1980 Summer Olympics / Swimming
Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics |
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information | |
venue | Moscow |
Competition venue | Olimpijski |
Nations | 41 |
Athletes | 333 (190 , 143 ) |
date | July 20-27, 1980 |
decisions | 26th |
← Montréal 1976 |
At the XXII. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow , 26 swimming competitions were held, 13 each for men and women. The venue was from 20.-27. July 1980 the indoor swimming pool in the Olimpijski sports complex . In the women's competitions, the dominance of swimmers from the GDR was overwhelming; they won 26 out of 36 possible medals.
Balance sheet
Medal table
Swimming medal table | |||||
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space | country | ||||
1 | GDR | 12 | 10 | 8th | 30th |
2 | Soviet Union | 8th | 9 | 5 | 22nd |
3 | Sweden | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
4th | Australia | 2 | - | 5 | 7th |
5 | Great Britain | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
6th | Hungary | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
7th | Spain | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Brazil | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
Denmark | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
Poland | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
Netherlands | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
total | 26th | 26th | 26th | 78 |
Medalist
Time schedule
Competitions and schedule swimming | ||
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Day | Morning program 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. CEST |
Evening program 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CEST |
Sunday 20th July 1980 |
Heats 100 m back men heats 200 m butterfly men heats 4 × 100 m medley relay women |
Prelims 100 m freestyle women semi-finals 100 m back men final 200 m butterfly men final 4 × 100 m individual medley women |
Monday July 21, 1980 |
Heats 200 m freestyle men heats 1500 m freestyle men heats 200 m butterfly women |
Prelims 100 m breaststroke men final 100 m freestyle women final 100 m back men final 200 m butterfly women final 200 m freestyle men |
Tuesday July 22nd 1980 |
Heats 400 m freestyle women heats 100 m back women heats 100 m butterfly men |
Semi-finals 100 m back women semi-finals 100 m butterfly men final 1500 m freestyle men final 400 m freestyle women final 100 m chest men |
Wednesday July 23, 1980 |
Heats 4 × 200 m freestyle relay men heats 200 m chest women heats 100 m butterfly women |
Final 100 m butterfly men final 100 m back women final 200 m breast women final 4 × 200 m freestyle relay men |
Thursday July 24, 1980 |
Prelims 100 m breaststroke women prelims 400 m freestyle men prelims 200 m freestyle women prelims 4 × 100 m individual medley men |
Final 100 m butterfly women final 400 m freestyle men final 200 m freestyle women final 4 × 100 m individual medley men |
Friday July 25, 1980 |
no competitions | no competitions |
Saturday July 26th 1980 |
Heats 100 m freestyle men heats 200 m back men heats 800 m freestyle women heats 200 m chest men heats 400 m medley women |
Semi-finals 100 m freestyle men final 100 m breast women final 200 m breast men final 400 m medley women final 200 m back men |
Sunday July 27, 1980 |
Heats 200 m back women heats 400 m medley men heats 4 × 100 m freestyle relay women |
Final 800 m freestyle women final 400 m medley men final 200 m back women final 100 m freestyle men final 4 × 100 m freestyle relay women |
Men
100 m freestyle
space | country | athlete | Time (s) |
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1 | GDR | Jörg Woithe | 50.40 |
2 | SWE | Per Holmertz | 50.91 |
3 | SWE | Per Johansson | 51.29 |
4th | URS | Sergei Koplyakov | 51.34 |
5 | ITA | Raffaele Franceschi | 51.69 |
6th | URS | Sergei Krasiuk | 51.80 |
7th | FRA | René Écuyer | 52.01 |
8th | OUT | Graeme Brewer | 52.22 |
Participants: 40 swimmers from 27 countries
Final on July 27th
In the semifinals, Jörg Woithe again improved his European record from the run from 50.49 s to 50.21 s.
200 m freestyle
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | URS | Sergei Koplyakov | 1: 49.81 |
2 | URS | Andrei Krylov | 1: 50.76 |
3 | OUT | Graeme Brewer | 1: 51.60 |
4th | GDR | Jörg Woithe | 1: 51.86 |
5 | OUT | Ron McKeon | 1: 52.60 |
6th | ITA | Paolo Revelli | 1: 52.76 |
7th | SWE | Thomas Lejdström | 1: 52.94 |
8th | ITA | Fabrizio Rampazzo | 1: 53.25 |
Participants: 48 swimmers from 24 countries
Final on July 21st
400 m freestyle
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | URS | Vladimir Salnikov | 3: 51.31 |
2 | URS | Andrei Krylov | 3: 53.24 |
3 | URS | Ivar Stukolkin | 3: 53.95 |
4th | BRA | Djan Madruga | 3: 54.15 |
5 | TCH | Daniel Machek | 3: 55.66 |
6th | HUN | Sándor Nagy | 3: 56.83 |
7th | OUT | Max Metzker | 3: 56.87 |
8th | OUT | Ron McKeon | 3: 57.00 |
Participants: 36 swimmers from 20 countries
Final on July 24th
1500 m freestyle
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | URS | Vladimir Salnikov | 14: 58.27 |
2 | URS | Alexander Chayev | 15: 14.30 |
3 | OUT | Max Metzker | 15: 14.49 |
4th | GDR | Rainer Strohbach | 15: 15.29 |
5 | YUG | Borut Petrič | 15: 21.78 |
6th | ESP | Rafael Escalas | 15: 21.88 |
7th | HUN | Sándor Wladár | 15: 26.70 |
8th | URS | Eduard Petrov | 15: 28.24 |
Participants: 21 swimmers from 14 countries
Final on July 22nd
Vladimir Salnikov was the first swimmer to swim the 1500 meter freestyle in under 15 minutes.
100 m back
space | country | athlete | Time (s) |
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1 | SWE | Bengt Baron | 56.53 |
2 | URS | Viktor Kuznetsov | 56.99 |
3 | URS | Vladimir Dolgow | 57.63 |
4th | TCH | Miloslav Rolko | 57.74 |
5 | HUN | Sándor Wladár | 57.84 |
6th | NED | Fred Eefting | 57.95 |
7th | OUT | Mark Tonelli | 57.98 |
8th | GBR | Gary Abraham | 58.38 |
Participants: 35 swimmers from 23 countries
Final on July 21st
200 m back
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | HUN | Sándor Wladár | 2: 01.93 |
2 | HUN | Zoltán Verrasztó | 2: 02.40 |
3 | OUT | Mark Kerry | 2: 03.14 |
4th | URS | Vladimir Shemetov | 2: 03.48 |
5 | NED | Fred Eefting | 2: 03.92 |
6th | SWE | Michael Söderlund | 2: 04.10 |
7th | GBR | Douglas Campbell | 2: 04.23 |
8th | OUT | Paul Moorfoot | 2: 06.15 |
Participants: 28 swimmers from 18 countries
Final on July 26th
100 m chest
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | GBR | Duncan Goodhew | 1: 03.34 |
2 | URS | Arsenic Miskarovs | 1: 03.82 |
3 | OUT | Peter Evans | 1: 03.96 |
4th | URS | Alexander Fedorowski | 1: 04.00 |
5 | HUN | János Dzvonyár | 1: 04.67 |
6th | OUT | Lindsay Spencer | 1: 05.04 |
7th | COL | Pablo Restrepo | 1: 05.91 |
HUN | Albán Vermes | DSQ |
Participants: 28 swimmers from 22 countries
Final on July 22nd
200 m chest
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | URS | Robertas Žulpa | 2: 15.85 |
2 | HUN | Albán Vermes | 2: 16.93 |
3 | URS | Arsenic Miskarovs | 2: 17.28 |
4th | URS | Gennady Utenkov | 2: 19.64 |
5 | OUT | Lindsay Spencer | 2: 19.68 |
6th | GBR | Duncan Goodhew | 2: 20.92 |
7th | SWE | Peter Berggren | 2: 21.39 |
8th | GDR | Jörg Walter | 2: 22.39 |
Participants: 20 swimmers from 14 countries
Final on July 26th
100 m butterfly
space | country | athlete | Time (s) |
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1 | SWE | Par Arvidsson | 54.92 |
2 | GDR | Roger Pyttel | 54.94 |
3 | ESP | David López-Zubero | 55.13 |
4th | NED | Cees Vervoorn | 55.25 |
5 | URS | Yevgeny Seredin | 55.35 |
6th | GBR | Gary Abraham | 55.42 |
7th | FRA | Xavier Savin | 55.66 |
8th | URS | Alexei Markowski | 55.70 |
Participants: 35 swimmers from 30 countries
Final on July 23rd
200 m butterfly
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | URS | Serhiy Fessenko | 1: 59.76 |
2 | GBR | Philip Hubble | 2: 01.20 |
3 | GDR | Roger Pyttel | 2: 01.39 |
4th | GBR | Peter Morris | 2: 02.27 |
5 | URS | Mikhail Gorelik | 2: 02.44 |
6th | NED | Cees Vervoorn | 2: 02.52 |
7th | SWE | Par Arvidsson | 2: 02.61 |
8th | GBR | Stephen Poulter | 2: 02.93 |
Participants: 27 swimmers from 20 countries
Final on July 20th
400 m layers
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | URS | Oleksandr Sydorenko | 4: 22.98 |
2 | URS | Serhiy Fessenko | 4: 23.43 |
3 | HUN | Zoltán Verrasztó | 4: 24.24 |
4th | HUN | András Hargitay | 4: 24.48 |
5 | BRA | Djan Madruga | 4: 26.81 |
6th | TCH | Miloslav Rolko | 4: 26.99 |
7th | POLE | Leszek Górski | 4: 28.89 |
8th | TCH | Daniel Machek | 4: 29.86 |
Participants: 27 swimmers from 17 countries
Final on July 27th
4 × 200 m freestyle
Participants: 13 seasons
final on July 23rd
4 × 100 m layers
Participants: 13 seasons
final on July 24th
Women
100 m freestyle
space | country | Athlete | Time (s) |
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1 | GDR | Barbara Krause | 54.79 |
2 | GDR | Caren Metschuck | 55.16 |
3 | GDR | Ines Diers | 55.65 |
4th | URS | Olga Klewakina | 57.40 |
5 | NED | Conny van Bentum | 57.63 |
6th | URS | Natalia Strunnikova | 57.83 |
7th | FRA | Guylaine Berger | 57.88 |
8th | SWE | Agneta Eriksson | 57.90 |
Participants: 31 swimmers from 21 countries
Final on July 21st
Barbara Krause already set a new world record with 54.98 seconds.
200 m freestyle
space | country | Athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | GDR | Barbara Krause | 1: 58.33 |
2 | GDR | Ines Diers | 1: 59.64 |
3 | GDR | Carmela Schmidt | 2: 01.44 |
4th | URS | Olga Klewakina | 2: 02.29 |
5 | NED | Reggie de Jong | 2: 02.76 |
6th | GBR | June Croft | 2: 03.15 |
7th | URS | Natalia Strunnikova | 2: 03.74 |
8th | URS | Irina Aksenova | 2: 04.00 |
Participants: 26 swimmers from 16 countries
Final on July 24th
400 m freestyle
space | country | Athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | GDR | Ines Diers | 4: 08.76 |
2 | GDR | Petra Schneider | 4: 09.16 |
3 | GDR | Carmela Schmidt | 4: 10.86 |
4th | OUT | Michelle Ford | 4: 11.65 |
5 | URS | Irina Aksenova | 4: 14.40 |
6th | NED | Annelies Maas | 4: 15.79 |
7th | NED | Reggie de Jong | 4: 15.95 |
8th | URS | Olga Klewakina | 4: 19.18 |
Participants: 20 swimmers from 13 countries
Final on July 22nd
800 m freestyle
space | country | Athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | OUT | Michelle Ford | 8: 28.90 |
2 | GDR | Ines Diers | 8: 32.55 |
3 | GDR | Heike Dähne | 8: 33.48 |
4th | URS | Irina Aksenova | 8: 38.05 |
5 | URS | Oksana Komissarova | 8: 42.04 |
6th | BEL | Pascale Verbauwen | 8: 44.84 |
7th | GDR | Ines Geissler | 8: 45.28 |
8th | URS | Elena Ivanova | 8: 46.45 |
Participants: 16 swimmers from 11 countries
Final on July 27th
In the preliminary run, Heike Dähne improved the Olympic record to 8: 36.09 min.
100 m back
space | country | Athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | GDR | Rica Reinisch | 1: 00.86 |
2 | GDR | Ina Kleber | 1: 02.07 |
3 | GDR | Petra Riedel | 1: 02.64 |
4th | ROU | Carmen Bunaciu | 1: 03.81 |
5 | BEL | Carine Verbauwen | 1: 03.82 |
6th | URS | Larisa Gorchakova | 1: 03.87 |
7th | NED | Monique Bosga | 1: 04.47 |
8th | ITA | Manuela Carosi | 1: 05.10 |
Participants: 27 swimmers from 18 countries
Final on July 23rd In
the preliminary stages, Rica Reinisch set a new world record with 1: 01.50 minutes.
200 m back
space | country | Athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | GDR | Rica Reinisch | 2: 11.77 |
2 | GDR | Cornelia Polit | 2: 13.75 |
3 | GDR | Birgit driver | 2: 14.14 |
4th | ROU | Carmen Bunaciu | 2: 15.20 |
5 | BEL | Yolande Van der Straeten | 2: 15.58 |
6th | BEL | Carine Verbauwen | 2: 16.66 |
7th | OUT | Lisa Forrest | 2: 16.75 |
8th | URS | Larisa Gorchakova | 2: 17.72 |
Participants: 24 swimmers from 15 countries.
Final on July 27th. In
the run-up, Rica Reinisch improved the Olympic record to 2: 13.00 min.
100 m chest
space | country | Athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | GDR | Ute Geweniger | 1: 10.22 |
2 | URS | Elvira Vasilkova | 1: 10.41 |
3 | THE | Susanne Nilsson | 1: 11.16 |
4th | GBR | Margaret Kelly | 1: 11.48 |
5 | SWE | Eva-Marie Håkansson | 1: 11.72 |
6th | GBR | Susannah Brownsdon | 1: 12.11 |
7th | URS | Lina Kačiušytė | 1: 12.21 |
8th | ITA | Monica Bonon | 1: 12.51 |
Participants: 26 swimmers from 21 countries
Final on July 26th
In the preliminary run, Ute Geweniger improved her own world record to 1: 10.11 min.
200 m chest
space | country | Athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | URS | Lina Kačiušytė | 2: 29.54 |
2 | URS | Svetlana Varganova | 2: 29.61 |
3 | URS | Yulia Bogdanova | 2: 32.39 |
4th | THE | Susanne Nilsson | 2: 32.75 |
5 | TCH | Irena Fleissnerová | 2: 33.23 |
6th | GDR | Ute Geweniger | 2: 34.34 |
7th | GDR | Bettina Löbel | 2: 34.51 |
8th | GDR | Sylvia Rinka | 2: 35.38 |
Participants: 25 swimmers from 18 countries
Final on July 23rd
In the preliminary run, Svetlana Varganowa improved the Olympic record to 2: 29.77 min.
100 m butterfly
space | country | Athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | GDR | Caren Metschuck | 1: 00.42 |
2 | GDR | Andrea Pollack | 1: 00.90 |
3 | GDR | Christiane Knacke | 1: 01.44 |
4th | GBR | Ann Osgerby | 1: 02.21 |
5 | OUT | Lisa Curry | 1: 02.40 |
6th | SWE | Agneta Mårtensson | 1: 02.61 |
7th | CRC | Miriam Paris | 1: 02.89 |
8th | GBR | Janet Osgerby | 1: 02.90 |
Participants: 25 swimmers from 18 countries
Final on July 24th
200 m butterfly
space | country | Athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | GDR | Ines Geissler | 2: 10.44 |
2 | GDR | Sybille Schönrock | 2: 10.45 |
3 | OUT | Michelle Ford | 2: 11.66 |
4th | GDR | Andrea Pollack | 2: 12.13 |
5 | POLE | Dorota Brzozowska | 2: 14.12 |
6th | GBR | Ann Osgerby | 2: 14.83 |
7th | SWE | Agneta Mårtensson | 2: 15.22 |
8th | URS | Alla Grishchenkova | 2: 15.70 |
Participants: 21 swimmers from 14 countries
Final on July 21st
400 m layers
space | country | Athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | GDR | Petra Schneider | 4: 36.29 |
2 | GBR | Sharron Davies | 4: 46.83 |
3 | POLE | Agnieszka Czopek | 4: 48.17 |
4th | GDR | Grit Slaby | 4: 48.54 |
5 | GDR | Ulrike Tauber | 4: 49.18 |
6th | BUL | Stoianka Dyngalakova | 4: 49.25 |
7th | URS | Olga Klewakina | 4: 50.91 |
8th | POLE | Magdalena Białas | 4: 53.30 |
Participants: 20 swimmers from 13 countries
Final on July 26th
4 × 100 m freestyle
Participants: 9 squadrons
final on July 27th
In the run-up, the GDR squadron (Krause, Hülsenbeck, Metschuck and Schmidt) set a new European record with 3: 45.19 minutes.
The season of the Soviet Union was disqualified in the run-up.
4 × 100 m layers
Participants: 10 relays
final on July 20th
Rica Reinisch, as the starting swimmer of the GDR individual relay relay , set the world record over 100 meters back for Ulrike Richter with 1: 01.51 min .
See also
literature
- Manfred Seifert: Sport80. A yearbook of GDR sports . Sportverlag Berlin, 1980, ISSN 0232-203X , p. 300-301 .
- New Germany . No. 171-177 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, 1980, ISSN 0323-3375 .
Web links
- ↑ Schedule and results of the competitions p. 452–489 (PDF; 27.59 MB)