Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
Men's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex | ||||||||||||
Date | 20 July (heats, semifinals) 21 July (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 33 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 56.53 | ||||||||||||
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 |
The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 20 and 21 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | John Naber (USA) | 55.49 | Montreal, Canada | 19 July 1976 |
Olympic record | John Naber (USA) | 55.49 | Montreal, Canada | 19 July 1976 |
Results[]
Heats[]
Semifinals[]
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Viktor Kuznetsov | Soviet Union | 56.75 | Q |
2 | 2 | Bengt Baron | Sweden | 57.51 | Q |
3 | 1 | Mark Tonelli | Australia | 57.89 | Q |
4 | 1 | Gary Abraham | Great Britain | 57.90 | Q |
5 | 2 | Fred Eefting | Netherlands | 57.91 | Q |
6 | 1 | Miloslav Roľko | Czechoslovakia | 57.97 | Q |
7 | 1 | Vladimir Dolgov | Soviet Union | 58.04 | Q |
8 | 1 | Sándor Wladár | Hungary | 58.05 | Q |
9 | 2 | Mark Kerry | Australia | 58.07 | |
10 | 2 | Michael Söderlund | Sweden | 58.20 | |
11 | 2 | Rômulo Arantes | Brazil | 58.21 | |
12 | 1 | Zoltán Verrasztó | Hungary | 58.57 | |
13 | 2 | Douglas Campbell | Great Britain | 58.61 | |
14 | 1 | Paul Marshall | Great Britain | 58.82 | |
15 | 2 | Dietmar Göhring | East Germany | 58.85 | |
16 | 2 | Glenn Patching | Australia | 1:00.31 |
Final[]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Bengt Baron | Sweden | 56.53 | ||
Viktor Kuznetsov | Soviet Union | 56.99 | ||
Vladimir Dolgov | Soviet Union | 57.63 | ||
4 | Miloslav Roľko | Czechoslovakia | 57.74 | |
5 | Sándor Wladár | Hungary | 57.84 | |
6 | Fred Eefting | Netherlands | 57.95 | |
7 | Mark Tonelli | Australia | 57.98 | |
8 | Gary Abraham | Great Britain | 58.38 |
References[]
- ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 464. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
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