1980 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (men)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 100 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 65 athletes from 40 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Luzhniki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 24, 1980 (preliminary round / quarter-finals) July 25, 1980 (semi-finals / final) |
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The men's 100-meter run at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow was held on July 24th and 25th, 1980 in the Luzhniki Olympic Stadium. 65 athletes took part.
The British Allan Wells became Olympic champion . He won ahead of the Cuban Silvio Leonard and the Bulgarian Petar Petrow .
The GDR was represented by Klaus-Dieter Kurrat , Eugen Ray and Sören Schlegel . Kurrat and Schlegel were eliminated in the quarterfinals, Ray in the semifinals.
Runners from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part. Athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany were also not there because of the Olympic boycott.
Existing records
World record | 9.95 s |
Jim Hines ( USA )
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Mexico City , Mexico | October 14, 1968 |
Olympic record | Mexico City Final , Mexico |
Conducting the competition
The athletes competed in nine heats on July 24th. The three best runners and the five fastest runners below made it to the quarter-finals on the same day. From this, the four best running qualified for the semifinals on July 25th, from which the four best leaves reached the final, which took place on the same day.
Time schedule
July 24th, 11.40 a.m .: Preliminaries
July 24th, 8.25 p.m .: quarter finals
July 25th, 6.00 p.m .: semi-finals
July 25th, 8.15 p.m .: final
Note: All times are local time Moscow ( UTC + 3 )
The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the others in light green.
Preliminary round
Date: July 24, 1980, from 11.40 a.m.
Forward 1
Wind: −0.04 m / s
Marc Larose was the first Seychelles athlete to compete in the Olympic Games.
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Silvio Leonard |
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10.33 s | |
2 | Peter Okodogbe |
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10.39 s | |
3 | Christopher Brathwaite |
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10.44 s | |
4th | Klaus-Dieter Kurrat |
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10.53 s | |
5 | Charles Kachenjela |
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11.03 s | |
6th | John Carew |
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11.11 s | |
7th | Marc Larose |
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11.27 s |
Forward 2
Wind: −0.23 m / s
Ilídio Coelho was the first athlete from Angola to take part in the Olympic Games.
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Petar Petrov |
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10.32 s | |
2 | Vladimir Muravyov |
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10.37 s | |
3 | Osvaldo Lara |
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10.39 s | |
4th | Antoine Richard |
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10.51 s | |
5 | Pascal Aho |
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11.01 s | |
6th | Joseph Letseka |
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11.21 s | |
7th | Ilídio Coelho |
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11.42 s | |
8th | Besha Tuffa |
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11.55 s |
Forward 3
, Sixth in his lead
Wind: −0.12 m / s
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Allan Wells |
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10.35 s | |
2 | Donald Quarrie |
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10.37 s | |
3 | Krzysztof Zwoliński |
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10.60 s | |
4th | Ivajlo Karanyotov |
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10.66 s | |
5 | István Tatár |
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10.69 s | |
6th | Mario Westbroek |
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10.91 s | |
7th | Oddur Sigurðsson |
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10.94 s |
Forward 4
Wind: +0.04 m / s
Eduardo Costa from Mozambique and Soutsakhone Somninhom from Laos were the first athletes in their countries to take part in the Olympic Games.
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Pietro Mennea |
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10.56 s | |
2 | Lambros Kefalas |
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10.70 s | |
3 | Katsuhiko Nakaya |
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10.72 s | |
4th | Momar N'Dao |
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10.73 s | |
5 | Eduardo Costa |
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11.02 s | |
6th | Lucien Josiah |
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11.15 s | |
7th | Soutsakhone Somninhom |
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11.69 s |
Forward 5
Wind: +0.88 m / s
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Eugene Ray |
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10.38 s | |
2 | Hasely Crawford |
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10.42 s | |
3 | Drew McMaster |
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10.43 s | |
4th | Gerardo Suero |
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10.53 s | |
5 | Roland Dagher |
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11.01 s | |
6th | Sheku Boima |
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11.08 s | |
7th | Raghu Raj Onta |
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11.61 s |
Forward 6
Wind: −0.14 m / s
Paul Haba was the first Guinea athlete to take part in the Olympic Games.
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | James Gilkes |
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10.34 s | |
2 | Cameron Sharp |
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10.38 s | |
3 | Théophile Nkounkou |
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10.53 s | |
4th | Istvan Nagy |
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10.68 s | |
5 | David Lukuba |
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10.74 s | |
6th | Paul Haba |
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11.19 s | |
7th | Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi |
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11.28 s |
Forward 7
Wind: +0.43 m / s
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Alexander Aksinin |
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10.26 s | |
2 | Leszek Dunecki |
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10.42 s | |
3 | Nelson dos Santos |
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10.51 s | |
4th | Hammed Adio |
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10.58 s | |
5 | Nabil Nahri |
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10.67 s | |
6th | Mwalimu Ally |
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10.86 s | |
7th | Rudolph George |
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11.37 s |
Forward 8
Wind: −0.02 m / s
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Sören Schlegel |
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10.44 s | |
2 | Hermann Panzo |
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10.53 s | |
3 | Tomás González |
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10.65 s | |
4th | Antoine Kiakouama |
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10.69 s | |
5 | Milton de Castro |
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10.74 s | |
6th | Boubacar Diallo |
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10.75 s | |
7th | Adille Sumariwalla |
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11.04 s |
Forward 9
Wind: +0.26 m / s
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Grégoire Illorson |
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10.34 s | |
2 | Marian Voronin |
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10.35 s | |
3 | Andrei Slyapnikov |
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10.43 s | |
4th | Samson Oyeledun |
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10.59 s | |
5 | Francis Adams |
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10.80 s | |
6th | Peter Mwita |
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11.07 s | |
7th | Salif Koné |
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11.07 s | |
8th | José Luis Elias |
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13.66 s |
Quarter finals
Date: July 24, 1980, from 8:25 p.m.
Run 1
Wind: +1.31 m / s
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Allan Wells |
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10.11 s | |
2 | Petar Petrov |
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10.13 s | |
3 | Osvaldo Lara |
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10.21 s | |
4th | Pietro Mennea |
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10.27 s | |
5 | Hasely Crawford |
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10.28 s | |
Sören Schlegel |
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10.28 s | ||
7th | Nelson dos Santos |
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10.45 s | |
8th | Lambros Kefalas |
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10.62 s |
Run 2
Wind: +0.22 m / s
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Alexander Aksinin |
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10.29 s | |
2 | Donald Quarrie |
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10.29 s | |
3 | Hermann Panzo |
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10.29 s | |
4th | Peter Okodogbe |
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10.34 s | |
5 | Leszek Dunecki |
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10.40 s | |
6th | Drew McMaster |
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10.42 s | |
7th | Tomás González |
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10.44 s | |
8th | Gerardo Suero |
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10.57 s |
Run 3
Wind: +0.19 m / s
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Silvio Leonard |
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10.16 s | |
2 | Marian Voronin |
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10.27 s | |
3 | Eugene Ray |
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10.30 s | |
4th | Christopher Brathwaite |
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10.37 s | |
5 | Andrei Slyapnikov |
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10.41 s | |
6th | Théophile Nkounkou |
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10.59 s | |
7th | Hammed Adio |
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10.67 s | |
8th | Katsuhiko Nakaya |
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10.70 s |
Run 4
Wind: +0.26 m / s
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | James Gilkes |
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10.26 s | |
2 | Grégoire Illorson |
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10.29 s | |
3 | Vladimir Muravyov |
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10.34 s | |
4th | Cameron Sharp |
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10.38 s | |
5 | Antoine Richard |
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10.45 s | |
6th | Klaus-Dieter Kurrat |
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10.54 s | |
7th | Krzysztof Zwoliński |
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10.54 s | |
8th | Samson Oyeledun |
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10.73 s |
Semifinals
Date: July 25, 1980, from 6 p.m.
Run 1
Wind: +0.44 m / s
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Petar Petrov |
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10.39 s | |
2 | Silvio Leonard |
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10.40 s | |
3 | Alexander Aksinin |
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10.45 s | |
4th | Hermann Panzo |
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10.45 s | |
5 | Donald Quarrie |
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10.55 s | |
6th | Pietro Mennea |
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10.58 s | |
7th | Cameron Sharp |
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10.60 s | |
Grégoire Illorson |
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10.60 s |
Run 2
Wind: +0.44 m / s
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Allan Wells |
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10.27 s | |
2 | Osvaldo Lara |
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10.34 s | |
3 | Vladimir Muravyov |
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10.42 s | |
4th | Marian Voronin |
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10.43 s | |
5 | James Gilkes |
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10.44 s | |
6th | Eugene Ray |
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10.47 s | |
7th | Peter Okodogbe |
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10.51 s | |
8th | Christopher Brathwaite |
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10.54 s |
final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Allan Wells |
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10.25 s | |
2 | Silvio Leonard |
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10.25 s | |
3 | Petar Petrov |
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10.39 s | |
4th | Alexander Aksinin |
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10.42 s | |
5 | Osvaldo Lara |
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10.43 s | |
6th | Vladimir Muravyov |
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10.44 s | |
7th | Marian Voronin |
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10.46 s | |
8th | Hermann Panzo |
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10.49 s |
Date: July 25, 1980, 8:15 p.m.
Wind: +1.11 m / s
In the absence of the US sprinters, the Cuban Silvio Leonard and the British Allan Wells were the favorites. After the semi-finals, this favorite duo became a trio: the Bulgarian Petar Petrow had defeated Leonard wafer-thin. The 1976 Olympic runner-up, Jamaican Donald Quarrie, was also back at the start. However, he no longer had the shape of past successful years and was eliminated in the semifinals.
The fight for the Olympic victory was closer than seldom before. The placements for the gold and silver medals could only be determined by evaluating the target photograph . Wells and Leonard were clearly ahead of their competitors with 10.25 seconds at the same time. The decision was then made in favor of the British. Allan Wells was Olympic champion ahead of Silvio Leonard, while Petar Petrow secured bronze ahead of Alexander Aksinin from the USSR.
The level on this short sprint route was significantly affected. Above all, the lack of US athletes was particularly noticeable here. In all games since 1964, the performances had been significantly better.
Allan Wells was the last white 100-meter Olympic champion to date - as of December 2017 .
Petar Petrov won the first Bulgarian medal in this discipline.
Video
- Allan Wells Powers To 100m Gold For Great Britain - Moscow 1980 Olympics , published April 9, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed December 24, 2017
Web links
- SportsReference 100 m , accessed December 24, 2017
- Moscow 1980 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 24f, English / French (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 24, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 547 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on 24 December 2017
- ↑ Moscow 1980 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 17, English / French (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 24, 2017
- ↑ a b c d Moscow 1980 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 25, English / French (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 24, 2017
- ↑ SportsReference , accessed December 24, 2017