windeatt, AUS	15:58.48
	Douglas Northway, USA	16:09.25
100m Back	Roland Matthes, E. Ger	56.58	OR
	Mike Stamm, USA	57.70
	John Murphy, USA	58.35
200m Back	Roland Matthes, E. Ger	2:02.82	=WR
	Mike Stamm, USA	2:04.09
	Mitchell Ivey, USA	2:04.33
100m Brst	Nobutaka Taguchi, JPN	1:04.94	WR
	Tom Bruce, USA	1:05.43
	John Hencken, USA	1:05.61
200m Brst	John Hencken, USA	2:21.55	WR
	David Wilkie, GBR	2:23.67
	Nobutaka Taguchi, JPN	2:23.88
100m Fly	Mark Spitz, USA	54.27	WR
	Bruce Robertson, CAN	55.56
	Jerry Heidenreich, USA	55.74
200m Fly	Mark Spitz, USA	2:00.70	WR
	Gary Hall, USA	2:02.86
	Robin Backhaus, USA	2:03.23
200m I.M.	Gunnar Larsson, SWE	2:07.17	WR
	Alexander McKee, USA	2:08.37
	Steven Furniss, USA	2:08.45
400m I.M.	Gunnar Larsson, SWE	4:31.98	OR
	Alexander McKee, USA	4:31.983
	Andras Hargitay, HUN	4:32.700
4x100m Free	USA (Dave Edgar, John Murphy, Jerry Heidenreich, Mark Spitz)	3:26.42	WR
	Soviet Union	3:29.72
	East Germany	3:32.42
4x200m Free	USA (John Kinsella, Fred Tyler, Steve Genter, Mark Spitz)	7:35.78	WR
	West Germany	7:41.69
	Soviet Union	7:45.76
4x100m Mdly	USA (Mike Stamm, Tom Bruce, Mark Spitz, Jerry Heidenreich)	3:48.16	WR
	East Germany	3:52.12
	Canada	3:52.26

Diving		Points
Platform	Klaus Dibiasi, ITA	504.12
	Richard Rydze, USA	480.75
	Franco Cagnotto, ITA	475.83
Spring	Vladimir Vasin, USSR	594.09
	Franco Cagnotto, ITA	591.63
	Craig Lincoln, USA	577.29

Women

Event		Time
100m Free	Sandra Neilson, USA	58.59	OR
	Shirley Babashoff, USA	59.02
	Shane Gould, AUS	59.06
200m Free	Shane Gould, AUS	2:03.56	WR
	Shirley Babashoff, USA	2:04.33
	Keena Rothhammer, USA	2:04.92
400m Free	Shane Gould, AUS	4:19.44	WR
	Novella Calligaris, ITA	4:22.44
	Gudrun Wegner, E. Ger	4:23.11
800m Free	Keena Rothhammer, USA	8:53.68	WR
	Shane Gould, AUS	8:56.39
	Novella Calligaris, ITA	8:57.46
100m Back	Melissa Belote, USA	1:05.78	OR
	Andrea Gyarmati, HUN	1:06.26
	Susan Atwood, USA	1:06.34
200m Back	Melissa Belote, USA	2:19.19	WR
	Susan Atwood, USA	2:20.38
	Donna Marie Gurr, CAN	2:23.22
100m Brst	Cathy Carr, USA	1:13.58	WR
	Galina Stepanova, USSR	1:14.99
	Beverly Whitfield, AUS	1:15.73
200m Brst	Beverly Whitfield, AUS	2:41.71	OR
	Dana Schoenfield, USA	2:42.05
	Galina Stepanova, USSR	2:42.36
100m Fly	Mayumi Aoki, JPN	1:03.34	WR
	Roswitha Beier, E. Ger	1:30.61
	Andrea Gyarmati, HUN	1:03.73
200m Fly	Karen Moe, USA	2:15.57	WR
	Lynn Colella, USA	2:16.34
	Ellie Daniel, USA	2:16.74
200m I.M.	Shane Gould, AUS	2:23.07	WR
	Kornelia Ender, E. Ger	2:23.59
	Lynn Vidali, USA	2:24.06
400m I.M.	Gail Neall, AUS	5:02.97	WR
	Leslie Cliff, CAN	5:03.57
	Novella Calligaris, ITA	5:03.99
4x100m Free	USA (Sandra Neilson, Jennifer Kemp, Jane Barkman, Shirley Babashoff)	3:55.19	WR
	East Germany	3:55.55
	West Germany	3:57.93
4x100m Mdly	USA (Melissa Belote, Cathy Carr, Deena Deardurff, Sandra Neilson)	4:20.75	WR
	East Germany	4:24.91
	West Germany	4:26.46

Diving		Points
Platform	Ulrika Knape, SWE	390.00
	Milena Duchková, CZE	370.92
	Marina Janicke, E. Ger
Spring	Micki King, USA	450.03
	Ulrika Knape, SWE	434.19
	Marina Janicke, E. Ger	430.92

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