Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Swimming events at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and 2. This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Gold	Melissa Belote United States
Silver	Andrea Gyarmati Hungary
Bronze	Susie Atwood United States

Results

Heats

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Semifinals

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Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Melissa Belote	United States	1:05.78	OR
	Andrea Gyarmati	Hungary	1:06.26
	Susie Atwood	United States	1:06.34
4	Karen Moe	United States	1:06.69
5	Wendy Cook-Hogg	Canada	1:06.70
6	Enith Brigitha	Netherlands	1:06.82
7	Christine Herbst	East Germany	1:07.27
8	Silke Pielen	West Germany	1:07.36