Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly
| Women's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex | ||||||||||||
| Date | 21 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 21 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:10.44 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 | |
| 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 butterfly event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 21 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Mary Meagher (USA) |
2:07.01 | Fort Lauderdale, United States | 3 September 1979 |
| Olympic record |  Andrea Pollack (GDR) |
2:11.41 | Montreal, Canada | 19 July 1976 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July | Final | Ines Geißler | East Germany |
2:10.44 | OR |
Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Michelle Ford |  Australia |
2:12.72 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ines Geißler | East Germany |
2:13.23 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Sybille Schönrock | East Germany |
2:13.68 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Andrea Pollack | East Germany |
2:13.88 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Dorota Brzozowska |  Poland |
2:14.74 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Ann Osgerby | Great Britain |
2:15.17 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Alla Grishchenkova |  Soviet Union |
2:16.01 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Agneta Mårtensson |  Sweden |
2:16.41 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Eva Miklósfalvi |  Hungary |
2:17.32 | |
| 10 | 2 | Cinzia Savi Scarponi | Italy |
2:17.53 | |
| 11 | 2 | Karen Ramsay | Australia |
2:17.82 | |
| 12 | 3 | Sonja Hausladen |  Austria |
2:17.88 | |
| 13 | 1 | Larisa Polivoda | Soviet Union |
2:17.99 | |
| 14 | 2 | Janet Osgerby | Great Britain |
2:18.01 | |
| 15 | 3 | Armi Airaksinen | Sweden |
2:19.39 | |
| 16 | 3 | Małgorzata Różycka | Poland |
2:19.70 | |
| 17 | 2 | Maria Paris |  Costa Rica |
2:21.14 | |
| 18 | 3 | Wilma van Velsen | Netherlands |
2:21.81 | |
| 19 | 1 | Carole Brook | Switzerland |
2:24.82 | |
| 20 | 2 | Marion Michel | Belgium |
2:25.10 | |
| 21 | 1 | Celeste García |  Peru |
2:26.07 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ines Geißler | East Germany |
2:10.44 | OR |
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Sybille Schönrock | East Germany |
2:10.45 | |
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Michelle Ford | Australia |
2:11.66 | |
| 4 | Andrea Pollack | East Germany |
2:12.13 | |
| 5 | Dorota Brzozowska | Poland |
2:14.12 | |
| 6 | Ann Osgerby | Great Britain |
2:14.83 | |
| 7 | Agneta Mårtensson | Sweden |
2:15.22 | |
| 8 | Alla Grishchenkova | Soviet Union |
2:15.70 |
References
- ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 482. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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