| Women 200m Breaststroke Swimming Olympic Games 1980 Moskva, Soviet Union - Wednesday, 23th July - Gold Medal: Lina Kačiušytė, Soviwt Union | 
| | Final |  | time | gap | L | Y |  | 1. Lina Kačiušytė |  Soviet Union | 2:29.54 | OR | - | 17 |  | 2. Svetlana Varganova |  Soviet Union | 2:29.61 | +0.07s | - | 15 |  | 3. Yulia Bogdanova |  Soviet Union | 2:32.39 | +2.85s | - | 16 |  | 4. Susanne Nielsson |  Denmark | 2:32.75 | +3.21s | - | 20 |  | 5. Irena Fleissnerova |  Czechoslovakia | 2:33.23 | +3.69s | - | 21 |  | 6. Ute Geweniger |  East Germany | 2:34.34 | +4.80s | - | 16 |  | 7. Bettina Lobel |  East Germany | 2:34.51 | +4.97s | - | 27 |  | 8. Sylvia Rinka |  East Germany | 2:35.38 | +5.84s | - | 17 | 
 | Standarts: 2:40.96, 2:38.87 | 
 | World Record: Lina Kačiušytė, Soviwt Union 2:28.36 Potsdam, East Germany 6 April 1979 |  | Olympic Record: Marina Koshevaya, Soviet Union 2:33.35 Montreal, Canada 21st July 1976 | 
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| Heats - Wednesday, 23rd July | 
| Best 8 times advanced to Final. | 
| | Heat 4 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Lina Kačiušytė |  Soviet Union | 2:33.04 | +3.27s | - | 17 | 3. |  | 2. Susanne Nielsson |  Denmark | 2:34.42 | +4.65s | - | 20 | 5. |  | 3. Anne-Sofie Ross |  Sweden | 2:35.99 | +6.22s | - | 20 | 10. |  | 4. Tanya Bogomilova-Dangalakova |  Bulgaria | 2:39.11 | +9.34s | - | 16 | 13. |  | 5. Lisa Curry-Kenyy |  Australia | 2:39.42 | +9.65s | - | 18 | 14. |  | 6. Brigitte Prass |  Romania | 2:39.90 | +10.13s | - | 17 | 15. |  | 7. Sabrina Seminatore |  Italy | 2:41.77 | +12.00s | - | 16 | 17. | 
 |  | | Heat 3 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Svetlana Varganova |  Soviet Union | 2:29.77 | OR | - | 15 | 1. |  | 2. Irena Fleissnerova |  Czechoslovakia | 2:32.79 | +3.02s | - | 21 | 2. |  | 3. Eva-Marie Håkansson |  Sweden | 2:35.64 | +5.87s | - | 19 | 9. |  | 4. Odile Bihan |  France | 2:40.55 | +10.78s | - | 17 | 16. |  | 5. Catherine Bohan |  Ireland | 2:43.30 | +13.53s | - | 16 | 20. |  | 6. Lynne Tasker |  Zimbabwe | 2:48.86 | +19.09s | - | 16 | 23. | 
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| | Heat 2 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Yulia Bogdanova |  Soviet Union | 2:33.45 | +3.68s | - | 16 | 4. |  | 2. Sylvia Rinka |  East Germany | 2:34.88 | +5.11s | - | 17 | 6. |  | 3. Debbie Rudd |  Great Britain | 2:36.32 | +6.55s | - | 20 | 11. |  | 4. Elke Holtz |  Mexico | 2:42.59 | +12.82s | - | 16 | 18. |  | 5. Gabriella Kindl |  Hungary | 2:44.08 | +14.31s | - | 16 | 22. |  | 6. Thi Hoa Hoang |  Vietnam | 2:55.94 | +26.17s | - | 29 | 24. | 
 |  | | Heat 1 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Bettina Lobel |  East Germany | 2:35.31 | +5.54s | - | 27 | 7. |  | 2. Ute Geweniger |  East Germany | 2:35.42 | +5.65s | - | 16 | 8. |  | 3. Margaret Kelly |  Great Britain | 2:37.67 | +7.90s | - | 23 | 12. |  | 4. Brigitte Bosmans |  Belgium | 2:42.87 | +13.10s | - | 15 | 19. |  | 5. Annick De Susini |  France | 2:44.03 | +14.26s | - | 20 | 21. |  | 6. Nicole Rajoharison |  Madagascar | 3:12.40 | +42.63s | - | 14 | 25. | 
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