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

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Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date22 July (heats)
23 July (final)
Competitors26 from 18 nations
Winning time1:00.86 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rica Reinisch  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ina Kleber  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Petra Riedel  East Germany
← 1976
1984 →

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

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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

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Heats

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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

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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

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  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.