Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Olympic History of the Women's 200m Breaststroke?

I'm supposed to do a project for the olympic history of the women's 200m breaststroke, but I'm having trouble finding information. I need a site that can tell me the person and time for every year of the Olympics since they started doing the women's 200m breaststroke in the olympics. Thanks.|||Women's 200m Breaststroke was first introduced at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and was never dropped.


In 1924 the medallists were:


1. Lucille Morton (GBR) 3:33.2


2. Agnes Geraghty (USA) 3:34.0


3. Gladys Carson (GBR) 3:35.4





1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam


1. Hilde Schrader (GER) 3:12.6


2. Mietje Baron (NED) 3:15.2


3. Charlotte M眉he (GER) 3:17.6





1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles


1. Clare Dennis (AUS) 3:06.3


2. Hideko Maehata (JPN) 3:06.4


3. Else Jacobsen (DEN) 3:07.1





1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin


1. Hideko Maehata (JPN) 3:03.6


2. Martha Genenger (GER) 3:04.2


3. Inge S酶rensen (DEN) 3:07.8





1948 Summer Olympics in London


1. Nel van Vliet (NED) 2:57.2


2. Nancy Lyons (AUS) 2:57.7


3. 脡va Nov谩k (HUN) 3:00.2





1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki


1. 脡va Sz茅kely (HUN) 2:51.7


2. 脡va Nov谩k (HUN) 2:54.4


3. Helen Gordon (GBR) 2:57.6





1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne


1. Ursula Happe (GER) 2:53.1


2. 脡va Sz茅kely (HUN) 2:54.8


3. Eva-Maria Elsen (GER) 2:55.1





1960 Summer Olympics in Rome


1. Anita Lonsbrough (GBR) 2:49.5


2. Witrud Urselmann (GER) 2:50.0


3. Barbara G枚bem (GER) 2:53.6





1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo


1. Galina Prozumenschikova (URS) 2:46.4


2. Claudia Kolb (USA) 2:47.6


3. Svetlana Babanina (URS) 2:48.6





1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City


1. Sharon Wichman (USA) 2:44.4


2. 膼ur膽ica Bjedov (YUG) 2:46.4


3. Galina Prozumenschikova (URS) 2:47.0





1972 Summer Olympics in Munich


1. Beverley Whitfield (USA) 2:41.05


2. Dana Schoenfield (USA) 2:42.05


3. Galina Stepanova (URS) 2:42.36





1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal


1. Marina Koshevaya (URS) 2:33.35


2. Marina Yurchenya (URS) 2:36.08


3. Lyubov Rusanova (URS) 2:36.22





1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow


1. Lina Kaciusyte (URS) 2:29.54


2. Svetlana Varganova (URS) 2:29.31


3. Yuliya Bogdanova (URS) 2:32.39





1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles


1. Anne Ottenbrite (CAN) 2:30.38


2. Susan Rapp (USA) 2:31.15


3. Ingrid Lempereur (BEL) 2:31.40





1988 Summer Olympics in Seul


1. Silke H枚rner (GDR) 2:26.71


2. Huang Xiaomin (CHN) 2:27.49


3. Antoaneta Frenkeva (BUL) 2:28.34





1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona


1. Kyoko Iwasaki (JAP) 2:26.65


2. Li Lin (CHN) 2:26.85


3. Anita Nall (USA) 2:26.88





1996 Summer Olympic in Atlanta


1. Penelope Heyns (RSA) 2:25.41


2. Amanda Beard (USA) 2:25.75


3. 脕gnes Kov谩cs (HUN) 2:26.57





2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney


1. 脕gnes Kov谩cs (HUN) 2:24.35


2. Kristy Kowal (AUS) 2:24.56


3. Amanda Beard (USA) 2:25.35





2004 Summer Olympics in Athens


1. Amanda Beard (USA) 2:23.37 - current Olympic Record


2. Leisel Jones (AUS) 2:23.60


3. Anne Poleska (GER) 2:25.82





This is how the world record progression looked like:


1 Agnes Geraghty (USA) 3:27.6 (16.07.1924) Paris, FRA


2 Hilde Schrader (GER) 3:11.6 (7.08.1928) Amsterdam, NED


3 Hilde Schrader (GER) 3:11.2 (7.08.1928) Amsterdam, NED


4 Clare Dennis (AUS) 3:08.2 (6.08.1932) Los Angeles, CA, USA


5 Clare Dennis (AUS) 3:06.3 (9.08.1932) Los Angeles, CA, USA


6 Hideko Maehata (JPN) 3:01.9 (8.08.1936) Berlin, GER


7 Nel Van Vliet (NED) 2:57.4 (1.08.1948) London, ENG


8 Nel Van Vliet (NED) 2:57.0 (1.08.1948) London, ENG


9 脡va Novak (HUN) 2:54.0 (26.07.1952) Helsinki, FIN


10 Eva Szekely (HUN) 2:51.7 (29.07.1952) Helsinki, FIN


11 Anita Lonsbrough (GBR) 2:49.5 (27.08.1960) Rome, ITA


12 Svetlana Babanina (URS) 2:48.3 (11.10.1964) Tokyo, JPN


13 Galina Prozumenshchikova (URS) 2:46.4 (12.10.1964) Tokyo, JPN


14 Sharon Wichman (USA) 2:44.4 (23.10.1968) Mexico City, MEX


15 脕gnes Kaczander (HUN) 2:43.13 (29.08.1972) Munich, FRG


16 Beverly Whitfield (AUS) 2:41.71 (29.08.1972) Munich, FRG


17 Marina Koshevaia (URS) 2:35.14 (21.07.1976) Montreal, CAN


18 Marina Koshevaia (URS) 2:33.35 (21.07.1976) Montreal, CAN


19 Svetlana Varganova (URS) 2:29.77 (26.07.1980) Moscow, URS


20 Lina Kachushite (URS) 2:29.54 (23.07.1980) Moscow, URS


21 Silke Horner (GDR) 2:27.63 (20.09.1988) Seoul, KOR


22 Silke Horner (GDR) 2:26.71 (21.09.1988) Seoul, KOR


23 Kyoko Iwasaki (JPN) 2:26.65 (27.07.1992) Barcelona, ESP


24 Penelope Heyns (RSA) 2:26.63 (23.07.1996) Atlanta, GA, USA


25 Penelope Heyns (RSA) 2:25.41 (23.07.1996) Atlanta, GA, USA


26 脕gnes Kovacs (HUN) 2:24.92 (20.09.2000) Sydney, AUS


27 脕gnes Kovacs (HUN) 2:24.03 (20.09.2000) Sydney, AUS


28 Amanda Beard (USA) 2:23.37 (19.08.2004) Athens, GRE|||Look at www.olympics.org this is the official site of the Olympics and they have a history of every game along with winners of all medals and a history on the athletes.

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