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

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Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date20 July (heats, semifinals)
21 July (final)
Competitors33 from 22 nations
Winning time56.53
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Bengt Baron Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Viktor Kuznetsov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Vladimir Dolgov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1976
1984  

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]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  John Naber  (USA)55.49 Montreal, Canada 19 July 1976
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  John Naber  (USA)55.49 Montreal, Canada 19 July 1976

Results

Heats

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Michael Söderlund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 57.75Q
21 Vladimir Dolgov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 57.87Q
33 Rômulo Arantes Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 57.90Q
45 Zoltán Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 57.92Q
51 Dietmar Göhring Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 58.02Q
65 Sándor Wladár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 58.07Q
75 Mark Kerry Olympic flag.svg  Australia 58.08Q
81 Miloslav Roľko Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 58.15Q
94 Glenn Patching Olympic flag.svg  Australia 58.30Q
104 Paul Marshall Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 58.35Q
115 Bengt Baron Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 58.46Q
124 Viktor Kuznetsov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 58.47Q
133 Fred Eefting Olympic flag.svg  Netherlands 58.59Q
142 Mark Tonelli Olympic flag.svg  Australia 58.66Q
153 Douglas Campbell Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 58.75Q
162 Gary Abraham Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 58.79Q
172 Jörg Stingl Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 58.98
184 Vladimir Shemetov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 59.01
192 Frédéric Delcourt Olympic flag.svg  France 59.16
202 Herwig Bayer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:00.04
211 Branimir Popov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:00.06
225 Mihai Mandache Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 1:00.26
234 Franky De Groote Olympic flag.svg  Belgium 1:00.35
241 Nenad Miloš Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:00.41
253 Rui Abreu Flag of Portugal-1980-Olympics.svg  Portugal 1:00.62
261 Róbert Rudolf Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:00.85
275 Moisés Gosálvez Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg  Spain 1:00.90
282 Ricardo Prado Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 1:01.03
291 Daniel Ayora Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:03.93
305 Lâm Văn Hoành Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 1:07.29
312 Lakis Fylaktou Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 1:08.92
324 Jorge Lima Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 1:14.33
333 Pedro Cruz Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Mozambique 1:15.25
3 David Cummins Olympic flag.svg  Ireland DNS
4 Alberto Mestre Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela

Semifinals

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Viktor Kuznetsov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 56.75Q
22 Bengt Baron Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 57.51Q
31 Mark Tonelli Olympic flag.svg  Australia 57.89Q
41 Gary Abraham Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 57.90Q
52 Fred Eefting Olympic flag.svg  Netherlands 57.91Q
61 Miloslav Roľko Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 57.97Q
71 Vladimir Dolgov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 58.04Q
81 Sándor Wladár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 58.05Q
92 Mark Kerry Olympic flag.svg  Australia 58.07
102 Michael Söderlund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 58.20
112 Rômulo Arantes Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 58.21
121 Zoltán Verrasztó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 58.57
132 Douglas Campbell Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 58.61
141 Paul Marshall Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 58.82
152 Dietmar Göhring Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 58.85
162 Glenn Patching Olympic flag.svg  Australia 1:00.31

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Bengt Baron Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56.53
Silver medal icon.svg Viktor Kuznetsov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 56.99
Bronze medal icon.svg Vladimir Dolgov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 57.63
4 Miloslav Roľko Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 57.74
5 Sándor Wladár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 57.84
6 Fred Eefting Olympic flag.svg  Netherlands 57.95
7 Mark Tonelli Olympic flag.svg  Australia 57.98
8 Gary Abraham Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 58.38

References

  1. "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 464. Retrieved 26 December 2018.