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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 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]

Records

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
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

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1 2  East Germany Barbara Krause (56.09)
Sarina Hülsenbeck (55.99)
Caren Metschuck (55.81)
Carmela Schmidt (57.30)		 3:45.19 Q
2 1  Netherlands Conny van Bentum (57.99)
Wilma van Velsen (57.40)
Reggie de Jong (58.34)
Annelies Maas (57.57)		 3:51.30 Q
3 1  Sweden Carina Ljungdahl (57.85)
Birgitta Jönsson (58.44)
Helena Peterson (58.58)
Tina Gustafsson (57.35)		 3:52.22 Q
4 1  Great Britain June Croft (57.30)
Kaye Lovatt (58.47)
Jacquelene Willmott (58.99)
Sharron Davies (58.32)		 3:53.08 Q
5 2  Australia Lisa Curry (59.68)
Karen Van de Graaf (58.73)
Rosemary Brown (58.92)
Michelle Pearson (58.91)		 3:56.24 Q
6 1  Mexico Isabel Reuss (58.86)
Dagmar Erdman (1:00.31)
Teresa Rivera (58.37)
Hellen Plaschinski (59.33)		 3:56.87 Q
7 2  Spain Natalia Mas (58.86)
Margarita Armengol (59.89)
Laura Flaque (59.74)
Gloria Casado (59.84)		 3:58.33 Q
8 1  Bulgaria Stoianka Dyngalakova (59.38)
Rumyana Dobreva (59.75)
Ani Kostova (1:01.01)
Dobrinka Mincheva (59.51)		 3:59.65 Q
2  Soviet Union Irina Gerasimova
Natalya Strunnikova
Larisa Tsaryova
Olga Klevakina		 DSQ
  • The Soviet Union was disqualified in the heats for an improper changeover.

Final

Rank Nation Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  East Germany Barbara Krause (54.90)
Caren Metschuck (55.61)
Ines Diers (55.90)
Sarina Hülsenbeck (56.30)		 3:42.71 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden Carina Ljungdahl (57.61)
Tina Gustafsson (56.82)
Agneta Mårtensson (57.93)
Agneta Eriksson (56.57)		 3:48.93
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

References

  1. ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 485. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_100_metre_freestyle_relay