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200 metres, Men

Date	27 – 28 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Bolshaya arena, Tsentralny stadion imeni V.I. Lenina, Moskva
Participants	57 from 37 countries

Although the American boycott in 1980 would seem to affect the sprints dramatically, several top sprinters were still in Moskva, led by defending champion Don Quarrie. And in 1979, Italy’s Pietro Mennea had broken Tommie Smith’s vaunted world record, running 19.72 at altitude in Ciudad de México. He had also won the European title in 1974 and 1978. The 1978 Commonwealth Games champion, Scotsman Allan Wells, was also highly considered and had won the 100 in Moskva. In the final, Wells started fastest, leading by two metres onto the straight. But Mennea closed quickly and edged out Wells, who dove at the line to no avail. Quarrie never really challenged for the gold but held on for a bronze medal, narrowly outleaning Cuba’s Silvio Leonard.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	433	Pietro Mennea	ITA	21.26 (1 h2)	20.60 (1 h4)	20.70 (1 h2)	20.19 (1)	Gold
2	290	Allan Wells	GBR	21.57 (2 h6)	20.59 (1 h3)	20.75 (4 h1)	20.21 (2)	Silver
3	451	Don Quarrie	JAM	20.87 (1 h3)	20.89 (1 h1)	20.76 (2 h2)	20.29 (3)	Bronze
4	133	Silvio Leonard	CUB	20.95 (1 h9)	20.93 (1 h2)	20.61 (1 h1)	20.30 (4)
5	309	Bernhard Hoff	GDR	21.53 (3 h7)	20.96 (3 h2)	20.69 (2 h1)	20.50 (5)
6	529	Lech Dunecki	POL	21.30w (2 h5)	20.87 (3 h4)	20.82 (3 h2)	20.68 (6)
7	555	Marian Woronin	POL	21.63 (1 h4)	20.97 (2 h1)	20.75 (3 h1)	20.81 (7)
8	132	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	21.06 (1 h8)	21.01 (3 h1)	20.93 (4 h2)	21.19 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	355	James Gilkes	GUY	21.07 (1 h7)	20.83 (2 h3)	20.87 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	324	Olaf Prenzler	GDR	21.35 (3 h2)	20.89 (4 h3)	21.00 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	517	Peter Okodogbe	NGR	21.42 (3 h3)	20.89 (3 h3)	21.03 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	225	Joseph Arame	FRA	21.24 (2 h3)	20.95 (2 h2)	21.05 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	670	Andrew Bruce	TTO	21.36 (1 h6)	20.94 (4 h4)	21.16 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	735	Nikolay Sidorov	URS	21.15 (3 h8)	20.83 (2 h4)	21.17 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	376	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	21.34 (2 h2)	21.24 (4 h1)	21.17 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r3/4	283	Cameron Sharp	GBR	21.51 (1 h1)	21.16 (4 h2)	21.24 (8 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/4	246	Bernard Petitbois	FRA	21.16 (2 h9)	21.32 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	537	Zenon Licznerski	POL	21.36 (4 h9)	21.22 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	669	Chris Brathwaite	TTO	21.13 (2 h8)	21.02 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	87	Vladimir Ivanov	BUL	21.28 (4 h8)	20.96 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	269	Mike McFarlane	GBR	21.43 (4 h2)	21.33 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	379	István Nagy	HUN	21.80 (2 h4)	21.38 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	441	Colin Bradford	JAM	21.17w (1 h5)	21.04 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	75	Paulo Roberto Correia	BRA	21.27 (3 h9)	21.01 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	761	Aleksandar Popović	YUG	21.65 (3 h6)	21.66 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	653	František Břečka	TCH	21.49 (2 h7)	21.47 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	73	Altevir de Araújo	BRA	21.49 (4 h3)	21.22 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	574	Boubacar Diallo	SEN	21.56 (4 h7)	21.10 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h1 r2/4	96	Petar Petrov	BUL	21.59w (3 h5)	21.89 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	142	Gerardo Suero	DOM	22.16 (3 h4)	21.75 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	95	Pavel Pavlov	BUL	21.78 (3 h1)	21.35 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	128	Tomás González	CUB	21.64 (2 h1)	21.19 (8 h4)	–	–
4 h1 r1/4	345	Nikolaos Angelopoulos	GRE	21.98 (4 h1)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	643	David Lukuba	TAN	21.76w (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	510	Hameed Adio	NGR	21.79 (4 h6)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	115	Gregory Illorson	CMR	22.21 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	639	Nabil Nahri	SYR	22.14 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	575	Cheikh Touradou Diouf	SEN	21.89 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	54	Pascal Aho	BEN	22.09w (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	397	Perumal Subramanian	IND	22.39 (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	477	Joseph Letseka	LES	22.31 (5 h7)	–	–	–
5 h8 r1/4	775	Alston Muziyo	ZAM	22.47 (5 h8)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	640	Mwalimu Ally	TAN	21.83 (5 h9)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	11	Rubén Inácio	ANG	22.52 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	474	Ahmed Mohamed Sallouma	LBA	22.88 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	357	Henk Brouwer	NED	21.96 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	482	Roland Dagher	LBN	22.27w (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	596	Rudolph George	SLE	23.20 (6 h6)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	67	Lucien Josiah	BOT	22.45 (6 h7)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	186	Besha Tuffa	ETH	23.18 (6 h8)	–	–	–
6 h9 r1/4	592	Sheku Boima	SLE	22.93 (6 h9)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	588	Casimir Pereira	SEY	22.59 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h3 r1/4	354	Paul Haba	GUI	22.70 (7 h3)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	595	Walter During	SLE	23.12w (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h9 r1/4	467	Sitthixay Sacpraseuth	LAO	24.28 (7 h9)	–	–	–
AC h4 r1/4	737	Aleksandr Stasevich	URS	– (DNF h4)	–	–	–
AC h7 r1/4	502	Constantino Reis	MOZ	– (DNF h7)	–	–	–
DNS	112	Théophile Nkounkou	CGO	– (DNS h4)	–	–	–
DNS	114	Emmanuel Bitanga	CMR	– (DNS h4)	–	–	–
DNS	226	Pascal Barré	FRA	– (DNS h8)	–	–	–
DNS	453	Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi	KUW	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–
DNS	523	José Luis Elías	PER	– (DNS h4)	–	–	–
DNS	720	Vladimir Muravyov	URS	– (DNS h6)	–	–	–

Round One

Date	27 July 1980 — 10:30
Format	Top three in each heat and next five fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	451	Don Quarrie	JAM	20.87	Q
2	133	Silvio Leonard	CUB	20.95	Q
3	132	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	21.06	Q
4	355	James Gilkes	GUY	21.07	Q
5	669	Chris Brathwaite	TTO	21.13	Q
6	735	Nikolay Sidorov	URS	21.15	Q
7	246	Bernard Petitbois	FRA	21.16	Q
8	441	Colin Bradford	JAM	21.17w	Q
9	225	Joseph Arame	FRA	21.24	Q
10	433	Pietro Mennea	ITA	21.26	Q
11	75	Paulo Roberto Correia	BRA	21.27	Q
12	87	Vladimir Ivanov	BUL	21.28	q
13	529	Lech Dunecki	POL	21.30w	Q
14	376	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	21.34	Q
15	324	Olaf Prenzler	GDR	21.35	Q
=16	670	Andrew Bruce	TTO	21.36	Q
=16	537	Zenon Licznerski	POL	21.36	q
18	517	Peter Okodogbe	NGR	21.42	Q
19	269	Mike McFarlane	GBR	21.43	q
=20	73	Altevir de Araújo	BRA	21.49	q
=20	653	František Břečka	TCH	21.49	Q
22	283	Cameron Sharp	GBR	21.51	Q
23	309	Bernhard Hoff	GDR	21.53	Q
24	574	Boubacar Diallo	SEN	21.56	q
25	290	Allan Wells	GBR	21.57	Q
26	96	Petar Petrov	BUL	21.59w	Q
27	555	Marian Woronin	POL	21.63	Q
28	128	Tomás González	CUB	21.64	Q
29	761	Aleksandar Popović	YUG	21.65	Q
30	643	David Lukuba	TAN	21.76w
31	95	Pavel Pavlov	BUL	21.78	Q
32	510	Hameed Adio	NGR	21.79
33	379	István Nagy	HUN	21.80	Q
34	640	Mwalimu Ally	TAN	21.83
35	575	Cheikh Touradou Diouf	SEN	21.89
36	357	Henk Brouwer	NED	21.96
37	345	Nikolaos Angelopoulos	GRE	21.98
38	54	Pascal Aho	BEN	22.09w
39	639	Nabil Nahri	SYR	22.14
40	142	Gerardo Suero	DOM	22.16	Q
41	115	Gregory Illorson	CMR	22.21
42	482	Roland Dagher	LBN	22.27w
43	477	Joseph Letseka	LES	22.31
44	397	Perumal Subramanian	IND	22.39
45	67	Lucien Josiah	BOT	22.45
46	775	Alston Muziyo	ZAM	22.47
47	11	Rubén Inácio	ANG	22.52
48	588	Casimir Pereira	SEY	22.59
49	354	Paul Haba	GUI	22.70
50	474	Ahmed Mohamed Sallouma	LBA	22.88
51	592	Sheku Boima	SLE	22.93
52	595	Walter During	SLE	23.12w
53	186	Besha Tuffa	ETH	23.18
54	596	Rudolph George	SLE	23.20
55	467	Sitthixay Sacpraseuth	LAO	24.28
DNF	737	Aleksandr Stasevich	URS	–
DNF	502	Constantino Reis	MOZ	–
DNS	453	Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi	KUW	–
DNS	112	Théophile Nkounkou	CGO	–
DNS	114	Emmanuel Bitanga	CMR	–
DNS	523	José Luis Elías	PER	–
DNS	720	Vladimir Muravyov	URS	–
DNS	226	Pascal Barré	FRA	–

Heat #1

Wind	1.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	283	Cameron Sharp	GBR	21.51	Q
2	128	Tomás González	CUB	21.64	Q
3	95	Pavel Pavlov	BUL	21.78	Q
4	345	Nikolaos Angelopoulos	GRE	21.98
5	115	Gregory Illorson	CMR	22.21
6	11	Rubén Inácio	ANG	22.52
7	588	Casimir Pereira	SEY	22.59

Heat #2

Wind	1.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	433	Pietro Mennea	ITA	21.26	Q
2	376	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	21.34	Q
3	324	Olaf Prenzler	GDR	21.35	Q
4	269	Mike McFarlane	GBR	21.43	q
5	639	Nabil Nahri	SYR	22.14
6	474	Ahmed Mohamed Sallouma	LBA	22.88
DNS	453	Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi	KUW	–

Heat #3

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	451	Don Quarrie	JAM	20.87	Q
2	225	Joseph Arame	FRA	21.24	Q
3	517	Peter Okodogbe	NGR	21.42	Q
4	73	Altevir de Araújo	BRA	21.49	q
5	575	Cheikh Touradou Diouf	SEN	21.89
6	357	Henk Brouwer	NED	21.96
7	354	Paul Haba	GUI	22.70

Heat #4

Wind	1.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	555	Marian Woronin	POL	21.63	Q
2	379	István Nagy	HUN	21.80	Q
3	142	Gerardo Suero	DOM	22.16	Q
DNF	737	Aleksandr Stasevich	URS	–
DNS	112	Théophile Nkounkou	CGO	–
DNS	114	Emmanuel Bitanga	CMR	–
DNS	523	José Luis Elías	PER	–

Heat #5

Wind	2.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	441	Colin Bradford	JAM	21.17w	Q
2	529	Lech Dunecki	POL	21.30w	Q
3	96	Petar Petrov	BUL	21.59w	Q
4	643	David Lukuba	TAN	21.76w
5	54	Pascal Aho	BEN	22.09w
6	482	Roland Dagher	LBN	22.27w
7	595	Walter During	SLE	23.12w

Heat #6

Wind	1.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	670	Andrew Bruce	TTO	21.36	Q
2	290	Allan Wells	GBR	21.57	Q
3	761	Aleksandar Popović	YUG	21.65	Q
4	510	Hameed Adio	NGR	21.79
5	397	Perumal Subramanian	IND	22.39
6	596	Rudolph George	SLE	23.20
DNS	720	Vladimir Muravyov	URS	–

Heat #7

Wind	1.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	355	James Gilkes	GUY	21.07	Q
2	653	František Břečka	TCH	21.49	Q
3	309	Bernhard Hoff	GDR	21.53	Q
4	574	Boubacar Diallo	SEN	21.56	q
5	477	Joseph Letseka	LES	22.31
6	67	Lucien Josiah	BOT	22.45
DNF	502	Constantino Reis	MOZ	–

Heat #8

Wind	1.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	132	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	21.06	Q
2	669	Chris Brathwaite	TTO	21.13	Q
3	735	Nikolay Sidorov	URS	21.15	Q
4	87	Vladimir Ivanov	BUL	21.28	q
5	775	Alston Muziyo	ZAM	22.47
6	186	Besha Tuffa	ETH	23.18
DNS	226	Pascal Barré	FRA	–

Heat #9

Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	133	Silvio Leonard	CUB	20.95	Q
2	246	Bernard Petitbois	FRA	21.16	Q
3	75	Paulo Roberto Correia	BRA	21.27	Q
4	537	Zenon Licznerski	POL	21.36	q
5	640	Mwalimu Ally	TAN	21.83
6	592	Sheku Boima	SLE	22.93
7	467	Sitthixay Sacpraseuth	LAO	24.28

Quarter-Finals

Date	27 July 1980 — 18:25
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	290	Allan Wells	GBR	20.59	Q
2	433	Pietro Mennea	ITA	20.60	Q
=3	355	James Gilkes	GUY	20.83	Q
=3	735	Nikolay Sidorov	URS	20.83	Q
5	529	Lech Dunecki	POL	20.87	Q
=6	451	Don Quarrie	JAM	20.89	Q
=6	517	Peter Okodogbe	NGR	20.89	Q
8	324	Olaf Prenzler	GDR	20.89	Q
9	133	Silvio Leonard	CUB	20.93	Q
10	670	Andrew Bruce	TTO	20.94	Q
11	225	Joseph Arame	FRA	20.95	Q
=12	309	Bernhard Hoff	GDR	20.96	Q
=12	87	Vladimir Ivanov	BUL	20.96
14	555	Marian Woronin	POL	20.97	Q
=15	132	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	21.01	Q
=15	75	Paulo Roberto Correia	BRA	21.01
17	669	Chris Brathwaite	TTO	21.02
18	441	Colin Bradford	JAM	21.04
19	574	Boubacar Diallo	SEN	21.10
20	283	Cameron Sharp	GBR	21.16	Q
21	128	Tomás González	CUB	21.19
=22	537	Zenon Licznerski	POL	21.22
=22	73	Altevir de Araújo	BRA	21.22
24	376	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	21.24	Q
25	246	Bernard Petitbois	FRA	21.32
26	269	Mike McFarlane	GBR	21.33
27	95	Pavel Pavlov	BUL	21.35
28	379	István Nagy	HUN	21.38
29	653	František Břečka	TCH	21.47
30	761	Aleksandar Popović	YUG	21.66
31	142	Gerardo Suero	DOM	21.75
32	96	Petar Petrov	BUL	21.89

Heat #1

Wind	1.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	451	Don Quarrie	JAM	20.89	Q
2	555	Marian Woronin	POL	20.97	Q
3	132	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	21.01	Q
4	376	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	21.24	Q
5	246	Bernard Petitbois	FRA	21.32
6	269	Mike McFarlane	GBR	21.33
7	761	Aleksandar Popović	YUG	21.66
8	96	Petar Petrov	BUL	21.89

Heat #2

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	133	Silvio Leonard	CUB	20.93	Q
2	225	Joseph Arame	FRA	20.95	Q
3	309	Bernhard Hoff	GDR	20.96	Q
4	283	Cameron Sharp	GBR	21.16	Q
5	537	Zenon Licznerski	POL	21.22
6	379	István Nagy	HUN	21.38
7	653	František Břečka	TCH	21.47
8	142	Gerardo Suero	DOM	21.75

Heat #3

Wind	0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	290	Allan Wells	GBR	20.59	Q
2	355	James Gilkes	GUY	20.83	Q
3	517	Peter Okodogbe	NGR	20.89	Q
4	324	Olaf Prenzler	GDR	20.89	Q
5	669	Chris Brathwaite	TTO	21.02
6	441	Colin Bradford	JAM	21.04
7	73	Altevir de Araújo	BRA	21.22
8	95	Pavel Pavlov	BUL	21.35

Heat #4

Wind	1.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	433	Pietro Mennea	ITA	20.60	Q
2	735	Nikolay Sidorov	URS	20.83	Q
3	529	Lech Dunecki	POL	20.87	Q
4	670	Andrew Bruce	TTO	20.94	Q
5	87	Vladimir Ivanov	BUL	20.96
6	75	Paulo Roberto Correia	BRA	21.01
7	574	Boubacar Diallo	SEN	21.10
8	128	Tomás González	CUB	21.19

Semi-Finals

Date	28 July 1980 — 17:20
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	133	Silvio Leonard	CUB	20.61	Q
2	309	Bernhard Hoff	GDR	20.69	Q
3	433	Pietro Mennea	ITA	20.70	Q
4	555	Marian Woronin	POL	20.75	Q
5	290	Allan Wells	GBR	20.75	Q
6	451	Don Quarrie	JAM	20.76	Q
7	529	Lech Dunecki	POL	20.82	Q
8	355	James Gilkes	GUY	20.87
9	132	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	20.93	Q
10	324	Olaf Prenzler	GDR	21.00
11	517	Peter Okodogbe	NGR	21.03
12	225	Joseph Arame	FRA	21.05
13	670	Andrew Bruce	TTO	21.16
=14	376	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	21.17
=14	735	Nikolay Sidorov	URS	21.17
16	283	Cameron Sharp	GBR	21.24

Heat #1

Wind	-2.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	133	Silvio Leonard	CUB	20.61	Q
2	309	Bernhard Hoff	GDR	20.69	Q
3	555	Marian Woronin	POL	20.75	Q
4	290	Allan Wells	GBR	20.75	Q
5	355	James Gilkes	GUY	20.87
6	517	Peter Okodogbe	NGR	21.03
7	670	Andrew Bruce	TTO	21.16
8	376	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	21.17

Heat #2

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	433	Pietro Mennea	ITA	20.70	Q
2	451	Don Quarrie	JAM	20.76	Q
3	529	Lech Dunecki	POL	20.82	Q
4	132	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	20.93	Q
5	324	Olaf Prenzler	GDR	21.00
6	225	Joseph Arame	FRA	21.05
7	735	Nikolay Sidorov	URS	21.17
8	283	Cameron Sharp	GBR	21.24

Final Round

Date	28 July 1980 — 20:10
Wind	0.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	433	Pietro Mennea	ITA	20.19
2	290	Allan Wells	GBR	20.21
3	451	Don Quarrie	JAM	20.29
4	133	Silvio Leonard	CUB	20.30
5	309	Bernhard Hoff	GDR	20.50
6	529	Lech Dunecki	POL	20.68
7	555	Marian Woronin	POL	20.81
8	132	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	21.19