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200 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	21 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Plavatelny basseyn, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva
Participants	42 from 24 countries

The world record had been set by American Rowdy Gaines in April 1980 at a meet in Austin, Texas. He had been silver medalist at this event at the 1978 World Championships, won by his teammate, Bill Forrester, but both watched from afar. The bronze medalist at the 1978 World was Soviet Sergey Koplyakov, who won the gold medal in Moscow in an Olympic record 1:49.81. This was one of only four men’s Olympic records that was bettered in Moscow.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Sergey Koplyakov	URS	1:51.04 (1 h6)	1:49.81 (1)	Gold
2	Andrey Krylov	URS	1:51.21 (1 h5)	1:50.76 (2)	Silver
3	Graeme Brewer	AUS	1:51.92 (2 h6)	1:51.60 (3)	Bronze
4	Jörg Woithe	GDR	1:52.33 (1 h4)	1:51.86 (4)
5	Ron McKeon	AUS	1:52.66 (2 h4)	1:52.60 (5)
6	Paolo Revelli	ITA	1:52.56 (1 h1)	1:52.76 (6)
7	Thomas Lejdström	SWE	1:53.04 (3 h4)	1:52.94 (7)
8	Fabrizio Rampazzo	ITA	1:52.62 (1 h2)	1:53.25 (8)
9	David López-Zubero	ESP	1:53.22 (1 h3)	–
10	Fabien Noël	FRA	1:53.25 (2 h2)	–
11	Detlev Grabs	GDR	1:53.38 (2 h5)	–
12	Ivar Stukolkin	URS	1:53.44 (2 h3)	–
13	Per Wikström	SWE	1:53.59 (2 h1)	–
14	Frank Kühne	GDR	1:53.63 (3 h6)	–
15	Martin Smith	GBR	1:54.17 (4 h4)	–
16	Jorge Fernandes	BRA	1:54.32 (3 h3)	–
17	Marcus Mattioli	BRA	1:54.39 (3 h5)	–
18	Petar Kochanov	BUL	1:54.45 (4 h6)	–
19	Cyro Delgado	BRA	1:54.59 (5 h4)	–
20	Jean-Marie François	VEN	1:54.76 (5 h6)	–
21	Paulo Frischknecht	POR	1:55.06 (3 h1)	–
22	Radek Havel	TCH	1:55.07 (6 h6)	–
23	Rui de Abreu	POR	1:55.25 (4 h1)	–
24	Per-Ola Quist	SWE	1:55.38 (3 h2)	–
25	Peter Drost	NED	1:55.41 (4 h2)	–
26	Kevin Lee	GBR	1:55.63 (5 h2)	–
27	Alberto Mestre	VEN	1:55.69 (4 h3)	–
28	Petr Adamec	TCH	1:55.84 (4 h5)	–
29	Tsvetan Golomeev	BUL	1:55.88 (7 h6)	–
30	Dominique Petit	FRA	1:56.01 (5 h1)	–
31	Cees Jan Winkel	NED	1:56.48 (6 h4)	–
32	Borut Petrič	YUG	1:56.51 (6 h2)	–
33	Guy Goosen	ZIM	1:56.88 (6 h1)	–
34	Ramón Lavín	ESP	1:56.99 (5 h3)	–
35	Kevin Williamson	IRL	1:57.37 (6 h3)	–
36	Stéfan Voléry	SUI	1:57.69 (5 h5)	–
37	Reda Yadi	ALG	2:06.26 (7 h2)	–
38	Adham Hemdan	KUW	2:07.51 (7 h4)	–
39	Tô Văn Vệ	VIE	2:11.51 (7 h3)	–
40	Jorge Lima	ANG	2:14.37 (8 h2)	–
41	Bilall Yamout	LBN	2:27.94 (7 h1)	–
42	Ntewane Machel	MOZ	2:35.45 (8 h4)	–
DNS	Mohamed Bendahmane	ALG	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	Marc Lazzaro	FRA	– (DNS h3)	–
DNS	Mohamed Halimi	ALG	– (DNS h5)	–
DNS	Mark Tonelli	AUS	– (DNS h5)	–
DNS	Rafael Vidal	VEN	– (DNS h5)	–
DNS	David Cummins	IRL	– (DNS h6)	–

Round One (21 July 1980 — 10:00)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Paolo Revelli	ITA	24.35 (1) 31.20 (6)	55.55 (1) 28.64 (2)	1:24.19 (1) 28.37 (1)	1:52.56	Q
2	5	Per Wikström	SWE	26.74 (2) 28.92 (1)	55.66 (2) 28.59 (1)	1:24.25 (2) 29.34 (3)	1:53.59
3	2	Paulo Frischknecht	POR	27.24 (3) 29.20 (4)	56.44 (3) 29.01 (3)	1:25.45 (3) 29.61 (4)	1:55.06
4	7	Rui de Abreu	POR	27.53 (5) 29.19 (3)	56.72 (5) 29.26 (5)	1:25.98 (5) 29.27 (2)	1:55.25
5	6	Dominique Petit	FRA	27.63 (6) 29.03 (2)	56.66 (4) 29.24 (4)	1:25.90 (4) 30.11 (6)	1:56.01
6	3	Guy Goosen	ZIM	27.40 (4) 30.06 (5)	57.46 (6) 29.75 (6)	1:27.21 (6) 29.67 (5)	1:56.88
7	8	Bilall Yamout	LBN	30.43 (7) 35.60 (7)	1:06.03 (7) 40.74 (7)	1:46.77 (7) 41.17 (7)	2:27.94
DNS	1	Mohamed Bendahmane	ALG	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Fabrizio Rampazzo	ITA	27.67 (2) 29.21 (3)	56.88 (3) 28.09 (1)	1:24.97 (2) 27.65 (1)	1:52.62	Q
2	6	Fabien Noël	FRA	27.73 (4) 28.49 (2)	56.22 (2) 28.46 (2)	1:24.68 (1) 28.57 (3)	1:53.25
3	5	Per-Ola Quist	SWE	27.69 (3) 29.26 (4)	56.95 (4) 28.99 (3)	1:25.94 (3) 29.44 (5)	1:55.38
4	7	Peter Drost	NED	27.90 (6) 29.82 (6)	57.72 (6) 29.54 (5)	1:27.26 (6) 28.15 (2)	1:55.41
5	2	Kevin Lee	GBR	27.65 (1) 29.53 (5)	57.18 (5) 29.26 (4)	1:26.44 (4) 29.19 (4)	1:55.63
6	3	Borut Petrič	YUG	27.85 (5) 28.17 (1)	56.02 (1) 30.50 (6)	1:26.52 (5) 29.99 (6)	1:56.51
7	8	Reda Yadi	ALG	28.96 (7) 31.24 (7)	1:00.20 (7) 32.72 (7)	1:32.92 (7) 33.34 (7)	2:06.26
8	1	Jorge Lima	ANG	30.12 (8) 34.08 (8)	1:04.20 (8) 35.67 (8)	1:39.87 (8) 34.50 (8)	2:14.37

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	3	David López-Zubero	ESP	27.35 (3) 28.84 (1)	56.19 (2) 28.55 (2)	1:24.74 (1) 28.48 (2)	1:53.22
2	4	Ivar Stukolkin	URS	27.59 (4) 29.29 (4)	56.88 (5) 28.68 (3)	1:25.56 (3) 27.88 (1)	1:53.44
3	5	Jorge Fernandes	BRA	27.69 (6) 29.41 (5)	57.10 (6) 28.35 (1)	1:25.45 (2) 28.87 (3)	1:54.32
4	6	Alberto Mestre	VEN	27.22 (2) 29.58 (6)	56.80 (4) 29.44 (4)	1:26.24 (4) 29.45 (4)	1:55.69
5	7	Ramón Lavín	ESP	26.98 (1) 29.19 (3)	56.17 (1) 30.19 (5)	1:26.36 (5) 30.63 (6)	1:56.99
6	8	Kevin Williamson	IRL	27.68 (5) 28.88 (2)	56.56 (3) 30.25 (6)	1:26.81 (6) 30.56 (5)	1:57.37
7	1	Tô Văn Vệ	VIE	29.68 (7) 32.36 (7)	1:02.04 (7) 34.31 (7)	1:36.35 (7) 35.16 (7)	2:11.51
DNS	2	Marc Lazzaro	FRA	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Jörg Woithe	GDR	25.01 (1) 28.61 (4)	53.62 (1) 29.13 (3)	1:22.75 (1) 29.58 (3)	1:52.33	Q
2	3	Ron McKeon	AUS	26.43 (4) 28.21 (1)	54.64 (2) 28.76 (1)	1:23.40 (2) 29.26 (2)	1:52.66	Q
3	5	Thomas Lejdström	SWE	26.51 (5) 28.38 (2)	54.89 (4) 29.04 (2)	1:23.93 (3) 29.11 (1)	1:53.04	Q
4	2	Martin Smith	GBR	26.35 (3) 28.60 (3)	54.95 (5) 29.23 (4)	1:24.18 (4) 29.99 (5)	1:54.17
5	6	Cyro Delgado	BRA	25.79 (2) 29.09 (5)	54.88 (3) 29.85 (5)	1:24.73 (5) 29.86 (4)	1:54.59
6	7	Cees Jan Winkel	NED	26.85 (6) 29.44 (6)	56.29 (6) 30.19 (6)	1:26.48 (6) 30.00 (6)	1:56.48
7	1	Adham Hemdan	KUW	29.37 (8) 32.08 (7)	1:01.45 (7) 32.65 (7)	1:34.10 (7) 33.41 (7)	2:07.51
8	8	Ntewane Machel	MOZ	29.32 (7) 43.58 (8)	1:12.90 (8) 41.79 (8)	1:54.69 (8) 40.76 (8)	2:35.45

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Andrey Krylov	URS	26.84 (2) 28.22 (1)	55.06 (1) 28.40 (1)	1:23.46 (1) 27.75 (1)	1:51.21	Q
2	5	Detlev Grabs	GDR	26.75 (1) 28.74 (2)	55.49 (2) 28.58 (2)	1:24.07 (2) 29.31 (3)	1:53.38
3	3	Marcus Mattioli	BRA	26.96 (3) 28.94 (3)	55.90 (3) 29.42 (3)	1:25.32 (3) 29.07 (2)	1:54.39
4	7	Petr Adamec	TCH	27.24 (5) 29.13 (4)	56.37 (4) 30.05 (4)	1:26.42 (4) 29.42 (4)	1:55.84
5	1	Stéfan Voléry	SUI	27.11 (4) 29.76 (5)	56.87 (5) 30.26 (5)	1:27.13 (5) 30.56 (5)	1:57.69
DNS	8	Mohamed Halimi	ALG	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–
DNS	2	Mark Tonelli	AUS	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–
DNS	6	Rafael Vidal	VEN	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Sergey Koplyakov	URS	26.54 (1) 28.90 (3)	55.44 (2) 27.81 (1)	1:23.25 (1) 27.79 (1)	1:51.04	Q
2	5	Graeme Brewer	AUS	26.66 (2) 28.68 (1)	55.34 (1) 28.43 (2)	1:23.77 (2) 28.15 (2)	1:51.92	Q
3	3	Frank Kühne	GDR	27.41 (6) 29.07 (=6)	56.48 (7) 28.72 (3)	1:25.20 (3) 28.43 (3)	1:53.63
4	2	Petar Kochanov	BUL	27.19 (4) 28.76 (2)	55.95 (3) 29.53 (7)	1:25.48 (5) 28.97 (4)	1:54.45
5	6	Jean-Marie François	VEN	27.14 (3) 29.07 (=6)	56.21 (4) 29.03 (4)	1:25.24 (4) 29.52 (6)	1:54.76
6	7	Radek Havel	TCH	27.26 (5) 29.06 (5)	56.32 (5) 29.42 (5)	1:25.74 (6) 29.33 (5)	1:55.07
7	1	Tsvetan Golomeev	BUL	27.46 (7) 28.93 (4)	56.39 (6) 29.52 (6)	1:25.91 (7) 29.97 (7)	1:55.88
DNS	8	David Cummins	IRL	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Final (21 July 1980 — 20:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Sergey Koplyakov	URS	26.16 (2) 27.64 (1)	53.80 (2) 27.99 (1)	1:21.79 (1) 28.02 (1)	1:49.81	OR
2	5	Andrey Krylov	URS	26.69 (6) 27.69 (2)	54.38 (3) 28.18 (2)	1:22.56 (3) 28.20 (2)	1:50.76
3	3	Graeme Brewer	AUS	26.37 (3) 28.16 (3)	54.53 (4) 28.37 (3)	1:22.90 (4) 28.70 (5)	1:51.60
4	6	Jörg Woithe	GDR	25.12 (1) 28.32 (5)	53.44 (1) 28.60 (4)	1:22.04 (2) 29.82 (8)	1:51.86
5	1	Ron McKeon	AUS	26.98 (7) 28.28 (4)	55.26 (=6) 28.70 (5)	1:23.96 (=5) 28.64 (4)	1:52.60
6	2	Paolo Revelli	ITA	26.46 (4) 28.51 (6)	54.97 (5) 28.99 (8)	1:23.96 (=5) 28.80 (6)	1:52.76
7	8	Thomas Lejdström	SWE	27.12 (8) 28.54 (7)	55.66 (8) 28.81 (6)	1:24.47 (8) 28.47 (3)	1:52.94
8	7	Fabrizio Rampazzo	ITA	26.57 (5) 28.69 (8)	55.26 (=6) 28.94 (7)	1:24.20 (7) 29.05 (7)	1:53.25