Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics, took place on July 23, at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow, Soviet Union. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 25 competitors from 18 nations participated in the event.[1]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date23 July (heats and final)
Competitors25 from 18 nations
Winning time2:29.54 (OR)
Medalists
Lina Kačiušytė  Soviet Union
Svetlana Varganova  Soviet Union
Yuliya Bogdanova  Soviet Union
Swimming at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:

World record Lina Kačiušytė (URS)2:28.36 sPotsdam, East Germany6 April 1979[2]
Olympic record Marina Kosheveya (URS)2:33.35 sMontreal, Canada21 July 1976[3]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeORWR
23 JulyHeat 3Svetlana Varganova Soviet Union2:29.77OR
23 JulyFinalLina Kačiušytė Soviet Union2:29.54OR

Results

Heats
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Svetlana Varganova Soviet Union 2:29.77Q, OR[1]
23 Irena Fleissnerová Czechoslovakia 2:32.79Q, NR[4]
34 Lina Kačiušytė Soviet Union 2:33.04Q
42 Yuliya Bogdanova Soviet Union 2:33.45Q
54 Susanne Nielsson Denmark 2:34.42Q
62 Silvia Rinka East Germany 2:34.88Q
71 Bettina Löbel East Germany 2:35.31Q
81 Ute Geweniger East Germany 2:35.42Q
93 Eva-Marie Håkansson Sweden 2:35.64NR[4]
104 Ann-Sofi Roos Sweden 2:35.99
112 Debbie Rudd Great Britain 2:36.32
121 Margaret Kelly Great Britain 2:37.67
134 Tanya Dangalakova Bulgaria 2:39.11
144 Lisa Curry Australia 2:39.42
154 Brigitte Prass Romania 2:39.90NR[4]
163 Odile Bihan France 2:40.55
174 Sabrina Seminatore Italy 2:41.77
182 Elke Holtz Mexico 2:42.59NR[4]
191 Brigitte Bosmans Belgium 2:42.87
203 Catherine Bohan Ireland 2:43.30
211 Annick de Susini France 2:44.03
222 Gabriella Kindl Hungary 2:44.08
233 Lynne Tasker Zimbabwe 2:48.86NR[4]
242 Hoàng Thị Hoà Vietnam 2:55.94
251 Nicole Rajoharison Madagascar 3:12.40

Final
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Lina Kačiušytė Soviet Union 2:29.54OR[1]
Svetlana Varganova Soviet Union 2:29.61
Yuliya Bogdanova Soviet Union 2:32.39
4 Susanne Nielsson Denmark 2:32.75NR[4]
5 Irena Fleissnerová Czechoslovakia 2:33.23
6 Ute Geweniger East Germany 2:34.34
7 Bettina Löbel East Germany 2:34.51
8 Silvia Rinka East Germany 2:35.38

Sources
  • "Official Report of the Organising Committee of the Games of the XXII Olympiad" (PDF). Volume Three. Fizkultura i Sport. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  • Albert Schoenfeld, ed. (September 1980). "Results from the 1980 Olympic Games (Moscow)" (PDF). Swimming World & Junior Swimmer. Albert Schoenfeld. p. 73. ISSN 0039-7431. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  • "Swimming at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2012.

References
  1. Fizkultura i Sport, p. 483
  2. "World Record Progression; 200 m Breaststroke Long Course Women". Swimming Statistics. www.scmsom.se. 30 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. Mallon, Bill (1988). "Olympic Records by Sport - Swimming". The Olympic Record Book. Garland Publishing. p. 240. ISBN 0824029488.
  4. Schoenfeld, ed., p. 73
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