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

The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 21 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]

Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date21 July
Competitors21 from 14 nations
Winning time2:10.44 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ines Geißler  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sybille Schönrock  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michelle Ford  Australia
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Records

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

World record   Mary Meagher (USA) 2:07.01 Fort Lauderdale, United States 3 September 1979
Olympic record   Andrea Pollack (GDR) 2:11.41 Montreal, Canada 19 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
24 July Final Ines Geißler   East Germany 2:10.44 OR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Michelle Ford   Australia 2:12.72 Q
2 2 Ines Geißler   East Germany 2:13.23 Q
3 1 Sybille Schönrock   East Germany 2:13.68 Q
4 3 Andrea Pollack   East Germany 2:13.88 Q
5 1 Dorota Brzozowska   Poland 2:14.74 Q
6 1 Ann Osgerby   Great Britain 2:15.17 Q
7 3 Alla Grishchenkova   Soviet Union 2:16.01 Q
8 2 Agneta Mårtensson   Sweden 2:16.41 Q
9 1 Eva Miklósfalvi   Hungary 2:17.32
10 2 Cinzia Savi Scarponi   Italy 2:17.53
11 2 Karen Ramsay   Australia 2:17.82
12 3 Sonja Hausladen   Austria 2:17.88
13 1 Larisa Polivoda   Soviet Union 2:17.99
14 2 Janet Osgerby   Great Britain 2:18.01
15 3 Armi Airaksinen   Sweden 2:19.39
16 3 Małgorzata Różycka   Poland 2:19.70
17 2 Maria Paris   Costa Rica 2:21.14
18 3 Wilma van Velsen   Netherlands 2:21.81
19 1 Carole Brook   Switzerland 2:24.82
20 2 Marion Michel   Belgium 2:25.10
21 1 Celeste García   Peru 2:26.07

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Ines Geißler   East Germany 2:10.44 OR
  Sybille Schönrock   East Germany 2:10.45
  Michelle Ford   Australia 2:11.66
4 Andrea Pollack   East Germany 2:12.13
5 Dorota Brzozowska   Poland 2:14.12
6 Ann Osgerby   Great Britain 2:14.83
7 Agneta Mårtensson   Sweden 2:15.22
8 Alla Grishchenkova   Soviet Union 2:15.70

References

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  1. ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 482. Retrieved 28 December 2018.