1980 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (men)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | 400 meter run | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 57 athletes from 38 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | Luzhniki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | July 27, 1980 (preliminary round) July 28, 1980 (quarter- / semi-finals) July 30, 1980 (final) |
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The men's 400-meter run at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow was held on July 27, 28 and 30, 1980 in the Luzhniki Olympic Stadium. 57 athletes took part.
Olympic champion was Viktor Markin from the Soviet Union. He won ahead of the Australian Rick Mitchell and Frank Schaffer from the GDR.
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 | 43.86 s |
Lee Evans ( USA )
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Mexico City , Mexico | October 18, 1968 |
| Olympic record | Mexico City Final , Mexico |
Conducting the competition
The athletes competed in eight heats on July 27th. The four best running teams made it to the quarterfinals on July 28th. Here, too, the four best runners qualified for the semi-finals on the same day. From this, the four best runners reached the final, which took place on July 30th.
Time schedule
July 27, 11.30 a.m .: Preliminaries
July 28, 11 a.m .: Quarter-finals
July 28, 7.30 p.m .: Semi-finals
July 30, 6.40 p.m .: Final
Note: All times are local time Moscow ( UTC + 3 )
The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.
Preliminary round
Date: July 27, 1980, from 11.30 a.m.
Forward 1
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Jenkins |
 Great Britain
|
46.67 s | |
| 2 | Karel Kolář |
 Czechoslovakia
|
47.26 s | |
| 3 | Francis Demarthon |
France
|
47.43 s | |
| 4th | Eddy De Leeuw |
Belgium
|
47.59 s | |
| 5 | Charles Dramiga |
 Uganda
|
48.69 s | |
| 6th | Asfaw Deble |
.svg){kind=small} Ethiopia
|
49.77 s | |
| DNS | Constantino Reis |
.svg){kind=small} Mozambique
|
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bert Cameron |
 Jamaica
|
47.54 s | |
| 2 | Didier Dubois |
France
|
47.57 s | |
| 3 | Silver Ayoo |
Uganda
|
47.78 s | |
| 4th | Charles Lupiya |
.svg){kind=small} Zambia
|
48.49 s | |
| 5 | Horia Toboc |
.svg){kind=small} Romania
|
49.90 s | |
| 6th | Léopold Hounkanrin |
.svg){kind=small} Benin
|
51.04 s | |
| 7th | Joseph Ramotshabi |
 Botswana
|
51.49 s |
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dele Udo |
 Nigeria
|
46.48 s | |
| 2 | Joseph Coombs |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
46.55 s | |
| 3 | Rick Mitchell |
Australia
|
46.63 s | |
| 4th | Jens Smedegaard Hansen |
Denmark
|
47.01 s | |
| 5 | Jimmy Massallay |
 Sierra Leone
|
49.68 s | |
| 6th | El-Mehdi Sallah Diab |
.svg){kind=small} Libya
|
49.89 s | |
| 7th | Panh Khemanith |
 Laos
|
53.74 s |
Forward 4
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derrick Peynado |
Jamaica
|
47.37 s | |
| 2 | Alfons Brydenbach |
Netherlands
|
47.72 s | |
| 3 | Andrzej Stępień |
 Poland
|
47.99 s | |
| 4th | Glen Cohen |
Great Britain
|
48.35 s | |
| 5 | Régis Tranquille |
.svg){kind=small} Seychelles
|
49.34 s | |
| 6th | Mohamed Diakité |
 Guinea
|
49.59 s | |
| DNS | Emmanuel Bitanga |
 Cameroon
|
Forward 5
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Markin |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
|
46.88 s | |
| 2 | Mike Solomon |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
47.24 s | |
| 3 | Hope Eziebo |
Nigeria
|
47.46 s | |
| 4th | Jacques Borlée |
Belgium
|
47.77 s | |
| 5 | Mohamed El-Abed |
 Syria
|
50.47 s | |
| 6th | Sahr Kendor |
Sierra Leone
|
52.98 s | |
| DNS | Koen Gijsbers |
Netherlands
|
Forward 6
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josip Alebić |
.svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
|
47.61 s | |
| 2 | Stefano Malinverni |
Italy
|
47.63 s | |
| 3 | Ian Stapleton |
Jamaica
|
47.97 s | |
| 4th | Hussain Ali Nasayyif |
;_Flag_of_Syria_(1963%E2%80%931972).svg){kind=small} Iraq
|
48.03 s | |
| 5 | Harry Schulting |
Netherlands
|
48.53 s | |
| 6th | William Akabi-Davis |
Sierra Leone
|
50.80 s | |
| DNS | Ramian Al-Ramian |
 Kuwait
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Forward 7
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Schaffer |
 GDR
|
46.13 | |
| 2 | Viktor Burakov |
Soviet Union
|
46.41 s | |
| 3 | Alberto Juantorena |
 Cuba
|
46.69 s | |
| 4th | Roberto Tozzi |
Italy
|
47.01 s | |
| 5 | Jerzy Pietrzyk |
Poland
|
47.18 s | |
| 6th | Geraldo José Pegado |
.svg){kind=small} Brazil
|
48.71 s | |
| DNS | Boubacar Diallo |
 Senegal
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| Rubén Inacio |
 Angola
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Forward 8
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikolai Chernetsky |
Soviet Union
|
47.04 s | |
| 2 | Mauro Zuliani |
Italy
|
47.16 s | |
| 3 | Marcel Klarenbeek |
Netherlands
|
47.67 s | |
| 4th | Alan Bell |
Great Britain
|
47.38 s | |
| 5 | Oddur Sigurðsson |
 Iceland
|
47.39 s | |
| 6th | Isidoro Hornillos |
Spain
|
47.45 s | |
| DNS | Christer Gullstrand |
 Sweden
|
Quarter finals
Date: July 28, 1980, from 11 a.m.
Run 1
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rick Mitchell |
Australia
|
45.73 s | |
| 2 | Alfons Brydenbach |
Belgium
|
45.88 s | |
| 3 | Jens Smedegaard Hansen |
Denmark
|
45.89 s | |
| 4th | Dele Udo |
Nigeria
|
46.18 s | |
| 5 | Francis Demarthon |
France
|
46.38 s | |
| 6th | Josip Alebić |
Yugoslavia
|
46.60 s | |
| 7th | Charles Lupiya |
Zambia
|
47.67 s | |
| 8th | Stefano Malinverni |
Italy
|
47.79 s |
Run 2
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Markin |
Soviet Union
|
45.58 s | |
| 2 | Joseph Coombs |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
45.81 s | |
| 3 | Mauro Zuliani |
Italy
|
45.93 s | |
| 4th | Alan Bell |
Great Britain
|
46.17 s | |
| 5 | Andrzej Stępień |
Poland
|
46.31 s | |
| 6th | Eddy De Leeuw |
Belgium
|
45.47 s | |
| 7th | Derrick Peynado |
Jamaica
|
46.50 s | |
| 8th | Marcel Klarenbeek |
Netherlands
|
46.81 s |
Run 3
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Schaffer |
GDR
|
46.15 s | |
| 2 | Alberto Juantorena |
Cuba
|
46.23 s | |
| 3 | Viktor Burakov |
Soviet Union
|
46.23 s | |
| 4th | Didier Dubois |
France
|
46.60 s | |
| 5 | Silver Ayoo |
Uganda
|
47.03 s | |
| 6th | Bert Cameron |
Jamaica
|
47.31 s | |
| 7th | Glen Cohen |
Great Britain
|
47.35 s | |
| 8th | Jacques Borlée |
Belgium
|
47.73 s |
Run 4
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Jenkins |
Great Britain
|
45.99 s | |
| 2 | Mike Solomon |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
46.12 s | |
| 3 | Karel Kolář |
Czechoslovakia
|
46.27 s | |
| 4th | Nikolai Chernetsky |
Soviet Union
|
46.30 s | |
| 5 | Roberto Tozzi |
Italy
|
46.73 s | |
| 6th | Hope Eziebo |
Nigeria
|
46.88 s | |
| 7th | Ian Stapleton |
Jamaica
|
47.64 s | |
| 8th | Hussain Ali Nasayyif |
Iraq
|
48.50 s |
Semifinals
Date: July 28, 1980, from 7.30 p.m.
Run 1
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfons Brydenbach |
Belgium
|
45.46 s | |
| 2 | Rick Mitchell |
Australia
|
45.48 s | |
| 3 | David Jenkins |
Great Britain
|
45.59 s | |
| 4th | Mike Solomon |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
45.61 s | |
| 5 | Dele Udo |
Nigeria
|
45.88 s | |
| 6th | Nikolai Chernetsky |
Soviet Union
|
45.94 s | |
| 7th | Mauro Zuliani |
Italy
|
46.01 s | |
| 8th | Karel Kolář |
Czechoslovakia
|
46.11 s |
Run 2
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Schaffer |
GDR
|
45.47 s | |
| 2 | Viktor Markin |
Soviet Union
|
45.60 s | |
| 3 | Alberto Juantorena |
Cuba
|
45.95 s | |
| 4th | Joseph Coombs |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
45.96 s | |
| 5 | Viktor Burakov |
Soviet Union
|
45.97 s | |
| 6th | Didier Dubois |
France
|
46.72 s | |
| 7th | Jens Smedegaard Hansen |
Denmark
|
47.00 s | |
| 8th | Alan Bell |
Great Britain
|
48.50 s |
final
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Markin |
Soviet Union
|
44.60 s | |
| 2 | Rick Mitchell |
Australia
|
44.84 s | |
| 3 | Frank Schaffer |
GDR
|
44.87 s | |
| 4th | Alberto Juantorena |
Cuba
|
45.09 s | |
| 5 | Alfons Brydenbach |
Belgium
|
45.10 s | |
| 6th | Mike Solomon |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
45.55 s | |
| 7th | David Jenkins |
Great Britain
|
45.56 s | |
| 8th | Joseph Coombs |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
46.33 s |
Date: July 30, 1980, 6:40 p.m.
There was no clear favorite for this competition. The US athletes who topped the annual world best list were not there because of the Olympic boycott. The 1976 Olympic champion , Alberto Juantorena, was not yet in full strength after an operation on the Achilles tendon , but reached the finals. The outcome of the race was very open.
As expected, the final was close. When it came to the home stretch, GDR runner Frank Schaffer led just ahead of the Belgian Alfons Brydenbach. The Briton David Jenkins was still doing well here. In the last 100 meters, Viktor Markin, USSR, was the fastest. Running on lane two, he passed all competitors and became Olympic champion in 44.60 seconds. With a strong finish, the Australian Rick Mitchell took the silver medal just over two tenths of a second behind. Three hundredths of a second behind him, Frank Schaffer was third in front of Alberto Juantorena and Alfons Brydenbach.
Viktor Markin won the first Soviet Olympic victory over 400 meters .
Frank Schaffer won the GDR's first medal in this discipline.
Video
- 1910 , 400m final Moscow 1980, published on January 3, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed on December 24, 2017
Web links
- SportsReference 400m , accessed December 24, 2017
- Moscow 1980 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 28f, English / French (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 24, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 548 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ 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. 17, English / French (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 24, 2017
- ↑ SportsReference , accessed December 24, 2017
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