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

Event:	Women's 100 metre backstroke
Games:	1980 Summer
Venue:	Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date:	22 July (heats) 23 July (final)
Competitors:	26
Nations:	18
Win Value:	1:00.86
Gold:	Rica Reinisch
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Ina Kleber
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Petra Riedel
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 22 and 23 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
22 July	Heat 4			1:01.50	,
23 July	Final			1:00.86	,

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			1:01.50	Q,
2	2			1:02.15	Q
3	1			1:03.25	Q
3	3			1:03.25	Q
5	3			1:03.82	Q
6	3			1:04.36	Q
7	4			1:04.37	Q
8	2			1:04.42	Q
9	4			1:04.54
10	2			1:04.55
11	1			1:04.63
12	2			1:04.79
13	4			1:04.86
14	1			1:05.06
15	3			1:05.10
16	4			1:05.47
17	4			1:05.56
18	1			1:05.81
19	1			1:06.33
20	2			1:06.84
21	3			1:07.68
22	2			1:09.02
23	2			1:15.85
24	1			1:16.83
25	4			1:20.34
26	3			1:26.59
	3			DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:00.86
			1:02.07
			1:02.64
4			1:03.81
5			1:03.82
6			1:03.87
7			1:04.47
8			1:05.10

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 100 metres Backstroke. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165353/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/SWI/womens-100-metres-backstroke.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 21 February 2017.