Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics, took place on July 23, at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow, Soviet Union. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 25 competitors from 18 nations participated in the event.Fizkultura i Sport, p. 483

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeORWR 23 July Heat 3 Svetlana Varganova 2:29.77 OR 23 July Final Lina Kačiušytė 2:29.54 OR

Results

Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes1 3 2:29.77 Q, OR2 3 2:32.79 Q, NRSchoenfeld, ed., p. 733 4 2:33.04 Q4 2 2:33.45 Q5 4 2:34.42 Q6 2 2:34.88 Q7 1 2:35.31 Q8 1 2:35.42 Q9 3 2:35.64 NR10 4 2:35.99 11 2 2:36.32 12 1 2:37.67 13 4 2:39.11 14 4 2:39.42 15 4 2:39.90 NR16 3 2:40.55 17 4 2:41.77 18 2 2:42.59 NR19 1 2:42.87 20 3 2:43.30 21 1 2:44.03 22 2 2:44.08 23 3 2:48.86 NR24 2 2:55.94 25 1 3:12.40

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 2:29.54 OR 2:29.61 2:32.39 4 2:32.75 NR5 2:33.23 6 2:34.34 7 2:34.51 8 2:35.38

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