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

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Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date23 July (heats and final)
Competitors25 from 18 nations
Winning time2:29.54 (OR)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Lina Kačiušytė Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Svetlana Varganova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Yuliya Bogdanova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1976
1984  

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 recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lina Kačiušytė  (URS)2:28.36 s Potsdam, East Germany 6 April 1979 [2]
Olympic recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Marina Kosheveya  (URS)2:33.35 s Montreal, Canada 21 July 1976 [3]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeORWR
23 JulyHeat 3 Svetlana Varganova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:29.77OR
23 JulyFinal Lina Kačiušytė Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:29.54OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Svetlana Varganova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:29.77Q, OR [1]
23 Irena Fleissnerová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:32.79Q, NR [4]
34 Lina Kačiušytė Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:33.04Q
42 Yuliya Bogdanova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:33.45Q
54 Susanne Nielsson Olympic flag.svg  Denmark 2:34.42Q
62 Silvia Rinka Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:34.88Q
71 Bettina Löbel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:35.31Q
81 Ute Geweniger Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:35.42Q
93 Eva-Marie Håkansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:35.64 NR [4]
104 Ann-Sofi Roos Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:35.99
112 Debbie Rudd Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 2:36.32
121 Margaret Kelly Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 2:37.67
134 Tanya Dangalakova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 2:39.11
144 Lisa Curry Olympic flag.svg  Australia 2:39.42
154 Brigitte Prass Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 2:39.90 NR [4]
163 Odile Bihan Olympic flag.svg  France 2:40.55
174 Sabrina Seminatore Olympic flag.svg  Italy 2:41.77
182 Elke Holtz Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:42.59 NR [4]
191 Brigitte Bosmans Olympic flag.svg  Belgium 2:42.87
203 Catherine Bohan Olympic flag.svg  Ireland 2:43.30
211 Annick de Susini Olympic flag.svg  France 2:44.03
222 Gabriella Kindl Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:44.08
233 Lynne Tasker Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:48.86 NR [4]
242 Hoàng Thị Hoà Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2:55.94
251 Nicole Rajoharison Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 3:12.40

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Lina Kačiušytė Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:29.54 OR [1]
Silver medal icon.svg Svetlana Varganova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:29.61
Bronze medal icon.svg Yuliya Bogdanova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:32.39
4 Susanne Nielsson Olympic flag.svg  Denmark 2:32.75 NR [4]
5 Irena Fleissnerová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:33.23
6 Ute Geweniger Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:34.34
7 Bettina Löbel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:34.51
8 Silvia Rinka Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:35.38

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