The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 24 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition: Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 24 July Final Barbara Krause 1:58.33
Results Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Ines Diers 2:00.27 Q 2 4 Barbara Krause 2:01.18 Q 3 3 Carmela Schmidt 2:02.32 Q 4 4 Olga Klevakina 2:02.36 Q 5 1 Reggie de Jong 2:02.66 Q 6 1 Nataliya Strunnikova 2:03.36 Q 7 1 Irina Aksyonova 2:03.63 Q 8 3 June Croft 2:03.95 Q 9 2 Annelies Maas 2:04.07 10 3 Rosemary Brown 2:04.59 11 4 Guylaine Berger 2:04.60 12 4 Pascale Verbauwen 2:05.34 13 3 Sonya Dangalakova 2:05.67 14 1 Natalia Más 2:05.73 15 4 Tina Gustafsson 2:05.84 16 2 Karen Van der Graaf 2:06.06 17 1 Sofia Dara 2:07.56 18 3 Jacquelene Willmott 2:08.04 19 2 Dobrinka Mincheva 2:09.09 20 3 Irinel Pănulescu 2:09.94 21 4 Celeste García 2:13.05 22 3 Soad Fezzani 2:30.14 1 Isabel Reuss DNS 2 Agneta Eriksson 2 María París 4 Michelle Ford
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Barbara Krause 1:58.33 Ines Diers 1:59.64 Carmela Schmidt 2:01.44 4 Olga Klevakina 2:02.29 5 Reggie de Jong 2:02.76 6 June Croft 2:03.15 7 Natalya Strunnikova 2:03.74 8 Irina Aksyonova 2:04.00
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