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4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Women

Date	20 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Plavatelny basseyn, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva
Participants	43 from 10 countries

Let’s see. East German women would win the 100 freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke in Moscow. And all of those swimmers were available for them on the medley relay. So the only challenge for them was to see how fast they could go to win the gold medal, and they succeeded in breaking the world record with a mark of 4:06.67, led off by Rica Reinisch, who equalled the world record for the 100 backstroke on the opening leg. This was sufficient to lead the silver-medal winning British team by about 5½ seconds, although they set a Commonwealth record. The bronze went to the Soviet Union who set a national record.

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	East Germany	GDR	4:08.89 (1 h2)	4:06.67 (1)	Gold
Backstroke	78	Rica Reinisch		–	–
Breaststroke	65	Ute Geweniger		–	–
Butterfly	76	Andrea Pollack		–	–
Freestyle	74	Caren Metschuck		–	–
Freestyle	47	Sarina Hülsenbeck		–	–
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	4:16.29 (1 h1)	4:12.24 (2)	Silver
Backstroke	52	Helen Jameson		–	–
Breaststroke	54	Maggie Kelly		–	–
Butterfly	57	Ann Osgerby		–	–
Freestyle	48	June Croft		–	–
3	–	Soviet Union	URS	4:16.46 (2 h2)	4:13.61 (3)	Bronze
Backstroke	162	Yelena Kruglova		–	–
Breaststroke	171	Elvira Vasilkova		–	–
Butterfly	156	Alla Grishchenkova		–	–
Freestyle	166	Nataliya Strunnikova		–	–
Butterfly	151	Irina Aksyonova		–	–
Freestyle	160	Olga Klevakina		–	–
4	–	Sweden	SWE	4:19.94 (3 h2)	4:16.91 (4)
Backstroke	146	Annika Uvehall		–	–
Breaststroke	139	Eva-Marie Håkansson		–	–
Butterfly	143	Agneta Mårtensson		–	–
Freestyle	138	Tina Gustafsson		–	–
	136	Armi Airaksinen DNS		–	–
	142	Carina Ljungdahl DNS		–	–
	145	Ann-Sofi Roos DNS		–	–
5	–	Italy	ITA	4:21.69 (4 h2)	4:19.05 (5)
Backstroke	106	Laura Foralosso		–	–
Breaststroke	108	Sabrina Seminatore		–	–
Butterfly	107	Cinzia Savi Scarponi		–	–
Freestyle	109	Monica Vallarin		–	–
6	–	Australia	AUS	4:23.33 (2 h1)	4:19.90 (6)
Backstroke	5	Lisa Forrest		–	–
Breaststroke	2	Lisa Curry		–	–
Butterfly	9	Karen Van de Graaf		–	–
Freestyle	1	Rosemary Brown		–	–
7	–	Romania	ROU	4:24.08 (4 h1)	4:21.27 (7)
Backstroke	128	Carmen Bunaciu		–	–
Breaststroke	133	Brigitte Prass		–	–
Butterfly	132	Mariana Paraschiv		–	–
Freestyle	131	Irinel Pănulescu		–	–
8	–	Bulgaria	BUL	4:23.69 (3 h1)	4:22.38 (8)
Backstroke	20	Sonya Dangalakova		–	–
Breaststroke	19	Tanya Bogomilova		–	–
Butterfly	25	Ani Moneva		–	–
Freestyle	24	Dobrinka Mincheva		–	–
	23	Ani Kostova DNS		–	–
9	2	Mexico	MEX	4:25.95 (5 h2)	–
	119	Teresa Rivera		–	–
	116	Elke Holtz		–	–
	115	Dagmar Erdman		–	–
	117	Helen Plaschinski		–	–
10	6	Belgium	BEL	4:26.33 (6 h2)	–
	16	Yolande Van Der Straeten		–	–
	13	Brigitte Bosmans		–	–
	17	Carine Verbauwen		–	–
	18	Pascale Verbauwen		–	–
	15	Marion Michel DNS		–	–

Round One

Date	20 July 1980 — 11:00
Format	Fastest 8 advanced to the final round.

Pos	Lane	Team	NOC	Time
1	4	East Germany	GDR	4:08.89	Q
2	4	Great Britain	GBR	4:16.29	Q
3	5	Soviet Union	URS	4:16.46	Q
4	7	Sweden	SWE	4:19.94	Q
5	3	Italy	ITA	4:21.69	Q
6	5	Australia	AUS	4:23.33	Q
7	6	Bulgaria	BUL	4:23.69	Q
8	3	Romania	ROU	4:24.08	Q
9	2	Mexico	MEX	4:25.95
10	6	Belgium	BEL	4:26.33

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Split	Exchange
1	4	Great Britain	GBR	4:16.29	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Helen Jameson		–	1:05.59 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Maggie Kelly		–	1:11.10 (1)	2:16.69 (1)
Butterfly	–	Ann Osgerby		–	1:01.91 (1)	3:18.60 (1)
Freestyle	–	June Croft		–	57.69 (2)	– (–)
2	5	Australia	AUS	4:23.33	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Lisa Forrest		–	1:04.89 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Lisa Curry		–	1:15.13 (4)	2:20.02 (4)
Butterfly	–	Karen Van de Graaf		–	1:03.54 (2)	3:23.56 (2)
Freestyle	–	Rosemary Brown		–	59.77 (4)	– (–)
3	6	Bulgaria	BUL	4:23.69	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Sonya Dangalakova		–	1:06.50 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Tanya Bogomilova		–	1:13.51 (2)	2:20.01 (3)
Butterfly	–	Ani Moneva		–	1:04.95 (3)	3:24.96 (3)
Freestyle	–	Dobrinka Mincheva		–	58.73 (3)	– (–)
4	3	Romania	ROU	4:24.08	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Carmen Bunaciu		–	1:03.85 (1)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Brigitte Prass		–	1:14.31 (3)	2:18.16 (2)
Butterfly	–	Mariana Paraschiv		–	1:12.00 (4)	3:30.16 (4)
Freestyle	–	Irinel Pănulescu		–	53.92 (1)	– (–)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Split	Exchange
1	4	East Germany	GDR	4:08.89	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Rica Reinisch		–	1:01.95 (1)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Ute Geweniger		–	1:09.66 (1)	2:11.61 (1)
Butterfly	–	Andrea Pollack		–	1:01.04 (1)	3:12.65 (1)
Freestyle	–	Sarina Hülsenbeck		–	56.24 (1)	– (–)
2	5	Soviet Union	URS	4:16.46	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Yelena Kruglova		–	1:05.21 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Elvira Vasilkova		–	1:10.02 (2)	2:15.23 (2)
Butterfly	–	Irina Aksyonova		–	1:03.11 (3)	3:18.34 (2)
Freestyle	–	Olga Klevakina		–	58.12 (2)	– (–)
3	7	Sweden	SWE	4:19.94	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Annika Uvehall		–	1:07.18 (6)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Eva-Marie Håkansson		–	1:11.80 (3)	2:18.98 (3)
Butterfly	–	Agneta Mårtensson		–	1:02.79 (2)	3:21.77 (3)
Freestyle	–	Tina Gustafsson		–	58.17 (3)	– (–)
4	3	Italy	ITA	4:21.69	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Laura Foralosso		–	1:06.09 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Sabrina Seminatore		–	1:13.05 (4)	2:19.14 (5)
Butterfly	–	Cinzia Savi Scarponi		–	1:03.57 (4)	3:22.71 (4)
Freestyle	–	Monica Vallarin		–	58.98 (5)	– (–)
5	2	Mexico	MEX	4:25.95	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Teresa Rivera		–	1:04.54 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Elke Holtz		–	1:14.58 (5)	2:19.12 (4)
Butterfly	–	Dagmar Erdman		–	1:08.33 (6)	3:27.45 (6)
Freestyle	–	Helen Plaschinski		–	58.50 (4)	– (–)
6	6	Belgium	BEL	4:26.33	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Yolande Van Der Straeten		–	1:05.61 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Brigitte Bosmans		–	1:16.89 (6)	2:22.50 (6)
Butterfly	–	Carine Verbauwen		–	1:04.38 (5)	3:26.88 (5)
Freestyle	–	Pascale Verbauwen		–	59.45 (6)	– (–)

Final Round

Date	20 July 1980 — 20:00

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Split	Exchange
1	4	East Germany	GDR	4:06.67	– (–)	– (–)	WR
Backstroke	–	Rica Reinisch		–	1:01.51 (1)	– (–)	IOR
Breaststroke	–	Ute Geweniger		–	1:09.46 (1)	2:10.97 (1)
Butterfly	–	Andrea Pollack		–	1:00.14 (1)	3:11.11 (1)
Freestyle	–	Caren Metschuck		–	55.56 (1)	– (–)
2	5	Great Britain	GBR	4:12.24	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Helen Jameson		–	1:04.60 (=5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Maggie Kelly		–	1:09.95 (2)	2:14.55 (2)
Butterfly	–	Ann Osgerby		–	1:01.77 (2)	3:16.32 (2)
Freestyle	–	June Croft		–	55.92 (2)	– (–)
3	3	Soviet Union	URS	4:13.61	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Yelena Kruglova		–	1:04.60 (=5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Elvira Vasilkova		–	1:10.10 (3)	2:14.70 (3)
Butterfly	–	Alla Grishchenkova		–	1:02.72 (5)	3:17.42 (3)
Freestyle	–	Nataliya Strunnikova		–	56.19 (3)	– (–)
4	6	Sweden	SWE	4:16.91	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Annika Uvehall		–	1:06.45 (8)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Eva-Marie Håkansson		–	1:11.25 (4)	2:17.70 (6)
Butterfly	–	Agneta Mårtensson		–	1:02.06 (3)	3:19.76 (5)
Freestyle	–	Tina Gustafsson		–	57.15 (4)	– (–)
5	2	Italy	ITA	4:19.05	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Laura Foralosso		–	1:04.02 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Sabrina Seminatore		–	1:13.09 (6)	2:17.11 (4)
Butterfly	–	Cinzia Savi Scarponi		–	1:02.61 (4)	3:19.72 (4)
Freestyle	–	Monica Vallarin		–	59.33 (8)	– (–)
6	7	Australia	AUS	4:19.90	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Lisa Forrest		–	1:04.59 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Lisa Curry		–	1:13.61 (7)	2:18.20 (7)
Butterfly	–	Karen Van de Graaf		–	1:03.07 (6)	3:21.27 (6)
Freestyle	–	Rosemary Brown		–	58.63 (5)	– (–)
7	8	Romania	ROU	4:21.27	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Carmen Bunaciu		–	1:03.37 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Brigitte Prass		–	1:14.23 (8)	2:17.60 (5)
Butterfly	–	Mariana Paraschiv		–	1:04.46 (7)	3:22.06 (7)
Freestyle	–	Irinel Pănulescu		–	59.21 (7)	– (–)
8	1	Bulgaria	BUL	4:22.38	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Sonya Dangalakova		–	1:06.23 (7)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Tanya Bogomilova		–	1:12.39 (5)	2:18.62 (8)
Butterfly	–	Ani Moneva		–	1:04.91 (8)	3:23.53 (8)
Freestyle	–	Dobrinka Mincheva		–	58.85 (6)	– (–)