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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 | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex | ||||||||||||
Date | 26 July | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 16 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:36.29 WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 4:40.83 | West Berlin, West Germany | 23 August 1978 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 4:42.77 | Montreal, Canada | 24 July 1976 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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26 July | Final | Petra Schneider | ![]() | 4:36.29 | WR |
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Petra Schneider | ![]() | 4:46.53 | Q |
2 | 3 | Agnieszka Czopek | ![]() | 4:49.04 | Q |
3 | 3 | Magdalena Białas | ![]() | 4:51.59 | Q |
4 | 2 | Ulrike Tauber | ![]() | 4:51.97 | Q |
5 | 2 | Grit Slaby | ![]() | 4:52.01 | Q |
6 | 1 | Sharron Davies | ![]() | 4:52.38 | Q |
7 | 1 | Olga Klevakina | ![]() | 4:55.99 | Q |
8 | 2 | Sonya Dangalakova | ![]() | 4:56.26 | Q |
9 | 2 | Christel Fechner | ![]() | 4:56.92 | |
10 | 3 | Ann-Sofi Roos | ![]() | 4:57.13 | |
11 | 3 | Lisa Curry | ![]() | 5:01.58 | |
12 | 1 | Sarah Kerswell | ![]() | 5:03.75 | |
13 | 1 | Mariana Paraschiv | ![]() | 5:04.56 | |
14 | 3 | Irinel Panulescu | ![]() | 5:07.74 | |
15 | 3 | Catherine Bohan | ![]() | 5:21.82 | |
16 | 1 | Maria Pia Ayora | ![]() | 5:27.19 | |
1 | Klára Gulyás | ![]() | DNS | ||
2 | Michelle Ford | ![]() | |||
2 | Lisa Forrest | ![]() | |||
2 | Susanne Nielsson | ![]() |
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Petra Schneider | ![]() | 4:36.29 | WR |
![]() | Sharron Davies | ![]() | 4:46.83 | |
![]() | Agnieszka Czopek | ![]() | 4:48.17 | |
4 | Grit Slaby | ![]() | 4:48.54 | |
5 | Ulrike Tauber | ![]() | 4:49.18 | |
6 | Sonya Dangalakova | ![]() | 4:49.25 | |
7 | Olga Klevakina | ![]() | 4:50.91 | |
8 | Magdalena Białas | ![]() | 4:53.30 |
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