Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
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| Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex | |||||||||
| Dates | 23 July | |||||||||
| Competitors | 62 from 13 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 13 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:23.50 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 23 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  United States (USA)Rowdy Gaines Bruce Furniss Bill Forrester Bobby Hackett |
7:20.82 | West Berlin, West Germany | 24 August 1978 |
| Olympic record |  United States (USA)Mike Bruner Bruce Furniss John Naber Jim Montgomery |
7:23.22 | Montreal, Canada | 21 July 1976 |
Results
Heats
Final
| Rank | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Soviet Union |
Sergey Kopliakov (1:50.00) Vladimir Salnikov (1:51.09) Ivar Stukolkin (1:52.04) Andrey Krylov (1:50.37) |
7:23.50 | |
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 East Germany |
Frank Pfütze (1:52.96) Jörg Woithe (1:51.78) Detlev Grabs (1:52.24) Rainer Strohbach (1:51.62) |
7:28.60 | |
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 Brazil |
Jorge Fernandes (1:52.61) Marcus Mattioli (1:52.94) Cyro Delgado (1:52.35) Djan Madruga (1:51.40) |
7:29.30 | |
| 4 |  Sweden |
Michael Söderlund (1:52.54) Pelle Wikström (1:52.70) Per-Alvar Magnusson (1:53.01) Thomas Lejdström (1:51.85) |
7:30.10 | |
| 5 |  Italy |
Paolo Revelli (1:53.14) Raffaele Franceschi (1:51.56) Andrea Ceccarini (1:54.91) Fabrizio Rampazzo (1:50.76) |
7:30.37 | |
| 6 | Great Britain |
Douglas Campbell (1:53.56) Philip Hubble (1:52.96) Martin Smith (1:52.69) Andrew Astbury (1:51.60) |
7:30.81 | |
| 7 | Australia |
Graeme Brewer (1:52.57) Mark Tonelli (1:53.47) Mark Kerry (1:52.64) Ron McKeon (1:52.14) |
7:30.82 | |
| 8 | France |
Fabien Noël (1:52.73) Marc Lazzaro (1:53.79) Dominique Petit (1:54.88) Pascal Lagat (1:54.68) |
7:36.08 |
References
- ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 451, 471. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
