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.
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 doping programme.
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 26 July Final Petra Schneider 4:36.29
Results Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 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
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Petra Schneider 4:36.29 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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