Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 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 Final Barbara Krause (54.90)Caren Metschuck (55.61)Ines Diers (55.90)Sarina Hülsenbeck (56.30) 3:42.71

Results Heats Rank Heat Nation Swimmers Time Notes 1 2 Barbara Krause (56.09)Sarina Hülsenbeck (55.99)Caren Metschuck (55.81)Carmela Schmidt (57.30) 3:45.19 Q 2 1 Conny van Bentum (57.99)Wilma van Velsen (57.40)Reggie de Jong (58.34)Annelies Maas (57.57) 3:51.30 Q 3 1 Carina Ljungdahl (57.85)Birgitta Jönsson (58.44)Helena Peterson (58.58)Tina Gustafsson (57.35) 3:52.22 Q 4 1 June Croft (57.30)Kaye Lovatt (58.47)Jacquelene Willmott (58.99)Sharron Davies (58.32) 3:53.08 Q 5 2 Lisa Curry (59.68)Karen Van de Graaf (58.73)Rosemary Brown (58.92)Michelle Pearson (58.91) 3:56.24 Q 6 1 Isabel Reuss (58.86)Dagmar Erdman (1:00.31)Teresa Rivera (58.37)Hellen Plaschinski (59.33) 3:56.87 Q 7 2 Natalia Mas (58.86)Margarita Armengol (59.89)Laura Flaque (59.74)Gloria Casado (59.84) 3:58.33 Q 8 1 Stoianka Dyngalakova (59.38)Rumyana Dobreva (59.75)Ani Kostova (1:01.01)Dobrinka Mincheva (59.51) 3:59.65 Q 2 Irina GerasimovaNatalya StrunnikovaLarisa TsaryovaOlga Klevakina DSQ

The Soviet Union was disqualified in the heats for an improper changeover.

Final Rank Nation Swimmers Time Notes Barbara Krause (54.90)Caren Metschuck (55.61)Ines Diers (55.90)Sarina Hülsenbeck (56.30) 3:42.71 Carina Ljungdahl (57.61)Tina Gustafsson (56.82)Agneta Mårtensson (57.93)Agneta Eriksson (56.57) 3:48.93 Conny van Bentum (57.50)Wilma van Velsen (57.38)Reggie de Jong (57.17)Annelies Maas (57.46) 3:49.51 4 Sharron Davies (58.74)Kaye Lovatt (58.44)Jacquelene Willmott (57.68)June Croft (56.85) 3:51.71 5 Lisa Curry (59.13)Karen Van de Graaf (57.79)Rosemary Brown (59.38)Michelle Pearson (57.86) 3:54.16 6 Isabel Reuss (57.99)Dagmar Erdman (1:01.17)Teresa Rivera (58.60)Hellen Plaschinski (57.65) 3:55.41 7 Dobrinka Mincheva (58.90)Rumiana Dobreva (59.79)Ani Kostova (59.72)Stoianka Dyngalakova (57.93) 3:56.34 8 Natalia Mas (58.88)Margarita Armengol (1:00.08)Laura Flaque (1:00.05)Gloria Casado (59.72) 3:58.73

References

Swimming at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Women's 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2020-04-12.