Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley
The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]
| Men's 400 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex | ||||||||||||
| Date | 27 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4:22.89 OR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | women | |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Jesse Vassallo (USA) | 4:20.05 | West Berlin, West Germany | 28 August 1978 |
| Olympic record | Rod Strachan (USA) | 4:23.68 | Montreal, Canada | 25 July 1976 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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| 27 July | Final | Aleksandr Sidorenko |  Soviet Union | 4:22.89 | OR |
Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Zoltán Verrasztó |  Hungary | 4:25.57 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Leszek Górski |  Poland | 4:26.02 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | András Hargitay | Hungary | 4:27.00 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Aleksandr Sidorenko | Soviet Union | 4:28.02 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Sergey Fesenko | Soviet Union | 4:28.18 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Machek |  Czechoslovakia | 4:28.66 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Djan Madruga | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Brazil | 4:28.77 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Miloslav Roľko | Czechoslovakia | 4:29.19 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Simon Gray |  Great Britain | 4:29.43 | |
| 10 | 4 | Csaba Sós | Hungary | 4:29.69 | |
| 11 | 3 | Dariusz Wolny | Poland | 4:31.28 | |
| 12 | 1 | Ricardo Prado | Brazil | 4:31.69 | |
| 13 | 4 | Thomas Lejdström |  Sweden | 4:33.05 | |
| 14 | 2 | Giovanni Franceschi | Italy | 4:33.66 | |
| 15 | 3 | Vladimir Shemetov | Soviet Union | 4:34.01 | |
| 16 | 2 | Paul Moorfoot | Australia | 4:34.28 | |
| 17 | 4 | Stephen Poulter | Great Britain | 4:35.21 | |
| 18 | 3 | Franky de Groote | Belgium | 4:36.99 | |
| 19 | 3 | Guillermo Zavala |  Mexico | 4:37.58 | |
| 20 | 1 | Evangelos Koskinas |  Greece | 4:39.44 | |
| 21 | 2 | Gary Andersson | Sweden | 4:41.32 | |
| 22 | 1 | Andrey Aguilar |  Costa Rica | 4:41.74 | |
| 23 | 1 | Rafael Escalas | Spain | 4:42.49 | |
| 4 | Jörg Walter |  East Germany | DSQ | ||
| 2 | Antonio Monteiro | Spain | DNS | ||
| 4 | Jean-Marc Carezic | .png.webp){kind=small} Venezuela | |||
| 4 | Max Metzker | Australia |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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 | Aleksandr Sidorenko | Soviet Union | 4:22.89 | OR |
 | Sergey Fesenko | Soviet Union | 4:23.43 | |
 | Zoltán Verrasztó | Hungary | 4:24.24 | |
| 4 | András Hargitay | Hungary | 4:24.48 | |
| 5 | Djan Madruga | Brazil | 4:26.81 | |
| 6 | Miloslav Roľko | Czechoslovakia | 4:26.99 | |
| 7 | Leszek Górski | Poland | 4:28.89 | |
| 8 | Daniel Machek | Czechoslovakia | 4:29.86 |
References
- "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 470. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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