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

Women's 200 metre butterfly at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date	21 July
Competitors	21 from 14 nations
Winning time	2:10.44 OR
Medalists
Ines Geißler  East Germany Sybille Schönrock  East Germany Michelle Ford  Australia
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The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 21 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.^[1]

Records

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

World record	Mary Meagher (USA)	2:07.01	Fort Lauderdale, United States	3 September 1979
Olympic record	Andrea Pollack (GDR)	2:11.41	Montreal, Canada	19 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
24 July	Final	Ines Geißler	East Germany	2:10.44	OR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Michelle Ford	Australia	2:12.72	Q
2	2	Ines Geißler	East Germany	2:13.23	Q
3	1	Sybille Schönrock	East Germany	2:13.68	Q
4	3	Andrea Pollack	East Germany	2:13.88	Q
5	1	Dorota Brzozowska	Poland	2:14.74	Q
6	1	Ann Osgerby	Great Britain	2:15.17	Q
7	3	Alla Grishchenkova	Soviet Union	2:16.01	Q
8	2	Agneta Mårtensson	Sweden	2:16.41	Q
9	1	Eva Miklósfalvi	Hungary	2:17.32
10	2	Cinzia Savi Scarponi	Italy	2:17.53
11	2	Karen Ramsay	Australia	2:17.82
12	3	Sonja Hausladen	Austria	2:17.88
13	1	Larisa Polivoda	Soviet Union	2:17.99
14	2	Janet Osgerby	Great Britain	2:18.01
15	3	Armi Airaksinen	Sweden	2:19.39
16	3	Małgorzata Różycka	Poland	2:19.70
17	2	Maria Paris	Costa Rica	2:21.14
18	3	Wilma van Velsen	Netherlands	2:21.81
19	1	Carole Brook	Switzerland	2:24.82
20	2	Marion Michel	Belgium	2:25.10
21	1	Celeste García	Peru	2:26.07

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ines Geißler	East Germany	2:10.44	OR
	Sybille Schönrock	East Germany	2:10.45
	Michelle Ford	Australia	2:11.66
4	Andrea Pollack	East Germany	2:12.13
5	Dorota Brzozowska	Poland	2:14.12
6	Ann Osgerby	Great Britain	2:14.83
7	Agneta Mårtensson	Sweden	2:15.22
8	Alla Grishchenkova	Soviet Union	2:15.70

References