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

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date20 July (heats)
21 July (final)
Competitors30 from 21 nations
Winning time54.79 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Barbara Krause  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Caren Metschuck  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ines Diers  East Germany
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Swimming at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 20 and 21 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]

Records

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

World record  Barbara Krause (GDR) 55.41 East Berlin, East Germany 5 July 1978
Olympic record  Kornelia Ender (GDR) 55.65 Montreal, Canada 19 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
20 July Heat 3 Barbara Krause  East Germany 54.98 WR
21 July Final Barbara Krause  East Germany 54.79 WR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Barbara Krause  East Germany 54.98 Q, WR
2 4 Caren Metschuck  East Germany 55.44 Q
3 2 Ines Diers  East Germany 56.83 Q
4 1 Natalya Strunnikova  Soviet Union 57.43 Q
5 4 Conny van Bentum  Netherlands 57.51 Q
6 1 Olga Klevakina  Soviet Union 57.62 Q
7 4 Agneta Eriksson  Sweden 57.67 Q
8 2 Guylaine Berger  France 57.80 Q
9 3 June Croft  Great Britain 57.88
10 3 Carina Ljungdahl  Sweden 58.05
11 2 Isabel Reuss  Mexico 58.36
12 1 Jacquelene Willmott  Great Britain 58.78
13 3 Michelle Pearson  Australia 58.90
14 1 Carine Verbauwen  Belgium 59.08
15 2 Larisa Tsaryova  Soviet Union 59.12
16 2 Rosemary Brown  Australia 59.35
17 4 Monica Vallarin  Italy 59.43
18 4 Natalia Más  Spain 59.53
19 3 Heidi Koch  Austria 59.73
20 3 Helen Plaschinski  Mexico 59.75
21 2 María Paris  Costa Rica 1:01.08
22 1 Celeste García  Peru 1:02.44
23 2 Lynne Tasker  Zimbabwe 1:03.36
24 3 Olga Loizou  Cyprus 1:06.50
25 4 Bako Ratsifa  Madagascar 1:07.21
26 3 Garnet Charwat  Nicaragua 1:08.98
27 1 Michele Pessoa  Angola 1:09.10
28 2 Nadia Fezzani  Libya 1:09.28
29 4 Chung Thị Thanh Lan  Vietnam 1:12.27
4 Monique Drost  Netherlands DSQ
1 Karen Van de Graaf  Australia DNS

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Barbara Krause  East Germany 54.79 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Caren Metschuck  East Germany 55.16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ines Diers  East Germany 55.65
4 Olga Klevakina  Soviet Union 57.40
5 Conny van Bentum  Netherlands 57.63
6 Natalya Strunnikova  Soviet Union 57.83
7 Guylaine Berger  France 57.88
8 Agneta Eriksson  Sweden 57.90

References

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  1. ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 474. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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