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4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men

Date	24 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Plavatelny basseyn, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva
Participants	61 from 13 countries

The world record in this event was 3:42.22, set by the USA team that won the gold medal in Montréal. The United States had won this event at every Olympics at which it had been held, from 1960-76. The Australians won gold in Moscow, but their time of 3:45.70 did not approach the Olympic/world record. It was a new Commonwealth record. They were trailed by the Soviet Union, who had the lead going into the anchor leg, but Australia’s Neil Brooks overtook the 200 freestyle gold medalist Sergey Koplyakov with a 49.86 freestyle split. Great Britain won bronze in a national record time of 3:47.71.

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	Australia	AUS	3:48.94 (2 h2)	3:45.70 (1)	Gold
Backstroke	16	Mark Kerry		–	–
Breaststroke	10	Peter Evans		–	–
Butterfly	26	Mark Tonelli		–	–
Freestyle	7	Neil Brooks		–	–
Backstroke	23	Glenn Patching		–	–
2	–	Soviet Union	URS	3:48.83 (1 h2)	3:45.92 (2)	Silver
Backstroke	317	Viktor Kuznetsov		–	–
Breaststroke	319	Arsens Miskarovs		–	–
Butterfly	329	Yevgeny Seredin		–	–
Freestyle	312	Sergey Koplyakov		–	–
Backstroke	332	Vladimir Shemetov		–	–
Breaststroke	305	Aleksandr Fedorovsky		–	–
Butterfly	318	Aleksey Markovsky		–	–
Freestyle	315	Sergey Krasyuk		–	–
3	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:51.66 (1 h1)	3:47.71 (3)	Bronze
Backstroke	118	Gary Abraham		–	–
Breaststroke	124	Duncan Goodhew		–	–
Butterfly	128	David Lowe		–	–
Freestyle	132	Martin Smith		–	–
Backstroke	129	Paul Marshall		–	–
Freestyle	134	Mark Taylor		–	–
	120	Leigh Atkinson DNS		–	–
	126	Phil Hubble DNS		–	–
4	–	East Germany	GDR	3:51.40 (4 h2)	3:48.25 (4)
Backstroke	135	Dietmar Göhring		–	–
Breaststroke	145	Jörg Walter		–	–
Butterfly	141	Roger Pyttel		–	–
Freestyle	147	Jörg Woithe		–	–
Freestyle	139	Frank Kühne		–	–
5	–	France	FRA	3:52.87 (2 h1)	3:49.19 (5)
Backstroke	111	Frédéric Delcourt		–	–
Breaststroke	110	Olivier Borios		–	–
Butterfly	117	Xavier Savin		–	–
Freestyle	112	René Écuyer		–	–
6	–	Hungary	HUN	3:50.54 (3 h2)	3:50.29 (6)
Backstroke	206	Sándor Wladár		–	–
Breaststroke	179	János Dzvonyár		–	–
Butterfly	205	Zoltán Verrasztó		–	–
Freestyle	192	Gábor Mészáros		–	–
7	–	Netherlands	NED	3:52.33 (5 h2)	3:51.81 (7)
Backstroke	164	Fred Eefting		–	–
Breaststroke	160	Albert Boonstra		–	–
Butterfly	176	Cees Vervoorn		–	–
Freestyle	177	Cees Jan Winkel		–	–
	163	Peter Drost DNS		–	–
8	–	Brazil	BRA	3:53.32 (6 h2)	3:53.24 (8)
Backstroke	37	Rômulo Arantes		–	–
Breaststroke	46	Sérgio Ribeiro		–	–
Butterfly	42	Cláudio Kestener		–	–
Freestyle	40	Jorge Fernandes		–	–
Freestyle	39	Cyro Delgado		–	–
9	–	Spain	ESP	3:54.79 (3 h1)	–
	100	Moisés Gosálvez		–	–
	106	Gustavo Torrijos		–	–
	103	David López-Zubero		–	–
	102	Ramón Lavín		–	–
	96	Rafael Escalas DNS		–	–
10	–	Bulgaria	BUL	3:58.35 (4 h1)	–
	61	Branimir Popov		–	–
	51	Plamen Aleksandrov		–	–
	68	Yuliyan Vasilev		–	–
	54	Tsvetan Golomeev		–	–
	49	Georgi Dangalakov DNS		–	–
11	–	Angola	ANG	4:35.11 (5 h1)	–
	381	Fernando Lopes		–	–
	379	Francisco Lopes dos Santos		–	–
	380	Marcos Daniel		–	–
	378	Jorge Lima		–	–
	377	António Monteiro DNS		–	–
DQ	–	Vietnam	VIE	[4:17.41] (DQ h2)	–
	347	Phạm Văn Thành		–	–
	346	Nguyễn Mạnh Tuấn		–	–
	350	Thương Ngọc Tơn		–	–
	348	Tô Văn Vệ		–	–
DQ	–	Sweden	SWE	– (DQ h1)	–
	291	Michael Söderlund		–	–
	271	Peter Berggren		–	–
	286	Per-Alvar Magnusson		–	–
	280	Per Holmertz		–	–

Round One

Date	24 July 1980 — 11:00
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Team	NOC	Time
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	3:48.83	Q
2	–	Australia	AUS	3:48.94	Q
3	–	Hungary	HUN	3:50.54	Q
4	–	East Germany	GDR	3:51.40	Q
5	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:51.66	Q
6	–	Netherlands	NED	3:52.33	Q
7	–	France	FRA	3:52.87	Q
8	–	Brazil	BRA	3:53.32	Q
9	–	Spain	ESP	3:54.79
10	–	Bulgaria	BUL	3:58.35
11	–	Angola	ANG	4:35.11
DQ	–	Sweden	SWE	–
DQ	–	Vietnam	VIE	[4:17.41]

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:51.66	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Paul Marshall		–	59.04 (1)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Duncan Goodhew		–	1:04.44 (1)	2:03.48 (1)
Butterfly	–	David Lowe		–	56.03 (3)	2:59.51 (1)
Freestyle	–	Mark Taylor		–	52.15 (3)	– (–)
2	–	France	FRA	3:52.87	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Frédéric Delcourt		–	59.38 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Olivier Borios		–	1:05.78 (2)	2:05.16 (2)
Butterfly	–	Xavier Savin		–	55.85 (2)	3:01.01 (2)
Freestyle	–	René Écuyer		–	51.86 (1)	– (–)
3	–	Spain	ESP	3:54.79	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Moisés Gosálvez		–	1:01.20 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Gustavo Torrijos		–	1:05.96 (3)	2:07.16 (3)
Butterfly	–	David López-Zubero		–	54.86 (1)	3:02.02 (3)
Freestyle	–	Ramón Lavín		–	52.77 (4)	– (–)
4	–	Bulgaria	BUL	3:58.35	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Branimir Popov		–	1:01.06 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Plamen Aleksandrov		–	1:07.12 (4)	2:08.18 (4)
Butterfly	–	Yuliyan Vasilev		–	58.03 (4)	3:06.21 (4)
Freestyle	–	Tsvetan Golomeev		–	52.14 (2)	– (–)
5	–	Angola	ANG	4:35.11	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Fernando Lopes		–	1:14.06 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Francisco Lopes dos Santos		–	1:17.50 (5)	2:31.56 (5)
Butterfly	–	Marcos Daniel		–	1:04.35 (5)	3:35.91 (5)
Freestyle	–	Jorge Lima		–	59.20 (5)	– (–)
DQ	–	Sweden	SWE	–	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Michael Söderlund		–	– (–)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Peter Berggren		–	– (–)	– (–)
Butterfly	–	Per-Alvar Magnusson		–	– (–)	– (–)
Freestyle	–	Per Holmertz		–	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	3:48.83	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Vladimir Shemetov		–	58.02 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Aleksandr Fedorovsky		–	1:03.91 (2)	2:01.93 (1)
Butterfly	–	Aleksey Markovsky		–	55.17 (1)	2:57.10 (1)
Freestyle	–	Sergey Krasyuk		–	51.73 (2)	– (–)
2	–	Australia	AUS	3:48.94	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Glenn Patching		–	58.56 (6)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Peter Evans		–	1:03.96 (3)	2:02.52 (2)
Butterfly	–	Mark Tonelli		–	56.03 (4)	2:58.55 (2)
Freestyle	–	Neil Brooks		–	50.39 (1)	– (–)
3	–	Hungary	HUN	3:50.54	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Sándor Wladár		–	57.51 (1)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	János Dzvonyár		–	1:03.80 (1)	2:01.31 (3)
Butterfly	–	Zoltán Verrasztó		–	56.19 (5)	2:57.50 (3)
Freestyle	–	Gábor Mészáros		–	53.04 (5)	– (–)
4	–	East Germany	GDR	3:51.40	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Dietmar Göhring		–	58.43 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Jörg Walter		–	1:05.63 (5)	2:04.06 (4)
Butterfly	–	Roger Pyttel		–	55.24 (2)	2:59.30 (4)
Freestyle	–	Frank Kühne		–	52.10 (4)	– (–)
5	–	Netherlands	NED	3:52.33	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Fred Eefting		–	58.20 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Albert Boonstra		–	1:05.28 (4)	2:03.48 (5)
Butterfly	–	Cees Vervoorn		–	55.32 (3)	2:58.80 (5)
Freestyle	–	Cees Jan Winkel		–	53.53 (6)	– (–)
6	–	Brazil	BRA	3:53.32	– (–)	– (–)	Q
Backstroke	–	Rômulo Arantes		–	58.27 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Sérgio Ribeiro		–	1:06.03 (6)	2:04.30 (6)
Butterfly	–	Cláudio Kestener		–	57.03 (6)	3:01.33 (6)
Freestyle	–	Cyro Delgado		–	51.99 (3)	– (–)
DQ	–	Vietnam	VIE	[4:17.41]	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Phạm Văn Thành		–	[1:06.99] ([7])	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Nguyễn Mạnh Tuấn		–	[1:10.75] ([7])	[2:17.74] ([−])
Butterfly	–	Thương Ngọc Tơn		–	[1:03.07] ([7])	[3:20.81] ([−])
Freestyle	–	Tô Văn Vệ		–	[56.60] ([7])	– (–)

Final Round

Date	24 July 1980 — 20:00

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time	Split	Exchange
1	–	Australia	AUS	3:45.70	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Mark Kerry		–	57.89 (4)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Peter Evans		–	1:03.01 (1)	2:00.90 (1)
Butterfly	–	Mark Tonelli		–	54.94 (4)	2:55.84 (1)
Freestyle	–	Neil Brooks		–	49.86 (1)	– (–)
2	–	Soviet Union	URS	3:45.92	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Viktor Kuznetsov		–	56.81 (1)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Arsens Miskarovs		–	1:03.64 (2)	2:00.45 (2)
Butterfly	–	Yevgeny Seredin		–	54.58 (1)	2:55.03 (2)
Freestyle	–	Sergey Koplyakov		–	50.89 (5)	– (–)
3	–	Great Britain	GBR	3:47.71	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Gary Abraham		–	57.72 (3)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Duncan Goodhew		–	1:03.73 (3)	2:01.45 (3)
Butterfly	–	David Lowe		–	55.57 (6)	2:57.02 (3)
Freestyle	–	Martin Smith		–	50.69 (4)	– (–)
4	–	East Germany	GDR	3:48.25	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Dietmar Göhring		–	58.34 (6)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Jörg Walter		–	1:05.14 (=5)	2:03.48 (4)
Butterfly	–	Roger Pyttel		–	54.81 (2)	2:58.29 (4)
Freestyle	–	Jörg Woithe		–	49.96 (2)	– (–)
5	–	France	FRA	3:49.19	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Frédéric Delcourt		–	58.84 (8)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Olivier Borios		–	1:05.14 (=5)	2:03.98 (5)
Butterfly	–	Xavier Savin		–	55.07 (5)	2:59.05 (5)
Freestyle	–	René Écuyer		–	50.14 (3)	– (–)
6	–	Hungary	HUN	3:50.29	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Sándor Wladár		–	57.30 (2)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	János Dzvonyár		–	1:04.12 (4)	2:01.42 (6)
Butterfly	–	Zoltán Verrasztó		–	55.72 (7)	2:57.14 (6)
Freestyle	–	Gábor Mészáros		–	53.15 (8)	– (–)
7	–	Netherlands	NED	3:51.81	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Fred Eefting		–	58.37 (7)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Albert Boonstra		–	1:05.49 (7)	2:03.86 (7)
Butterfly	–	Cees Vervoorn		–	54.92 (3)	2:58.78 (7)
Freestyle	–	Cees Jan Winkel		–	53.03 (7)	– (–)
8	–	Brazil	BRA	3:53.24	– (–)	– (–)
Backstroke	–	Rômulo Arantes		–	57.99 (5)	– (–)
Breaststroke	–	Sérgio Ribeiro		–	1:05.68 (8)	2:03.67 (8)
Butterfly	–	Cláudio Kestener		–	57.33 (8)	3:01.00 (8)
Freestyle	–	Jorge Fernandes		–	52.24 (6)	– (–)