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

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 24 and 26 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1][2]

Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date24 July (heats)
26 July (final)
Competitors25 from 19 nations
Winning time1:10.22
Medalists
Ute Geweniger  East Germany
Elvira Vasilkova  Soviet Union
Susanne Nielsson  Denmark

Records

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

World record Ute Geweniger (GDR)1:10.20Magdeburg, East Germany26 May 1980
Olympic record Hannelore Anke (GDR)1:10.86Montreal, Canada22 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
24 JulyHeat 4Ute Geweniger East Germany1:10.11WR, OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Ute Geweniger East Germany1:10.11Q, WR
21Elvira Vasilkova Soviet Union1:11.03Q
34Susanne Nielsson Denmark1:11.58Q
42Eva-Marie Håkansson Sweden1:12.26Q
53Monica Bonon Italy1:12.36Q
64Margaret Kelly Great Britain1:12.38Q
72Lina Kačiušytė Soviet Union1:12.71Q
82Suki Brownsdon Great Britain1:12.83Q
93Silvia Rinka East Germany1:12.88
101Catherine Poirot France1:12.94
112Irena Fleissnerová Czechoslovakia1:13.35
124Tanya Bogomilova Bulgaria1:13.52
131Sabrina Seminatore Italy1:13.76
144Bettina Löbel East Germany1:14.32
153Gabriella Kindl Hungary1:14.33
163Yuliya Bogdanova Soviet Union1:15.04
173Brigitte Prass Romania1:15.10
184Elke Holtz Mexico1:15.89
191Brigitte Bosmans Belgium1:16.68
203Catherine Bohan Ireland1:16.84
212Lynne Tasker Zimbabwe1:18.81
224María Pia Ayora Peru1:20.46
233Phạm Thị Phú Vietnam1:22.73
242Nicole Rajoharison Madagascar1:24.83
251Garnet Charwat Nicaragua1:28.88
1Lisa Curry AustraliaDNS

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Ute Geweniger East Germany1:10.22
Elvira Vasilkova Soviet Union1:10.41
Susanne Nielsson Denmark1:11.16
4Margaret Kelly Great Britain1:11.48
5Eva-Marie Håkansson Sweden1:11.72
6Suki Brownsdon Great Britain1:12.11
7Lina Kačiušytė Soviet Union1:12.21
8Monica Bonon Italy1:12.51

References

  1. "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 480. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  2. "Swimming at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
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