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

Event:	Women's 100 metre butterfly
Games:	1980 Summer
Venue:	Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date:	23 July (heats) 24 July (final)
Competitors:	24
Nations:	17
Win Value:	1:00.42
Gold:	Caren Metschuck
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Andrea Pollack
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Christiane Knacke
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 23 and 24 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			1:00.91	Q
2	3			1:01.08	Q
3	2			1:01.32	Q
4	4			1:01.93	Q
5	1			1:02.79	Q
6	1			1:02.80	Q
7	4			1:02.84	Q
8	1			1:02.92	Q
9	2			1:02.95
10	3			1:03.17
11	2			1:03.31
12	3			1:03.41
13	2			1:03.62
14	3			1:04.04
15	4			1:04.10
16	4			1:04.39
17	3			1:04.40
18	1			1:04.50
19	2			1:05.34
20	1			1:05.93
21	2			1:06.25
22	4			1:07.81
23	1			1:09.43
24	3			1:12.94
	3			DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:00.42
			1:00.90
			1:01.44
4			1:02.21
5			1:02.40
6			1:02.61
7			1:02.89
8			1:02.90

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, 482.
2. Web site: Swimming at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417112322/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/SWI/womens-100-metres-butterfly.html. dead. 17 April 2020. Sports Reference. 23 February 2017.