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Eights, Men

Date20 – 27 July 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationGrebnoy kanal, Sportivny komplex Krylatskoye, Moskva
Participants81 from 9 countries

East Germany was the defending Olympic champion in the men’s coxed eights, as well as the winner of the last four World Championships. With New Zealand not entering a crew and the absence of West Germany due to the American-led boycott, the stage seemed set for an easy East German victory. In the opening round, however, the Soviet Union had the fastest time, perhaps facilitated by the presence of Great Britain in their heat, the runners-up from the 1976 Summer Olympics. While Great Britain had not been on the podium at a major international event since then, the Soviet Union had been runner-up at the 1977 World Championships and a bronze medalist in 1979. In the final, the East Germans were less dominant than they had been at other events, but still took gold comfortably from the Britons, who settled for silver. The Soviets rounded out the podium with a third-place finish, ahead of the Czechoslovakians.

PosCompetitorsNOC
1East GermanyGDRGold
Bernd KraußHans-Peter KoppeUlrich KonsJörg FriedrichJens DoberschützUlrich KarnatzUwe DühringBernd HöingKlaus-Dieter Ludwig
2Great BritainGBRSilver
Duncan McDougallAllan WhitwellHenry ClayChris MahoneyAndrew JusticeJohn PritchardMalcolm McGowanRichard StanhopeColin, Lord Moynihan
3Soviet UnionURSBronze
Viktor KakoshinAndrey TishchenkoAleksandr TkachenkoJonas PinskusJonas NarmontasAndrey LuginAleksandr MantsevichIgor MaystrenkoHryhoriy Dmytrenko
4CzechoslovakiaTCH
Pavel PevnýLubomír JankoCtirad JungmannKarel NeffeKarel Mejta, Jr.Dušan VičíkMilan DolečekMilan KyselýJiří Pták
5AustraliaAUS
Islay LeeStephen HandleyBill DankbaarAndrew WithersTim WilloughbyJames LoweTim YoungBrian RichardsonDavid England
6BulgariaBUL
Dimitar YanakievTeodor MrankovBozhidar RangelovIvan BotevYani IgnatovMihail PetrovPetar PatsevVeselin ShterevVentseslav Kanchev
7HungaryHUN
Ferenc KissPéter TóváriRóbert SassAttila StrochmayerAndrás KormosZoltán SztárcsevicsKálmán ToronyiLászló KissMiklós Bálint
8CubaCUB
Wenceslao BorrotoIsmael CarbonellJuan AlfonsoJuan BuenoFrancisco MoraErmenegildo PalacioJorge ÁlvarezAntonio RiañoEnrique Carrillo
9PolandPOL
Paweł BorkowskiWiesław KujdaGrzegorz StellakAdam TomasiakGrzegorz NowakRyszard StadniukMirosław KowalewskiWładysław BeszterdaRyszard Kubiak

Round One

Date20 July 1980 — 13:10
FormatWinner of each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14Soviet UnionURS5:50.761:21.43 (1)2:49.89 (1)4:21.57 (1)1:28.46 (2)1:31.68 (1)1:29.19 (2)Q
Viktor KakoshinAndrey TishchenkoAleksandr TkachenkoJonas PinskusJonas NarmontasAndrey LuginAleksandr MantsevichIgor MaystrenkoHryhoriy Dmytrenko
25Great BritainGBR5:53.381:24.77 (3)2:53.11 (2)4:25.12 (2)1:28.34 (1)1:32.01 (2)1:28.26 (1)
Duncan McDougallAllan WhitwellHenry ClayChris MahoneyAndrew JusticeJohn PritchardMalcolm McGowanRichard StanhopeColin, Lord Moynihan
32PolandPOL6:00.431:27.52 (4)2:58.11 (4)4:30.99 (4)1:30.59 (4)1:32.88 (3)1:29.44 (3)
Paweł BorkowskiWiesław KujdaGrzegorz StellakAdam TomasiakGrzegorz NowakRyszard StadniukMirosław KowalewskiWładysław BeszterdaRyszard Kubiak
41BulgariaBUL6:03.991:28.55 (5)2:59.88 (5)4:33.33 (5)1:31.33 (5)1:33.45 (4)1:30.66 (4)
Dimitar YanakievTeodor MrankovBozhidar RangelovIvan BotevYani IgnatovMihail PetrovPetar PatsevVeselin ShterevVentseslav Kanchev
53HungaryHUN6:04.321:24.49 (2)2:54.95 (3)4:30.74 (3)1:30.46 (3)1:35.79 (5)1:33.58 (5)
Ferenc KissPéter TóváriRóbert SassAttila StrochmayerAndrás KormosZoltán SztárcsevicsKálmán ToronyiLászló KissMiklós Bálint

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
14East GermanyGDR5:55.891:23.27 (1)2:52.88 (1)4:25.87 (1)1:29.61 (1)1:32.99 (1)1:30.02 (1)Q
Bernd KraußHans-Peter KoppeUlrich KonsJörg FriedrichJens DoberschützUlrich KarnatzUwe DühringBernd HöingKlaus-Dieter Ludwig
22CzechoslovakiaTCH6:01.681:24.28 (2)2:54.83 (2)4:28.91 (2)1:30.55 (2)1:34.08 (2)1:32.77 (2)
Pavel PevnýLubomír JankoCtirad JungmannKarel NeffeKarel Mejta, Jr.Dušan VičíkMilan DolečekMilan KyselýJiří Pták
33AustraliaAUS6:05.121:24.97 (3)2:56.44 (3)4:30.84 (3)1:31.47 (3)1:34.40 (3)1:34.28 (3)
Bill DankbaarStephen HandleyIslay LeeAndrew WithersTim WilloughbyJames LoweTim YoungBrian RichardsonDavid England
41CubaCUB6:26.531:29.21 (4)3:06.59 (4)4:47.77 (4)1:37.38 (4)1:41.18 (4)1:38.76 (4)
Wenceslao BorrotoIsmael CarbonellJuan AlfonsoJuan BuenoFrancisco MoraErmenegildo PalacioJorge ÁlvarezAntonio RiañoEnrique Carrillo

Round One Repêchage

Date24 July 1980 — 12:10
FormatTop two finishers in each heat advanced to final

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11AustraliaAUS5:45.041:21.02 (1)2:46.35 (1)4:16.04 (1)1:25.33 (1)1:29.69 (2)1:29.00 (1)Q
Bill DankbaarStephen HandleyIslay LeeAndrew WithersTim WilloughbyJames LoweTim YoungBrian RichardsonDavid England
23Great BritainGBR5:49.351:22.56 (2)2:49.57 (2)4:19.38 (2)1:27.01 (2)1:29.81 (3)1:29.97 (2)Q
Duncan McDougallAllan WhitwellHenry ClayChris MahoneyAndrew JusticeJohn PritchardMalcolm McGowanRichard StanhopeColin, Lord Moynihan
34CubaCUB5:56.191:25.17 (4)2:53.25 (3)4:22.71 (3)1:28.08 (3)1:29.46 (1)1:33.48 (4)
Wenceslao BorrotoIsmael CarbonellJuan AlfonsoJuan BuenoFrancisco MoraErmenegildo PalacioJorge ÁlvarezAntonio RiañoEnrique Carrillo
42HungaryHUN5:59.531:24.90 (3)2:55.37 (4)4:29.19 (4)1:30.47 (4)1:33.82 (4)1:30.34 (3)
Ferenc KissPéter TóváriRóbert SassAttila StrochmayerAndrás KormosZoltán SztárcsevicsKálmán ToronyiLászló KissMiklós Bálint

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
11CzechoslovakiaTCH5:44.801:21.39 (1)2:47.68 (1)4:16.80 (2)1:26.29 (3)1:29.12 (3)1:28.00 (1)Q
Pavel PevnýLubomír JankoCtirad JungmannKarel NeffeKarel Mejta, Jr.Dušan VičíkMilan DolečekMilan KyselýJiří Pták
23BulgariaBUL5:46.281:21.80 (2)2:48.03 (2)4:16.14 (1)1:26.23 (2)1:28.11 (1)1:30.14 (3)Q
Dimitar YanakievTeodor MrankovBozhidar RangelovIvan BotevYani IgnatovMihail PetrovPetar PatsevVeselin ShterevVentseslav Kanchev
32PolandPOL5:47.351:25.50 (3)2:50.98 (3)4:19.20 (3)1:25.48 (1)1:28.22 (2)1:28.15 (2)
Paweł BorkowskiWiesław KujdaGrzegorz StellakAdam TomasiakGrzegorz NowakRyszard StadniukMirosław KowalewskiWładysław BeszterdaRyszard Kubiak

Final Round

Date27 July 1980

Final A

Time13:30
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13East GermanyGDR5:49.051:22.32 (4)2:47.65 (1)4:18.62 (1)1:25.33 (1)1:30.97 (2)1:30.43 (4)
Bernd KraußHans-Peter KoppeUlrich KonsJörg FriedrichJens DoberschützUlrich KarnatzUwe DühringBernd HöingKlaus-Dieter Ludwig
22Great BritainGBR5:51.921:21.73 (1)2:51.09 (4)4:21.73 (2)1:29.36 (5)1:30.64 (1)1:30.19 (3)
Duncan McDougallAllan WhitwellHenry ClayChris MahoneyAndrew JusticeJohn PritchardMalcolm McGowanRichard StanhopeColin, Lord Moynihan
36Soviet UnionURS5:52.661:22.00 (2)2:50.23 (2)4:23.37 (4)1:28.23 (3)1:33.14 (4)1:29.29 (1)
Viktor KakoshinAndrey TishchenkoAleksandr TkachenkoJonas PinskusJonas NarmontasAndrey LuginAleksandr MantsevichIgor MaystrenkoHryhoriy Dmytrenko
41CzechoslovakiaTCH5:53.751:24.84 (6)2:51.43 (5)4:23.09 (3)1:26.59 (2)1:31.66 (3)1:30.66 (5)
Pavel PevnýLubomír JankoCtirad JungmannKarel NeffeKarel Mejta, Jr.Dušan VičíkMilan DolečekMilan KyselýJiří Pták
55AustraliaAUS5:56.741:22.22 (3)2:50.75 (3)4:26.80 (5)1:28.53 (4)1:36.05 (6)1:29.94 (2)
Bill DankbaarStephen HandleyIslay LeeAndrew WithersTim WilloughbyJames LoweTim YoungBrian RichardsonDavid England
64BulgariaBUL6:04.051:22.48 (5)2:53.87 (6)4:27.60 (6)1:31.39 (6)1:33.73 (5)1:36.45 (6)
Dimitar YanakievTeodor MrankovBozhidar RangelovIvan BotevYani IgnatovMihail PetrovPetar PatsevVeselin ShterevVentseslav Kanchev

Final B

Time13:45
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime500 m1,000 m1,500 m500-1,000 m1,000-1,500 m1,500-2,000 m
13HungaryHUN5:57.611:22.96 (1)2:53.34 (1)4:27.98 (1)1:30.38 (1)1:34.64 (2)1:29.63 (1)
Ferenc KissPéter TóváriRóbert SassAttila StrochmayerAndrás KormosZoltán SztárcsevicsKálmán ToronyiLászló KissMiklós Bálint
21CubaCUB6:14.981:27.48 (2)3:02.28 (2)4:32.83 (2)1:34.80 (2)1:30.55 (1)1:42.15 (2)
Wenceslao BorrotoIsmael CarbonellJuan AlfonsoJuan BuenoFrancisco MoraErmenegildo PalacioJorge ÁlvarezAntonio RiañoEnrique Carrillo