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

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 23 and 24 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1][2]

Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date23 July (heats)
24 July (final)
Competitors24 from 17 nations
Winning time1:00.42
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Caren Metschuck  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Andrea Pollack  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christiane Knacke  East Germany
← 1976
1984 →

Records

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

World record   Mary Meagher (USA) 59.26 Austin, United States 11 April 1980
Olympic record   Kornelia Ender (GDR) 1:00.13 Montreal, Canada 22 July 1976

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Andrea Pollack   East Germany 1:00.91 Q
2 3 Caren Metschuck   East Germany 1:01.08 Q
3 2 Christiane Knacke   East Germany 1:01.32 Q
4 4 Ann Osgerby   Great Britain 1:01.93 Q
5 1 Agneta Mårtensson   Sweden 1:02.79 Q
6 1 Maria Paris   Costa Rica 1:02.80 Q
7 4 Janet Osgerby   Great Britain 1:02.84 Q
8 1 Lisa Curry   Australia 1:02.92 Q
9 2 Susan Cooper   Great Britain 1:02.95
10 3 Éva Miklósfalvy   Hungary 1:03.17
11 2 Wilma van Velsen   Netherlands 1:03.31
12 3 Cinzia Savi Scarponi   Italy 1:03.41
13 2 Karen Ramsay   Australia 1:03.62
14 3 Dorota Brzozowska   Poland 1:04.04
15 4 Alla Grishchenkova   Soviet Union 1:04.10
16 4 Sonja Hausladen   Austria 1:04.39
17 3 Armi Airaksinen   Sweden 1:04.40
18 1 Larisa Polivoda   Soviet Union 1:04.50
19 2 Mariana Paraschiv   Romania 1:05.34
20 1 Carole Brook   Switzerland 1:05.93
21 2 Celeste García   Peru 1:06.25
22 4 Marion Michel   Belgium 1:07.81
23 1 Bako Ratsifa   Madagascar 1:09.43
24 3 Nadia Fezzani   Libya 1:12.94
3 Dagmar Erdman   Mexico DNS

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Caren Metschuck   East Germany 1:00.42
  Andrea Pollack   East Germany 1:00.90
  Christiane Knacke   East Germany 1:01.44
4 Ann Osgerby   Great Britain 1:02.21
5 Lisa Curry   Australia 1:02.40
6 Agneta Mårtensson   Sweden 1:02.61
7 Maria Paris   Costa Rica 1:02.89
8 Janet Osgerby   Great Britain 1:02.90

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 29 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Swimming at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2017.