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

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date	23 July (heats and final)
Competitors	25 from 18 nations
Winning time	2:29.54 (OR)
Medalists
Lina Kačiušytė   Soviet Union   Svetlana Varganova   Soviet Union   Yuliya Bogdanova   Soviet Union

Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m				women
4×200 m		men
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

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:

World record	Lina Kačiušytė (URS)	2:28.36 s	Potsdam, East Germany	6 April 1979	[2]
Olympic record	Marina Kosheveya (URS)	2:33.35 s	Montreal, Canada	21 July 1976	[3]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	OR	WR
23 July	Heat 3	Svetlana Varganova	Soviet Union	2:29.77	OR
23 July	Final	Lina Kačiušytė	Soviet Union	2:29.54	OR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Varganova, SvetlanaSvetlana Varganova	Soviet Union	2:29.77	Q, OR[1]
2	3	Fleissnerová, IrenaIrena Fleissnerová	Czechoslovakia	2:32.79	Q, NR[4]
3	4	Kačiušytė, LinaLina Kačiušytė	Soviet Union	2:33.04	Q
4	2	Bogdanova, YuliyaYuliya Bogdanova	Soviet Union	2:33.45	Q
5	4	Nielsson, SusanneSusanne Nielsson	Denmark	2:34.42	Q
6	2	Rinka, SilviaSilvia Rinka	East Germany	2:34.88	Q
7	1	Löbel, BettinaBettina Löbel	East Germany	2:35.31	Q
8	1	Geweniger, UteUte Geweniger	East Germany	2:35.42	Q
9	3	Håkansson, Eva-MarieEva-Marie Håkansson	Sweden	2:35.64	NR[4]
10	4	Roos, Ann-SofiAnn-Sofi Roos	Sweden	2:35.99
11	2	Rudd, DebbieDebbie Rudd	Great Britain	2:36.32
12	1	Kelly, MargaretMargaret Kelly	Great Britain	2:37.67
13	4	Dangalakova, TanyaTanya Dangalakova	Bulgaria	2:39.11
14	4	Curry, LisaLisa Curry	Australia	2:39.42
15	4	Prass, BrigitteBrigitte Prass	Romania	2:39.90	NR[4]
16	3	Bihan, OdileOdile Bihan	France	2:40.55
17	4	Seminatore, SabrinaSabrina Seminatore	Italy	2:41.77
18	2	Holtz, ElkeElke Holtz	Mexico	2:42.59	NR[4]
19	1	Bosmans, BrigitteBrigitte Bosmans	Belgium	2:42.87
20	3	Bohan, CatherineCatherine Bohan	Ireland	2:43.30
21	1	de Susini, AnnickAnnick de Susini	France	2:44.03
22	2	Kindl, GabriellaGabriella Kindl	Hungary	2:44.08
23	3	Tasker, LynneLynne Tasker	Zimbabwe	2:48.86	NR[4]
24	2	HoàngHoàng Thị Hoà	Vietnam	2:55.94
25	1	Rajoharison, NicoleNicole Rajoharison	Madagascar	3:12.40

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kačiušytė, LinaLina Kačiušytė	Soviet Union	2:29.54	OR[1]
	Varganova, SvetlanaSvetlana Varganova	Soviet Union	2:29.61
	Bogdanova, YuliyaYuliya Bogdanova	Soviet Union	2:32.39
4	Nielsson, SusanneSusanne Nielsson	Denmark	2:32.75	NR[4]
5	Fleissnerová, IrenaIrena Fleissnerová	Czechoslovakia	2:33.23
6	Geweniger, UteUte Geweniger	East Germany	2:34.34
7	Löbel, BettinaBettina Löbel	East Germany	2:34.51
8	Rinka, SilviaSilvia Rinka	East Germany	2:35.38

Sources

• "Official Report of the Organising Committee of the Games of the XXII Olympiad" (PDF). Volume Three. Fizkultura i Sport. 1981. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
• Albert Schoenfeld, ed. (September 1980). "Results from the 1980 Olympic Games (Moscow)" (PDF). Swimming World & Junior Swimmer. Albert Schoenfeld. p. 73. ISSN 0039-7431. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
• "Swimming at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 5 July 2012.

References

1. Fizkultura i Sport, p. 483
2. "World Record Progression; 200 m Breaststroke Long Course Women". Swimming Statistics. www.scmsom.se. 30 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
3. Mallon, Bill (1988). "Olympic Records by Sport - Swimming". The Olympic Record Book. Garland Publishing. p. 240. ISBN 0824029488.
4. Schoenfeld, ed., p. 73