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Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 24 and 26 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1][2] [3]

Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date24 July (heats)
26 July (final)
Competitors25 from 19 nations
Winning time1:10.22
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ute Geweniger  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Elvira Vasilkova  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Susanne Nielsson  Denmark
← 1976
1984 →

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Ute Geweniger (GDR) 1:10.20 Magdeburg, East Germany 26 May 1980
Olympic record   Hannelore Anke (GDR) 1:10.86 Montreal, Canada 22 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
24 July Heat 4 Ute Geweniger   East Germany 1:10.11 WR, OR

Results edit

Heats edit

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Ute Geweniger   East Germany 1:10.11 Q, WR
2 1 Elvira Vasilkova   Soviet Union 1:11.03 Q
3 4 Susanne Nielsson   Denmark 1:11.58 Q
4 2 Eva-Marie Håkansson   Sweden 1:12.26 Q
5 3 Monica Bonon   Italy 1:12.36 Q
6 4 Margaret Kelly   Great Britain 1:12.38 Q
7 2 Lina Kačiušytė   Soviet Union 1:12.71 Q
8 2 Suki Brownsdon   Great Britain 1:12.83 Q
9 3 Silvia Rinka   East Germany 1:12.88
10 1 Catherine Poirot   France 1:12.94
11 2 Irena Fleissnerová   Czechoslovakia 1:13.35
12 4 Tanya Bogomilova   Bulgaria 1:13.52
13 1 Sabrina Seminatore   Italy 1:13.76
14 4 Bettina Löbel   East Germany 1:14.32
15 3 Gabriella Kindl   Hungary 1:14.33
16 3 Yuliya Bogdanova   Soviet Union 1:15.04
17 3 Brigitte Prass   Romania 1:15.10
18 4 Elke Holtz   Mexico 1:15.89
19 1 Brigitte Bosmans   Belgium 1:16.68
20 3 Catherine Bohan   Ireland 1:16.84
21 2 Lynne Tasker   Zimbabwe 1:18.81
22 4 María Pia Ayora   Peru 1:20.46
23 3 Phạm Thị Phú   Vietnam 1:22.73
24 2 Nicole Rajoharison   Madagascar 1:24.83
25 1 Garnet Charwat   Nicaragua 1:28.88
1 Lisa Curry   Australia DNS

Final edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Ute Geweniger   East Germany 1:10.22
  Elvira Vasilkova   Soviet Union 1:10.41
  Susanne Nielsson   Denmark 1:11.16
4 Margaret Kelly   Great Britain 1:11.48
5 Eva-Marie Håkansson   Sweden 1:11.72
6 Suki Brownsdon   Great Britain 1:12.11
7 Lina Kačiušytė   Soviet Union 1:12.21
8 Monica Bonon   Italy 1:12.51

References edit

  1. ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 480. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Swimming at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. ^ "100 meters Breaststroke, Women". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
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