Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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]

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date26 July
Competitors14 from 9 nations
Winning time8:28.90 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michelle Ford  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ines Diers  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Heike Dähne  East Germany
← 1976
1984 →

Records edit

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

World record   Tracey Wickham (AUS) 8:24.62 Edmonton, Canada 5 August 1978
Olympic record   Petra Thümer (GDR) 8:37.14 Montreal, Canada 25 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
26 July Heat 1 Heike Dähne   East Germany 8:36.09 OR
26 July Final Michelle Ford   Australia 8:28.90 OR

Results edit

Heats edit

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Heike Dähne   East Germany 8:36.09 Q, OR
2 2 Ines Diers   East Germany 8:40.29 Q
3 2 Michelle Ford   Australia 8:42.36 Q
4 1 Irina Aksyonova   Soviet Union 8:44.42 Q
5 1 Pascale Verbauwen   Belgium 8:45.12 Q
6 1 Oksana Komissarova   Soviet Union 8:45.80 Q
7 2 Ines Geißler   East Germany 8:46.96 Q
8 1 Yelena Ivanova   Soviet Union 8:47.33 Q
9 2 Rosemary Brown   Australia 8:49.47
10 2 Jacquelene Willmott   Great Britain 8:50.51
11 2 Reggie de Jong   Netherlands 8:54.49
12 1 Roberta Felotti   Italy 8:58.54
13 2 Sofia Dara   Greece 9:02.37
14 2 Nikole Schrepfer   Switzerland 9:15.11
1 Klára Gulyás   Hungary DNS
1 María Pia Ayora   Peru

Final edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Michelle Ford   Australia 8:28.90 OR
  Ines Diers   East Germany 8:32.55
  Heike Dähne   East Germany 8:33.48
4 Irina Aksyonova   Soviet Union 8:38.05
5 Oksana Komissarova   Soviet Union 8:42:04
6 Pascale Verbauwen   Belgium 8:44.84
7 Ines Geißler   East Germany 8:45.28
8 Yelena Ivanova   Soviet Union 8:46.45

References edit

  1. ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 476. Retrieved 28 December 2018.