Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics as usual was a part of the Swimming Sport, other two parts were Water Polo and Diving. They were not three separate sports, because they all were governed by one federation — FINA. Swimming discipline consisted of 26 events: 13 men's and 13 women's ones. It was held in the Swimming Pool of the Olympiski Sports Complex between July 20 and July 27.
[edit] Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 100 m freestyle |  Jörg WoitheEast Germany (GDR) |
50.40 |  Per HolmertzSweden (SWE) |
50.91 | Per Johansson Sweden (SWE) |
51.29 |
| 200 m freestyle |  Sergey KopliakovSoviet Union (URS) |
1:49.81 | Andrey Krylov Soviet Union (URS) |
1:50.76 |  Graeme BrewerAustralia (AUS) |
1:51.60 |
| 400 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union (URS) |
3:51.31 | Andrey Krylov Soviet Union (URS) |
3:53.24 | Iwar Stukolkin Soviet Union (URS) |
3:53.95 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union (URS) |
14:58.27 | Aleksandr Chayev Soviet Union (URS) |
15:14.30 | Max Metzker Australia (AUS) |
15:14.49 |
| 100 m backstroke | Bengt Baron Sweden (SWE) |
56.53 | Viktor Kuznetsov Soviet Union (URS) |
56.99 | Vladimir Dolgov Soviet Union (URS) |
57.63 |
| 200 m backstroke |  Sándor WladárHungary (HUN) |
2:01.93 | Zoltán Verrazstó Hungary (HUN) |
2:02.40 | Mark Kerry Australia (AUS) |
2:03.14 |
| 100 m breaststroke |  Duncan GoodhewGreat Britain (GBR) |
1:03.34 | Arsens Miskarovs Soviet Union (URS) |
1:03.82 | Peter Evans Australia (AUS) |
1:03.96 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Robertas Zhulpa Soviet Union (URS) |
2:15.85 | Albán Vermes Hungary (HUN) |
2:16.93 | Arsen Miskarovs Soviet Union (URS) |
2:17.28 |
| 100 m butterfly | Pär Arvidsson Sweden (SWE) |
54.92 | Roger Pyttel East Germany (GDR) |
54.94 |  David López-ZuberoSpain (ESP) |
55.13 |
| 200 m butterfly | Sergey Fesenko Soviet Union (URS) |
1:59.76 | Phil Hubble Great Britain (GBR) |
2:01.20 | Roger Pyttel East Germany (GDR) |
2:01.39 |
| 400 m individual medley | Aleksandr Sidorenko Soviet Union (URS) |
4:22.89 | Sergey Fesenko Soviet Union (URS) |
4:23.43 | Zoltán Verrasztó Hungary (HUN) |
4:24.24 |
| 4 x 100 m medley relay | Australia (AUS) Mark Kerry Peter Evans Mark Tonelli Neil Brooks |
3:45.70 | Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Kuznetsov Arsens Miskarovs Yevgeny Seredin Sergey Kopliakov |
3:45.92 | Great Britain (GBR) Gary Abraham Duncan Goodhew David Lowe Martin Smith |
3:47.71 |
| 4 x 200 m freestyle relay | Soviet Union (URS) Sergey Kopliakov Vladimir Salnikov Iwar Stukolkin Andrey Krylov |
7:23.50 | East Germany (GDR) Frank Pfülze Jörg Woithe Detlev Grabs Rainer Strohbach |
7:28.60 |  Brazil (BRA)Jorge Luiz Fernandes Marcus Labome Cyro Marques Djan Madruga |
7:29.30 |
[edit] Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 100 m freestyle | Barbara Krause East Germany (GDR) |
54.79 | Caren Metschuck East Germany (GDR) |
55.16 | Ines Diers East Germany (GDR) |
55.65 |
| 200 m freestyle | Barbara Krause East Germany (GDR) |
1:58.33 | Ines Diers East Germany (GDR) |
1:59.64 | Carmela Schmidt East Germany (GDR) |
2:01.44 |
| 400 m freestyle | Ines Diers East Germany (GDR) |
4:08.76 | Petra Schneider East Germany (GDR) |
4:09.16 | Carmela Schmidt East Germany (GDR) |
4:10.86 |
| 800 m freestyle | Michelle Ford Australia (AUS) |
8:28.90 | Ines Diers East Germany (GDR) |
8:32.55 | Heike Dähne East Germany (GDR) |
8:33.48 |
| 100 m backstroke | Rica Reinisch East Germany (GDR) |
1:00.86 | Ina Kleber East Germany (GDR) |
1:02.07 | Petra Riedel East Germany (GDR) |
1:02.64 |
| 200 m backstroke | Rica Reinisch East Germany (GDR) |
2:11.77 | Cornelia Polit East Germany (GDR) |
2:13.75 | Birgit Treiber East Germany (GDR) |
2:14.14 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Ute Geweniger East Germany (GDR) |
1:10.22 | Svetlana Varganova Soviet Union (URS) |
1:10.41 |  Susanne NielssonDenmark (DEN) |
1:11.16 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Lina Kaciusyte Soviet Union (URS) |
2:29.54 | Svetlana Varganova Soviet Union (URS) |
2:29.31 | Yuliya Bogdanova Soviet Union (URS) |
2:32.39 |
| 100 m butterfly | Caren Metschuck East Germany (GDR) |
1:00.42 | Andrea Pollack East Germany (GDR) |
1:00.90 | Christiane Knacke East Germany (GDR) |
1:01.44 |
| 200 m butterfly | Ines Geißler East Germany (GDR) |
2:10.44 | Sybille Schönrock East Germany (GDR) |
2:10.45 | Michelle Ford Australia (AUS) |
2:11.66 |
| 400 m individual medley | Petra Schneider East Germany (GDR) |
4:36.29 | Sharron Davies Great Britain (GBR) |
4:46.83 |  Agnieszka CzopekPoland (POL) |
4:48.17 |
| 4 x 100 m freestyle relay | East Germany (GDR) Barbara Krause Caren Metschuck Ines Diers Sarina Hülsenbeck |
3:42.71 | Sweden (SWE) Carina Ljungdahl Tina Gustafsson Agneta Mårtensson Agneta Eriksson |
3:48.93 |  Netherlands (NED)Conny van Bentum Wilma van Velsen Reggie de Jong Annelies Maas |
3:49.51 |
| 4 x 100 m medley relay | East Germany (GDR) Rica Reinisch Ute Geweniger Andrea Pollack Caren Metschuck |
4:06.67 | Great Britain (GBR) Helen Jameson Margaret Kelly Ann Osgerby June Croft |
4:12.24 | Soviet Union (URS) Yelena Kruglova Yelvira Vasilkova Alla Grishchenkova Natalya Meschcheryakova |
4:13.61 |
| Events at the 1980 Summer Olympics (Moscow) |
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| Archery • Athletics • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Handball • Hockey • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling |
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