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Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

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The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 26 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]

Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date26 July
Competitors16 from 11 nations
Winning time4:36.29 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Petra Schneider  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sharron Davies  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Agnieszka Czopek  Poland
← 1976
1984 →

The eventual gold medal winner, Petra Schneider, later admitted that her performance was aided by the use of steroids as part of the East German state-run communist doping programme.[2]

Records

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

World record   Tracy Caulkins (USA) 4:40.83 West Berlin, West Germany 23 August 1978
Olympic record   Ulrike Tauber (GDR) 4:42.77 Montreal, Canada 24 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
26 July Final Petra Schneider   East Germany 4:36.29 WR

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Petra Schneider   East Germany 4:46.53 Q
2 3 Agnieszka Czopek   Poland 4:49.04 Q
3 3 Magdalena Białas   Poland 4:51.59 Q
4 2 Ulrike Tauber   East Germany 4:51.97 Q
5 2 Grit Slaby   East Germany 4:52.01 Q
6 1 Sharron Davies   Great Britain 4:52.38 Q
7 1 Olga Klevakina   Soviet Union 4:55.99 Q
8 2 Sonya Dangalakova   Bulgaria 4:56.26 Q
9 2 Christel Fechner   Belgium 4:56.92
10 3 Ann-Sofi Roos   Sweden 4:57.13
11 3 Lisa Curry   Australia 5:01.58
12 1 Sarah Kerswell   Great Britain 5:03.75
13 1 Mariana Paraschiv   Romania 5:04.56
14 3 Irinel Panulescu   Romania 5:07.74
15 3 Catherine Bohan   Ireland 5:21.82
16 1 Maria Pia Ayora   Peru 5:27.19
1 Klára Gulyás   Hungary DNS
2 Michelle Ford   Australia
2 Lisa Forrest   Australia
2 Susanne Nielsson   Denmark

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Petra Schneider   East Germany 4:36.29 WR
  Sharron Davies   Great Britain 4:46.83
  Agnieszka Czopek   Poland 4:48.17
4 Grit Slaby   East Germany 4:48.54
5 Ulrike Tauber   East Germany 4:49.18
6 Sonya Dangalakova   Bulgaria 4:49.25
7 Olga Klevakina   Soviet Union 4:50.91
8 Magdalena Białas   Poland 4:53.30

References

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  1. ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 484. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Schneider Fesses Up". Swimming World. 13 April 1998. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2006.
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