Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 20 and 21 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date	20 July (heats) 21 July (final)
Competitors	30 from 21 nations
Winning time	54.79 WR
Medalists
Barbara Krause  East Germany Caren Metschuck  East Germany Ines Diers  East Germany

Records

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

World record	Barbara Krause (GDR)	55.41	East Berlin, East Germany	5 July 1978
Olympic record	Kornelia Ender (GDR)	55.65	Montreal, Canada	19 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Record
20 July	Heat 3	Barbara Krause	East Germany	54.98	WR
21 July	Final	Barbara Krause	East Germany	54.79	WR

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
1	3	Barbara Krause	East Germany	54.98	Q, WR
2	4	Caren Metschuck	East Germany	55.44	Q
3	2	Ines Diers	East Germany	56.83	Q
4	1	Natalya Strunnikova	Soviet Union	57.43	Q
5	4	Conny van Bentum	Niederlande	57.51	Q
6	1	Olga Klevakina	Soviet Union	57.62	Q
7	4	Agneta Eriksson	Schweden	57.67	Q
8	2	Guylaine Berger	Frankreich	57.80	Q
9	3	June Croft	Great Britain	57.88
10	3	Carina Ljungdahl	Schweden	58.05
11	2	Isabel Reuss	Mexiko	58.36
12	1	Jacquelene Willmott	Great Britain	58.78
13	3	Michelle Pearson	Australien	58.90
14	1	Carine Verbauwen	Belgien	59.08
15	2	Larisa Tsaryova	Soviet Union	59.12
16	2	Rosemary Brown	Australien	59.35
17	4	Monica Vallarin	Italien	59.43
18	4	Natalia Más	Spanien	59.53
19	3	Heidi Koch	Österreich	59.73
20	3	Helen Plaschinski	Mexiko	59.75
21	2	María Paris	Costa Rica	1:01.08
22	1	Celeste García	Peru	1:02.44
23	2	Lynne Tasker	Simbabwe	1:03.36
24	3	Olga Loizou	Zypern	1:06.50
25	4	Bako Ratsifa	Madagaskar	1:07.21
26	3	Garnet Charwat	Nicaragua	1:08.98
27	1	Michele Pessoa	Angola	1:09.10
28	2	Nadia Fezzani	Libyen	1:09.28
29	4	Chung Thị Thanh Lan	Vietnam	1:12.27
	4	Monique Drost	Niederlande	DSQ
	1	Karen Van de Graaf	Australien	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
	Barbara Krause	East Germany	54.79	WR
	Caren Metschuck	East Germany	55.16
	Ines Diers	East Germany	55.65
4	Olga Klevakina	Soviet Union	57.40
5	Conny van Bentum	Niederlande	57.63
6	Natalya Strunnikova	Soviet Union	57.83
7	Guylaine Berger	Frankreich	57.88
8	Agneta Eriksson	Schweden	57.90