Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley
Appearance
Women's 400 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex | ||||||||||||
Date | 26 July | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 16 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:36.29 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 400 metre individual medley event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 26 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]
The eventual gold medal winner, Petra Schneider, later admitted that her performance was aided by the use of steroids as part of the East German state-run communist doping programme.[2]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
4:40.83 | West Berlin, West Germany | 23 August 1978 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
4:42.77 | Montreal, Canada | 24 July 1976 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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26 July | Final | Petra Schneider | ![]() |
4:36.29 | WR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Petra Schneider | ![]() |
4:46.53 | Q |
2 | 3 | Agnieszka Czopek | ![]() |
4:49.04 | Q |
3 | 3 | Magdalena Białas | ![]() |
4:51.59 | Q |
4 | 2 | Ulrike Tauber | ![]() |
4:51.97 | Q |
5 | 2 | Grit Slaby | ![]() |
4:52.01 | Q |
6 | 1 | Sharron Davies | ![]() |
4:52.38 | Q |
7 | 1 | Olga Klevakina | ![]() |
4:55.99 | Q |
8 | 2 | Sonya Dangalakova | ![]() |
4:56.26 | Q |
9 | 2 | Christel Fechner | ![]() |
4:56.92 | |
10 | 3 | Ann-Sofi Roos | ![]() |
4:57.13 | |
11 | 3 | Lisa Curry | ![]() |
5:01.58 | |
12 | 1 | Sarah Kerswell | ![]() |
5:03.75 | |
13 | 1 | Mariana Paraschiv | ![]() |
5:04.56 | |
14 | 3 | Irinel Panulescu | ![]() |
5:07.74 | |
15 | 3 | Catherine Bohan | ![]() |
5:21.82 | |
16 | 1 | Maria Pia Ayora | ![]() |
5:27.19 | |
1 | Klára Gulyás | ![]() |
DNS | ||
2 | Michelle Ford | ![]() |
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2 | Lisa Forrest | ![]() |
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2 | Susanne Nielsson | ![]() |
Final
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Petra Schneider | ![]() |
4:36.29 | WR |
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Sharron Davies | ![]() |
4:46.83 | |
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Agnieszka Czopek | ![]() |
4:48.17 | |
4 | Grit Slaby | ![]() |
4:48.54 | |
5 | Ulrike Tauber | ![]() |
4:49.18 | |
6 | Sonya Dangalakova | ![]() |
4:49.25 | |
7 | Olga Klevakina | ![]() |
4:50.91 | |
8 | Magdalena Białas | ![]() |
4:53.30 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 484. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Schneider Fesses Up". Swimming World. 13 April 1998. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2006.