Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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]

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date20 July (heats, semifinals)
21 July (final)
Competitors33 from 22 nations
Winning time56.53
Medalists
Bengt Baron  Sweden
Viktor Kuznetsov  Soviet Union
Vladimir Dolgov  Soviet Union
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 John Naber (USA)55.49Montreal, Canada19 July 1976
Olympic record John Naber (USA)55.49Montreal, Canada19 July 1976

Results

Heats
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Michael Söderlund Sweden57.75Q
21Vladimir Dolgov Soviet Union57.87Q
33Rômulo Arantes Brazil57.90Q
45Zoltán Verrasztó Hungary57.92Q
51Dietmar Göhring East Germany58.02Q
65Sándor Wladár Hungary58.07Q
75Mark Kerry Australia58.08Q
81Miloslav Roľko Czechoslovakia58.15Q
94Glenn Patching Australia58.30Q
104Paul Marshall Great Britain58.35Q
115Bengt Baron Sweden58.46Q
124Viktor Kuznetsov Soviet Union58.47Q
133Fred Eefting Netherlands58.59Q
142Mark Tonelli Australia58.66Q
153Douglas Campbell Great Britain58.75Q
162Gary Abraham Great Britain58.79Q
172Jörg Stingl East Germany58.98
184Vladimir Shemetov Soviet Union59.01
192Frédéric Delcourt France59.16
202Herwig Bayer Austria1:00.04
211Branimir Popov Bulgaria1:00.06
225Mihai Mandache Romania1:00.26
234Franky De Groote Belgium1:00.35
241Nenad Miloš Yugoslavia1:00.41
253Rui Abreu Portugal1:00.62
261Róbert Rudolf Hungary1:00.85
275Moisés Gosálvez Spain1:00.90
282Ricardo Prado Brazil1:01.03
291Daniel Ayora Peru1:03.93
305Lâm Văn Hoành Vietnam1:07.29
312Lakis Fylaktou Cyprus1:08.92
324Jorge Lima Angola1:14.33
333Pedro Cruz Mozambique1:15.25
3David Cummins IrelandDNS
4Alberto Mestre Venezuela

Semifinals
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Viktor Kuznetsov Soviet Union56.75Q
22Bengt Baron Sweden57.51Q
31Mark Tonelli Australia57.89Q
41Gary Abraham Great Britain57.90Q
52Fred Eefting Netherlands57.91Q
61Miloslav Roľko Czechoslovakia57.97Q
71Vladimir Dolgov Soviet Union58.04Q
81Sándor Wladár Hungary58.05Q
92Mark Kerry Australia58.07
102Michael Söderlund Sweden58.20
112Rômulo Arantes Brazil58.21
121Zoltán Verrasztó Hungary58.57
132Douglas Campbell Great Britain58.61
141Paul Marshall Great Britain58.82
152Dietmar Göhring East Germany58.85
162Glenn Patching Australia1:00.31

Final
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Bengt Baron Sweden56.53
Viktor Kuznetsov Soviet Union56.99
Vladimir Dolgov Soviet Union57.63
4Miloslav Roľko Czechoslovakia57.74
5Sándor Wladár Hungary57.84
6Fred Eefting Netherlands57.95
7Mark Tonelli Australia57.98
8Gary Abraham Great Britain58.38

References
  1. "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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