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

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Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date27 July
Competitors21 from 13 nations
Winning time2:11.77 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rica Reinisch  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cornelia Polit  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Birgit Treiber  East Germany
← 1976
1984 →

The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1][2]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Linda Jezek (USA) 2:11.93 West Berlin, West Germany 28 August 1978
Olympic record  Ulrike Richter (GDR) 2:13.46 Montreal, Canada 25 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
27 July Heat 2 Rica Reinisch  East Germany 2:13.00 OR
27 July Final Rica Reinisch  East Germany 2:11.77 WR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Rica Reinisch  East Germany 2:13.00 Q, OR
2 3 Cornelia Polit  East Germany 2:14.81 Q
3 1 Lisa Forrest  Australia 2:15.40 Q
4 3 Birgit Treiber  East Germany 2:15.53 Q
5 2 Carmen Bunaciu  Romania 2:15.88 Q
6 1 Yolande Van der Straeten  Belgium 2:16.62 Q
7 1 Larisa Gorchakova  Soviet Union 2:16.68 Q
8 1 Carine Verbauwen  Belgium 2:16.96 Q
9 3 Jolanda de Rover  Netherlands 2:17.12
10 2 Georgina Parkes  Australia 2:17.78
11 2 Helen Jameson  Great Britain 2:17.84
12 1 Jane Admans  Great Britain 2:19.20
13 2 Monique Bosga  Netherlands 2:19.21
14 3 Teresa Rivera  Mexico 2:21.51
15 3 Yelena Kruglova  Soviet Union 2:22.41
16 1 Manuela Carosi  Italy 2:22.46
17 1 Michèle Ricaud  France 2:22.86
18 3 Agnieszka Czopek  Poland 2:23.06
19 3 Ágnes Fodor  Hungary 2:23.56
20 3 Magdalena Białas  Poland 2:26.85
21 1 Nguyễn Thị Hồng Bích  Vietnam 2:52.90
2 Annika Uvehall  Sweden DNS
2 Andrea Kálmán  Hungary
2 María Paris  Costa Rica

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rica Reinisch  East Germany 2:11.77 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cornelia Polit  East Germany 2:13.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Birgit Treiber  East Germany 2:14.14
4 Carmen Bunaciu  Romania 2:15.20
5 Yolande van der Straeten  Belgium 2:15.58
6 Carine Verbauwen  Belgium 2:16.66
7 Lisa Forrest  Australia 2:16.75
8 Larisa Gorchakova  Soviet Union 2:17.72

References

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  1. ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 478. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Swimming at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Backstroke". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2017.