100 metres Breaststroke, Women
| Date | 24 July 1980 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Plavatelny basseyn, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva |
| Participants | 25 from 19 countries |
East German Ute Geweniger had broken the world record at a meet in Magdeburg in May 1980. In the heats in Moscow she bettered that record with 1:10.11. She could not reproduce that in the final, coming hom in 1:10.22, but that was third fastest time ever, and won her the gold medal. She started slowly, and was only fifth at the turn, but cruised home for the victory. Geweniger would win this event at the 1981 and 1983 European Championships and the 1982 World Championships. At the 1981 and 1983 Europeans, she won nine gold medals in all events, with four individual golds in Split in 1981. Denmark’s Susanne Nielsson won bronze in Moscow, as she had done at the 1978 Worlds. With the Americans in Moscow, Geweniger would likely still have won, but Tracy Caulkins would have been a formidable opponent for her.
| Pos | Swimmer | NOC | R1 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ute Geweniger |  GDR | 1:10.11 (1 h4) | 1:10.22 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Elvira Vasilkova |  URS | 1:11.03 (1 h1) | 1:10.41 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Susanne Nielsson |  DEN | 1:11.58 (2 h4) | 1:11.16 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Maggie Kelly |  GBR | 1:12.38 (3 h4) | 1:11.48 (4) | |||
| 5 | Eva-Marie Håkansson |  SWE | 1:12.26 (1 h2) | 1:11.72 (5) | |||
| 6 | Suki Brownsdon | GBR | 1:12.83 (3 h2) | 1:12.11 (6) | |||
| 7 | Lina Kačiušytė | URS | 1:12.71 (2 h2) | 1:12.21 (7) | |||
| 8 | Monica Bonon |  ITA | 1:12.36 (1 h3) | 1:12.51 (8) | |||
| 9 | Silvia Rinka | GDR | 1:12.88 (2 h3) | – | |||
| 10 | Catherine Poirot |  FRA | 1:12.94 (2 h1) | – | |||
| 11 | Irena Fleissnerová |  TCH | 1:13.35 (4 h2) | – | |||
| 12 | Tanya Bogomilova |  BUL | 1:13.52 (4 h4) | – | |||
| 13 | Sabrina Seminatore | ITA | 1:13.76 (3 h1) | – | |||
| 14 | Bettina Löbel | GDR | 1:14.32 (5 h4) | – | |||
| 15 | Gabriella Kindl |  HUN | 1:14.33 (3 h3) | – | |||
| 16 | Yuliya Bogdanova | URS | 1:15.04 (4 h3) | – | |||
| 17 | Brigitte Prass |  ROU | 1:15.10 (5 h3) | – | |||
| 18 | Elke Holtz |  MEX | 1:15.89 (6 h4) | – | |||
| 19 | Brigitte Bosmans |  BEL | 1:16.68 (4 h1) | – | |||
| 20 | Catherine Bohan |  IRL | 1:16.84 (6 h3) | – | |||
| 21 | Lynne Tasker |  ZIM | 1:18.81 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 22 | María Pia Ayora |  PER | 1:20.46 (7 h4) | – | |||
| 23 | Phạm Thị Phú |  VIE | 1:22.73 (7 h3) | – | |||
| 24 | Nicole Rajoharison |  MAD | 1:24.83 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 25 | Garnet Charwat |  NCA | 1:28.88 (5 h1) | – | |||
| Lisa Curry |  AUS | – (DNS h1) | – |
Round One (24 July 1980 — 10:00)
Fastest eight advanced to the final.
Heat One
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Elvira Vasilkova | URS | 1:11.03 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Catherine Poirot | FRA | 1:12.94 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Sabrina Seminatore | ITA | 1:13.76 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Brigitte Bosmans | BEL | 1:16.68 | |||
| 5 | 7 | Garnet Charwat | NCA | 1:28.88 | |||
| 6 | Lisa Curry | AUS | – |
Heat Two
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Eva-Marie Håkansson | SWE | 1:12.26 | |||
| 2 | 4 | Lina Kačiušytė | URS | 1:12.71 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Suki Brownsdon | GBR | 1:12.83 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Irena Fleissnerová | TCH | 1:13.35 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Lynne Tasker | ZIM | 1:18.81 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Nicole Rajoharison | MAD | 1:24.83 |
Heat Three
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Monica Bonon | ITA | 1:12.36 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Silvia Rinka | GDR | 1:12.88 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Gabriella Kindl | HUN | 1:14.33 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Yuliya Bogdanova | URS | 1:15.04 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Brigitte Prass | ROU | 1:15.10 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Catherine Bohan | IRL | 1:16.84 | |||
| 7 | 7 | Phạm Thị Phú | VIE | 1:22.73 |
Heat Four
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Ute Geweniger | GDR | 1:10.11 | |||
| 2 | 6 | Susanne Nielsson | DEN | 1:11.58 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Maggie Kelly | GBR | 1:12.38 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Tanya Bogomilova | BUL | 1:13.52 | |||
| 5 | 3 | Bettina Löbel | GDR | 1:14.32 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Elke Holtz | MEX | 1:15.89 | |||
| 7 | 7 | María Pia Ayora | PER | 1:20.46 |
Final (24 July 1980 — 18:30)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Ute Geweniger | GDR | 1:10.22 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Elvira Vasilkova | URS | 1:10.41 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Susanne Nielsson | DEN | 1:11.16 | |||
| 4 | 7 | Maggie Kelly | GBR | 1:11.48 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Eva-Marie Håkansson | SWE | 1:11.72 | |||
| 6 | 8 | Suki Brownsdon | GBR | 1:12.11 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Lina Kačiušytė | URS | 1:12.21 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Monica Bonon | ITA | 1:12.51 |