Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle
Appearance
Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex | ||||||||||||
Date | 26 July | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 14 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 8:28.90 OR | ||||||||||||
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 800 metre freestyle event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 26 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 | ![]() |
8:24.62 | Edmonton, Canada | 5 August 1978 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
8:37.14 | Montreal, Canada | 25 July 1976 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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26 July | Heat 1 | Heike Dähne | ![]() |
8:36.09 | OR |
26 July | Final | Michelle Ford | ![]() |
8:28.90 | OR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Heike Dähne | ![]() |
8:36.09 | Q, OR |
2 | 2 | Ines Diers | ![]() |
8:40.29 | Q |
3 | 2 | Michelle Ford | ![]() |
8:42.36 | Q |
4 | 1 | Irina Aksyonova | ![]() |
8:44.42 | Q |
5 | 1 | Pascale Verbauwen | ![]() |
8:45.12 | Q |
6 | 1 | Oksana Komissarova | ![]() |
8:45.80 | Q |
7 | 2 | Ines Geißler | ![]() |
8:46.96 | Q |
8 | 1 | Yelena Ivanova | ![]() |
8:47.33 | Q |
9 | 2 | Rosemary Brown | ![]() |
8:49.47 | |
10 | 2 | Jacquelene Willmott | ![]() |
8:50.51 | |
11 | 2 | Reggie de Jong | ![]() |
8:54.49 | |
12 | 1 | Roberta Felotti | ![]() |
8:58.54 | |
13 | 2 | Sofia Dara | ![]() |
9:02.37 | |
14 | 2 | Nikole Schrepfer | ![]() |
9:15.11 | |
1 | Klára Gulyás | ![]() |
DNS | ||
1 | María Pia Ayora | ![]() |
Final
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Michelle Ford | ![]() |
8:28.90 | OR |
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Ines Diers | ![]() |
8:32.55 | |
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Heike Dähne | ![]() |
8:33.48 | |
4 | Irina Aksyonova | ![]() |
8:38.05 | |
5 | Oksana Komissarova | ![]() |
8:42:04 | |
6 | Pascale Verbauwen | ![]() |
8:44.84 | |
7 | Ines Geißler | ![]() |
8:45.28 | |
8 | Yelena Ivanova | ![]() |
8:46.45 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 476. Retrieved 28 December 2018.