Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
December 18, 2023
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] There were 39 competitors from 26 nations.[2] Nations had been limited to three swimmers each since the 1924 Games (except in 1960, when the limit was two). The event was won by Jörg Woithe of East Germany, the nation's first medal in the men's 100 metre freestyle. Sweden earned its first medals in the event since 1952 with Per Holmertz's silver and Per Johansson's bronze.
This was the 18th appearance of the men's 100 metre freestyle. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1900 (when the shortest freestyle was the 200 metres), though the 1904 version was measured in yards rather than metres.[2]
None of the eight finalists from the 1976 Games returned. The top sprinters of the time were absent, Rowdy Gaines due to the American-led boycott and Jonty Skinner due to the ban on apartheid South Africa.[2]
Algeria, Angola, Cyprus, Libya, Madagascar, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe each made their debut in the event. Great Britain and Hungary each made their 16th appearance, most of the nations competing in 1980, but behind the absent United States' 17 appearances.
Competition formatedit
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.
Recordsedit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
^"Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 460. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
^ abc"100 metres Freestyle, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
December 18, 2023
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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 There were 39 competitors from 26 nations 2 Nations had been limited to three swimmers each since the 1924 Games except in 1960 when the limit was two The event was won by Jorg Woithe of East Germany the nation s first medal in the men s 100 metre freestyle Sweden earned its first medals in the event since 1952 with Per Holmertz s silver and Per Johansson s bronze Men s 100 metre freestyleat the Games of the XXII OlympiadJorg Woithe 1979 VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports ComplexDate26 July heats semifinals 27 July final Competitors39 from 26 nationsWinning time50 40MedalistsJorg Woithe East GermanyPer Holmertz SwedenPer Johansson Sweden 19761984 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 5 1 Heats 5 2 Semifinals 5 3 Final 6 ReferencesBackground editThis was the 18th appearance of the men s 100 metre freestyle The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1900 when the shortest freestyle was the 200 metres though the 1904 version was measured in yards rather than metres 2 None of the eight finalists from the 1976 Games returned The top sprinters of the time were absent Rowdy Gaines due to the American led boycott and Jonty Skinner due to the ban on apartheid South Africa 2 Algeria Angola Cyprus Libya Madagascar Mozambique and Zimbabwe each made their debut in the event Great Britain and Hungary each made their 16th appearance most of the nations competing in 1980 but behind the absent United States 17 appearances Competition format editThe 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 editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Jonty Skinner RSA 49 44 Philadelphia United States 14 August 1976Olympic record nbsp Jim Montgomery USA 49 99 Montreal Canada 25 July 1976Schedule editAll times are Moscow Time UTC 3 Date Time RoundSaturday 26 July 1980 10 0018 30 HeatsSemifinalsSunday 27 July 1980 20 00 FinalResults editHeats edit Rank Heat Swimmer Nation Time Notes1 5 Jorg Woithe nbsp East Germany 50 49 Q2 5 Martin Smith nbsp Great Britain 51 88 Q3 4 Per Holmertz nbsp Sweden 52 01 Q4 5 Mark Tonelli nbsp Australia 52 04 Q5 1 Sergey Krasyuk nbsp Soviet Union 52 08 Q5 2 Sergey Kopliakov nbsp Soviet Union 52 08 Q7 4 Rene Ecuyer nbsp France 52 09 Q8 3 Per Johansson nbsp Sweden 52 11 Q8 3 Neil Brooks nbsp Australia 52 11 Q10 4 Sergey Smiryagin nbsp Soviet Union 52 21 Q11 3 Raffaele Franceschi nbsp Italy 52 26 Q12 1 Per Wikstrom nbsp Sweden 52 29 Q13 2 David Lopez Zubero nbsp Spain 52 43 Q14 4 Jorge Fernandes nbsp Brazil 52 51 Q15 5 Cees Vervoorn nbsp Netherlands 52 57 Q16 3 Graeme Brewer nbsp Australia 52 59 Q17 4 Alberto Mestre nbsp Venezuela 52 6218 2 Mark Taylor nbsp Great Britain 52 6519 1 Stefan Volery nbsp Switzerland 52 6820 1 Fabrizio Rampazzo nbsp Italy 52 7121 2 Paolo Revelli nbsp Italy 52 7422 5 Herwig Bayer nbsp Austria 52 7923 1 Rui Abreu nbsp Portugal 52 8524 2 Guy Goosen nbsp Zimbabwe 52 8725 5 Frank Kuhne nbsp East Germany 52 9326 4 Cyro Delgado nbsp Brazil 53 0027 3 Ramon Lavin nbsp Spain 53 4528 3 Tsvetan Golomeev nbsp Bulgaria 53 5029 2 Yulyan Vasilev nbsp Bulgaria 53 6130 1 Gabor Meszaros nbsp Hungary 54 4131 3 Mohamed Halimi nbsp Algeria 55 1632 5 To Văn Vệ nbsp Vietnam 56 7533 2 Lakis Fylaktou nbsp Cyprus 57 4134 4 Adham Hemdan nbsp Kuwait 58 3335 2 Jorge Lima nbsp Angola 59 3936 1 Abdulwahab Werfeli nbsp Libya 1 01 5537 1 Bilall Yamouth nbsp Lebanon 1 03 4838 3 Zoe Andrianifaha nbsp Madagascar 1 04 9239 5 Edgar Martins nbsp Mozambique 1 06 17 4 David Cummins nbsp Ireland DNSSemifinals edit Rank Heat Swimmer Nation Time Notes1 2 Jorg Woithe nbsp East Germany 50 21 Q2 2 Per Holmertz nbsp Sweden 51 19 Q3 1 Per Johansson nbsp Sweden 51 42 Q4 2 Sergey Kopliakov nbsp Soviet Union 51 51 Q5 2 Rene Ecuyer nbsp France 51 62 Q6 1 Sergey Krasyuk nbsp Soviet Union 51 81 Q7 2 Raffaele Franceschi nbsp Italy 51 87 Q8 1 Graeme Brewer nbsp Australia 51 91 Q9 1 Per Wikstrom nbsp Sweden 52 1510 1 Mark Tonelli nbsp Australia 52 1711 1 Sergey Smiryagin nbsp Soviet Union 52 1811 2 David Lopez Zubero nbsp Spain 52 1813 1 Martin Smith nbsp Great Britain 52 4114 2 Neil Brooks nbsp Australia 52 7015 2 Cees Vervoorn nbsp Netherlands 52 7316 1 Jorge Fernandes nbsp Brazil 52 91Final edit Rank Swimmer Nation Time nbsp Jorg Woithe nbsp East Germany 50 40 nbsp Per Holmertz nbsp Sweden 50 91 nbsp Per Johansson nbsp Sweden 51 294 Sergey Kopliakov nbsp Soviet Union 51 345 Raffaele Franceschi nbsp Italy 51 696 Sergey Krasyuk nbsp Soviet Union 51 807 Rene Ecuyer nbsp France 52 018 Graeme Brewer nbsp Australia 52 22References edit Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume 3 Participants and Results Fizkultura i sport pp 450 460 Retrieved 26 December 2018 a b c 100 metres Freestyle Men Olympedia Retrieved 17 December 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics Men 27s 100 metre freestyle amp oldid 1183611229, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
