Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke
Women's 200 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex | ||||||||||||
Date | 27 July | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 21 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:11.77 WR | ||||||||||||
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The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1][2]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 2:11.93 | West Berlin, West Germany | 28 August 1978 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 2:13.46 | Montreal, Canada | 25 July 1976 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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27 July | Heat 2 | Rica Reinisch | ![]() | 2:13.00 | OR |
27 July | Final | Rica Reinisch | ![]() | 2:11.77 | WR |
Results
Heats
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Rica Reinisch | ![]() | 2:13.00 | Q, OR |
2 | 3 | Cornelia Polit | ![]() | 2:14.81 | Q |
3 | 1 | Lisa Forrest | ![]() | 2:15.40 | Q |
4 | 3 | Birgit Treiber | ![]() | 2:15.53 | Q |
5 | 2 | Carmen Bunaciu | ![]() | 2:15.88 | Q |
6 | 1 | Yolande Van der Straeten | ![]() | 2:16.62 | Q |
7 | 1 | Larisa Gorchakova | ![]() | 2:16.68 | Q |
8 | 1 | Carine Verbauwen | ![]() | 2:16.96 | Q |
9 | 3 | Jolanda de Rover | ![]() | 2:17.12 | |
10 | 2 | Georgina Parkes | ![]() | 2:17.78 | |
11 | 2 | Helen Jameson | ![]() | 2:17.84 | |
12 | 1 | Jane Admans | ![]() | 2:19.20 | |
13 | 2 | Monique Bosga | ![]() | 2:19.21 | |
14 | 3 | Teresa Rivera | ![]() | 2:21.51 | |
15 | 3 | Yelena Kruglova | ![]() | 2:22.41 | |
16 | 1 | Manuela Carosi | ![]() | 2:22.46 | |
17 | 1 | Michèle Ricaud | ![]() | 2:22.86 | |
18 | 3 | Agnieszka Czopek | ![]() | 2:23.06 | |
19 | 3 | Ágnes Fodor | ![]() | 2:23.56 | |
20 | 3 | Magdalena Białas | ![]() | 2:26.85 | |
21 | 1 | Nguyễn Thị Hồng Bích | ![]() | 2:52.90 | |
2 | Annika Uvehall | ![]() | DNS | ||
2 | Andrea Kálmán | ![]() | |||
2 | María Paris | ![]() |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Rica Reinisch | ![]() | 2:11.77 | WR |
![]() | Cornelia Polit | ![]() | 2:13.75 | |
![]() | Birgit Treiber | ![]() | 2:14.14 | |
4 | Carmen Bunaciu | ![]() | 2:15.20 | |
5 | Yolande van der Straeten | ![]() | 2:15.58 | |
6 | Carine Verbauwen | ![]() | 2:16.66 | |
7 | Lisa Forrest | ![]() | 2:16.75 | |
8 | Larisa Gorchakova | ![]() | 2:17.72 |
References
- ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 478. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ "Swimming at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2017.