Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Swimming as usual was one of the three Aquatics disciplines at the 1980 Summer Olympics--the other two being Water Polo and Diving. The swimming competition consisted of 26 events: 13 for men and 13 for women. It was held in the Swimming Pool of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex between July 20 and July 27.

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m Freestyle Details	Jörg Woithe East Germany (GDR)	50.40	Per Holmertz Sweden (SWE)	50.91	Per Johansson Sweden (SWE)	51.29
200 m Freestyle Details	Sergey Kopliakov Soviet Union (URS)	1:49.81	Andrey Krylov Soviet Union (URS)	1:50.76	Graeme Brewer Australia (AUS)	1:51.60
400 m Freestyle Details	Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union (URS)	3:51.31	Andrey Krylov Soviet Union (URS)	3:53.24	Ivar Stukolkin Soviet Union (URS)	3:53.95
1,500 m Freestyle Details	Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union (URS)	14:58.27	Aleksandr Chayev Soviet Union (URS)	15:14.30	Max Metzker Australia (AUS)	15:14.49
100 m Backstroke Details	Bengt Baron Sweden (SWE)	56.53	Viktor Kuznetsov Soviet Union (URS)	56.99	Vladimir Dolgov Soviet Union (URS)	57.63
200 m Backstroke Details	Sándor Wladár Hungary (HUN)	2:01.93	Zóltan Verrasztó Hungary (HUN)	2:02.40	Mark Kerry Australia (AUS)	2:03.14
100 m Breaststroke Details	Duncan Goodhew Great Britain (GBR)	1:03.34	Arsens Miskarovs Soviet Union (URS)	1:03.82	Peter Evans Australia (AUS)	1:03.96
200 m Breaststroke Details	Robertas Žulpa Soviet Union (URS)	2:15.85	Albán Vermes Hungary (HUN)	2:16.93	Arsen Miskarovs Soviet Union (URS)	2:17.28
100 m Butterfly Details	Pär Arvidsson Sweden (SWE)	54.92	Roger Pyttel East Germany (GDR)	54.94	David López-Zubero Spain (ESP)	55.13
200 m Butterfly Details	Sergey Fesenko, Sr. Soviet Union (URS)	1:59.76	Phil Hubble Great Britain (GBR)	2:01.20	Roger Pyttel East Germany (GDR)	2:01.39
400 m Individual Medley Details	Aleksandr Sidorenko Soviet Union (URS)	4:22.89	Sergey Fesenko, Sr. Soviet Union (URS)	4:23.43	Zóltan Verrasztó Hungary (HUN)	4:24.24
4x100 m Medley Relay Details	Australia (AUS) Mark Kerry Peter Evans Mark Tonelli Neil Brooks	3:45.70	Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Kuznetsov Arsens Miskarovs Yevgeny Seredin Sergey Kopliakov	3:45.92	Great Britain (GBR) Gary Abraham Duncan Goodhew David Lowe Martin Smith	3:47.71
4x200 m Freestyle Relay Details	Soviet Union (URS) Sergey Kopliakov Vladimir Salnikov Ivar Stukolkin Andrey Krylov	7:23.50	East Germany (GDR) Frank Pfülze Jörg Woithe Detlev Grabs Rainer Strohbach	7:28.60	Brazil (BRA) Jorge Luiz Fernandes Marcus Labome Cyro Marques Djan Madruga	7:29.30

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m Freestyle Details	Barbara Krause East Germany (GDR)	54.79	Caren Metschuck East Germany (GDR)	55.16	Ines Diers East Germany (GDR)	55.65
200 m Freestyle Details	Barbara Krause East Germany (GDR)	1:58.33	Ines Diers East Germany (GDR)	1:59.64	Carmela Schmidt East Germany (GDR)	2:01.44
400 m Freestyle Details	Ines Diers East Germany (GDR)	4:08.76	Petra Schneider East Germany (GDR)	4:09.16	Carmela Schmidt East Germany (GDR)	4:10.86
800 m Freestyle Details	Michelle Ford Australia (AUS)	8:28.90	Ines Diers East Germany (GDR)	8:32.55	Heike Dähne East Germany (GDR)	8:33.48
100 m Backstroke Details	Rica Reinisch East Germany (GDR)	1:00.86	Ina Kleber East Germany (GDR)	1:02.07	Petra Riedel East Germany (GDR)	1:02.64
200 m Backstroke Details	Rica Reinisch East Germany (GDR)	2:11.77	Cornelia Polit East Germany (GDR)	2:13.75	Birgit Treiber East Germany (GDR)	2:14.14
100 m Breaststroke Details	Ute Geweniger East Germany (GDR)	1:10.22	Elvira Vasilkova Soviet Union (URS)	1:10.41	Susanne Nielsson Denmark (DEN)	1:11.16
200 m Breaststroke Details	Lina Kaciusyte Soviet Union (URS)	2:29.54	Svetlana Varganova Soviet Union (URS)	2:29.61	Yuliya Bogdanova Soviet Union (URS)	2:32.39
100 m Butterfly Details	Caren Metschuck East Germany (GDR)	1:00.42	Andrea Pollack East Germany (GDR)	1:00.90	Christiane Knacke East Germany (GDR)	1:01.44
200 m Butterfly Details	Ines Geißler East Germany (GDR)	2:10.44	Sybille Schönrock East Germany (GDR)	2:10.45	Michelle Ford Australia (AUS)	2:11.66
400 m Individual Medley Details	Petra Schneider East Germany (GDR)	4:36.29	Sharron Davies Great Britain (GBR)	4:46.83	Agnieszka Czopek Poland (POL)	4:48.17
4x100 m Freestyle Relay Details	East Germany (GDR) Barbara Krause Caren Metschuck Ines Diers Sarina Hülsenbeck	3:42.71	Sweden (SWE) Carina Ljungdahl Tina Gustafsson Agneta Mårtensson Agneta Eriksson	3:48.93	Netherlands (NED) Conny van Bentum Wilma van Velsen Reggie de Jong Annelies Maas	3:49.51
4x100 m Medley Relay Details	East Germany (GDR) Rica Reinisch Ute Geweniger Andrea Pollack Caren Metschuck	4:06.67	Great Britain (GBR) Helen Jameson Margaret Kelly Ann Osgerby June Croft	4:12.24	Soviet Union (URS) Yelena Kruglova Yelvira Vasilkova Alla Grishchenkova Natalya Meschcheryakova	4:13.61

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