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

Event:Women's 200 metre backstroke
Games:1980 Summer
Venue:Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date:27 July
Competitors:21
Nations:13
Win Value:2:11.77
Gold:Rica Reinisch
Goldnoc:GDR
Silver:Cornelia Polit
Silvernoc:GDR
Bronze:Birgit Treiber
Bronzenoc:GDR
Prev:1976
Next:1984

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 27 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.

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
27 July Heat 2 2:13.00
27 July Final 2:11.77

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 2:13.00 Q,
2 3 2:14.81 Q
3 1 2:15.40 Q
4 3 2:15.53 Q
5 2 2:15.88 Q
6 1 2:16.62 Q
7 1 2:16.68 Q
8 1 2:16.96 Q
9 3 2:17.12
10 2 2:17.78
11 2 2:17.84
12 1 2:19.20
13 2 2:19.21
14 3 2:21.51
15 3 2:22.41
16 1 2:22.46
17 1 2:22.86
18 3 2:23.06
19 3 2:23.56
20 3 2:26.85
21 1 2:52.90
2 DNS
2
2

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
2:11.77
2:13.75
2:14.14
4 2:15.20
5 2:15.58
6 2:16.66
7 2:16.75
8 2:17.72

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, 478.
  2. Web site: Swimming at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165444/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/SWI/womens-200-metres-backstroke.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 21 February 2017.