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200 metres Breaststroke, Women

Date	23 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Plavatelny basseyn, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva
Participants	25 from 18 countries

The Soviet Union never produced a plethora of great swimmers, but for some reason they did in the women’s 200 breaststroke. In Moscow they swept the medals, as they had done in Montréal, led by Lithuanian Lina Kačiušytė, the 1978 World Champion and world record holder, who won gold. The silver medalist, Svetlana Varganova, and bronze medalist, Yuliya Bogdanova, were also former world record holders. Varganova led for most of the race, having 1½ seconds on Kačiušytė at 50 and 100 metres, and 2½ seconds at 150 metres, but Kačiušytė’s final 50 split was 2.58 seconds faster and brought her home 7/100ths in front.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	158	Lina Kačiušytė	URS	2:33.04 (1 h4)	2:29.54 (1)	Gold
2	170	Svetlana Varganova	URS	2:29.77 (1 h3)	2:29.61 (2)	Silver
3	152	Yuliya Bogdanova	URS	2:33.45 (1 h2)	2:32.39 (3)	Bronze
4	30	Susanne Nielsson	DEN	2:34.42 (2 h4)	2:32.75 (4)
5	149	Irena Fleissnerová	TCH	2:32.79 (2 h3)	2:33.23 (5)
6	65	Ute Geweniger	GDR	2:35.42 (2 h1)	2:34.34 (6)
7	73	Bettina Löbel	GDR	2:35.31 (1 h1)	2:34.51 (7)
8	80	Silvia Rinka	GDR	2:34.88 (2 h2)	2:35.38 (8)
9	139	Eva-Marie Håkansson	SWE	2:35.64 (3 h3)	–
10	145	Ann-Sofi Roos	SWE	2:35.99 (3 h4)	–
11	59	Debbie Rudd	GBR	2:36.32 (3 h2)	–
12	54	Maggie Kelly	GBR	2:37.67 (3 h1)	–
13	19	Tanya Bogomilova	BUL	2:39.11 (4 h4)	–
14	–	Lisa Curry	AUS	2:39.42 (5 h4)	–
15	133	Brigitte Prass	ROU	2:39.90 (6 h4)	–
16	40	Odile Bihan	FRA	2:40.55 (4 h3)	–
17	108	Sabrina Seminatore	ITA	2:41.77 (7 h4)	–
18	116	Elke Holtz	MEX	2:42.59 (4 h2)	–
19	13	Brigitte Bosmans	BEL	2:42.87 (4 h1)	–
20	–	Catherine Bohan	IRL	2:43.30 (5 h3)	–
21	41	Annick de Susini	FRA	2:44.03 (5 h1)	–
22	100	Gabriella Kindl	HUN	2:44.08 (5 h2)	–
23	177	Lynne Tasker	ZIM	2:48.86 (6 h3)	–
24	173	Hoàng Thị Hoà	VIE	2:55.94 (6 h2)	–
25	112	Nicole Rajoharison	MAD	3:12.40 (6 h1)	–

Round One

Date	23 July 1980 — 10:30
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Svetlana Varganova	URS	2:29.77	QOR
2	–	Irena Fleissnerová	TCH	2:32.79	Q
3	–	Lina Kačiušytė	URS	2:33.04	Q
4	–	Yuliya Bogdanova	URS	2:33.45	Q
5	–	Susanne Nielsson	DEN	2:34.42	Q
6	–	Silvia Rinka	GDR	2:34.88	Q
7	–	Bettina Löbel	GDR	2:35.31	Q
8	–	Ute Geweniger	GDR	2:35.42	Q
9	–	Eva-Marie Håkansson	SWE	2:35.64
10	–	Ann-Sofi Roos	SWE	2:35.99
11	–	Debbie Rudd	GBR	2:36.32
12	–	Maggie Kelly	GBR	2:37.67
13	–	Tanya Bogomilova	BUL	2:39.11
14	–	Lisa Curry	AUS	2:39.42
15	–	Brigitte Prass	ROU	2:39.90
16	–	Odile Bihan	FRA	2:40.55
17	–	Sabrina Seminatore	ITA	2:41.77
18	–	Elke Holtz	MEX	2:42.59
19	–	Brigitte Bosmans	BEL	2:42.87
20	–	Catherine Bohan	IRL	2:43.30
21	–	Annick de Susini	FRA	2:44.03
22	–	Gabriella Kindl	HUN	2:44.08
23	–	Lynne Tasker	ZIM	2:48.86
24	–	Hoàng Thị Hoà	VIE	2:55.94
25	–	Nicole Rajoharison	MAD	3:12.40

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Bettina Löbel	GDR	2:35.31	35.41 (2)	1:15.77 (3)	1:55.77 (2)	40.36 (3)	40.00 (1)	39.54 (1)	Q
2	–	Ute Geweniger	GDR	2:35.42	35.09 (1)	1:15.28 (1)	1:55.72 (1)	40.19 (2)	40.44 (2)	39.70 (2)	Q
3	–	Maggie Kelly	GBR	2:37.67	35.63 (3)	1:15.48 (2)	1:56.79 (3)	39.85 (1)	41.31 (3)	40.88 (3)
4	–	Brigitte Bosmans	BEL	2:42.87	36.07 (4)	1:17.69 (4)	2:00.39 (4)	41.62 (5)	42.70 (4)	42.48 (4)
5	–	Annick de Susini	FRA	2:44.03	36.36 (5)	1:17.86 (5)	2:00.62 (5)	41.50 (4)	42.76 (5)	43.41 (5)
6	–	Nicole Rajoharison	MAD	3:12.40	42.06 (6)	1:31.42 (6)	2:23.26 (6)	49.36 (6)	51.84 (6)	49.14 (6)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Yuliya Bogdanova	URS	2:33.45	35.14 (1)	1:14.59 (1)	1:54.39 (1)	39.45 (1)	39.80 (2)	39.06 (1)	Q
2	–	Silvia Rinka	GDR	2:34.88	35.61 (2)	1:15.38 (2)	1:55.05 (2)	39.77 (3)	39.67 (1)	39.83 (2)	Q
3	–	Debbie Rudd	GBR	2:36.32	36.05 (4)	1:15.74 (3)	1:56.15 (3)	39.69 (2)	40.41 (3)	40.17 (3)
4	–	Elke Holtz	MEX	2:42.59	36.78 (5)	1:17.48 (5)	1:59.60 (4)	40.70 (4)	42.12 (4)	42.99 (4)
5	–	Gabriella Kindl	HUN	2:44.08	36.00 (3)	1:17.07 (4)	1:59.97 (5)	41.07 (5)	42.90 (5)	44.11 (5)
6	–	Hoàng Thị Hoà	VIE	2:55.94	38.97 (6)	1:23.45 (6)	2:09.12 (6)	44.48 (6)	45.67 (6)	46.82 (6)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Svetlana Varganova	URS	2:29.77	34.02 (1)	1:13.13 (1)	1:51.63 (1)	39.11 (2)	38.50 (1)	38.14 (1)	QOR
2	–	Irena Fleissnerová	TCH	2:32.79	35.14 (2)	1:13.68 (2)	1:52.83 (2)	38.54 (1)	39.15 (2)	39.96 (3)	Q
3	–	Eva-Marie Håkansson	SWE	2:35.64	35.42 (3)	1:15.74 (3)	1:55.89 (3)	40.32 (3)	40.15 (3)	39.75 (2)
4	–	Odile Bihan	FRA	2:40.55	36.27 (4)	1:16.93 (4)	1:58.48 (4)	40.66 (4)	41.55 (4)	42.07 (4)
5	–	Catherine Bohan	IRL	2:43.30	36.64 (5)	1:18.23 (5)	2:00.66 (5)	41.59 (5)	42.43 (5)	42.64 (5)
6	–	Lynne Tasker	ZIM	2:48.86	39.01 (6)	1:22.46 (6)	2:05.70 (6)	43.45 (6)	43.24 (6)	43.16 (6)

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Lina Kačiušytė	URS	2:33.04	35.82 (3)	1:15.07 (2)	1:54.24 (1)	39.25 (2)	39.17 (1)	38.80 (1)	Q
2	–	Susanne Nielsson	DEN	2:34.42	35.61 (2)	1:14.77 (1)	1:54.83 (2)	39.16 (1)	40.06 (3)	39.59 (2)	Q
3	–	Ann-Sofi Roos	SWE	2:35.99	36.25 (5)	1:16.20 (4)	1:56.03 (3)	39.95 (4)	39.83 (2)	39.96 (3)
4	–	Tanya Bogomilova	BUL	2:39.11	35.21 (1)	1:15.12 (3)	1:56.28 (4)	39.91 (3)	41.16 (5)	42.83 (7)
5	–	Lisa Curry	AUS	2:39.42	36.52 (7)	1:16.93 (5)	1:57.99 (5)	40.41 (5)	41.06 (4)	41.43 (5)
6	–	Brigitte Prass	ROU	2:39.90	36.24 (4)	1:17.21 (6)	1:58.69 (6)	40.97 (7)	41.48 (6)	41.21 (4)
7	–	Sabrina Seminatore	ITA	2:41.77	36.35 (6)	1:17.27 (7)	1:59.17 (7)	40.92 (6)	41.90 (7)	42.60 (6)

Final Round

Date	23 July 1980 — 18:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Lina Kačiušytė	URS	2:29.54	36.01 (8)	1:14.02 (4)	1:53.13 (2)	38.01 (2)	39.11 (4)	36.41 (1)	OR
2	–	Svetlana Varganova	URS	2:29.61	34.47 (2)	1:12.43 (1)	1:50.62 (1)	37.96 (1)	38.19 (1)	38.99 (3)
3	–	Yuliya Bogdanova	URS	2:32.39	35.93 (7)	1:15.49 (8)	1:54.77 (7)	39.56 (6)	39.28 (5)	37.62 (2)
4	–	Susanne Nielsson	DEN	2:32.75	34.76 (3)	1:13.94 (3)	1:53.37 (3)	39.18 (5)	39.43 (6)	39.38 (4)
5	–	Irena Fleissnerová	TCH	2:33.23	35.37 (4)	1:14.46 (5)	1:53.38 (4)	39.09 (4)	38.92 (3)	39.85 (5)
6	–	Ute Geweniger	GDR	2:34.34	34.27 (1)	1:12.77 (2)	1:53.51 (5)	38.50 (3)	40.74 (8)	40.83 (8)
7	–	Bettina Löbel	GDR	2:34.51	35.60 (6)	1:15.30 (7)	1:54.07 (6)	39.70 (8)	38.77 (2)	40.44 (7)
8	–	Silvia Rinka	GDR	2:35.38	35.43 (5)	1:15.07 (6)	1:55.07 (8)	39.64 (7)	40.00 (7)	40.31 (6)