Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

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Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date26 July
Competitors16 from 11 nations
Winning time4:36.29 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Petra Schneider  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sharron Davies  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Agnieszka Czopek  Poland
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Swimming at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 26 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]

The eventual gold medal winner, Petra Schneider, later admitted that her performance was aided by the use of steroids as part of the East German state-run doping programme.[2]

Records

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

World record  Tracy Caulkins (USA) 4:40.83 West Berlin, West Germany 23 August 1978
Olympic record  Ulrike Tauber (GDR) 4:42.77 Montreal, Canada 24 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
26 July Final Petra Schneider  East Germany 4:36.29 WR, OR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Petra Schneider  East Germany 4:46.53 Q
2 3 Agnieszka Czopek  Poland 4:49.04 Q
3 3 Magdalena Białas  Poland 4:51.59 Q
4 2 Ulrike Tauber  East Germany 4:51.97 Q
5 2 Grit Slaby  East Germany 4:52.01 Q
6 1 Sharron Davies  Great Britain 4:52.38 Q
7 1 Olga Klevakina  Soviet Union 4:55.99 Q
8 2 Sonya Dangalakova  Bulgaria 4:56.26 Q
9 2 Christel Fechner  Belgium 4:56.92
10 3 Ann-Sofi Roos  Sweden 4:57.13
11 3 Lisa Curry  Australia 5:01.58
12 1 Sarah Kerswell  Great Britain 5:03.75
13 1 Mariana Paraschiv  Romania 5:04.56
14 3
Irinel Panulescu
  Romania 5:07.74
15 3 Catherine Bohan  Ireland 5:21.82
16 1
Maria Pia Ayora
  Peru 5:27.19
1 Klára Gulyás  Hungary DNS
2 Michelle Ford  Australia
2 Lisa Forrest  Australia
2 Susanne Nielsson  Denmark

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Petra Schneider  East Germany 4:36.29 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sharron Davies  Great Britain 4:46.83
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Agnieszka Czopek  Poland 4:48.17
4 Grit Slaby  East Germany 4:48.54
5 Ulrike Tauber  East Germany 4:49.18
6 Sonya Dangalakova  Bulgaria 4:49.25
7 Olga Klevakina  Soviet Union 4:50.91
8 Magdalena Białas  Poland 4:53.30

References

  1. ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 484. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Schneider Fesses Up". Swimming World. 13 April 1998. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2006.
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