1980 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)
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sport | swim | ||||||||
discipline | 100 m freestyle | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 39 athletes from 26 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Olimpijski | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 26, 1980 (preliminary, semi-finals) July 27, 1980 (final) |
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Winning time | 50.40 s | ||||||||
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100 m freestyle | Men | Women |
200 m freestyle | Men | Women |
400 m freestyle | Men | Women |
800 m freestyle | Women | |
1500 m freestyle | Men | |
100 m back | Men | Women |
200 m back | Men | Women |
100 m chest | Men | Women |
200 m chest | Men | Women |
100 m butterfly | Men | Women |
200 m butterfly | Men | Women |
400 m layers | Men | Women |
4 × 100 m freestyle | Women | |
4 × 200 m freestyle | Men | |
4 × 100 m layers | Men | Women |
The men's 100 meter freestyle swimming competition at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow was held on September 26th and 27th. Jörg Woithe from the GDR became Olympic champion. Silver went to Per Holmertz from Sweden and bronze to his compatriot Per Johansson .
Records
Before the start of the Olympic Games, the following records were valid.
World record | 49.44 s |
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Philadelphia , United States | August 14, 1976 |
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Olympic record | 49.99 s |
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Montreal , Canada | July 25, 1976 |
No new records have been set.
Results
Prelims
Semifinals
rank | Run | athlete | nation | time | Note |
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1 | 2 | Jörg Woithe |
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50.21 s | Q |
2 | 2 | Per Holmertz |
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51.19 s | Q |
3 | 1 | Per Johansson |
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51.42 s | Q |
4th | 2 | Sergei Koplyakov |
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51.51 s | Q |
5 | 2 | René Écuyer |
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51.62 s | Q |
6th | 1 | Sergei Krasiuk |
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51.81 s | Q |
7th | 2 | Raffaele Franceschi |
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51.87 s | Q |
8th | 1 | Graeme Brewer |
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51.91 s | Q |
9 | 1 | Per Wikström |
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52.15 s | |
10 | 1 | Mark Tonelli |
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52.17 s | |
11 | 1 | Sergei Smiryagin |
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52.18 s | |
11 | 2 | David López-Zubero |
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52.18 s | |
13 | 1 | Martin Smith |
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52.41 s | |
14th | 2 | Neil Brooks |
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52.70 s | |
15th | 2 | Cees Vervoorn |
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52.73 s | |
16 | 1 | Jorge Fernandes |
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52.91 s |
final
rank | athlete | nation | time |
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1 | Jörg Woithe |
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50.40 s |
2 | Per Holmertz |
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50.91 s |
3 | Per Johansson |
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51.29 s |
4th | Sergei Koplyakov |
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51.34 s |
5 | Raffaele Franceschi |
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51.69 s |
6th | Sergei Krasiuk |
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51.80 s |
7th | René Écuyer |
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52.01 s |
8th | Graeme Brewer |
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52.22 s |