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Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date23 July (heats and final)
Competitors25 from 18 nations
Winning time2:29.54 (OR)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lina Kačiušytė  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Svetlana Varganova  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yuliya Bogdanova  Soviet Union
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Swimming at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics, took place on July 23, at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow, Soviet Union. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 25 competitors from 18 nations participated in the event.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:

World record  Lina Kačiušytė (URS) 2:28.36 s Potsdam, East Germany 6 April 1979
Olympic record  Marina Kosheveya (URS) 2:33.35 s Montreal, Canada 21 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time OR WR
23 July Heat 3 Svetlana Varganova  Soviet Union 2:29.77 OR
23 July Final Lina Kačiušytė  Soviet Union 2:29.54 OR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Svetlana Varganova  Soviet Union 2:29.77 Q, OR
2 3 Irena Fleissnerová  Czechoslovakia 2:32.79 Q, NR
3 4 Lina Kačiušytė  Soviet Union 2:33.04 Q
4 2 Yuliya Bogdanova  Soviet Union 2:33.45 Q
5 4 Susanne Nielsson  Denmark 2:34.42 Q
6 2 Silvia Rinka  East Germany 2:34.88 Q
7 1 Bettina Löbel  East Germany 2:35.31 Q
8 1 Ute Geweniger  East Germany 2:35.42 Q
9 3 Eva-Marie Håkansson  Sweden 2:35.64 NR
10 4 Ann-Sofi Roos  Sweden 2:35.99
11 2 Debbie Rudd  Great Britain 2:36.32
12 1 Margaret Kelly  Great Britain 2:37.67
13 4 Tanya Dangalakova  Bulgaria 2:39.11
14 4 Lisa Curry  Australia 2:39.42
15 4 Brigitte Prass  Romania 2:39.90 NR
16 3 Odile Bihan  France 2:40.55
17 4 Sabrina Seminatore  Italy 2:41.77
18 2 Elke Holtz  Mexico 2:42.59 NR
19 1 Brigitte Bosmans  Belgium 2:42.87
20 3 Catherine Bohan  Ireland 2:43.30
21 1 Annick de Susini  France 2:44.03
22 2 Gabriella Kindl  Hungary 2:44.08
23 3 Lynne Tasker  Zimbabwe 2:48.86 NR
24 2 Hoàng Thị Hoà  Vietnam 2:55.94
25 1 Nicole Rajoharison  Madagascar 3:12.40

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lina Kačiušytė  Soviet Union 2:29.54 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Svetlana Varganova  Soviet Union 2:29.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yuliya Bogdanova  Soviet Union 2:32.39
4 Susanne Nielsson  Denmark 2:32.75 NR
5 Irena Fleissnerová  Czechoslovakia 2:33.23
6 Ute Geweniger  East Germany 2:34.34
7 Bettina Löbel  East Germany 2:34.51
8 Silvia Rinka  East Germany 2:35.38

Sources

References

  1. ^ Fizkultura i Sport, p. 483
  2. "World Record Progression; 200 m Breaststroke Long Course Women". Swimming Statistics. www.scmsom.se. 30 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. Mallon, Bill (1988). "Olympic Records by Sport - Swimming". The Olympic Record Book. Garland Publishing. p. 240. ISBN 0824029488.
  4. ^ Schoenfeld, ed., p. 73
Olympic champions in women's 200 m breaststroke
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