Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley
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]
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 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 doping programme.[2]
Records
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, OR |
Results
Heats
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 | ||||
2 | Lisa Forrest | ||||
2 | Susanne Nielsson |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Petra Schneider | 4:36.29 | WR | ||
Sharron Davies | 4:46.83 | |||
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 |
gollark: Wow, that's very laggy.
gollark: Oh, microseconds of tick time.
gollark: What's a "micro-s/t"?
gollark: They were hit by the Rebels' brainwashing rays and converted to the Rebellion.
gollark: Well, I have more metals than that.
References
- "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 27 January 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2006.
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