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

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 24 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date24 July
Competitors22 from 14 nations
Winning time1:58.33 OR
Medalists
Barbara Krause  East Germany
Ines Diers  East Germany
Carmela Schmidt  East Germany

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Cynthia Woodhead (USA)1:58.23Tokyo, Japan3 September 1979
Olympic record Kornelia Ender (GDR)1:59.26Montreal, Canada22 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
24 JulyFinalBarbara Krause East Germany1:58.33OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Ines Diers East Germany2:00.27Q
24Barbara Krause East Germany2:01.18Q
33Carmela Schmidt East Germany2:02.32Q
44Olga Klevakina Soviet Union2:02.36Q
51Reggie de Jong Netherlands2:02.66Q
61Nataliya Strunnikova Soviet Union2:03.36Q
71Irina Aksyonova Soviet Union2:03.63Q
83June Croft Great Britain2:03.95Q
92Annelies Maas Netherlands2:04.07
103Rosemary Brown Australia2:04.59
114Guylaine Berger France2:04.60
124Pascale Verbauwen Belgium2:05.34
133Sonya Dangalakova Bulgaria2:05.67
141Natalia Más Spain2:05.73
154Tina Gustafsson Sweden2:05.84
162Karen Van der Graaf Australia2:06.06
171Sofia Dara Greece2:07.56
183Jacquelene Willmott Great Britain2:08.04
192Dobrinka Mincheva Bulgaria2:09.09
203Irinel Pănulescu Romania2:09.94
214Celeste García Peru2:13.05
223Soad Fezzani Libya2:30.14
1Isabel Reuss MexicoDNS
2Agneta Eriksson Sweden
2María París Costa Rica
4Michelle Ford Australia

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Barbara Krause East Germany1:58.33OR
Ines Diers East Germany1:59.64
Carmela Schmidt East Germany2:01.44
4Olga Klevakina Soviet Union2:02.29
5Reggie de Jong Netherlands2:02.76
6June Croft Great Britain2:03.15
7Natalya Strunnikova Soviet Union2:03.74
8Irina Aksyonova Soviet Union2:04.00

References

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