Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Swimming as usual was one of the three aquatics disciplines at the 1980 Summer Olympics—the other two being Water Polo and Diving. It was held in the Swimming Pool of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex between July 20 and July 27. There was a total of 333 participants from 41 countries competing.[1]

Swimming
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Olimpiysky Pool, Moscow, as seen in 1991
VenueOlimpiysky Sports Complex
Competitors333 from 41 nations
Swimming at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Because the number of participants was reduced by the boycott, FINA broke format by doing away with the semifinals. Instead, the top 8 finishers from the heats qualified directly for the final, or final A as it was called. In events up to 400m, those that finished 9th to 16th in the heats would swim in Final B for the 9th place after the swimmers from Final A swam. This would continue as the Olympic format up to the 1996 Olympic Games.

Participating nations

333 swimmers from 41 nations competed.[1]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Soviet Union)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany (GDR)1210830
2 Soviet Union (URS)*89522
3 Sweden (SWE)2215
4 Australia (AUS)2057
5 Great Britain (GBR)1315
6 Hungary (HUN)1214
7 Brazil (BRA)0011
 Denmark (DEN)0011
 Netherlands (NED)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (11 nations)26262678

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
  Jörg Woithe (GDR)50.40  Per Holmertz (SWE)50.91  Per Johansson (SWE)51.29
200 m freestyle
  Sergey Kopliakov (URS)1:49.81
OR		  Andrey Krylov (URS)1:50.76  Graeme Brewer (AUS)1:51.60
400 m freestyle
  Vladimir Salnikov (URS)3:51.31
OR		  Andrey Krylov (URS)3:53.24  Ivar Stukolkin (URS)3:53.95
1500 m freestyle
  Vladimir Salnikov (URS)14:58.27
WR		  Aleksandr Chayev (URS)15:14.30  Max Metzker (AUS)15:14.49
100 m backstroke
  Bengt Baron (SWE)56.53  Viktor Kuznetsov (URS)56.99  Vladimir Dolgov (URS)57.63
200 m backstroke
  Sándor Wladár (HUN)2:01.93  Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN)2:02.40  Mark Kerry (AUS)2:03.14
100 m breaststroke
  Duncan Goodhew (GBR)1:03.34  Arsens Miskarovs (URS)1:03.82  Peter Evans (AUS)1:03.96
200 m breaststroke
  Robertas Žulpa (URS)2:15.85  Albán Vermes (HUN)2:16.93  Arsens Miskarovs (URS)2:17.28
100 m butterfly
  Pär Arvidsson (SWE)54.92  Roger Pyttel (GDR)54.94  David López-Zubero (ESP)55.13
200 m butterfly
  Sergey Fesenko (URS)1:59.76  Phil Hubble (GBR)2:01.20  Roger Pyttel (GDR)2:01.39
400 m individual medley
  Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS)4:22.89
OR		  Sergey Fesenko (URS)4:23.43  Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN)4:24.24
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
  Soviet Union (URS)
Sergey Kopliakov
Vladimir Salnikov
Ivar Stukolkin
Andrey Krylov
Sergey Rusin*
Sergey Krasyuk*
Yuri Presekin*		7:23.50  East Germany (GDR)
Frank Pfütze
Jörg Woithe
Detlev Grabs
Rainer Strohbach
Frank Kühne*		7:28.60  Brazil (BRA)
Jorge Fernandes
Marcus Mattioli
Cyro Marques
Djan Madruga		7:29.30
4 × 100 m medley relay
  Australia (AUS)
Mark Kerry
Peter Evans
Mark Tonelli
Neil Brooks
Glenn Patching*		3:45.70  Soviet Union (URS)
Viktor Kuznetsov
Arsens Miskarovs
Yevgeny Seredin
Sergey Kopliakov
Vladimir Shemetov*
Aleksandr Fedorovsky*
Aleksey Markovsky*
Sergey Krasyuk*		3:45.92  Great Britain (GBR)
Gary Abraham
Duncan Goodhew
David Lowe
Martin Smith
Paul Marshall*
Mark Taylor*		3:47.71

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
  Barbara Krause (GDR)54.79
WR		  Caren Metschuck (GDR)55.16  Ines Diers (GDR)55.65
200 m freestyle
  Barbara Krause (GDR)1:58.33
OR		  Ines Diers (GDR)1:59.64  Carmela Schmidt (GDR)2:01.44
400 m freestyle
  Ines Diers (GDR)4:08.76
OR		  Petra Schneider (GDR)4:09.16  Carmela Schmidt (GDR)4:10.86
800 m freestyle
  Michelle Ford (AUS)8:28.90
OR		  Ines Diers (GDR)8:32.55  Heike Dähne (GDR)8:33.48
100 m backstroke
  Rica Reinisch (GDR)1:00.86
WR		  Ina Kleber (GDR)1:02.07  Petra Riedel (GDR)1:02.64
200 m backstroke
  Rica Reinisch (GDR)2:11.77
WR		  Cornelia Polit (GDR)2:13.75  Birgit Treiber (GDR)2:14.14
100 m breaststroke
  Ute Geweniger (GDR)1:10.22  Elvira Vasilkova (URS)1:10.41  Susanne Nielsson (DEN)1:11.16
200 m breaststroke
  Lina Kačiušytė (URS)2:29.54
OR		  Svetlana Varganova (URS)2:29.61  Yuliya Bogdanova (URS)2:32.39
100 m butterfly
  Caren Metschuck (GDR)1:00.42  Andrea Pollack (GDR)1:00.90  Christiane Knacke (GDR)1:01.44
200 m butterfly
  Ines Geißler (GDR)2:10.44
OR		  Sybille Schönrock (GDR)2:10.45  Michelle Ford (AUS)2:11.66
400 m individual medley
  Petra Schneider (GDR)4:36.29
WR		  Sharron Davies (GBR)4:46.83  Agnieszka Czopek (POL)4:48.17
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
  East Germany (GDR)
Barbara Krause
Caren Metschuck
Ines Diers
Sarina Hülsenbeck
Carmela Schmidt*		3:42.71
WR		  Sweden (SWE)
Carina Ljungdahl
Tina Gustafsson
Agneta Mårtensson
Agneta Eriksson
Birgitta Jönsson*
Helena Peterson*		3:48.93  Netherlands (NED)
Conny van Bentum
Wilma van Velsen
Reggie de Jong
Annelies Maas		3:49.51
4 × 100 m medley relay
  East Germany (GDR)
Rica Reinisch
Ute Geweniger
Andrea Pollack
Caren Metschuck
Sarina Hülsenbeck*		4:06.67
WR		  Great Britain (GBR)
Helen Jameson
Margaret Kelly
Ann Osgerby
June Croft		4:12.24  Soviet Union (URS)
Yelena Kruglova
Elvira Vasilkova
Alla Grishchenkova
Natalya Strunnikova
Irina Aksyonova*
Olga Klevakina*		4:13.61

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Some of the Olympic medalists in Moscow:

  • Jörg Woithe, winner of the 100-metre freestyle.
  • Bengt Baron, winner of the 100-metre backstroke.
  • Barbara Krause, winner of the 100-metre freestyle, 200-metre freestyle, and 4×100-metre freestyle relay.
  • Vladimir Salnikov, winner of the 400-metre freestyle, 1500-metre freestyle, and 4×200-metre freestyle relay.
  • Petra Schneider, winner of the 400-metre individual medley.

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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