Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event was one of the events in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The competition was held on July 24, 1980, and on July 25, 1980.[1] Sixty-five athletes from 40 nations competed.[2] Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Allan Wells of Great Britain, that nation's first title in the men's 100 metres since 1924. Cuba took its first medal in the event since 1964, with Silvio Leonard's silver matching the nation's best result. Petar Petrov's bronze was Bulgaria's first Olympic medal in the men's 100 metres.

Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Athletics
VenueLenin Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 24 (heats)
July 25 (finals)
Competitors65 from 40 nations
Winning time10.25
Medalists
Allan Wells
 Great Britain
Silvio Leonard
 Cuba
Petar Petrov
 Bulgaria
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Background

This was the nineteenth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. Four finalists from 1980 returned: defending gold medal winner Hasely Crawford of Trinidad and Tobago, silver medalist Don Quarrie of Jamaica, seventh-place finisher Klaus-Dieter Kurrat of East Germany, and eight-place finisher Petar Petrov of Bulgaria. The American team, including 1977 IAAF World Cup winner Steve Williams, was absent due to boycott. Other notable entrants included Silvio Leonard of Cuba (1975 and 1979 Pan-American Games champion, 1976 Olympic quarterfinalist, 1977 World Cup bronze medal), Eugen Ray of East Germany (1977 World Cup silver medalist), and Allan Wells of Great Britain (second to Quarrie at the 1978 Commonwealth Games).[2]

Eleven nations appeared in the event for the first time: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Guinea, Laos, Lebanon, Mozambique, Nepal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, and Syria. The United States missed this event for the first time in Olympic history. France and Great Britain made their 16th appearances in the event, tied with Canada (also absent due to boycott) for second-most, after the United States with 18.

Competition format

The event retained the same basic four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system, introduced in 1968, was used again to ensure that the quarterfinals and subsequent rounds had exactly 8 runners per heat; this time, that system applied only in the preliminary heats. With only 2 more runners than in 1976, the format was held very static—including the number of heats.

The first round consisted of 9 heats, each with 6–8 athletes. The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next five fastest runners overall. This made 32 quarterfinalists, who were divided into 4 heats of 8 runners. The top four runners in each quarterfinal advanced, with no "fastest loser" places. The 16 semifinalists competed in two heats of 8, with the top four in each semifinal advancing to the eight-man final.[2][3]

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics.

World Record 9.95 Jim Hines Mexico City (MEX) October 14, 1968
Olympic Record 9.95 Jim Hines Mexico City (MEX) October 14, 1968

Results

Heats
  • Held on July 24, 1980

Heat 1
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Silvio Leonard Cuba 10.33Q
2 Peter Okodogbe Nigeria 10.39Q
3 Christopher Brathwaite Trinidad and Tobago 10.44Q
4 Klaus-Dieter Kurrat East Germany 10.53q
5 Charles Kachenjela Zambia 11.03
6 John Carew Sierra Leone 11.11
7 Marc Larose Seychelles 11.27

Heat 2
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Pietro Mennea Italy 10.56Q
2 Lambros Kefalas Greece 10.70Q
3 Katsuhiko Nakaya Brazil 10.72Q
4 Momar N'Dao Senegal 10.73
5 Eduardo Costa Mozambique 11.02
6 Lucien Josiah Botswana 11.15
7 Soutsakhone Somninhom Laos 11.69

Heat 3
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Aleksandr Aksinin Soviet Union 10.26Q
2 Leszek Dunecki Poland 10.42Q
3 Nelson dos Santos Brazil 10.51Q
4 Hammed Adio Nigeria 10.58q
5 Nabil Nahri Syria 10.67
6 Mwalimu Ally Tanzania 10.86
7 Rudolph George Sierra Leone 11.37

Heat 4
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Petar Petrov Bulgaria 10.32Q
2 Vladimir Muravyov Soviet Union 10.37Q
3 Osvaldo Lara Cuba 10.39Q
4 Antoine Richard France 10.51q
5 Pascal Aho Benin 11.01
6 Joseph Letseka Lesotho 11.21
7 Ilídio Coelho Angola 11.42
8 Besha Tuffa Ethiopia 11.55

Heat 5
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Eugen Ray East Germany 10.38Q
2 Hasely Crawford Trinidad and Tobago 10.42Q
3 Drew McMaster Great Britain 10.43Q
4 Gerardo Suero Dominican Republic 10.53q
5 Roland Dagher Lebanon 11.01
6 Sheku Boima Sierra Leone 11.08
7 Raghu Raj Onta Nepal 11.61

Heat 7
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Sören Schlegel East Germany 10.44Q
2 Hermann Panzo France 10.53Q
3 Tomás González Cuba 10.65Q
4 Antoine Kiakouama Republic of the Congo 10.69
5 Milton de Castro Brazil 10.74
6 Boubacar Diallo Senegal 10.75
7 Adille Sumariwalla India 11.04

Heat 7
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Allan Wells Great Britain 10.35Q
2 Don Quarrie Jamaica 10.37Q
3 Krzysztof Zwoliński Poland 10.60Q
4 Ivaylo Karanyotov Bulgaria 10.66
5 István Tatár Hungary 10.69
6 Mario Westbroek Netherlands 10.91
7 Oddur Sigurðsson Iceland 10.94

Heat 8
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 James Gilkes Guyana 10.34Q
2 Cameron Sharp Great Britain 10.38Q
3 Théophile Nkounkou Republic of the Congo 10.53Q
4 István Nagy Hungary 10.68
5 David Lukuba Tanzania 10.74
6 Paul Haba Guinea 11.19
7 Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi Kuwait 11.28

Heat 9
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Grégoire Illorson Cameroon 10.34Q
2 Marian Woronin Poland 10.35Q
3 Andrey Shlyapnikov Soviet Union 10.43Q
4 Samson Oyeledun Nigeria 10.59q
5 Francis Adams Trinidad and Tobago 10.80
6 Peter Mwita Tanzania 11.07
7 Salif Koné Mali 11.07
8 José Luis Elias Peru 13.66

Quarterfinals
  • Held on July 24, 1980

Quarterfinal 1
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Allan Wells Great Britain 10.11Q
2 Petar Petrov Bulgaria 10.13Q
3 Osvaldo Lara Cuba 10.21Q
4 Pietro Mennea Italy 10.27Q
5 Hasely Crawford Trinidad and Tobago 10.28
6 Sören Schlegel East Germany 10.28
7 Nelson dos Santos Brazil 10.45
8 Lambros Kefalas Greece 10.62

Quarterfinal 2
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Aleksandr Aksinin Soviet Union 10.29Q
2 Don Quarrie Jamaica 10.29Q
3 Hermann Panzo France 10.29Q
4 Peter Okodogbe Nigeria 10.34Q
5 Leszek Dunecki Poland 10.40
6 Drew McMaster Great Britain 10.42
7 Tomás González Cuba 10.44
8 Gerardo Suero Dominican Republic 10.57

Quarterfinal 3
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Silvio Leonard Cuba 10.16Q
2 Marian Woronin Poland 10.27Q
3 Eugen Ray East Germany 10.30Q
4 Christopher Brathwaite Trinidad and Tobago 10.37Q
5 Andrei Shlyapnikov Soviet Union 10.41
6 Théophile Nkounkou Republic of the Congo 10.59
7 Hammed Adio Nigeria 10.67
8 Katsuhiko Nakaya Brazil 10.70

Quarterfinal 4
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 James Gilkes Guyana 10.26Q
2 Grégoire Illorson Cameroon 10.29Q
3 Vladimir Muravyov Soviet Union 10.34Q
4 Cameron Sharp Great Britain 10.38Q
5 Antoine Richard France 10.45
6 Klaus-Dieter Kurrat East Germany 10.54
7 Krzysztof Zwoliński Poland 10.54
8 Samson Oyeledun Nigeria 10.73

Semifinals
  • Held on July 25, 1980

Semifinal 1
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Petar Petrov Bulgaria 10.39Q
2 Silvio Leonard Cuba 10.40Q
3 Aleksandr Aksinin Soviet Union 10.45Q
4 Hermann Panzo France 10.45Q
5 Don Quarrie Jamaica 10.55
6 Pietro Mennea Italy 10.58
7 Cameron Sharp Great Britain 10.60
8 Grégoire Illorson Cameroon 10.60

Semifinal 2
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Allan Wells Great Britain 10.27Q
2 Osvaldo Lara Cuba 10.34Q
3 Vladimir Muravyov Soviet Union 10.42Q
4 Marian Woronin Poland 10.43Q
5 James Gilkes Guyana 10.44
6 Eugen Ray East Germany 10.47
7 Peter Okodogbe Nigeria 10.51
8 Christopher Brathwaite Trinidad and Tobago 10.54

Final
  • Held on July 25, 1980
Rank AthleteNation Time
Allan Wells Great Britain 10.25
Silvio Leonard Cuba 10.25
Petar Petrov Bulgaria 10.39
4 Aleksandr Aksinin Soviet Union 10.42
5 Osvaldo Lara Cuba 10.43
6 Vladimir Muravyov Soviet Union 10.44
7 Marian Woronin Poland 10.46
8 Hermann Panzo France 10.49

See also

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  3. Official Report, vol. 3, p. 25.
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