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 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | |
| 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 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 |  Linda Jezek (USA) |
2:11.93 | West Berlin, West Germany | 28 August 1978 |
| Olympic record |  Ulrike Richter (GDR) |
2:13.46 | Montreal, Canada | 25 July 1976 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July | Heat 2 | Rica Reinisch | East Germany |
2:13.00 | OR |
| 27 July | Final | Rica Reinisch | East Germany |
2:11.77 | WR |
Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Rica Reinisch | East Germany |
2:13.00 | Q, OR |
| 2 | 3 | Cornelia Polit | East Germany |
2:14.81 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Lisa Forrest |  Australia |
2:15.40 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Birgit Treiber | East Germany |
2:15.53 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Carmen Bunaciu | .svg.png){kind=small} Romania |
2:15.88 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Yolande Van der Straeten | Belgium |
2:16.62 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Larisa Gorchakova |  Soviet Union |
2:16.68 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Carine Verbauwen | Belgium |
2:16.96 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Jolanda de Rover | Netherlands |
2:17.12 | |
| 10 | 2 | Georgina Parkes | Australia |
2:17.78 | |
| 11 | 2 | Helen Jameson | Great Britain |
2:17.84 | |
| 12 | 1 | Jane Admans | Great Britain |
2:19.20 | |
| 13 | 2 | Monique Bosga | Netherlands |
2:19.21 | |
| 14 | 3 | Teresa Rivera |  Mexico |
2:21.51 | |
| 15 | 3 | Yelena Kruglova | Soviet Union |
2:22.41 | |
| 16 | 1 | Manuela Carosi | Italy |
2:22.46 | |
| 17 | 1 | Michèle Ricaud | France |
2:22.86 | |
| 18 | 3 | Agnieszka Czopek |  Poland |
2:23.06 | |
| 19 | 3 | Ágnes Fodor |  Hungary |
2:23.56 | |
| 20 | 3 | Magdalena Białas | Poland |
2:26.85 | |
| 21 | 1 | Nguyễn Thị Hồng Bích |  Vietnam |
2:52.90 | |
| 2 | Annika Uvehall |  Sweden |
DNS | ||
| 2 | Andrea Kálmán | Hungary |
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| 2 | María Paris |  Costa Rica |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Rica Reinisch | East Germany |
2:11.77 | WR |
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Cornelia Polit | East Germany |
2:13.75 | |
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Birgit Treiber | East Germany |
2:14.14 | |
| 4 | Carmen Bunaciu | Romania |
2:15.20 | |
| 5 | Yolande van der Straeten | Belgium |
2:15.58 | |
| 6 | Carine Verbauwen | Belgium |
2:16.66 | |
| 7 | Lisa Forrest | Australia |
2:16.75 | |
| 8 | Larisa Gorchakova | Soviet Union |
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.
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