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

Event:Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Games:1980 Summer
Venue:Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date:23 July (heats and final)
Competitors:25
Nations:18
Win Value:2:29.54 (OR)
Gold:Lina Kačiušytė
Goldnoc:URS
Silver:Svetlana Varganova
Silvernoc:URS
Bronze:Yuliya Bogdanova
Bronzenoc:URS
Prev:1976

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics, took place on July 23, at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow, Soviet Union. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 25 competitors from 18 nations participated in the event.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeORWR
23 July Heat 3 2:29.77 OR
23 July Final 2:29.54 OR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 32:29.77 Q, OR
2 32:32.79 Q, NR[2]
3 42:33.04 Q
4 22:33.45 Q
5 42:34.42 Q
6 22:34.88 Q
7 12:35.31 Q
8 12:35.42 Q
9 32:35.64 NR
10 42:35.99
11 22:36.32
12 12:37.67
13 42:39.11
14 42:39.42
15 42:39.90 NR
16 32:40.55
17 42:41.77
18 22:42.59 NR
19 12:42.87
20 32:43.30
21 12:44.03
22 22:44.08
23 32:48.86 NR
24 22:55.94
25 13:12.40

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
2:29.54 OR
2:29.61
2:32.39
42:32.75 NR
52:33.23
62:34.34
72:34.51
82:35.38

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Fizkultura i Sport, p. 483
  2. Schoenfeld, ed., p. 73

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