Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

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Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
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Athletics
Venue Lenin Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 24, 1980 (heats)
July 25, 1980 (finals)
Competitors65 from 40 nations
Winning time10.25
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Allan Wells
Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Silvio Leonard
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
Bronze medal icon.svg Petar Petrov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
  1976
1984  
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The men's 100 metres event was one of the events in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The competition was held on July 24, 1980, and on July 25, 1980. [1] Sixty-five athletes from 40 nations competed. [2] Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Allan Wells of Great Britain, that nation's first title in the men's 100 metres since 1924. Cuba took its first medal in the event since 1964, with Silvio Leonard's silver matching the nation's best result. Petar Petrov's bronze was Bulgaria's first Olympic medal in the men's 100 metres.

Allan Wells and Silvio Leonard both clocked the same time in the final (10.25 seconds) which was the first time this had happened in the men's Olympic 100 metres final since the introduction of fully automatic timing.

Background

This was the nineteenth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. Four finalists from 1976 returned: defending gold medal winner Hasely Crawford of Trinidad and Tobago, silver medalist Don Quarrie of Jamaica, seventh-place finisher Klaus-Dieter Kurrat of East Germany, and eighth-place finisher Petar Petrov of Bulgaria, while the American team, including 1977 IAAF World Cup winner and world record holder Steve Williams, were absent as they boycotted the Games. Other notable entrants included Silvio Leonard of Cuba (1975 and 1979 Pan-American Games champion, 1976 Olympic quarterfinalist, 1977 World Cup bronze medal), Eugen Ray of East Germany (1977 World Cup silver medalist), and Allan Wells of Great Britain (second to Quarrie at the 1978 Commonwealth Games). [2]

Eleven nations appeared in the event for the first time: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Guinea, Laos, Lebanon, Mozambique, Nepal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, and Syria, while the United States missed this event for the first (and so far only) time in Olympic history. France and Great Britain made their 16th appearances in the event, tied with Canada (also absent due to the boycott) for second-most, after the United States, with 18.

Competition format

The event retained the same basic four-round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system, introduced in 1968, was used again to ensure that the quarterfinals and subsequent rounds had exactly 8 runners per heat; this time, that system applied only in the preliminary heats. With only two more runners than in 1976, the format was held very static, including the number of heats.

The first round consisted of nine heats, each with six to eight athletes. The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next five fastest runners overall. This made 32 quarterfinalists, who were divided into four heats of eight runners. The top four runners in each quarterfinal advanced, with no "fastest loser" places. The sixteen semifinalists competed in two heats of eight, with the top four in each semifinal advancing to the eight-man final. [2] [3]

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics.

World Record9.95 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Hines Mexico City (MEX)October 14, 1968
Olympic Record9.95 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Hines Mexico City (MEX)October 14, 1968

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Silvio Leonard Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 10.33Q
2 Peter Okodogbe Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 10.39Q
3 Christopher Brathwaite Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 10.44Q
4 Klaus-Dieter Kurrat Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 10.53q
5 Charles Kachenjela Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia 11.03
6 John Carew Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 11.11
7 Marc Larose Flag of Seychelles (1977-1996).svg  Seychelles 11.27

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Pietro Mennea Olympic flag.svg  Italy 10.56Q
2 Lambros Kefalas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 10.70Q
3 Katsuhiko Nakaya Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 10.72Q
4 Momar N'Dao Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 10.73
5 Eduardo Costa Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Mozambique 11.02
6 Lucien Josiah Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 11.15
7 Soutsakhone Somninhom Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 11.69

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Aleksandr Aksinin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.26Q
2 Leszek Dunecki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 10.42Q
3 Nelson dos Santos Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 10.51Q
4 Hammed Adio Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 10.58q
5 Nabil Nahri Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Syria 10.67
6 Mwalimu Ally Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 10.86
7 Rudolph George Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 11.37

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Petar Petrov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 10.32Q
2 Vladimir Muravyov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.37Q
3 Osvaldo Lara Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 10.39Q
4 Antoine Richard Olympic flag.svg  France 10.51q
5 Pascal Aho Flag of Benin (1975-1990).svg  Benin 11.01
6 Joseph Letseka Flag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg  Lesotho 11.21
7 Ilídio Coelho Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 11.42
8 Besha Tuffa Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia 11.55

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Eugen Ray Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 10.38Q
2 Hasely Crawford Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 10.42Q
3 Drew McMaster Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 10.43Q
4 Gerardo Suero Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 10.53q
5 Roland Dagher Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 11.01
6 Sheku Boima Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 11.08
7 Raghu Raj Onta Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 11.61

Heat 6

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Sören Schlegel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 10.44Q
2 Hermann Panzo Olympic flag.svg  France 10.53Q
3 Tomás González Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 10.65Q
4 Antoine Kiakouama Flag of the People's Republic of Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 10.69
5 Milton de Castro Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 10.74
6 Boubacar Diallo Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 10.75
7 Adille Sumariwalla Flag of India.svg  India 11.04

Heat 7

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Allan Wells Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 10.35Q
2 Don Quarrie Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 10.37Q
3 Krzysztof Zwoliński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 10.60Q
4 Ivaylo Karanyotov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 10.66
5 István Tatár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 10.69
6 Mario Westbroek Olympic flag.svg  Netherlands 10.91
7 Oddur Sigurðsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 10.94

Heat 8

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 James Gilkes Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 10.34Q
2 Cameron Sharp Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 10.38Q
3 Théophile Nkounkou Flag of the People's Republic of Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 10.53Q
4 István Nagy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 10.68
5 David Lukuba Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 10.74
6 Paul Haba Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 11.19
7 Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi Flag of Kuwait (3-2).svg  Kuwait 11.28

Heat 9

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Grégoire Illorson Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 10.34Q
2 Marian Woronin Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 10.35Q
3 Andrey Shlyapnikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.43Q
4 Samson Oyeledun Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 10.59q
5 Francis Adams Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 10.80
6 Peter Mwita Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 11.07
7 Salif Koné Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 11.07
8 José Luis Elias Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 13.66

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Allan Wells Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 10.11Q
2 Petar Petrov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 10.13Q
3 Osvaldo Lara Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 10.21Q
4 Pietro Mennea Olympic flag.svg  Italy 10.27Q
5 Hasely Crawford Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 10.28
6 Sören Schlegel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 10.28
7 Nelson dos Santos Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 10.45
8 Lambros Kefalas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 10.62

Quarterfinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Aleksandr Aksinin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.29Q
2 Don Quarrie Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 10.29Q
3 Hermann Panzo Olympic flag.svg  France 10.29Q
4 Peter Okodogbe Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 10.34Q
5 Leszek Dunecki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 10.40
6 Drew McMaster Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 10.42
7 Tomás González Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 10.44
8 Gerardo Suero Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 10.57

Quarterfinal 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Silvio Leonard Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 10.16Q
2 Marian Woronin Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 10.27Q
3 Eugen Ray Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 10.30Q
4 Christopher Brathwaite Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 10.37Q
5 Andrei Shlyapnikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.41
6 Théophile Nkounkou Flag of the People's Republic of Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 10.59
7 Hammed Adio Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 10.67
8 Katsuhiko Nakaya Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 10.70

Quarterfinal 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 James Gilkes Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 10.26Q
2 Grégoire Illorson Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 10.29Q
3 Vladimir Muravyov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.34Q
4 Cameron Sharp Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 10.38Q
5 Antoine Richard Olympic flag.svg  France 10.45
6 Klaus-Dieter Kurrat Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 10.54
7 Krzysztof Zwoliński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 10.54
8 Samson Oyeledun Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 10.73

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Petar Petrov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 10.39Q
2 Silvio Leonard Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 10.40Q
3 Aleksandr Aksinin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.45Q
4 Hermann Panzo Olympic flag.svg  France 10.45Q
5 Don Quarrie Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 10.55
6 Pietro Mennea Olympic flag.svg  Italy 10.58
7 Cameron Sharp Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 10.60
8 Grégoire Illorson Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 10.60

Semifinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Allan Wells Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 10.27Q
2 Osvaldo Lara Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 10.34Q
3 Vladimir Muravyov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.42Q
4 Marian Woronin Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 10.43Q
5 James Gilkes Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 10.44
6 Eugen Ray Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 10.47
7 Peter Okodogbe Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 10.51
8 Christopher Brathwaite Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 10.54

Final

RankAthleteNationTime
Gold medal icon.svg Allan Wells Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 10.25
Silver medal icon.svg Silvio Leonard Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 10.25
Bronze medal icon.svg Petar Petrov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 10.39
4 Aleksandr Aksinin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.42
5 Osvaldo Lara Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 10.43
6 Vladimir Muravyov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.44
7 Marian Woronin Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 10.46
8 Hermann Panzo Olympic flag.svg  France 10.49

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