Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex | |||||||||
Dates | 27 July | |||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 9 nations | |||||||||
Teams | 9 | |||||||||
Winning time | 3:42.71 WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | United States (USA) Tracy Caulkins (56.57) Stephanie Elkins (55.92) Jill Sterkel (55.70) Cynthia Woodhead (55.24) | 3:43.43 | West Berlin, West Germany | 26 August 1978 |
Olympic record | United States (USA) Kim Peyton (56.95) Wendy Boglioli (55.81) Jill Sterkel (55.78) Shirley Babashoff (56.28) | 3:44.82 | Montreal, Canada | 25 July 1976 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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27 July | Final | Barbara Krause (54.90) Caren Metschuck (55.61) Ines Diers (55.90) Sarina Hülsenbeck (56.30) | East Germany | 3:42.71 | WR , OR |
Rank | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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East Germany | Barbara Krause (54.90) Caren Metschuck (55.61) Ines Diers (55.90) Sarina Hülsenbeck (56.30) | 3:42.71 | WR | |
Sweden | Carina Ljungdahl (57.61) Tina Gustafsson (56.82) Agneta Mårtensson (57.93) Agneta Eriksson (56.57) | 3:48.93 | ||
Netherlands | Conny van Bentum (57.50) Wilma van Velsen (57.38) Reggie de Jong (57.17) Annelies Maas (57.46) | 3:49.51 | ||
4 | Great Britain | Sharron Davies (58.74) Kaye Lovatt (58.44) Jacquelene Willmott (57.68) June Croft (56.85) | 3:51.71 | |
5 | Australia | Lisa Curry (59.13) Karen Van de Graaf (57.79) Rosemary Brown (59.38) Michelle Pearson (57.86) | 3:54.16 | |
6 | Mexico | Isabel Reuss (57.99) Dagmar Erdman (1:01.17) Teresa Rivera (58.60) Hellen Plaschinski (57.65) | 3:55.41 | |
7 | Bulgaria | Dobrinka Mincheva (58.90) Rumiana Dobreva (59.79) Ani Kostova (59.72) Stoianka Dyngalakova (57.93) | 3:56.34 | |
8 | Spain | Natalia Mas (58.88) Margarita Armengol (1:00.08) Laura Flaque (1:00.05) Gloria Casado (59.72) | 3:58.73 |
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