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

Event:	Women's 200 metre freestyle
Games:	1980 Summer
Venue:	Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date:	24 July
Competitors:	22
Nations:	14
Win Value:	1:58.33
Gold:	Barbara Krause
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Ines Diers
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Carmela Schmidt
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 24 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	2			2:00.27	Q
2	4			2:01.18	Q
3	3			2:02.32	Q
4	4			2:02.36	Q
5	1			2:02.66	Q
6	1			2:03.36	Q
7	1			2:03.63	Q
8	3			2:03.95	Q
9	2			2:04.07
10	3			2:04.59
11	4			2:04.60
12	4			2:05.34
13	3			2:05.67
14	1			2:05.73
15	4			2:05.84
16	2			2:06.06
17	1			2:07.56
18	3			2:08.04
19	2			2:09.09
20	3			2:09.94
21	4			2:13.05
22	3			2:30.14
	1			DNS
	2
	2
	4

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:58.33
			1:59.64
			2:01.44
4			2:02.29
5			2:02.76
6			2:03.15
7			2:03.74
8			2:04.00

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, 474.