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100 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	26 – 27 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Plavatelny basseyn, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva
Participants	39 from 26 countries

The United States’ sprinters would have been favored in this event, led by Rowdy Gaines, who shortly after Moscow had best times of 49.61, which he had done twice. The world record holder, Jonty Skinner of South Africa, also was absent, because the IOC banned his nation due to their policy of apartheid in sporting events. In the semi-finals, East German teenager Jörg Woithe set a European record of 50.21 in the semi-finals, which made him only the fifth fastest performer ever. He was not quite as good in the final, going 50.40, but that was sufficient for the gold medal. He was surprisingly followed by two Swedes, Per Holmertz and Peter Johansson who won the silver and bronze medals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	147	Jörg Woithe	GDR	50.49 (1 h5)	50.21 (1 h2)	50.40 (1)	Gold
2	280	Per Holmertz	SWE	52.01 (1 h4)	51.19 (2 h2)	50.91 (2)	Silver
3	282	Per Johansson	SWE	52.11 (=1 h3)	51.42 (1 h1)	51.29 (3)	Bronze
4	312	Sergey Koplyakov	URS	52.08 (1 h2)	51.51 (3 h2)	51.34 (4)
5	218	Raffaele Franceschi	ITA	52.26 (3 h3)	51.87 (5 h2)	51.69 (5)
6	–	Sergey Krasyuk	URS	52.08 (1 h1)	51.81 (2 h1)	51.80 (6)
7	112	René Écuyer	FRA	52.09 (2 h4)	51.62 (4 h2)	52.01 (7)
8	6	Graeme Brewer	AUS	52.59 (4 h3)	51.91 (3 h1)	52.22 (8)
9	293	Per Wikström	SWE	52.29 (2 h1)	52.15 (4 h1)	–
10	26	Mark Tonelli	AUS	52.04 (3 h5)	52.17 (5 h1)	–
=11	103	David López-Zubero	ESP	52.43 (2 h2)	52.18 (6 h2)	–
=11	335	Sergey Smiryagin	URS	52.21 (3 h4)	52.18 (6 h1)	–
13	132	Martin Smith	GBR	51.88 (2 h5)	52.41 (7 h1)	–
14	–	Neil Brooks	AUS	52.11 (=1 h3)	52.70 (7 h2)	–
15	176	Cees Vervoorn	NED	52.57 (4 h5)	52.73 (8 h2)	–
16	40	Jorge Fernandes	BRA	52.51 (4 h4)	52.91 (8 h1)	–
17	342	Alberto Mestre	VEN	52.62 (5 h4)	–	–
18	134	Mark Taylor	GBR	52.65 (3 h2)	–	–
19	266	Stéfan Voléry	SUI	52.68 (3 h1)	–	–
20	225	Fabrizio Rampazzo	ITA	52.71 (4 h1)	–	–
21	–	Paolo Revelli	ITA	52.74 (4 h2)	–	–
22	30	Herwig Bayer	AUT	52.79 (5 h5)	–	–
23	251	Rui de Abreu	POR	52.85 (5 h1)	–	–
24	367	Guy Goosen	ZIM	52.87 (5 h2)	–	–
25	139	Frank Kühne	GDR	52.93 (6 h5)	–	–
26	39	Cyro Delgado	BRA	53.00 (6 h4)	–	–
27	102	Ramón Lavín	ESP	53.45 (5 h3)	–	–
28	54	Tsvetan Golomeev	BUL	53.50 (6 h3)	–	–
29	68	Yuliyan Vasilev	BUL	53.61 (6 h2)	–	–
30	192	Gábor Mészáros	HUN	54.41 (6 h1)	–	–
31	–	Mohamed Halimi	ALG	55.16 (7 h3)	–	–
32	348	Tô Văn Vệ	VIE	56.75 (7 h5)	–	–
33	–	Lakis Fylaktou	CYP	57.41 (7 h2)	–	–
34	375	Adham Hemdan	KUW	58.33 (7 h4)	–	–
35	378	Jorge Lima	ANG	59.39 (8 h2)	–	–
36	231	Abdulwahab Werfeli	LBA	1:01.55 (7 h1)	–	–
37	502	Bilall Yamout	LBN	1:03.48 (8 h1)	–	–
38	232	Zoë Andrianifaha	MAD	1:04.92 (8 h3)	–	–
39	242	Edgar Martins	MOZ	1:06.17 (8 h5)	–	–
DNS	208	David Cummins	IRL	– (DNS h4)	–	–

Round One

Date	26 July 1980 — 10:00
Format	Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Jörg Woithe	GDR	50.49	Q
2	–	Martin Smith	GBR	51.88	Q
3	–	Per Holmertz	SWE	52.01	Q
4	–	Mark Tonelli	AUS	52.04	Q
=5	–	Sergey Krasyuk	URS	52.08	Q
=5	–	Sergey Koplyakov	URS	52.08	Q
7	–	René Écuyer	FRA	52.09	Q
=8	–	Per Johansson	SWE	52.11	Q
=8	–	Neil Brooks	AUS	52.11	Q
10	–	Sergey Smiryagin	URS	52.21	Q
11	–	Raffaele Franceschi	ITA	52.26
12	–	Per Wikström	SWE	52.29	Q
13	–	David López-Zubero	ESP	52.43	Q
14	–	Jorge Fernandes	BRA	52.51	Q
15	–	Cees Vervoorn	NED	52.57	Q
16	–	Graeme Brewer	AUS	52.59
17	–	Alberto Mestre	VEN	52.62
18	–	Mark Taylor	GBR	52.65
19	–	Stéfan Voléry	SUI	52.68
20	–	Fabrizio Rampazzo	ITA	52.71
21	–	Paolo Revelli	ITA	52.74
22	–	Herwig Bayer	AUT	52.79
23	–	Rui de Abreu	POR	52.85
24	–	Guy Goosen	ZIM	52.87
25	–	Frank Kühne	GDR	52.93
26	–	Cyro Delgado	BRA	53.00
27	–	Ramón Lavín	ESP	53.45
28	–	Tsvetan Golomeev	BUL	53.50
29	–	Yuliyan Vasilev	BUL	53.61
30	–	Gábor Mészáros	HUN	54.41
31	–	Mohamed Halimi	ALG	55.16
32	–	Tô Văn Vệ	VIE	56.75
33	–	Lakis Fylaktou	CYP	57.41
34	–	Adham Hemdan	KUW	58.33
35	–	Jorge Lima	ANG	59.39
36	–	Abdulwahab Werfeli	LBA	1:01.55
37	–	Bilall Yamout	LBN	1:03.48
38	–	Zoë Andrianifaha	MAD	1:04.92
39	–	Edgar Martins	MOZ	1:06.17
DNS	–	David Cummins	IRL	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Sergey Krasyuk	URS	52.08	25.24 (2)	26.84 (2)	Q
2	–	Per Wikström	SWE	52.29	25.48 (3)	26.81 (1)	Q
3	–	Stéfan Voléry	SUI	52.68	25.53 (4)	27.15 (4)
4	–	Fabrizio Rampazzo	ITA	52.71	25.74 (5)	26.97 (3)
5	–	Rui de Abreu	POR	52.85	25.07 (1)	27.78 (5)
6	–	Gábor Mészáros	HUN	54.41	26.41 (6)	28.00 (6)
7	–	Abdulwahab Werfeli	LBA	1:01.55	28.72 (7)	32.83 (7)
8	–	Bilall Yamout	LBN	1:03.48	28.98 (8)	34.50 (8)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Sergey Koplyakov	URS	52.08	25.10 (2)	26.98 (1)	Q
2	–	David López-Zubero	ESP	52.43	25.26 (3)	27.17 (3)	Q
3	–	Mark Taylor	GBR	52.65	25.07 (1)	27.58 (6)
4	–	Paolo Revelli	ITA	52.74	25.54 (4)	27.20 (4)
5	–	Guy Goosen	ZIM	52.87	25.73 (5)	27.14 (2)
6	–	Yuliyan Vasilev	BUL	53.61	26.18 (6)	27.43 (5)
7	–	Lakis Fylaktou	CYP	57.41	27.91 (7)	29.50 (7)
8	–	Jorge Lima	ANG	59.39	28.26 (8)	31.13 (8)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
=1	–	Per Johansson	SWE	52.11	25.23 (=2)	26.88 (1)	Q
=1	–	Neil Brooks	AUS	52.11	24.76 (1)	27.35 (3)	Q
3	–	Raffaele Franceschi	ITA	52.26	25.33 (5)	26.93 (2)
4	–	Graeme Brewer	AUS	52.59	25.23 (=2)	27.36 (4)
5	–	Ramón Lavín	ESP	53.45	25.30 (4)	28.15 (6)
6	–	Tsvetan Golomeev	BUL	53.50	25.82 (6)	27.68 (5)
7	–	Mohamed Halimi	ALG	55.16	26.72 (7)	28.44 (7)
8	–	Zoë Andrianifaha	MAD	1:04.92	30.56 (8)	34.36 (8)

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Per Holmertz	SWE	52.01	24.91 (2)	27.10 (3)	Q
2	–	René Écuyer	FRA	52.09	24.71 (1)	27.38 (5)	Q
3	–	Sergey Smiryagin	URS	52.21	25.36 (=3)	26.85 (1)	Q
4	–	Jorge Fernandes	BRA	52.51	25.58 (6)	26.93 (2)	Q
5	–	Alberto Mestre	VEN	52.62	25.36 (=3)	27.26 (4)
6	–	Cyro Delgado	BRA	53.00	25.56 (5)	27.44 (6)
7	–	Adham Hemdan	KUW	58.33	27.69 (7)	30.64 (7)
DNS	–	David Cummins	IRL	–	– (–)	–

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Jörg Woithe	GDR	50.49	24.61 (1)	25.88 (1)	Q
2	–	Martin Smith	GBR	51.88	24.78 (2)	27.10 (3)	Q
3	–	Mark Tonelli	AUS	52.04	25.28 (4)	26.76 (2)	Q
4	–	Cees Vervoorn	NED	52.57	25.42 (5)	27.15 (4)	Q
5	–	Herwig Bayer	AUT	52.79	25.02 (3)	27.77 (6)
6	–	Frank Kühne	GDR	52.93	25.65 (6)	27.28 (5)
7	–	Tô Văn Vệ	VIE	56.75	26.50 (7)	30.25 (7)
8	–	Edgar Martins	MOZ	1:06.17	30.93 (8)	35.24 (8)

Semi-Finals

Date	26 July 1980 — 18:30
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Jörg Woithe	GDR	50.21	Q
2	–	Per Holmertz	SWE	51.19	Q
3	–	Per Johansson	SWE	51.42	Q
4	–	Sergey Koplyakov	URS	51.51	Q
5	–	René Écuyer	FRA	51.62	Q
6	–	Sergey Krasyuk	URS	51.81	Q
7	–	Raffaele Franceschi	ITA	51.87	Q
8	–	Graeme Brewer	AUS	51.91	Q
9	–	Per Wikström	SWE	52.15
10	–	Mark Tonelli	AUS	52.17
=11	–	Sergey Smiryagin	URS	52.18
=11	–	David López-Zubero	ESP	52.18
13	–	Martin Smith	GBR	52.41
14	–	Neil Brooks	AUS	52.70
15	–	Cees Vervoorn	NED	52.73
16	–	Jorge Fernandes	BRA	52.91

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Per Johansson	SWE	51.42	24.96 (1)	26.46 (1)	Q
2	–	Sergey Krasyuk	URS	51.81	25.02 (2)	26.79 (2)	Q
3	–	Graeme Brewer	AUS	51.91	25.10 (3)	26.81 (3)	Q
4	–	Per Wikström	SWE	52.15	25.20 (5)	26.95 (5)
5	–	Mark Tonelli	AUS	52.17	25.15 (4)	27.02 (6)
6	–	Sergey Smiryagin	URS	52.18	25.30 (7)	26.88 (4)
7	–	Martin Smith	GBR	52.41	25.25 (6)	27.16 (7)
8	–	Jorge Fernandes	BRA	52.91	25.59 (8)	27.32 (8)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Jörg Woithe	GDR	50.21	24.45 (2)	25.76 (1)	Q
2	–	Per Holmertz	SWE	51.19	24.78 (3)	26.41 (2)	Q
3	–	Sergey Koplyakov	URS	51.51	24.90 (5)	26.61 (3)	Q
4	–	René Écuyer	FRA	51.62	24.21 (1)	27.41 (7)	Q
5	–	Raffaele Franceschi	ITA	51.87	25.18 (6)	26.69 (4)	Q
6	–	David López-Zubero	ESP	52.18	25.21 (7)	26.97 (=5)
7	–	Neil Brooks	AUS	52.70	24.82 (4)	27.88 (8)
8	–	Cees Vervoorn	NED	52.73	25.76 (8)	26.97 (=5)

Final Round

Date	27 July 1980 — 20:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Jörg Woithe	GDR	50.40	24.05 (1)	26.35 (3)
2	–	Per Holmertz	SWE	50.91	24.59 (=3)	26.32 (2)
3	–	Per Johansson	SWE	51.29	24.36 (2)	26.93 (6)
4	–	Sergey Koplyakov	URS	51.34	25.23 (7)	26.11 (1)
5	–	Raffaele Franceschi	ITA	51.69	25.31 (8)	26.38 (4)
6	–	Sergey Krasyuk	URS	51.80	25.11 (6)	26.69 (5)
7	–	René Écuyer	FRA	52.01	24.59 (=3)	27.42 (8)
8	–	Graeme Brewer	AUS	52.22	24.99 (5)	27.23 (7)