Swimming at the 1980 Summer Paralympics

Swimming at the VI Paralympic Games
Paralympic Swimming
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Swimming at the 1980 Summer Paralympics consisted of 192 events.

In certain events, there were only three competitors, thus guaranteeing each a medal upon successfully completing the race. In others, there were fewer than three; in the , for instance, the Canadian team swam unopposed, obtaining gold upon completing the event. The women's 3x50 metre medley relay CP C was the only event in which no medal was awarded. The United States team were the only competitors, but were disqualified during the race; thus, no team completed the event.^[1]

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Poland (POL)	40	19	23	82
2	Canada (CAN)	25	15	13	53
3	Netherlands (NED)	24	15	13	52
4	United States (USA)	21	15	20	56
5	West Germany (FRG)	19	15	11	45
6	Great Britain (GBR)	18	10	7	35
7	Sweden (SWE)	17	22	17	56
8	Israel (ISR)	7	9	3	19
9	Norway (NOR)	4	8	4	16
10	France (FRA)	4	7	10	21
11	Argentina (ARG)	4	4	3	11
12	Yugoslavia (YUG)	2	3	3	8
13	Mexico (MEX)	2	3	1	6
14	Spain (ESP)	1	10	6	17
15	Australia (AUS)	1	8	2	11
16	Jamaica (JAM)	1	3	0	4
17	Colombia (COL)	1	0	1	2
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	1	2
19	Iceland (ISL)	1	0	0	1
20	Finland (FIN)	0	3	3	6
21	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	2	3	5
22	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	5	6
23	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	1	2
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
25	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	0	1
26	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	3	3
	Japan (JPN)	0	0	3	3
28	Bahamas (BAH)	0	0	1	1
Totals (28 nations)		193	175	158	526

Participating nations[]

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 m backstroke 1A	Mike Kenny  Great Britain	Finland	Gary Birch  Canada
25 m backstroke 1B	Sweden	Sweden	Canada
25 m backstroke 1C	Poland	Peter Hill  Australia	United States
25 m breaststroke 1A	Mike Kenny  Great Britain	H. Tietze  West Germany	Finland
25 m breaststroke 1B	Canada	G. Slupe  United States	Fr. Procatus  Belgium
25 m breaststroke 1C	Poland	Peter Hill  Australia	West Germany
25 m butterfly 2	Poland	Israel	Japan
25 m butterfly 3	Arkadiusz Pawlowski  Poland	Poland	Spain
25 m butterfly 4	United States	Sweden	H. Vrieling  Netherlands
25 m freestyle 1A	Mike Kenny  Great Britain	Finland	H. Tietze  West Germany
25 m freestyle 1B	Canada	G. Slupe  United States	Finland
25 m freestyle 1C	Poland	West Germany	United States
50 m backstroke 2	Poland	Poland	Belgium
50 m backstroke 3	Poland	Mexico	Zimbabwe
50 m backstroke CP C	C. Schuivens  Netherlands	Sweden	Norway
50 m backstroke E1	Andrzej Wojciechowski  Poland	Yugoslavia	Denmark
50 m backstroke F	West Germany	Israel	Japan
50 m backstroke F1	B. Perry  France	R. Scharmentke  West Germany	West Germany
50 m backstroke J	Netherlands	Charlie Tapscott  Australia	Netherlands
50 m breaststroke 2	Poland	Poland	Israel
50 m breaststroke 3	Poland	Israel	Arkadiusz Pawlowski  Poland
50 m breaststroke CP C	Sweden	Norway	C. Schuivens  Netherlands
50 m breaststroke E1	Andrzej Wojciechowski  Poland	K. Kampka  West Germany	Yugoslavia
50 m breaststroke F	Israel	Finland	K. Petereit  West Germany
50 m breaststroke F1	R. Scharmentke  West Germany	West Germany	B. Perry  France
50 m breaststroke J	Netherlands	Tom Nordtvedt  Norway	Netherlands
50 m butterfly 5	Spain	Poland	Netherlands
50 m freestyle 2	Poland	Israel	Belgium
50 m freestyle 3	Poland	Arkadiusz Pawlowski  Poland	Spain
50 m freestyle CP C	Norway	Sweden	C. Schuivens  Netherlands
50 m freestyle E1	Andrzej Wojciechowski  Poland	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia
50 m freestyle F	West Germany	Israel	Japan
50 m freestyle J	Netherlands	Charlie Tapscott  Australia	Netherlands
100 m backstroke 4	United States	Poland	Canada
100 m backstroke 5	Poland	Spain	Sweden
100 m backstroke 6	Netherlands	G. Gattinger  West Germany	Mexico
100 m backstroke A	James Muirhead  Great Britain	Sweden	United States
100 m backstroke B	Sweden	United States	United States
100 m backstroke C-D	G. Collins-Simpson  Canada	Gary Gudgeon  Australia	Colombia
100 m backstroke C1-D1	Denis Lapalme  Canada	Erling Trondsen  Norway	Netherlands
100 m backstroke CP D	C. de Groen  Netherlands	Great Britain	Switzerland
100 m backstroke E	M. Kers  Netherlands	Netherlands	B. Koopman  Netherlands
100 m breaststroke 4	D. P. Chambers  New Zealand	Canada	Sweden
100 m breaststroke 5	Sweden	Poland	G. Betega  France
100 m breaststroke 6	Poland	Netherlands	B. Jaillet  France
100 m breaststroke A	Timothy McIsaac  Canada	Sweden	United States
100 m breaststroke B	United States	United States	Sweden
100 m breaststroke C	Poland	Ron Bolotin  Israel	Sweden
100 m breaststroke C1	Erling Trondsen  Norway	Denis Lapalme  Canada	Poland
100 m breaststroke CP D	J. van Dalen  Netherlands	Sweden	Norway
100 m breaststroke D	Colombia	Canada	W. Wecker  West Germany
100 m breaststroke D1	Yugoslavia	J. Finch  United States	West Germany
100 m breaststroke E	M. Kers  Netherlands	Netherlands	Poland
100 m butterfly 6	Uri Bergman  Israel	G. Gattinger  West Germany	B. Jaillet  France
100 m butterfly A	Timothy McIsaac  Canada	James Muirhead  Great Britain	United States
100 m butterfly B	United States	Sweden	United States
100 m butterfly C	Ron Bolotin  Israel	G. Collins-Simpson  Canada	Poland
100 m butterfly D	Great Britain	Czechoslovakia	Canada
100 m butterfly E	Netherlands	Poland	G. Schweitzer  West Germany
100 m freestyle 4	Sweden	Shlomo Pinto  Israel	United States
100 m freestyle 5	Netherlands	Sweden	Th. Godineau  France
100 m freestyle 6	Uri Bergman  Israel	Egypt	G. Gattinger  West Germany
100 m freestyle A	James Muirhead  Great Britain	Timothy McIsaac  Canada	United States
100 m freestyle B	United States	United States	Sweden
100 m freestyle C-D	Ron Bolotin  Israel	Sweden	Gary Gudgeon  Australia
100 m freestyle C1-D1	Netherlands	Erling Trondsen  Norway	Denis Lapalme  Canada
100 m freestyle CP D	C. de Groen  Netherlands	Norway	Sweden
100 m freestyle E	M. Kers  Netherlands	B. Koopman  Netherlands	Poland
400 m freestyle C-D	Gary Gudgeon  Australia	Poland	Ron Bolotin  Israel
2x25 m individual medley F1	B. Perry  France	West Germany	France
3x25 m individual medley 2	Poland	Poland	Israel
3x50 m individual medley C1	Erling Trondsen  Norway	Netherlands	Poland
3x50 m individual medley D1	Yugoslavia	West Germany	Netherlands
3x50 m individual medley E1	Andrzej Wojciechowski  Poland	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia
3x50 m individual medley F	West Germany	Israel	K. Petereit  West Germany
4x25 m individual medley 3	Arkadiusz Pawlowski  Poland	Poland	Spain
4x50 m individual medley 4	United States	Sweden	Sweden
4x50 m individual medley 5	Poland	Sweden	Spain
4x50 m individual medley 6	Uri Bergman  Israel	G. Gattiner  West Germany	Poland
4x50 m individual medley A	Timothy McIsaac  Canada	United States	Sweden
4x50 m individual medley B	United States	Sweden	Sweden
4x50 m individual medley C	G. Collins-Simpson  Canada	Gary Gudgeon  Australia	Poland
4x50 m individual medley D	Netherlands	Switzerland	Czechoslovakia
4x50 m individual medley E	M. Kers  Netherlands	Netherlands	Poland
4x100 m individual medley A	Timothy McIsaac  Canada	James Muirhead  Great Britain	United States
4x100 m individual medley B	United States	Sweden	Lee Grenon  Canada
3x25 m freestyle relay 1A-1C	West Germany (FRG) H. Tietze	United States (USA) G. Slupe D. Wallen	Canada (CAN) Gary Birch T. Parker
3x50 m freestyle relay E-F	West Germany (FRG)	None	None
3x50 m freestyle relay E1-F1	West Germany (FRG)	France (FRA)	None
3x50 m medley relay 2-4	Poland (POL) Arkadiusz Pawłowski	Israel (ISR)	New Zealand (NZL)
3x100 m freestyle relay C1-D1	Netherlands (NED)	None	None
3x100 m medley relay CP D	Netherlands (NED)	France (FRA)	Belgium (BEL)
4x50 m freestyle relay 2-6	Israel (ISR)	Poland (POL)	United States (USA)
4x100 m freestyle relay A-B	United States (USA)	Sweden (SWE)	Canada (CAN)
4x100 m freestyle relay C-D	West Germany (FRG)	Great Britain (GBR)	None
4x100 m medley relay 1A-6	Sweden (SWE)	Poland (POL)	France (FRA)
4x100 m medley relay A-B	United States (USA)	Sweden (SWE)	Canada (CAN)
4x100 m medley relay C	Great Britain (GBR)	None	None
4x100 m medley relay D	West Germany (FRG)	None	None

Women's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 m backstroke 1A	United States	Josefina Cornejo  Mexico	Argentina
25 m backstroke 1B	Martha Sandoval  Mexico	Argentina	Zimbabwe
25 m backstroke 1C	Isabel Barr  Great Britain	Sweden	None
25 m breaststroke 1A	Argentina	Sandra James  Zimbabwe	None
25 m breaststroke 1B	Argentina	Zimbabwe	B. Baum  United States
25 m breaststroke 1C	Isabel Barr  Great Britain	None	None
25 m butterfly 2	D. Weber  West Germany	Syd Jacobs  United States	Poland
25 m butterfly 3	Sweden	Argentina	Poland
25 m butterfly 4	G. Ignaczuk  Poland	Spain	Canada
25 m freestyle 1A	United States	Josefina Cornejo  Mexico	Argentina
25 m freestyle 1B	Martha Sandoval  Mexico	Argentina	Zimbabwe
25 m freestyle 1C	Isabel Barr  Great Britain	Sweden	None
50 m backstroke 2	M. Price  Great Britain	D. Weber  West Germany	Poland
50 m backstroke 3	Poland	Jamaica	Argentina
50 m backstroke CP C	M. van der Meer  Netherlands	E. Lauwers  Belgium	Denmark
50 m backstroke F	France	Canada	None
50 m backstroke F1	U. Sievert  West Germany	None	None
50 m backstroke J	Josee Lake  Canada	J. van den Zaag  Netherlands	Sweden
50 m breaststroke 2	West Germany	D. Weber  West Germany	M. Price  Great Britain
50 m breaststroke 3	Argentina	Jamaica	Sweden
50 m breaststroke CP C	Sweden	M. van der Meer  Netherlands	Denmark
50 m breaststroke E1	S. Karlsdottir  Iceland	None	None
50 m breaststroke F	Canada	France	None
50 m breaststroke F1	West Germany	U. Sievert  West Germany	None
50 m breaststroke J	Josee Lake  Canada	Netherlands	None
50 m butterfly 5	C. Swanepoel  West Germany	L. Wilkinson  Great Britain	Poland
50 m freestyle 2	M. Price  Great Britain	D. Weber  West Germany	Poland
50 m freestyle 3	Argentina	Sweden	D. Smith  Great Britain
50 m freestyle CP C	M. van der Meer  Netherlands	Sweden	E. Lauwers  Belgium
50 m freestyle F	Canada	France	None
50 m freestyle J	Josee Lake  Canada	J. van den Zaag  Netherlands	Sweden
100 m backstroke 4	G. Ignaczuk  Poland	Spain	C. Salden  Netherlands
100 m backstroke 5	C. Swanepoel  West Germany	Poland	L. Wilkinson  Great Britain
100 m backstroke 6	Poland	Spain	None
100 m backstroke A	Yvette Michel  Canada	United States	Canada
100 m backstroke B	Trischa Zorn  United States	United States	United States
100 m backstroke C-D	Canada	Monica Vaughan  Great Britain	Sweden
100 m backstroke C1-D1	Poland	Netherlands	Norway
100 m backstroke CP D	Netherlands	W. Poortvliet  Netherlands	United States
100 m backstroke E	Sweden	Poland	France
100 m breaststroke 4	G. Ignaczuk  Poland	Spain	Jenny Orpwood  Great Britain
100 m breaststroke 5	C. Swanepoel  West Germany	Poland	L. Wilkinson  Great Britain
100 m breaststroke 6	Poland	Spain	None
100 m breaststroke A	Yvette Michel  Canada	Great Britain	M. Huyben  Netherlands
100 m breaststroke B	United States	Canada	J. Tree  Great Britain
100 m breaststroke C	Canada	None	None
100 m breaststroke C1	Poland	Netherlands	Poland
100 m breaststroke CP D	Netherlands	Norway	Norway
100 m breaststroke D	Monica Vaughan  Great Britain	Canada	United States
100 m breaststroke D1	Jamaica	Norway	Poland
100 m breaststroke E	Sweden	Poland	France
100 m butterfly 6	Poland	Spain	None
100 m butterfly A	Canada	Carolyn Connors  Australia	United States
100 m butterfly B	Trischa Zorn  United States	United States	Eva Andersson  Sweden
100 m butterfly C	Canada	None	None
100 m butterfly D	Monica Vaughan  Great Britain	Canada	Poland
100 m butterfly E	Sweden	France	Netherlands
100 m freestyle 4	G. Ignaczuk  Poland	Sweden	Spain
100 m freestyle 5	C. Swanepoel  West Germany	L. Wilkinson  Great Britain	Poland
100 m freestyle 6	Poland	Spain	Bahamas
100 m freestyle A	Yvette Michel  Canada	Carolyn Connors  Australia	Sweden
100 m freestyle B	Trischa Zorn  United States	Eva Andersson  Sweden	United States
100 m freestyle C-D	Monica Vaughan  Great Britain	Canada	West Germany
100 m freestyle C1-D1	Poland	Netherlands	Canada
100 m freestyle CP D	Netherlands	Norway	W. Poortvliet  Netherlands
100 m freestyle E	Sweden	France	F. Spivey  United States
400 m freestyle C-D	Sweden	Canada	Canada
2x50 m individual medley F1	West Germany	U. Sievert  West Germany	None
3x25 m individual medley 2	M. Price  Great Britain	D. Weber  West Germany	Poland
3x50 m individual medley C1	Poland	Netherlands	Poland
3x50 m individual medley D1	Norway	Jamaica	Poland
3x50 m individual medley F	France	None	None
4x25 m individual medley 3	Sweden	D. Smith  Great Britain	Poland
4x50 m individual medley 4	G. Ignaczuk  Poland	Spain	M. Crespeau  France
4x50 m individual medley 5	C. Swanepoel  West Germany	Poland	L. Wilkinson  Great Britain
4x50 m individual medley 6	Poland	Spain	None
4x50 m individual medley A	Yvette Michel  Canada	Canada	Carolyn Connors  Australia
4x50 m individual medley B	Trischa Zorn  United States	United States	United States
4x50 m individual medley C	Canada	None	None
4x50 m individual medley D	Monica Vaughan  Great Britain	Canada	Sweden
4x50 m individual medley E	Sweden	France	Poland
4x100 m individual medley A	Kim Kilpatrick  Canada	None	None
4x100 m individual medley B	Trischa Zorn  United States	United States	Eva Andersson  Sweden
3x25 m freestyle relay 1A-1C	United States (USA) C. Patton	Argentina (ARG)	None
3x50 m medley relay 2-4	Poland (POL)	Great Britain (GBR)	United States (USA)
3x50 m medley relay CP C details	None	None	None
3x100 m freestyle relay C1-D1	Poland (POL)	None	None
3x100 m medley relay CP D	Netherlands (NED)	United States (USA)	France (FRA)
4x50 m freestyle relay 2-6	Great Britain (GBR)	Poland (POL)	None
4x100 m freestyle relay A-B	United States (USA)	Canada (CAN)	West Germany (FRG)
4x100 m freestyle relay C-D	Canada (CAN)	None	None
4x100 m medley relay 1A-6	Poland (POL)	Netherlands (NED)	Spain (ESP)
4x100 m medley relay A-B	United States (USA)	Canada (CAN)	None

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