Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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

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.

Medal table

  *   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

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

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

Some of the Olympic medalists in Moscow:


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