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4 x 100 metres Medley Relay, Women

Date20 July 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationPlavatelny basseyn, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva
Participants43 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.

PosSwimmerNOCR1Final
1East GermanyGDR4:08.89 (1 h2)4:06.67 (1)Gold
Rica ReinischUte GewenigerAndrea PollackCaren MetschuckSarina Hülsenbeck
2Great BritainGBR4:16.29 (1 h1)4:12.24 (2)Silver
Helen JamesonMaggie KellyAnn OsgerbyJune Croft
3Soviet UnionURS4:16.46 (2 h2)4:13.61 (3)Bronze
Yelena KruglovaElvira VasilkovaAlla GrishchenkovaNataliya StrunnikovaIrina AksyonovaOlga Klevakina
4SwedenSWE4:19.94 (3 h2)4:16.91 (4)
Annika UvehallEva-Marie HåkanssonAgneta MårtenssonTina GustafssonArmi Airaksinen (DNS)Carina Ljungdahl (DNS)Ann-Sofi Roos (DNS)
5ItalyITA4:21.69 (4 h2)4:19.05 (5)
Laura ForalossoSabrina SeminatoreCinzia Savi ScarponiMonica Vallarin
6AustraliaAUS4:23.33 (2 h1)4:19.90 (6)
Lisa ForrestLisa CurryKaren Van de GraafRosemary Brown
7RomaniaROU4:24.08 (4 h1)4:21.27 (7)
Carmen BunaciuBrigitte PrassMariana ParaschivIrinel Pănulescu
8BulgariaBUL4:23.69 (3 h1)4:22.38 (8)
Sonya DangalakovaTanya BogomilovaAni MonevaDobrinka MinchevaAni Kostova (DNS)
9MexicoMEX4:25.95 (5 h2)
Teresa RiveraElke HoltzDagmar ErdmanHelen Plaschinski
10BelgiumBEL4:26.33 (6 h2)
Yolande Van Der StraetenBrigitte BosmansCarine VerbauwenPascale VerbauwenMarion Michel (DNS)

Round One (20 July 1980 — 11:00)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

PosLaneSwimmerNOC50 mTimeExchange (Pos)
14Great BritainGBR4:16.29Q
Helen Jameson1:05.591:05.59 (3)
Maggie Kelly1:11.102:16.69 (1)
Ann Osgerby1:01.913:18.60 (1)
June Croft57.694:16.29 (1)
25AustraliaAUS4:23.33Q
Lisa Forrest1:04.891:04.89 (2)
Lisa Curry1:15.132:20.02 (4)
Karen Van de Graaf1:03.543:23.56 (2)
Rosemary Brown59.774:23.33 (2)
36BulgariaBUL4:23.69Q
Sonya Dangalakova1:06.501:06.50 (4)
Tanya Bogomilova1:13.512:20.01 (3)
Ani Moneva1:04.953:24.96 (3)
Dobrinka Mincheva58.734:23.69 (3)
43RomaniaROU4:24.08Q
Carmen Bunaciu1:03.851:03.85 (1)
Brigitte Prass1:14.312:18.16 (2)
Mariana Paraschiv1:12.003:30.16 (4)
Irinel Pănulescu53.924:24.08 (4)

Heat Two

PosLaneSwimmerNOC50 mTimeExchange (Pos)
14East GermanyGDR4:08.89Q
Rica Reinisch1:01.951:01.95 (1)
Ute Geweniger1:09.662:11.61 (1)
Andrea Pollack1:01.043:12.65 (1)
Sarina Hülsenbeck56.244:08.89 (1)
25Soviet UnionURS4:16.46Q
Yelena Kruglova1:05.211:05.21 (3)
Elvira Vasilkova1:10.022:15.23 (2)
Irina Aksyonova1:03.113:18.34 (2)
Olga Klevakina58.124:16.46 (2)
37SwedenSWE4:19.94Q
Annika Uvehall1:07.181:07.18 (6)
Eva-Marie Håkansson1:11.802:18.98 (3)
Agneta Mårtensson1:02.793:21.77 (3)
Tina Gustafsson58.174:19.94 (3)
43ItalyITA4:21.69Q
Laura Foralosso1:06.091:06.09 (5)
Sabrina Seminatore1:13.052:19.14 (5)
Cinzia Savi Scarponi1:03.573:22.71 (4)
Monica Vallarin58.984:21.69 (4)
52MexicoMEX4:25.95
Teresa Rivera1:04.541:04.54 (2)
Elke Holtz1:14.582:19.12 (4)
Dagmar Erdman1:08.333:27.45 (6)
Helen Plaschinski58.504:25.95 (5)
66BelgiumBEL4:26.33
Yolande Van Der Straeten1:05.611:05.61 (4)
Brigitte Bosmans1:16.892:22.50 (6)
Carine Verbauwen1:04.383:26.88 (5)
Pascale Verbauwen59.454:26.33 (6)

Final (20 July 1980 — 20:00)

PosLaneSwimmerNOC50 mTimeExchange (Pos)
14East GermanyGDR4:06.67WR
Rica Reinisch1:01.511:01.51 (1)
Ute Geweniger1:09.462:10.97 (1)
Andrea Pollack1:00.143:11.11 (1)
Caren Metschuck55.564:06.67 (1)
25Great BritainGBR4:12.24
Helen Jameson1:04.601:04.60 (=5)
Maggie Kelly1:09.952:14.55 (2)
Ann Osgerby1:01.773:16.32 (2)
June Croft55.924:12.24 (2)
33Soviet UnionURS4:13.61
Yelena Kruglova1:04.601:04.60 (=5)
Elvira Vasilkova1:10.102:14.70 (3)
Alla Grishchenkova1:02.723:17.42 (3)
Nataliya Strunnikova56.194:13.61 (3)
46SwedenSWE4:16.91
Annika Uvehall1:06.451:06.45 (8)
Eva-Marie Håkansson1:11.252:17.70 (6)
Agneta Mårtensson1:02.063:19.76 (5)
Tina Gustafsson57.154:16.91 (4)
52ItalyITA4:19.05
Laura Foralosso1:04.021:04.02 (3)
Sabrina Seminatore1:13.092:17.11 (4)
Cinzia Savi Scarponi1:02.613:19.72 (4)
Monica Vallarin59.334:19.05 (5)
67AustraliaAUS4:19.90
Lisa Forrest1:04.591:04.59 (4)
Lisa Curry1:13.612:18.20 (7)
Karen Van de Graaf1:03.073:21.27 (6)
Rosemary Brown58.634:19.90 (6)
78RomaniaROU4:21.27
Carmen Bunaciu1:03.371:03.37 (2)
Brigitte Prass1:14.232:17.60 (5)
Mariana Paraschiv1:04.463:22.06 (7)
Irinel Pănulescu59.214:21.27 (7)
81BulgariaBUL4:22.38
Sonya Dangalakova1:06.231:06.23 (7)
Tanya Bogomilova1:12.392:18.62 (8)
Ani Moneva1:04.913:23.53 (8)
Dobrinka Mincheva58.854:22.38 (8)