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Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date27 July
Competitors24 from 15 nations
Winning time4:22.89 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Sidorenko  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sergey Fesenko  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zoltán Verrasztó  Hungary
← 1976
1984 →

Records edit

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

World record   Jesse Vassallo (USA) 4:20.05 West Berlin, West Germany 28 August 1978
Olympic record   Rod Strachan (USA) 4:23.68 Montreal, Canada 25 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
27 July Final Aleksandr Sidorenko   Soviet Union 4:22.89 OR

Results edit

Heats edit

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Zoltán Verrasztó   Hungary 4:25.57 Q
2 1 Leszek Górski   Poland 4:26.02 Q
3 3 András Hargitay   Hungary 4:27.00 Q
4 4 Aleksandr Sidorenko   Soviet Union 4:28.02 Q
5 3 Sergey Fesenko   Soviet Union 4:28.18 Q
6 3 Daniel Machek   Czechoslovakia 4:28.66 Q
7 2 Djan Madruga   Brazil 4:28.77 Q
8 2 Miloslav Roľko   Czechoslovakia 4:29.19 Q
9 2 Simon Gray   Great Britain 4:29.43
10 4 Csaba Sós   Hungary 4:29.69
11 3 Dariusz Wolny   Poland 4:31.28
12 1 Ricardo Prado   Brazil 4:31.69
13 4 Thomas Lejdström   Sweden 4:33.05
14 2 Giovanni Franceschi   Italy 4:33.66
15 3 Vladimir Shemetov   Soviet Union 4:34.01
16 2 Paul Moorfoot   Australia 4:34.28
17 4 Stephen Poulter   Great Britain 4:35.21
18 3 Franky de Groote   Belgium 4:36.99
19 3 Guillermo Zavala   Mexico 4:37.58
20 1 Evangelos Koskinas   Greece 4:39.44
21 2 Gary Andersson   Sweden 4:41.32
22 1 Andrey Aguilar   Costa Rica 4:41.74
23 1 Rafael Escalas   Spain 4:42.49
4 Jörg Walter   East Germany DSQ
2 Antonio Monteiro   Spain DNS
4 Jean-Marc Carezic   Venezuela
4 Max Metzker   Australia

Final edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Aleksandr Sidorenko   Soviet Union 4:22.89 OR
  Sergey Fesenko   Soviet Union 4:23.43
  Zoltán Verrasztó   Hungary 4:24.24
4 András Hargitay   Hungary 4:24.48
5 Djan Madruga   Brazil 4:26.81
6 Miloslav Roľko   Czechoslovakia 4:26.99
7 Leszek Górski   Poland 4:28.89
8 Daniel Machek   Czechoslovakia 4:29.86

References edit

  1. ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 470. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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