Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 23 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]

Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Dates23 July
Competitors62 from 13 nations
Teams13
Winning time7:23.50
Medalists
 Soviet Union
Sergey Kopliakov
Vladimir Salnikov
Ivar Stukolkin
Andrey Krylov
Sergey Rusin*
Sergey Krasyuk*
Yuri Presekin*
 East Germany
Frank Pfütze
Jörg Woithe
Detlev Grabs
Rainer Strohbach
Frank Kühne*
 Brazil
Jorge Fernandes
Marcus Mattioli
Cyro Marques
Djan Madruga
*Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats.
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

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record United States (USA)
Rowdy Gaines
Bruce Furniss
Bill Forrester
Bobby Hackett		7:20.82West Berlin, West Germany24 August 1978
Olympic record United States (USA)
Mike Bruner
Bruce Furniss
John Naber
Jim Montgomery		7:23.22Montreal, Canada21 July 1976

Results

Heats
RankHeatNationSwimmersTimeNotes
12 Soviet UnionSergey Rusin (1:52.55)
Sergey Krasyuk (1:53.09)
Yuri Presekin (1:52.21)
Ivar Stukolkin (1:51.54)		7:29.39Q
21 East Germany Frank Kühne (1:54.18)
Detlev Grabs (1:53.68)
Frank Pfütze (1:52.46)
Rainer Strohbach (1:52.35)		7:32.67Q
32 BrazilJorge Fernandes (1:53.49)
Marcus Mattioli (1:52.76)
Cyro Delgado (1:53.20)
Djan Madruga (1:53.36)		7:32.81Q
42 AustraliaMark Tonelli (1:53.99)
Max Metzker (1:54.85)
Mark Kerry (1:53.47)
Graeme Brewer (1:51.75)		7:34.06Q
52 SwedenMichael Söderlund (1:53.16)
Per-Alvar Magnusson (1:52.77)
Anders Rutqvist (1:54.43)
Per-Ola Quist (1:53.98)		7:34.34Q
61 FranceMarc Lazzaro (1:54.19)
Dominique Petit (1:55.25)
Pascal Lagat (1:53.44)
Fabien Noël (1:51.93)		7:34.81Q
71 ItalyFederico Silvestri (1:56.74)
Raffaele Franceschi (1:53.38)
Andrea Ceccarini (1:54.15)
Paolo Revelli (1:52.70)		7:36.97Q
81 Great BritainDouglas Campbell (1:53.99)
Mark Taylor (1:55.75)
Kevin Lee (1:54.27)
Andrew Astbury (1:53.35)		7:37.36Q
92 CzechoslovakiaDaniel Machek (1:55.10)
Miloslav Rolko (1:56.42)
Petr Adamec (1:55.59)
Radek Havel (1:55.07)		7:42.18
102 SpainDavid López-Zubero (1:53.50)
Ramón Lavín (1:55.10)
Juan Carlos Vallejo (1:57.99)
Juan Pablo Barro (1:56.10)		7:42.69
111 NetherlandsCees Vervoorn (1:55.16)
Peter Drost (1:56.79)
Cees Jan Winkel (1:56.94)
Fred Eefting (1:53.96)		7:42.85
121 AlgeriaAbdelhakim Bitat (2:03.87)
Reda Yadi (2:05.35)
Mohamed Bendahmane (2:07.81)
Mohamed Halimi (2:06.19)		8:23.22
2 BulgariaPetar Kochanov
Krasimir Tumanov
Petar Stoyanov
Tsvetan Golomeev		DSQ

Final
RankNationSwimmersTimeNotes
 Soviet UnionSergey Kopliakov (1:50.00)
Vladimir Salnikov (1:51.09)
Ivar Stukolkin (1:52.04)
Andrey Krylov (1:50.37)		7:23.50
 East GermanyFrank Pfütze (1:52.96)
Jörg Woithe (1:51.78)
Detlev Grabs (1:52.24)
Rainer Strohbach (1:51.62)		7:28.60
 BrazilJorge Fernandes (1:52.61)
Marcus Mattioli (1:52.94)
Cyro Delgado (1:52.35)
Djan Madruga (1:51.40)		7:29.30
4 SwedenMichael Söderlund (1:52.54)
Pelle Wikström (1:52.70)
Per-Alvar Magnusson (1:53.01)
Thomas Lejdström (1:51.85)		7:30.10
5 ItalyPaolo Revelli (1:53.14)
Raffaele Franceschi (1:51.56)
Andrea Ceccarini (1:54.91)
Fabrizio Rampazzo (1:50.76)		7:30.37
6 Great BritainDouglas Campbell (1:53.56)
Philip Hubble (1:52.96)
Martin Smith (1:52.69)
Andrew Astbury (1:51.60)		7:30.81
7 AustraliaGraeme Brewer (1:52.57)
Mark Tonelli (1:53.47)
Mark Kerry (1:52.64)
Ron McKeon (1:52.14)		7:30.82
8 FranceFabien Noël (1:52.73)
Marc Lazzaro (1:53.79)
Dominique Petit (1:54.88)
Pascal Lagat (1:54.68)		7:36.08

References
  1. "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 451, 471. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
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