Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Michelle Ford  Australia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Ines Diers  East Germany
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Heike Dähne  East Germany

The final of the Women's 800 metres Freestyle event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held in Moscow, Soviet Union, on Saturday 26 July 1980.[1]

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Michelle Ford (AUS) 8:28.90 OR
 Ines Diers (GDR) 8:32.55
 Heike Dähne (GDR) 8:33.48
4.  Irina Aksenova (URS) 8:38.05
5.  Oksana Komissarova (URS) 8:42:04
6.  Pascale Verbauwen (BEL) 8:44.84
7.  Ines Geißler (GDR) 8:45.28
8.  Yelena Ivanova (URS) 8:46.45

Qualifying heats

The qualifying heats were held on Saturday 26 July 1980 in the Olympic Swimming Pool. The fastest 8 swimmers qualified for the final.

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Heike Dähne (GDR) 8:36.09 OR
2.  Irina Aksyonova (URS) 8:44.42
3.  Pascale Verbauwen (BEL) 8:45.12
4.  Oksana Komissarova (URS) 8:45.80
5.  Yelena Ivanova (URS) 8:47.33
6.  Roberta Felotti (ITA) 8:58.54


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Ines Diers (GDR) 8:40.29
2.  Michelle Ford (AUS) 8:42.36
3.  Ines Geißler (GDR) 8:46.96
4.  Rosemary Brown (AUS) 8:49.47
5.  Jacquelene Willmott (GBR) 8:50.51
6.  Reggie de Jong (NED) 8:54.49
7.  Sofia Dara (GRE) 9:02.37
8.  Nikole Schrepfer (SUI) 9:15.11

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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