Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics
| Swimming at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | |
|---|---|
 Olimpiysky Pool, Moscow, as seen in 1991 | |
| Venue | Olimpiysky Sports Complex |
| Competitors | 333 from 41 nations |
| Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
Swimming as usual was one of the three aquatics disciplines at the 1980 Summer Olympics—the other two being Water Polo and Diving. It was held in the Swimming Pool of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex between July 20 and July 27. There was a total of 333 participants from 41 countries competing.[1][2]
Because the number of participants was reduced by the boycott, FINA broke format by doing away with the semifinals. Instead, the top 8 finishers from the heats qualified directly for the final, or final A as it was called. In events up to 400m, those that finished 9th to 16th in the heats would swim in Final B for the 9th place after the swimmers from Final A swam. This would continue as the Olympic format up to the 1996 Olympic Games.
Events
Participating nations
333 swimmers from 41 nations competed.[1]
Algeria (5)
Angola (5)
Australia (17)
Austria (5)- Belgium (7)
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Bulgaria (13)
Colombia (2)
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Cyprus (4)
Czechoslovakia (5)- Denmark (1)
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Ecuador (2)
Finland (1)- France (13)
- Great Britain (29)
Greece (2)
Hungary (13)- Ireland (3)
- Italy (13)
Kuwait (3)
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Libya (4)
Madagascar (3)
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Mozambique (5)- Netherlands (12)
Nicaragua (1)
Peru (4)
Poland (8)
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Romania (5)
Soviet Union (39)
Spain (11)
Sweden (24)- Switzerland (3)
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Venezuela (3)
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Yugoslavia (3)
Zimbabwe (2)
Medal table
* Host nation (Soviet Union)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 12 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 | |
Men's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle |
Jörg Woithe (GDR) | 50.40 | Per Holmertz (SWE) | 50.91 | Per Johansson (SWE) | 51.29 |
| 200 m freestyle |
Sergey Kopliakov (URS) | 1:49.81 OR |
Andrey Krylov (URS) | 1:50.76 | Graeme Brewer (AUS) | 1:51.60 |
| 400 m freestyle |
Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | 3:51.31 OR |
Andrey Krylov (URS) | 3:53.24 | Ivar Stukolkin (URS) | 3:53.95 |
| 1500 m freestyle |
Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | 14:58.27 WR |
Aleksandr Chayev (URS) | 15:14.30 | Max Metzker (AUS) | 15:14.49 |
| 100 m backstroke |
Bengt Baron (SWE) | 56.53 | Viktor Kuznetsov (URS) | 56.99 | Vladimir Dolgov (URS) | 57.63 |
| 200 m backstroke |
Sándor Wladár (HUN) | 2:01.93 | Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) | 2:02.40 | Mark Kerry (AUS) | 2:03.14 |
| 100 m breaststroke |
Duncan Goodhew (GBR) | 1:03.34 | Arsens Miskarovs (URS) | 1:03.82 | Peter Evans (AUS) | 1:03.96 |
| 200 m breaststroke |
Robertas Žulpa (URS) | 2:15.85 | Albán Vermes (HUN) | 2:16.93 | Arsens Miskarovs (URS) | 2:17.28 |
| 100 m butterfly |
Pär Arvidsson (SWE) | 54.92 | Roger Pyttel (GDR) | 54.94 | David López-Zubero (ESP) | 55.13 |
| 200 m butterfly |
Sergey Fesenko (URS) | 1:59.76 | Phil Hubble (GBR) | 2:01.20 | Roger Pyttel (GDR) | 2:01.39 |
| 400 m individual medley |
Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) | 4:22.89 OR |
Sergey Fesenko (URS) | 4:23.43 | Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) | 4:24.24 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
Soviet Union (URS) Sergey Kopliakov Vladimir Salnikov Ivar Stukolkin Andrey Krylov Sergey Rusin* Sergey Krasyuk* Yuri Presekin* | 7:23.50 | East Germany (GDR) Frank Pfütze Jörg Woithe Detlev Grabs Rainer Strohbach Frank Kühne* | 7:28.60 | Brazil (BRA) Jorge Fernandes Marcus Mattioli Cyro Marques Djan Madruga | 7:29.30 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay |
Australia (AUS) Mark Kerry Peter Evans Mark Tonelli Neil Brooks Glenn Patching* | 3:45.70 | Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Kuznetsov Arsens Miskarovs Yevgeny Seredin Sergey Kopliakov Vladimir Shemetov* Aleksandr Fedorovsky* Aleksey Markovsky* Sergey Krasyuk* | 3:45.92 | Great Britain (GBR) Gary Abraham Duncan Goodhew David Lowe Martin Smith Paul Marshall* Mark Taylor* | 3:47.71 |
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle |
Barbara Krause (GDR) | 54.79 WR |
Caren Metschuck (GDR) | 55.16 | Ines Diers (GDR) | 55.65 |
| 200 m freestyle |
Barbara Krause (GDR) | 1:58.33 OR |
Ines Diers (GDR) | 1:59.64 | Carmela Schmidt (GDR) | 2:01.44 |
| 400 m freestyle |
Ines Diers (GDR) | 4:08.76 OR |
Petra Schneider (GDR) | 4:09.16 | Carmela Schmidt (GDR) | 4:10.86 |
| 800 m freestyle |
Michelle Ford (AUS) | 8:28.90 OR |
Ines Diers (GDR) | 8:32.55 | Heike Dähne (GDR) | 8:33.48 |
| 100 m backstroke |
Rica Reinisch (GDR) | 1:00.86 WR |
Ina Kleber (GDR) | 1:02.07 | Petra Riedel (GDR) | 1:02.64 |
| 200 m backstroke |
Rica Reinisch (GDR) | 2:11.77 WR |
Cornelia Polit (GDR) | 2:13.75 | Birgit Treiber (GDR) | 2:14.14 |
| 100 m breaststroke |
Ute Geweniger (GDR) | 1:10.22 | Elvira Vasilkova (URS) | 1:10.41 | Susanne Nielsson (DEN) | 1:11.16 |
| 200 m breaststroke |
Lina Kačiušytė (URS) | 2:29.54 OR |
Svetlana Varganova (URS) | 2:29.61 | Yuliya Bogdanova (URS) | 2:32.39 |
| 100 m butterfly |
Caren Metschuck (GDR) | 1:00.42 | Andrea Pollack (GDR) | 1:00.90 | Christiane Knacke (GDR) | 1:01.44 |
| 200 m butterfly |
Ines Geißler (GDR) | 2:10.44 OR |
Sybille Schönrock (GDR) | 2:10.45 | Michelle Ford (AUS) | 2:11.66 |
| 400 m individual medley |
Petra Schneider (GDR) | 4:36.29 WR |
Sharron Davies (GBR) | 4:46.83 | Agnieszka Czopek (POL) | 4:48.17 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
East Germany (GDR) Barbara Krause Caren Metschuck Ines Diers Sarina Hülsenbeck Carmela Schmidt* | 3:42.71 WR |
Sweden (SWE) Carina Ljungdahl Tina Gustafsson Agneta Mårtensson Agneta Eriksson Birgitta Jönsson* Helena Peterson* | 3:48.93 | Netherlands (NED) Conny van Bentum Wilma van Velsen Reggie de Jong Annelies Maas | 3:49.51 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay |
East Germany (GDR) Rica Reinisch Ute Geweniger Andrea Pollack Caren Metschuck Sarina Hülsenbeck* | 4:06.67 WR |
Great Britain (GBR) Helen Jameson Margaret Kelly Ann Osgerby June Croft | 4:12.24 | Soviet Union (URS) Yelena Kruglova Elvira Vasilkova Alla Grishchenkova Natalya Strunnikova Irina Aksyonova* Olga Klevakina* | 4:13.61 |
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Gallery of the medalists
Some of the Olympic medalists in Moscow:
Jörg Woithe, winner of the 100-metre freestyle.
Bengt Baron, winner of the 100-metre backstroke.
Barbara Krause, winner of the 100-metre freestyle, 200-metre freestyle, and 4×100-metre freestyle relay.
Vladimir Salnikov, winner of the 400-metre freestyle, 1500-metre freestyle, and 4×200-metre freestyle relay.
Petra Schneider, winner of the 400-metre individual medley.
References
- "Swimming at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
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