Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay explained

Event:Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Games:1980 Summer
Venue:Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Dates:27 July
Competitors:39
Nations:9
Teams:9
Win Value:3:42.71
Gold:
Barbara Krause
Caren Metschuck
Ines Diers
Sarina Hülsenbeck
Carmela Schmidt
Silver:
Carina Ljungdahl
Tina Gustafsson
Agneta Mårtensson
Agneta Eriksson
Birgitta Jönsson
Bronze:
Conny van Bentum
Wilma van Velsen
Reggie de Jong
Annelies Maas
  • Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
Prev:1976
Next:1984

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 27 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 Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 2 Barbara Krause (56.09)
Sarina Hülsenbeck (55.99)
Caren Metschuck (55.81)
Carmela Schmidt (57.30)
3:45.19 Q
2 1 Conny van Bentum (57.99)
Wilma van Velsen (57.40)
Reggie de Jong (58.34)
Annelies Maas (57.57)
3:51.30 Q
3 1 Carina Ljungdahl (57.85)
Birgitta Jönsson (58.44)
Helena Peterson (58.58)
Tina Gustafsson (57.35)
3:52.22 Q
4 1 June Croft (57.30)
Kaye Lovatt (58.47)
Jacquelene Willmott (58.99)
Sharron Davies (58.32)
3:53.08 Q
5 2 Lisa Curry (59.68)
Karen Van de Graaf (58.73)
Rosemary Brown (58.92)
Michelle Pearson (58.91)
3:56.24 Q
6 1 Isabel Reuss (58.86)
Dagmar Erdman (1:00.31)
Teresa Rivera (58.37)
Hellen Plaschinski (59.33)
3:56.87 Q
7 2 Natalia Mas (58.86)
Margarita Armengol (59.89)
Laura Flaque (59.74)
Gloria Casado (59.84)
3:58.33 Q
8 1 Stoianka Dyngalakova (59.38)
Rumyana Dobreva (59.75)
Ani Kostova (1:01.01)
Dobrinka Mincheva (59.51)
3:59.65 Q
2 DSQ

Final

Rank Nation Swimmers Time Notes
Barbara Krause (54.90)
Caren Metschuck (55.61)
Ines Diers (55.90)
Sarina Hülsenbeck (56.30)
3:42.71
Carina Ljungdahl (57.61)
Tina Gustafsson (56.82)
Agneta Mårtensson (57.93)
Agneta Eriksson (56.57)
3:48.93
Conny van Bentum (57.50)
Wilma van Velsen (57.38)
Reggie de Jong (57.17)
Annelies Maas (57.46)
3:49.51
4 Sharron Davies (58.74)
Kaye Lovatt (58.44)
Jacquelene Willmott (57.68)
June Croft (56.85)
3:51.71
5 Lisa Curry (59.13)
Karen Van de Graaf (57.79)
Rosemary Brown (59.38)
Michelle Pearson (57.86)
3:54.16
6 Isabel Reuss (57.99)
Dagmar Erdman (1:01.17)
Teresa Rivera (58.60)
Hellen Plaschinski (57.65)
3:55.41
7 Dobrinka Mincheva (58.90)
Rumiana Dobreva (59.79)
Ani Kostova (59.72)
Stoianka Dyngalakova (57.93)
3:56.34
8 Natalia Mas (58.88)
Margarita Armengol (1:00.08)
Laura Flaque (1:00.05)
Gloria Casado (59.72)
3:58.73

References

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, 485.