Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 26 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]

Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date26 July
Competitors16 from 11 nations
Winning time4:36.29 WR
Medalists
Petra Schneider  East Germany
Sharron Davies  Great Britain
Agnieszka Czopek  Poland

The eventual gold medal winner, Petra Schneider, later admitted that her performance was aided by the use of steroids as part of the East German state-run doping programme.[2]

Records

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

World record Tracy Caulkins (USA)4:40.83West Berlin, West Germany23 August 1978
Olympic record Ulrike Tauber (GDR)4:42.77Montreal, Canada24 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
26 JulyFinalPetra Schneider East Germany4:36.29WR, OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Petra Schneider East Germany4:46.53Q
23Agnieszka Czopek Poland4:49.04Q
33Magdalena Białas Poland4:51.59Q
42Ulrike Tauber East Germany4:51.97Q
52Grit Slaby East Germany4:52.01Q
61Sharron Davies Great Britain4:52.38Q
71Olga Klevakina Soviet Union4:55.99Q
82Sonya Dangalakova Bulgaria4:56.26Q
92Christel Fechner Belgium4:56.92
103Ann-Sofi Roos Sweden4:57.13
113Lisa Curry Australia5:01.58
121Sarah Kerswell Great Britain5:03.75
131Mariana Paraschiv Romania5:04.56
143Irinel Panulescu Romania5:07.74
153Catherine Bohan Ireland5:21.82
161Maria Pia Ayora Peru5:27.19
1Klára Gulyás HungaryDNS
2Michelle Ford Australia
2Lisa Forrest Australia
2Susanne Nielsson Denmark

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Petra Schneider East Germany4:36.29WR
Sharron Davies Great Britain4:46.83
Agnieszka Czopek Poland4:48.17
4Grit Slaby East Germany4:48.54
5Ulrike Tauber East Germany4:49.18
6Sonya Dangalakova Bulgaria4:49.25
7Olga Klevakina Soviet Union4:50.91
8Magdalena Białas Poland4:53.30

References

  1. "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 484. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  2. "Schneider Fesses Up". Swimming World. 13 April 1998. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2006.
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