swimming at the 1980 summer olympics - women 's 200 metre breaststroke 

Statements about this table:
sveltana varganova win the woman 's 200 metre breaststroke by 3.02 second
the time difference between second and third place be just 0.25 second
the 3 east german swimmer finish back - to - back - to - back , and within a half second of each other
3 out of the top 4 finisher be form the soviet union
the last place swimmer finish almost 42 second slower than the winner
sveltana varganova win the woman 's 200 metre breaststroke by 3.02 second
the only 2 east german swimmer finish back - to - back and within a half second of each other
3 out of the top 4 finisher be form outside the soviet union
rank
heat
name
nationality
time
1
3
svetlana varganova
soviet union
2:29.77
2
3
irena fleissnerová
czechoslovakia
2:32.79
3
4
lina kačiušytė
soviet union
2:33.04
4
2
yuliya bogdanova
soviet union
2:33.45
5
4
susanne nielsson
denmark
2:34.42
6
2
silvia rinka
east germany
2:34.88
7
1
bettina löbel
east germany
2:35.31
8
1
ute geweniger
east germany
2:35.42
9
3
eva - marie håkansson
sweden
2:35.64
rank
heat
name
nationality
time
10
4
ann - sofi roos
sweden
2:35.99
11
2
debbie rudd
great britain
2:36.32
12
1
margaret kelly
great britain
2:37.67
13
4
tanya dangalakova
bulgaria
2:39.11
14
4
lisa curry
australia
2:39.42
15
4
brigitte prass
romania
2:39.90
16
3
odile bihan
france
2:40.55
17
4
sabrina seminatore
italy
2:41.77
rank
heat
name
nationality
time
18
2
elke holtz
mexico
2:42.59
19
1
brigitte bosmans
belgium
2:42.87
20
3
catherine bohan
ireland
2:43.30
21
1
annick de susini
france
2:44.03
22
2
gabriella kindl
hungary
2:44.08
23
3
lynne tasker
zimbabwe
2:48.86
24
2
hoàng thị hoà
vietnam
2:55.94
25
1
nicole rajoharison
madagascar
3:12.40