Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
Men's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex | ||||||||||||
Date | 26 July (heats, semifinals) 27 July (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 50.40 | ||||||||||||
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 freestyle event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 26 and 27 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]
Competition format
The competition used a three-round (heats, semifinals, final) format. The advancement rule followed the format introduced in 1952, though with 2 semifinals. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties. A swimmer's place in the heat was not used to determine advancement; instead, the fastest times from across all heats in a round were used. There were 6 heats, with between 6 and 8 swimmers each. The top 16 swimmers advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals of 8 swimmers each. The top 8 swimmers advanced to the final.
This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Jonty Skinner (RSA) | 49.44 | Philadelphia, United States | 14 August 1976 |
Olympic record | Jim Montgomery (USA) | 49.99 | Montreal, Canada | 25 July 1976 |
Results
Heats
Semifinals
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Jörg Woithe | East Germany | 50.21 | Q |
2 | 2 | Per Holmertz | Sweden | 51.19 | Q |
3 | 1 | Per Johansson | Sweden | 51.42 | Q |
4 | 2 | Sergey Kopliakov | Soviet Union | 51.51 | Q |
5 | 2 | René Écuyer | France | 51.62 | Q |
6 | 1 | Sergey Krasyuk | Soviet Union | 51.81 | Q |
7 | 2 | Raffaele Franceschi | Italy | 51.87 | Q |
8 | 1 | Graeme Brewer | Australia | 51.91 | Q |
9 | 1 | Per Wikström | Sweden | 52.15 | |
10 | 1 | Mark Tonelli | Australia | 52.17 | |
11 | 1 | Sergey Smiryagin | Soviet Union | 52.18 | |
11 | 2 | David López-Zubero | Spain | 52.18 | |
13 | 1 | Martin Smith | Great Britain | 52.41 | |
14 | 2 | Neil Brooks | Australia | 52.70 | |
15 | 2 | Cees Vervoorn | Netherlands | 52.73 | |
16 | 1 | Jorge Fernandes | Brazil | 52.91 |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Jörg Woithe | East Germany | 50.40 | ||
Per Holmertz | Sweden | 50.91 | ||
Per Johansson | Sweden | 51.29 | ||
4 | Sergey Kopliakov | Soviet Union | 51.34 | |
5 | Raffaele Franceschi | Italy | 51.69 | |
6 | Sergey Krasyuk | Soviet Union | 51.80 | |
7 | René Écuyer | France | 52.01 | |
8 | Graeme Brewer | Australia | 52.22 |
References
- ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 460. Retrieved 26 December 2018.