Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre breaststroke
Games:	1980 Summer
Venue:	Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date:	24 July (heats) 26 July (final)
Competitors:	25
Nations:	19
Win Value:	1:10.22
Gold:	Ute Geweniger
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Elvira Vasilkova
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Susanne Nielsson
Bronzenoc:	DEN
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 24 and 26 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Records

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

The following record was established during the competition:

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			1:10.11	Q,
2	1			1:11.03	Q
3	4			1:11.58	Q
4	2			1:12.26	Q
5	3			1:12.36	Q
6	4			1:12.38	Q
7	2			1:12.71	Q
8	2			1:12.83	Q
9	3			1:12.88
10	1			1:12.94
11	2			1:13.35
12	4			1:13.52
13	1			1:13.76
14	4			1:14.32
15	3			1:14.33
16	3			1:15.04
17	3			1:15.10
18	4			1:15.89
19	1			1:16.68
20	3			1:16.84
21	2			1:18.81
22	4			1:20.46
23	3			1:22.73
24	2			1:24.83
25	1			1:28.88
	1			DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:10.22
			1:10.41
			1:11.16
4			1:11.48
5			1:11.72
6			1:12.11
7			1:12.21
8			1:12.51

Notes and References

1. Web site: Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results. Fizkultura i sport. 29 December 2018. 450, 480.
2. Web site: Swimming at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Breaststroke. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165602/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/SWI/womens-100-metres-breaststroke.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 23 February 2017. Sports Reference.
3. Web site: 100 meters Breaststroke, Women . https://web.archive.org/web/20231125202755/https://www.olympedia.org/results/6901 . live . 25 November 2023 . 25 November 2023 . Olympedia.