Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
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]
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 |
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 | 49.44 | Philadelphia, United States | 14 August 1976 | |
Olympic record | 49.99 | Montreal, Canada | 25 July 1976 |
Results
Heats
Semifinals
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Jörg Woithe | 50.21 | Q | |
2 | 2 | Per Holmertz | 51.19 | Q | |
3 | 1 | Per Johansson | 51.42 | Q | |
4 | 2 | Sergey Kopliakov | 51.51 | Q | |
5 | 2 | René Écuyer | 51.62 | Q | |
6 | 1 | Sergey Krasyuk | 51.81 | Q | |
7 | 2 | Raffaele Franceschi | 51.87 | Q | |
8 | 1 | Graeme Brewer | 51.91 | Q | |
9 | 1 | Per Wikström | 52.15 | ||
10 | 1 | Mark Tonelli | 52.17 | ||
11 | 1 | Sergey Smiryagin | 52.18 | ||
11 | 2 | David López-Zubero | 52.18 | ||
13 | 1 | Martin Smith | 52.41 | ||
14 | 2 | Neil Brooks | 52.70 | ||
15 | 2 | Cees Vervoorn | 52.73 | ||
16 | 1 | Jorge Fernandes | 52.91 |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Jörg Woithe | 50.40 | |||
Per Holmertz | 50.91 | |||
Per Johansson | 51.29 | |||
4 | Sergey Kopliakov | 51.34 | ||
5 | Raffaele Franceschi | 51.69 | ||
6 | Sergey Krasyuk | 51.80 | ||
7 | René Écuyer | 52.01 | ||
8 | Graeme Brewer | 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.