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4 x 100 metres Medley Relay, Women

Date	20 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Plavatelny basseyn, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva
Participants	43 from 10 countries

Let’s see. East German women would win the 100 freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke in Moscow. And all of those swimmers were available for them on the medley relay. So the only challenge for them was to see how fast they could go to win the gold medal, and they succeeded in breaking the world record with a mark of 4:06.67, led off by Rica Reinisch, who equalled the world record for the 100 backstroke on the opening leg. This was sufficient to lead the silver-medal winning British team by about 5½ seconds, although they set a Commonwealth record. The bronze went to the Soviet Union who set a national record.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	East Germany	GDR	4:08.89 (1 h2)	4:06.67 (1)	Gold
	Rica Reinisch • Ute Geweniger • Andrea Pollack • Caren Metschuck • Sarina Hülsenbeck
2	Great Britain	GBR	4:16.29 (1 h1)	4:12.24 (2)	Silver
	Helen Jameson • Maggie Kelly • Ann Osgerby • June Croft
3	Soviet Union	URS	4:16.46 (2 h2)	4:13.61 (3)	Bronze
	Yelena Kruglova • Elvira Vasilkova • Alla Grishchenkova • Nataliya Strunnikova • Irina Aksyonova • Olga Klevakina
4	Sweden	SWE	4:19.94 (3 h2)	4:16.91 (4)
	Annika Uvehall • Eva-Marie Håkansson • Agneta Mårtensson • Tina Gustafsson • Armi Airaksinen (DNS) • Carina Ljungdahl (DNS) • Ann-Sofi Roos (DNS)
5	Italy	ITA	4:21.69 (4 h2)	4:19.05 (5)
	Laura Foralosso • Sabrina Seminatore • Cinzia Savi Scarponi • Monica Vallarin
6	Australia	AUS	4:23.33 (2 h1)	4:19.90 (6)
	Lisa Forrest • Lisa Curry • Karen Van de Graaf • Rosemary Brown
7	Romania	ROU	4:24.08 (4 h1)	4:21.27 (7)
	Carmen Bunaciu • Brigitte Prass • Mariana Paraschiv • Irinel Pănulescu
8	Bulgaria	BUL	4:23.69 (3 h1)	4:22.38 (8)
	Sonya Dangalakova • Tanya Bogomilova • Ani Moneva • Dobrinka Mincheva • Ani Kostova (DNS)
9	Mexico	MEX	4:25.95 (5 h2)	–
	Teresa Rivera • Elke Holtz • Dagmar Erdman • Helen Plaschinski
10	Belgium	BEL	4:26.33 (6 h2)	–
	Yolande Van Der Straeten • Brigitte Bosmans • Carine Verbauwen • Pascale Verbauwen • Marion Michel (DNS)

Round One (20 July 1980 — 11:00)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	Great Britain	GBR		4:16.29		Q
		Helen Jameson		–	1:05.59	1:05.59 (3)
		Maggie Kelly		–	1:11.10	2:16.69 (1)
		Ann Osgerby		–	1:01.91	3:18.60 (1)
		June Croft		–	57.69	4:16.29 (1)
2	5	Australia	AUS		4:23.33		Q
		Lisa Forrest		–	1:04.89	1:04.89 (2)
		Lisa Curry		–	1:15.13	2:20.02 (4)
		Karen Van de Graaf		–	1:03.54	3:23.56 (2)
		Rosemary Brown		–	59.77	4:23.33 (2)
3	6	Bulgaria	BUL		4:23.69		Q
		Sonya Dangalakova		–	1:06.50	1:06.50 (4)
		Tanya Bogomilova		–	1:13.51	2:20.01 (3)
		Ani Moneva		–	1:04.95	3:24.96 (3)
		Dobrinka Mincheva		–	58.73	4:23.69 (3)
4	3	Romania	ROU		4:24.08		Q
		Carmen Bunaciu		–	1:03.85	1:03.85 (1)
		Brigitte Prass		–	1:14.31	2:18.16 (2)
		Mariana Paraschiv		–	1:12.00	3:30.16 (4)
		Irinel Pănulescu		–	53.92	4:24.08 (4)

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	East Germany	GDR		4:08.89		Q
		Rica Reinisch		–	1:01.95	1:01.95 (1)
		Ute Geweniger		–	1:09.66	2:11.61 (1)
		Andrea Pollack		–	1:01.04	3:12.65 (1)
		Sarina Hülsenbeck		–	56.24	4:08.89 (1)
2	5	Soviet Union	URS		4:16.46		Q
		Yelena Kruglova		–	1:05.21	1:05.21 (3)
		Elvira Vasilkova		–	1:10.02	2:15.23 (2)
		Irina Aksyonova		–	1:03.11	3:18.34 (2)
		Olga Klevakina		–	58.12	4:16.46 (2)
3	7	Sweden	SWE		4:19.94		Q
		Annika Uvehall		–	1:07.18	1:07.18 (6)
		Eva-Marie Håkansson		–	1:11.80	2:18.98 (3)
		Agneta Mårtensson		–	1:02.79	3:21.77 (3)
		Tina Gustafsson		–	58.17	4:19.94 (3)
4	3	Italy	ITA		4:21.69		Q
		Laura Foralosso		–	1:06.09	1:06.09 (5)
		Sabrina Seminatore		–	1:13.05	2:19.14 (5)
		Cinzia Savi Scarponi		–	1:03.57	3:22.71 (4)
		Monica Vallarin		–	58.98	4:21.69 (4)
5	2	Mexico	MEX		4:25.95
		Teresa Rivera		–	1:04.54	1:04.54 (2)
		Elke Holtz		–	1:14.58	2:19.12 (4)
		Dagmar Erdman		–	1:08.33	3:27.45 (6)
		Helen Plaschinski		–	58.50	4:25.95 (5)
6	6	Belgium	BEL		4:26.33
		Yolande Van Der Straeten		–	1:05.61	1:05.61 (4)
		Brigitte Bosmans		–	1:16.89	2:22.50 (6)
		Carine Verbauwen		–	1:04.38	3:26.88 (5)
		Pascale Verbauwen		–	59.45	4:26.33 (6)

Final (20 July 1980 — 20:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	East Germany	GDR		4:06.67		WR
		Rica Reinisch		–	1:01.51	1:01.51 (1)
		Ute Geweniger		–	1:09.46	2:10.97 (1)
		Andrea Pollack		–	1:00.14	3:11.11 (1)
		Caren Metschuck		–	55.56	4:06.67 (1)
2	5	Great Britain	GBR		4:12.24
		Helen Jameson		–	1:04.60	1:04.60 (=5)
		Maggie Kelly		–	1:09.95	2:14.55 (2)
		Ann Osgerby		–	1:01.77	3:16.32 (2)
		June Croft		–	55.92	4:12.24 (2)
3	3	Soviet Union	URS		4:13.61
		Yelena Kruglova		–	1:04.60	1:04.60 (=5)
		Elvira Vasilkova		–	1:10.10	2:14.70 (3)
		Alla Grishchenkova		–	1:02.72	3:17.42 (3)
		Nataliya Strunnikova		–	56.19	4:13.61 (3)
4	6	Sweden	SWE		4:16.91
		Annika Uvehall		–	1:06.45	1:06.45 (8)
		Eva-Marie Håkansson		–	1:11.25	2:17.70 (6)
		Agneta Mårtensson		–	1:02.06	3:19.76 (5)
		Tina Gustafsson		–	57.15	4:16.91 (4)
5	2	Italy	ITA		4:19.05
		Laura Foralosso		–	1:04.02	1:04.02 (3)
		Sabrina Seminatore		–	1:13.09	2:17.11 (4)
		Cinzia Savi Scarponi		–	1:02.61	3:19.72 (4)
		Monica Vallarin		–	59.33	4:19.05 (5)
6	7	Australia	AUS		4:19.90
		Lisa Forrest		–	1:04.59	1:04.59 (4)
		Lisa Curry		–	1:13.61	2:18.20 (7)
		Karen Van de Graaf		–	1:03.07	3:21.27 (6)
		Rosemary Brown		–	58.63	4:19.90 (6)
7	8	Romania	ROU		4:21.27
		Carmen Bunaciu		–	1:03.37	1:03.37 (2)
		Brigitte Prass		–	1:14.23	2:17.60 (5)
		Mariana Paraschiv		–	1:04.46	3:22.06 (7)
		Irinel Pănulescu		–	59.21	4:21.27 (7)
8	1	Bulgaria	BUL		4:22.38
		Sonya Dangalakova		–	1:06.23	1:06.23 (7)
		Tanya Bogomilova		–	1:12.39	2:18.62 (8)
		Ani Moneva		–	1:04.91	3:23.53 (8)
		Dobrinka Mincheva		–	58.85	4:22.38 (8)