Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The women’s 200 metre breaststroke event included in the swimming competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics took place on August 29 at the Olympia Schwimmhalle. In this event swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the eleventh appearance of the event which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.