Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 26 and August 27. This swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

event used the breaststroke

Breaststroke

The breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on his or her chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to its stability and the ability to keep the head out of the water a large portion of the time. In most swimming classes, beginners learn...

. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Anita Lonsbrough		2:49.5	WR
	Wiltrud Urselmann		2:50.0
	Barbara Goebel		2:53.6
4	Ada den Haan		2:54.4
5	Gretta Kok		2:54.6
6	Anne Warner		2:55.4
7	Patty Kempner Patty Kempner Patricia "Patty" Kempner is a retired medley and breaststroke swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal with the USA's women's team in the 4x100m medley relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy...		2:55.5
8	Dorrit Kristensen		2:55.7

Key: WR = World record

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