Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
| Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Pool | ||||||||||||
| Date | 21 July (heats and final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 39 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:33.35 (WR) | ||||||||||||
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Marina Kosheveya |
 Soviet Union
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Marina Yurchenya |
Soviet Union
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Lyubov Rusanova |
Soviet Union
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics, took place on July 21, at the Olympic Pool in Montreal, Canada. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the twelfth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 39 competitors from 22 nations participated in the event.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:
The following records were established during the competition:
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