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

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
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 mmen
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 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]

Records

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 record was established during the competition:

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

Results

Heats

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ute Geweniger  East Germany 1:10.22
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Elvira Vasilkova  Soviet Union 1:10.41
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  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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