Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle
Appearance
Women's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex | ||||||||||||
Date | 20 July (heats) 21 July (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 30 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 54.79 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 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
[edit]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 |
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20 July | Heat 3 | Barbara Krause | East Germany | 54.98 | WR |
21 July | Final | Barbara Krause | East Germany | 54.79 | WR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Final
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Barbara Krause | East Germany | 54.79 | WR | |
Caren Metschuck | East Germany | 55.16 | ||
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
[edit]- ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 474. Retrieved 28 December 2018.