Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were: The following records were established during the competition:

Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

Section Title: Records
Table Section Text: Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were: The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	OR	WR

August 26	Heat 2	Anita Lonsbrough	Great Britain	2:53.3	OR

August 26	Heat 3	Wiltrud Urselmann	United Team of Germany	2:52.0	OR

August 27	Final	Anita Lonsbrough	Great Britain	2:49.5	OR	WR

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Anita Lonsbrough made world record in Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke, with a time of 2:49.5 in the final.

final_sentence: Anita Lonsbrough made world record in Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke, with a time of 2:49.5 in the final.