Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The women’s 200 metre breaststroke event included in the swimming competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place on August 26–27 at the Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto. In this event swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the eighth appearance of the event which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 30 competitors from 19 nations participated in the event.