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

Event:	Women's 200 metre butterfly
Games:	1980 Summer
Venue:	Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date:	21 July
Competitors:	21
Nations:	14
Win Value:	2:10.44
Gold:	Ines Geißler
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Sybille Schönrock
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Michelle Ford
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 21 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.^[1]

Records

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

The following records were established during the competition:

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			2:12.72	Q
2	2			2:13.23	Q
3	1			2:13.68	Q
4	3			2:13.88	Q
5	1			2:14.74	Q
6	1			2:15.17	Q
7	3			2:16.01	Q
8	2			2:16.41	Q
9	1			2:17.32
10	2			2:17.53
11	2			2:17.82
12	3			2:17.88
13	1			2:17.99
14	2			2:18.01
15	3			2:19.39
16	3			2:19.70
17	2			2:21.14
18	3			2:21.81
19	1			2:24.82
20	2			2:25.10
21	1			2:26.07

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:10.44
			2:10.45
			2:11.66
4			2:12.13
5			2:14.12
6			2:14.83
7			2:15.22
8			2:15.70

Notes and References

1. Web site: Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results. Fizkultura i sport. 28 December 2018. 450, 482.