The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 27 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 27 July Heat 2 Rica Reinisch 2:13.00 27 July Final Rica Reinisch 2:11.77
Results Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Rica Reinisch 2:13.00 Q, 2 3 Cornelia Polit 2:14.81 Q 3 1 Lisa Forrest 2:15.40 Q 4 3 Birgit Treiber 2:15.53 Q 5 2 Carmen Bunaciu 2:15.88 Q 6 1 Yolande Van der Straeten 2:16.62 Q 7 1 Larisa Gorchakova 2:16.68 Q 8 1 Carine Verbauwen 2:16.96 Q 9 3 Jolanda de Rover 2:17.12 10 2 Georgina Parkes 2:17.78 11 2 Helen Jameson 2:17.84 12 1 Jane Admans 2:19.20 13 2 Monique Bosga 2:19.21 14 3 Teresa Rivera 2:21.51 15 3 Yelena Kruglova 2:22.41 16 1 Manuela Carosi 2:22.46 17 1 Michèle Ricaud 2:22.86 18 3 Agnieszka Czopek 2:23.06 19 3 Ágnes Fodor 2:23.56 20 3 Magdalena Białas 2:26.85 21 1 Nguyễn Thị Hồng Bích 2:52.90 2 Annika Uvehall DNS 2 Andrea Kálmán 2 María Paris
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Rica Reinisch 2:11.77 Cornelia Polit 2:13.75 Birgit Treiber 2:14.14 4 Carmen Bunaciu 2:15.20 5 Yolande van der Straeten 2:15.58 6 Carine Verbauwen 2:16.66 7 Lisa Forrest 2:16.75 8 Larisa Gorchakova 2:17.72
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