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Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games:

Women's 200 metres Breaststroke

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Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue(s): Olympic Park Swimming and Diving Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria
Date Started: November 29, 1956
Date Finished: November 30, 1956

Gold: GER Ursula Happe
Silver: HUN Éva Székely
Bronze: GER Eva-Maria ten Elsen

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal
1 Ursula Happe 30 Germany GER Gold OR
2 Éva Székely 29 Hungary HUN Silver
3 Eva-Maria ten Elsen 19 Germany GER Bronze
4 Vinka Jeričević Yugoslavia YUG
5 Klára Killermann-Bartos 27 Hungary HUN
6 Elenor Gordon-McKay 23 Great Britain GBR
7 Mary Sears 17 United States USA
8 Christine Gosden 17 Great Britain GBR
5 h1 r1/2 Colette Goossens 14 Belgium BEL
5 h2 r1/2 Jytte Hansen 24 Denmark DEN
6 h1 r1/2 Elena Zennaro 14 Italy ITA
6 h2 r1/2 Éva Gérard-Novák 26 Belgium BEL
7 h2 r1/2 Barbara Evans Australia AUS
8 h2 r1/2 Ria Tobing Indonesia INA