| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex | ||||||||||||
| Date | 26 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 8:28.90 OR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 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 | ||
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 26 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Tracey Wickham (AUS) |
8:24.62 | Edmonton, Canada | 5 August 1978 |
| Olympic record |  Petra Thümer (GDR) |
8:37.14 | Montreal, Canada | 25 July 1976 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July | Heat 1 | Heike Dähne | East Germany |
8:36.09 | OR |
| 26 July | Final | Michelle Ford |  Australia |
8:28.90 | OR |
Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Heike Dähne | East Germany |
8:36.09 | Q, OR |
| 2 | 2 | Ines Diers | East Germany |
8:40.29 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Michelle Ford | Australia |
8:42.36 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Irina Aksyonova |  Soviet Union |
8:44.42 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Pascale Verbauwen | Belgium |
8:45.12 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Oksana Komissarova | Soviet Union |
8:45.80 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Ines Geißler | East Germany |
8:46.96 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Yelena Ivanova | Soviet Union |
8:47.33 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Rosemary Brown | Australia |
8:49.47 | |
| 10 | 2 | Jacquelene Willmott | Great Britain |
8:50.51 | |
| 11 | 2 | Reggie de Jong | Netherlands |
8:54.49 | |
| 12 | 1 | Roberta Felotti | Italy |
8:58.54 | |
| 13 | 2 | Sofia Dara |  Greece |
9:02.37 | |
| 14 | 2 | Nikole Schrepfer | Switzerland |
9:15.11 | |
| 1 | Klára Gulyás |  Hungary |
DNS | ||
| 1 | María Pia Ayora |  Peru |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Michelle Ford | Australia |
8:28.90 | OR |
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Ines Diers | East Germany |
8:32.55 | |
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Heike Dähne | East Germany |
8:33.48 | |
| 4 | Irina Aksyonova | Soviet Union |
8:38.05 | |
| 5 | Oksana Komissarova | Soviet Union |
8:42:04 | |
| 6 | Pascale Verbauwen | Belgium |
8:44.84 | |
| 7 | Ines Geißler | East Germany |
8:45.28 | |
| 8 | Yelena Ivanova | Soviet Union |
8:46.45 |
References
- "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 476. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
| Olympic champions in women's 800 m freestyle | |
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