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200 metres Breaststroke, Women

Date	23 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Plavatelny basseyn, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva
Participants	25 from 18 countries

The Soviet Union never produced a plethora of great swimmers, but for some reason they did in the women’s 200 breaststroke. In Moscow they swept the medals, as they had done in Montréal, led by Lithuanian Lina Kačiušytė, the 1978 World Champion and world record holder, who won gold. The silver medalist, Svetlana Varganova, and bronze medalist, Yuliya Bogdanova, were also former world record holders. Varganova led for most of the race, having 1½ seconds on Kačiušytė at 50 and 100 metres, and 2½ seconds at 150 metres, but Kačiušytė’s final 50 split was 2.58 seconds faster and brought her home 7/100ths in front.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Lina Kačiušytė	URS	2:33.04 (1 h4)	2:29.54 (1)	Gold
2	Svetlana Varganova	URS	2:29.77 (1 h3)	2:29.61 (2)	Silver
3	Yuliya Bogdanova	URS	2:33.45 (1 h2)	2:32.39 (3)	Bronze
4	Susanne Nielsson	DEN	2:34.42 (2 h4)	2:32.75 (4)
5	Irena Fleissnerová	TCH	2:32.79 (2 h3)	2:33.23 (5)
6	Ute Geweniger	GDR	2:35.42 (2 h1)	2:34.34 (6)
7	Bettina Löbel	GDR	2:35.31 (1 h1)	2:34.51 (7)
8	Silvia Rinka	GDR	2:34.88 (2 h2)	2:35.38 (8)
9	Eva-Marie Håkansson	SWE	2:35.64 (3 h3)	–
10	Ann-Sofi Roos	SWE	2:35.99 (3 h4)	–
11	Debbie Rudd	GBR	2:36.32 (3 h2)	–
12	Maggie Kelly	GBR	2:37.67 (3 h1)	–
13	Tanya Bogomilova	BUL	2:39.11 (4 h4)	–
14	Lisa Curry	AUS	2:39.42 (5 h4)	–
15	Brigitte Prass	ROU	2:39.90 (6 h4)	–
16	Odile Bihan	FRA	2:40.55 (4 h3)	–
17	Sabrina Seminatore	ITA	2:41.77 (7 h4)	–
18	Elke Holtz	MEX	2:42.59 (4 h2)	–
19	Brigitte Bosmans	BEL	2:42.87 (4 h1)	–
20	Catherine Bohan	IRL	2:43.30 (5 h3)	–
21	Annick de Susini	FRA	2:44.03 (5 h1)	–
22	Gabriella Kindl	HUN	2:44.08 (5 h2)	–
23	Lynne Tasker	ZIM	2:48.86 (6 h3)	–
24	Hoàng Thị Hoà	VIE	2:55.94 (6 h2)	–
25	Nicole Rajoharison	MAD	3:12.40 (6 h1)	–

Round One (23 July 1980 — 10:30)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Bettina Löbel	GDR	35.41 (2) 40.36 (3)	1:15.77 (3) 40.00 (1)	1:55.77 (2) 39.54 (1)	2:35.31	Q
2	3	Ute Geweniger	GDR	35.09 (1) 40.19 (2)	1:15.28 (1) 40.44 (2)	1:55.72 (1) 39.70 (2)	2:35.42	Q
3	5	Maggie Kelly	GBR	35.63 (3) 39.85 (1)	1:15.48 (2) 41.31 (3)	1:56.79 (3) 40.88 (3)	2:37.67
4	2	Brigitte Bosmans	BEL	36.07 (4) 41.62 (5)	1:17.69 (4) 42.70 (4)	2:00.39 (4) 42.48 (4)	2:42.87
5	6	Annick de Susini	FRA	36.36 (5) 41.50 (4)	1:17.86 (5) 42.76 (5)	2:00.62 (5) 43.41 (5)	2:44.03
6	7	Nicole Rajoharison	MAD	42.06 (6) 49.36 (6)	1:31.42 (6) 51.84 (6)	2:23.26 (6) 49.14 (6)	3:12.40

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Yuliya Bogdanova	URS	35.14 (1) 39.45 (1)	1:14.59 (1) 39.80 (2)	1:54.39 (1) 39.06 (1)	2:33.45	Q
2	5	Silvia Rinka	GDR	35.61 (2) 39.77 (3)	1:15.38 (2) 39.67 (1)	1:55.05 (2) 39.83 (2)	2:34.88	Q
3	3	Debbie Rudd	GBR	36.05 (4) 39.69 (2)	1:15.74 (3) 40.41 (3)	1:56.15 (3) 40.17 (3)	2:36.32
4	6	Elke Holtz	MEX	36.78 (5) 40.70 (4)	1:17.48 (5) 42.12 (4)	1:59.60 (4) 42.99 (4)	2:42.59
5	2	Gabriella Kindl	HUN	36.00 (3) 41.07 (5)	1:17.07 (4) 42.90 (5)	1:59.97 (5) 44.11 (5)	2:44.08
6	7	Hoàng Thị Hoà	VIE	38.97 (6) 44.48 (6)	1:23.45 (6) 45.67 (6)	2:09.12 (6) 46.82 (6)	2:55.94

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Svetlana Varganova	URS	34.02 (1) 39.11 (2)	1:13.13 (1) 38.50 (1)	1:51.63 (1) 38.14 (1)	2:29.77	QOR
2	5	Irena Fleissnerová	TCH	35.14 (2) 38.54 (1)	1:13.68 (2) 39.15 (2)	1:52.83 (2) 39.96 (3)	2:32.79	Q
3	3	Eva-Marie Håkansson	SWE	35.42 (3) 40.32 (3)	1:15.74 (3) 40.15 (3)	1:55.89 (3) 39.75 (2)	2:35.64
4	6	Odile Bihan	FRA	36.27 (4) 40.66 (4)	1:16.93 (4) 41.55 (4)	1:58.48 (4) 42.07 (4)	2:40.55
5	2	Catherine Bohan	IRL	36.64 (5) 41.59 (5)	1:18.23 (5) 42.43 (5)	2:00.66 (5) 42.64 (5)	2:43.30
6	7	Lynne Tasker	ZIM	39.01 (6) 43.45 (6)	1:22.46 (6) 43.24 (6)	2:05.70 (6) 43.16 (6)	2:48.86

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Lina Kačiušytė	URS	35.82 (3) 39.25 (2)	1:15.07 (2) 39.17 (1)	1:54.24 (1) 38.80 (1)	2:33.04	Q
2	5	Susanne Nielsson	DEN	35.61 (2) 39.16 (1)	1:14.77 (1) 40.06 (3)	1:54.83 (2) 39.59 (2)	2:34.42	Q
3	3	Ann-Sofi Roos	SWE	36.25 (5) 39.95 (4)	1:16.20 (4) 39.83 (2)	1:56.03 (3) 39.96 (3)	2:35.99
4	1	Tanya Bogomilova	BUL	35.21 (1) 39.91 (3)	1:15.12 (3) 41.16 (5)	1:56.28 (4) 42.83 (7)	2:39.11
5	2	Lisa Curry	AUS	36.52 (7) 40.41 (5)	1:16.93 (5) 41.06 (4)	1:57.99 (5) 41.43 (5)	2:39.42
6	7	Brigitte Prass	ROU	36.24 (4) 40.97 (7)	1:17.21 (6) 41.48 (6)	1:58.69 (6) 41.21 (4)	2:39.90
7	6	Sabrina Seminatore	ITA	36.35 (6) 40.92 (6)	1:17.27 (7) 41.90 (7)	1:59.17 (7) 42.60 (6)	2:41.77

Final (23 July 1980 — 18:30)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	3	Lina Kačiušytė	URS	36.01 (8) 38.01 (2)	1:14.02 (4) 39.11 (4)	1:53.13 (2) 36.41 (1)	2:29.54	OR
2	4	Svetlana Varganova	URS	34.47 (2) 37.96 (1)	1:12.43 (1) 38.19 (1)	1:50.62 (1) 38.99 (3)	2:29.61
3	6	Yuliya Bogdanova	URS	35.93 (7) 39.56 (6)	1:15.49 (8) 39.28 (5)	1:54.77 (7) 37.62 (2)	2:32.39
4	2	Susanne Nielsson	DEN	34.76 (3) 39.18 (5)	1:13.94 (3) 39.43 (6)	1:53.37 (3) 39.38 (4)	2:32.75
5	5	Irena Fleissnerová	TCH	35.37 (4) 39.09 (4)	1:14.46 (5) 38.92 (3)	1:53.38 (4) 39.85 (5)	2:33.23
6	8	Ute Geweniger	GDR	34.27 (1) 38.50 (3)	1:12.77 (2) 40.74 (8)	1:53.51 (5) 40.83 (8)	2:34.34
7	1	Bettina Löbel	GDR	35.60 (6) 39.70 (8)	1:15.30 (7) 38.77 (2)	1:54.07 (6) 40.44 (7)	2:34.51
8	7	Silvia Rinka	GDR	35.43 (5) 39.64 (7)	1:15.07 (6) 40.00 (7)	1:55.07 (8) 40.31 (6)	2:35.38