- Medalists
- Results Heats Final
- References
{{use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}{{SwimmingAt1972SummerOlympics}}The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between September 2 and 3.[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. MedalistsKeena Rothhammer|USA|1972 Summer}} | Shane Gould|AUS|1972 Summer}} | Novella Calligaris|ITA|1972 Summer}} |
ResultsHeatsHeat 1 Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | 1 | Novella Calligaris | {{FlagIOC|ITA|1972 Summer}} | 9:02.96 | 2 | Andrea Eife | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 9:22.88 | 3 | Barbara Schwarzfeldt | {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | 9:24.89 | 4 | María Teresa Ramírez | {{FlagIOC|MEX|1972 Summer}} | 9:25.09 | 5 | Françoise Monod | {{FlagIOC|SUI|1972 Summer}} | 9:50.73 | 6 | Hsu Yue-yun | {{FlagIOC|TPE|1972 Summer}} | 10:08.49 | 7 | Eleni Avlonitou | {{FlagIOC|GRE|1972 Summer}} | 10:10.88 | Heat 2 Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | 1 | Keena Rothhammer | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 8:59.69 | 2 | Hansje Bunschoten | {{FlagIOC|NED|1972 Summer}} | 9:21.13 | 3 | Uta Schütz | {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | 9:22.93 | 4 | Olga de Angulo | {{FlagIOC|COL|1972 Summer}} | 9:43.27 | 5 | Helga Wagner | {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | 9:44.17 | 6 | Olga Petrusyova | {{FlagIOC|URS|1972 Summer}} | 10:04.96 | 7 | Silvia Borgini | {{FlagIOC|ARG|1972 Summer}} | 10:09.19 | Heat 3 Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | 1 | Ann Simmons | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 9:11.94 | 2 | Narelle Moras | {{FlagIOC|AUS|1972 Summer}} | 9:17.95 | 3 | Roselina Angee | {{FlagIOC|COL|1972 Summer}} | 9:38.08 | 4 | June Green | {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | 9:39.91 | 5 | Laura Vaca | {{FlagIOC|MEX|1972 Summer}} | 9:50.10 | 6 | Belinda Phillips | {{FlagIOC|JAM|1972 Summer}} | 9:53.99 | 7 | Avis Willington | {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | 10:10.91 | Heat 4 Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | 1 | Shane Gould | {{FlagIOC|AUS|1972 Summer}} | 9:10.84 | 2 | Gudrun Wegner | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 9:11.32 | 3 | Karin Tülling | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 9:25.73 | 4 | Federica Stabilini | {{FlagIOC|ITA|1972 Summer}} | 9:27.84 | 5 | Mary Beth Rondeau | {{FlagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}} | 9:43.31 | 6 | Antonella Valentini | {{FlagIOC|ITA|1972 Summer}} | 9:49.07 | 7 | Patricia López | {{FlagIOC|ARG|1972 Summer}} | 10:06.39 | Heat 5 Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | 1 | Jo Harshbarger | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 9:14.46 | 2 | Karen Moras | {{FlagIOC|AUS|1972 Summer}} | 9:25.11 | 3 | Jaynie Parkhouse | {{FlagIOC|NZL|1972 Summer}} | 9:34.65 | 4 | Karen LeGresley | {{FlagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}} | 9:37.13 | 5 | Brenda Holmes | {{FlagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}} | 9:39.44 | 6 | Susan Jones | {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | 9:47.35 | 7 | Kirsten Knudsen | {{FlagIOC|DEN|1972 Summer}} | 10:02.56 | 8 | Aisling O'Leary | {{FlagIOC|IRL|1972 Summer}} | 10:18.05 |
Final Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | Keena Rothhammer | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 8:53.68 | WR | Shane Gould | {{FlagIOC|AUS|1972 Summer}} | 8:56.39 | | Novella Calligaris | {{FlagIOC|ITA|1972 Summer}} | 8:57.46 | | 4 | Ann Simmons | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 8:57.62 | | 5 | Gudrun Wegner | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 8:58.89 | | 6 | Jo Harshbarger | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 9:01.21 | | 7 | Hansje Bunschoten | {{FlagIOC|NED|1972 Summer}} | 9:16.69 | | 8 | Narelle Moras | {{FlagIOC|AUS|1972 Summer}} | 9:19.06 | |
Key: WR = World record References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SWI/womens-800-metres-freestyle.html |title=Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle |accessdate=27 November 2016 |work=Sports Reference}}
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