Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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]

Swimming
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Olimpiysky Pool, Moscow, as seen in 1991
VenueOlimpiysky Sports Complex
Competitors333 from 41 nations
← 1976
1984 →

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 edit

Participating nations edit

333 swimmers from 41 nations competed.[1]

Medal table edit

  *   Host nation (Soviet Union)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  East Germany (GDR)1210830
2  Soviet Union (URS)*89522
3  Sweden (SWE)2215
4  Australia (AUS)2057
5  Great Britain (GBR)1315
6  Hungary (HUN)1214
7  Brazil (BRA)0011
  Denmark (DEN)0011
  Netherlands (NED)0011
  Poland (POL)0011
  Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (11 entries)26262678

Men's events edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
details
  Jörg Woithe (GDR) 50.40   Per Holmertz (SWE) 50.91   Per Johansson (SWE) 51.29
200 m freestyle
details
  Sergey Kopliakov (URS) 1:49.81
OR
  Andrey Krylov (URS) 1:50.76   Graeme Brewer (AUS) 1:51.60
400 m freestyle
details
  Vladimir Salnikov (URS) 3:51.31
OR
  Andrey Krylov (URS) 3:53.24   Ivar Stukolkin (URS) 3:53.95
1500 m freestyle
details
  Vladimir Salnikov (URS) 14:58.27
WR
  Aleksandr Chayev (URS) 15:14.30   Max Metzker (AUS) 15:14.49
100 m backstroke
details
  Bengt Baron (SWE) 56.53   Viktor Kuznetsov (URS) 56.99   Vladimir Dolgov (URS) 57.63
200 m backstroke
details
  Sándor Wladár (HUN) 2:01.93   Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) 2:02.40   Mark Kerry (AUS) 2:03.14
100 m breaststroke
details
  Duncan Goodhew (GBR) 1:03.34   Arsens Miskarovs (URS) 1:03.82   Peter Evans (AUS) 1:03.96
200 m breaststroke
details
  Robertas Žulpa (URS) 2:15.85   Albán Vermes (HUN) 2:16.93   Arsens Miskarovs (URS) 2:17.28
100 m butterfly
details
  Pär Arvidsson (SWE) 54.92   Roger Pyttel (GDR) 54.94   David López-Zubero (ESP) 55.13
200 m butterfly
details
  Sergey Fesenko (URS) 1:59.76   Phil Hubble (GBR) 2:01.20   Roger Pyttel (GDR) 2:01.39
400 m individual medley
details
  Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) 4:22.89
OR
  Sergey Fesenko (URS) 4:23.43   Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) 4:24.24
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
details
  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
details
  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 edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
details
  Barbara Krause (GDR) 54.79
WR
  Caren Metschuck (GDR) 55.16   Ines Diers (GDR) 55.65
200 m freestyle
details
  Barbara Krause (GDR) 1:58.33
OR
  Ines Diers (GDR) 1:59.64   Carmela Schmidt (GDR) 2:01.44
400 m freestyle
details
  Ines Diers (GDR) 4:08.76
OR
  Petra Schneider (GDR) 4:09.16   Carmela Schmidt (GDR) 4:10.86
800 m freestyle
details
  Michelle Ford (AUS) 8:28.90
OR
  Ines Diers (GDR) 8:32.55   Heike Dähne (GDR) 8:33.48
100 m backstroke
details
  Rica Reinisch (GDR) 1:00.86
WR
  Ina Kleber (GDR) 1:02.07   Petra Riedel (GDR) 1:02.64
200 m backstroke
details
  Rica Reinisch (GDR) 2:11.77
WR
  Cornelia Polit (GDR) 2:13.75   Birgit Treiber (GDR) 2:14.14
100 m breaststroke
details
  Ute Geweniger (GDR) 1:10.22   Elvira Vasilkova (URS) 1:10.41   Susanne Nielsson (DEN) 1:11.16
200 m breaststroke
details
  Lina Kačiušytė (URS) 2:29.54
OR
  Svetlana Varganova (URS) 2:29.61   Yuliya Bogdanova (URS) 2:32.39
100 m butterfly
details
  Caren Metschuck (GDR) 1:00.42   Andrea Pollack (GDR) 1:00.90   Christiane Knacke (GDR) 1:01.44
200 m butterfly
details
  Ines Geißler (GDR) 2:10.44
OR
  Sybille Schönrock (GDR) 2:10.45   Michelle Ford (AUS) 2:11.66
400 m individual medley
details
  Petra Schneider (GDR) 4:36.29
WR
  Sharron Davies (GBR) 4:46.83   Agnieszka Czopek (POL) 4:48.17
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
details
  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
details
  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 edit

Some of the Olympic medalists in Moscow:

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Swimming at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-17.