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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 backstroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 22 and 23 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1][2]

Records

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

World record  Ulrike Richter (GDR)
 Rica Reinisch (GDR)		 1:01.51 East Berlin, East Germany
Moscow, Soviet Union		 5 June 1976
20 July 1980
Olympic record  Ulrike Richter (GDR) 1:01.83 Montreal, Canada 21 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
22 July Heat 4 Rica Reinisch  East Germany 1:01.50 WR, OR
23 July Final Rica Reinisch  East Germany 1:00.86 WR, OR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Rica Reinisch  East Germany 1:01.50 Q, WR
2 2 Ina Kleber  East Germany 1:02.15 Q
3 1 Carmen Bunaciu  Romania 1:03.25 Q
3 3 Petra Riedel  East Germany 1:03.25 Q
5 3 Larisa Gorchakova  Soviet Union 1:03.82 Q
6 3 Monique Bosga  Netherlands 1:04.36 Q
7 4 Carine Verbauwen  Belgium 1:04.37 Q
8 2 Manuela Carosi  Italy 1:04.42 Q
9 4 Teresa Rivera  Mexico 1:04.54
10 2 Lisa Forrest  Australia 1:04.55
11 1 Yelena Kruglova  Soviet Union 1:04.63
12 2 Jolanda de Rover  Netherlands 1:04.79
13 4 Laura Foralosso  Italy 1:04.86
14 1 Georgina Parkes  Australia 1:05.06
15 3 Yolande Van Der Straeten  Belgium 1:05.10
16 4 Ágnes Fodor  Hungary 1:05.47
17 4 Helen Jameson  Great Britain 1:05.56
18 1 Michèle Ricaud  France 1:05.81
19 1 Annika Uvehall  Sweden 1:06.33
20 2 Joy Beasley  Great Britain 1:06.84
21 3 Marianne Humpelstetter  Austria 1:07.68
22 2 María Paris  Costa Rica 1:09.02
23 2 Anabel Drousiotou  Cyprus 1:15.85
24 1 Soad Fezzani  Libya 1:16.83
25 4 Nguyễn Thị Hồng Bích  Vietnam 1:20.34
26 3 Michele Pessoa  Angola 1:26.59
3 Andrea Kálmán  Hungary DNS

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rica Reinisch  East Germany 1:00.86 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ina Kleber  East Germany 1:02.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Petra Riedel  East Germany 1:02.64
4 Carmen Bunaciu  Romania 1:03.81
5 Carine Verbauwen  Belgium 1:03.82
6 Larisa Gorchakova  Soviet Union 1:03.87
7 Monique Bosga  Netherlands 1:04.47
8 Manuela Carosi  Italy 1:05.10

References

  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 100 metres Backstroke". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metre_backstroke