Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The XXII. 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow 26 competitions were held in swimming, each 13 for both men and women. The event took place from 20 to 27 July 1980, the indoor pool at the sports complex Olimpijski. For races of women, the dominance of the swimmers from the GDR was stifling; they won 26 of 36 possible medals.
- 3.1 100 m freestyle
- 3.2 200 m freestyle
- 3.3 400 m freestyle
- 3.4 800 m freestyle
- 3.5 100 m backstroke
- 3.6 200 m backstroke
- 3.7 100 m Breaststroke
- 3.8 200 m Breaststroke
- 3.9 100 m butterfly
- 3:10 200m butterfly
- 3:11 400 m Individual Medley
- 3:12 4 × 100 m freestyle
- 3:13 4 × 100 m medley
Competitions and schedule
100 m Freestyle
Participants: 40 swimmers from 27 countries Final on 27 July In the semifinals, Jörg Woithe improved his own European record 50.21.
200 m Freestyle
Participants: 48 swimmers from 24 countries Finale on July 21
400 m Freestyle
Participants: 36 swimmers from 20 countries Finale on July 24
1500 m Freestyle
Participants: 21 swimmers from 14 countries Finale on July 22 Vladimir Salnikow swam first swimmer to the 1500 m freestyle under 15 minutes.
100m backstroke
Participants: 35 swimmers from 23 countries Finale on July 21
200m backstroke
Participants: 28 swimmers from 18 countries Finale on July 26
100 m breaststroke
Participants: 28 swimmers from 22 countries Finale on July 22
200 m breaststroke
Participants: 20 swimmers from 14 countries Finale on July 26
100 m Butterfly
Participants: 35 swimmers from 30 countries Final on 23 July
200 m Butterfly
Participants: 27 swimmers from 20 countries Finale on July 20
400 m Individual Medley
Participants: 27 swimmers from 17 countries Final on 27 July
4 × 200 m freestyle
Participants: 13 seasons Final on 23 July
4 × 100 m medley
Participants: 13 seasons Finale on July 24
Women
100 m Freestyle
Participants: 31 swimmers from 21 countries Finale on July 21 Already in the run- presented with Barbara Krause 54.98 set a new world record.
200 m Freestyle
Participants: 26 swimmers from 16 countries Finale on July 24
400 m Freestyle
Participants: 20 swimmers from 13 countries Finale on July 22
800 m Freestyle
Participants: 16 swimmers from 11 countries Final on 27 July In the run Heike Dähne improved the Olympic record 8:36,09.
100m backstroke
Participants: 27 swimmers from 18 countries Final on 23 July Already in the run presented Rica Reinisch 1:01,50 with a new world record.
200m backstroke
Participants: 24 swimmers from 15 countries Final on 27 July Already in the run Rica Reinisch improved the Olympic record 2:13,00.
100 m breaststroke
Participants: 26 swimmers from 21 countries Finale on July 26 In the run- Ute Geweniger improved her own world record 1:10,11.
200 m breaststroke
Participants: 25 swimmers from 18 countries Final on 23 July In the run Svetlana Warganowa improved the Olympic record 2:29,77.
100 m Butterfly
Participants: 25 swimmers from 18 countries Finale on July 24
200 m Butterfly
Participants: 21 swimmers from 14 countries Finale on July 21
400 m Individual Medley
Participants: 20 swimmers from 13 countries Finale on July 26
4 × 100 m freestyle
Participants: 9 seasons Final on 27 July In the run put the season of the GDR ( Krause, Hülsbeck, Metschuck and Schmidt) 3:45,19 with a new European record. The squadron of the Soviet Union was disqualified in the flow.
4 × 100 m medley
Participants: 10 seasons Finale on July 20 Rica Reinisch presented as the start of the GDR swimmer medley relay with 1:01,51 world records in the 100m backstroke by Ulrike Richter one.