Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 26 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date26 July
Competitors14 from 9 nations
Winning time8:28.90 OR
Medalists
Michelle Ford  Australia
Ines Diers  East Germany
Heike Dähne  East Germany

Records

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

World record Tracey Wickham (AUS)8:24.62Edmonton, Canada5 August 1978
Olympic record Petra Thümer (GDR)8:37.14Montreal, Canada25 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
26 JulyHeat 1Heike Dähne East Germany8:36.09OR
26 JulyFinalMichelle Ford Australia8:28.90OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatNameNationalityTime Notes
11Heike Dähne East Germany8:36.09Q, OR
22Ines Diers East Germany8:40.29Q
32Michelle Ford Australia8:42.36Q
41Irina Aksyonova Soviet Union8:44.42Q
51Pascale Verbauwen Belgium8:45.12Q
61Oksana Komissarova Soviet Union8:45.80Q
72Ines Geißler East Germany8:46.96Q
81Yelena Ivanova Soviet Union8:47.33Q
92Rosemary Brown Australia8:49.47
102Jacquelene Willmott Great Britain8:50.51
112Reggie de Jong Netherlands8:54.49
121Roberta Felotti Italy8:58.54
132Sofia Dara Greece9:02.37
142Nikole Schrepfer Switzerland9:15.11
1Klára Gulyás HungaryDNS
1María Pia Ayora Peru

Final

RankNameNationalityTime Notes
Michelle Ford Australia8:28.90OR
Ines Diers East Germany8:32.55
Heike Dähne East Germany8:33.48
4Irina Aksyonova Soviet Union8:38.05
5Oksana Komissarova Soviet Union8:42:04
6Pascale Verbauwen Belgium8:44.84
7Ines Geißler East Germany8:45.28
8Yelena Ivanova Soviet Union8:46.45

References

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