Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Dates	27 July
Competitors	39 from 9 nations
Teams	9
Winning time	3:42.71 WR
Medalists
East Germany Barbara Krause Caren Metschuck Ines Diers Sarina Hülsenbeck Carmela Schmidt*  Sweden Carina Ljungdahl Tina Gustafsson Agneta Mårtensson Agneta Eriksson Birgitta Jönsson* Helena Peterson*  Netherlands Conny van Bentum Wilma van Velsen Reggie de Jong Annelies Maas *Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m		women
4 × 200 m	men
Medley relay
4 × 100 m	men	women
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The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.^[1]

Records

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

World record	United States (USA) Tracy Caulkins (56.57) Stephanie Elkins (55.92) Jill Sterkel (55.70) Cynthia Woodhead (55.24)	3:43.43	West Berlin, West Germany	26 August 1978
Olympic record	United States (USA) Kim Peyton (56.95) Wendy Boglioli (55.81) Jill Sterkel (55.78) Shirley Babashoff (56.28)	3:44.82	Montreal, Canada	25 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
27 July	Final	Barbara Krause (54.90) Caren Metschuck (55.61) Ines Diers (55.90) Sarina Hülsenbeck (56.30)	East Germany	3:42.71	WR, OR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
1	2	East Germany	Barbara Krause (56.09) Sarina Hülsenbeck (55.99) Caren Metschuck (55.81) Carmela Schmidt (57.30)	3:45.19	Q
2	1	Netherlands	Conny van Bentum (57.99) Wilma van Velsen (57.40) Reggie de Jong (58.34) Annelies Maas (57.57)	3:51.30	Q
3	1	Sweden	Carina Ljungdahl (57.85) Birgitta Jönsson (58.44) Helena Peterson (58.58) Tina Gustafsson (57.35)	3:52.22	Q
4	1	Great Britain	June Croft (57.30) Kaye Lovatt (58.47) Jacquelene Willmott (58.99) Sharron Davies (58.32)	3:53.08	Q
5	2	Australia	Lisa Curry (59.68) Karen Van de Graaf (58.73) Rosemary Brown (58.92) Michelle Pearson (58.91)	3:56.24	Q
6	1	Mexico	Hellen Plaschinski (59.33)	3:56.87	Q
7	2	Spain	Laura Flaque (59.74) Gloria Casado (59.84)	3:58.33	Q
8	1	Bulgaria	Stoianka Dyngalakova (59.38) Rumyana Dobreva (59.75) Ani Kostova (1:01.01) Dobrinka Mincheva (59.51)	3:59.65	Q
	2	Soviet Union	Irina Gerasimova Natalya Strunnikova Larisa Tsaryova Olga Klevakina	DSQ

• The Soviet Union was disqualified in the heats for an improper changeover.

Final

Rank	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	East Germany	Barbara Krause (54.90) Caren Metschuck (55.61) Ines Diers (55.90) Sarina Hülsenbeck (56.30)	3:42.71	WR
	Sweden	Carina Ljungdahl (57.61) Tina Gustafsson (56.82) Agneta Mårtensson (57.93) Agneta Eriksson (56.57)	3:48.93
	Netherlands	Conny van Bentum (57.50) Wilma van Velsen (57.38) Reggie de Jong (57.17) Annelies Maas (57.46)	3:49.51
4	Great Britain	Sharron Davies (58.74) Kaye Lovatt (58.44) Jacquelene Willmott (57.68) June Croft (56.85)	3:51.71
5	Australia	Lisa Curry (59.13) Karen Van de Graaf (57.79) Rosemary Brown (59.38) Michelle Pearson (57.86)	3:54.16
6	Mexico	Hellen Plaschinski (57.65)	3:55.41
7	Bulgaria	Stoianka Dyngalakova (57.93)	3:56.34
8	Spain	Laura Flaque (1:00.05) Gloria Casado (59.72)	3:58.73

References

• Swimming at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Women's 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2020-04-12.