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4 x 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	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Australia	AUS	3:48.94 (2 h2)	3:45.70 (1)	Gold
	Mark Kerry • Peter Evans • Mark Tonelli • Neil Brooks • Glenn Patching
2	Soviet Union	URS	3:48.83 (1 h2)	3:45.92 (2)	Silver
	Viktor Kuznetsov • Arsens Miskarovs • Yevgeny Seredin • Sergey Koplyakov • Vladimir Shemetov • Aleksandr Fedorovsky • Aleksey Markovsky • Sergey Krasyuk
3	Great Britain	GBR	3:51.66 (1 h1)	3:47.71 (3)	Bronze
	Gary Abraham • Duncan Goodhew • David Lowe • Martin Smith • Paul Marshall • Mark Taylor • Leigh Atkinson (DNS) • Philip Hubble (DNS)
4	East Germany	GDR	3:51.40 (4 h2)	3:48.25 (4)
	Dietmar Göhring • Jörg Walter • Roger Pyttel • Jörg Woithe • Frank Kühne
5	France	FRA	3:52.87 (2 h1)	3:49.19 (5)
	Frédéric Delcourt • Olivier Borios • Xavier Savin • René Écuyer
6	Hungary	HUN	3:50.54 (3 h2)	3:50.29 (6)
	Sándor Wladár • János Dzvonyár • Zoltán Verrasztó • Gábor Mészáros
7	Netherlands	NED	3:52.33 (5 h2)	3:51.81 (7)
	Fred Eefting • Albert Boonstra • Cees Vervoorn • Cees Jan Winkel • Peter Drost (DNS)
8	Brazil	BRA	3:53.32 (6 h2)	3:53.24 (8)
	Rômulo Arantes • Sérgio Ribeiro • Cláudio Kestener • Jorge Fernandes • Cyro Delgado
9	Spain	ESP	3:54.79 (3 h1)	–
	Moisés Gosálvez • Gustavo Torrijos • David López-Zubero • Ramón Lavín • Rafael Escalas (DNS)
10	Bulgaria	BUL	3:58.35 (4 h1)	–
	Branimir Popov • Plamen Aleksandrov • Yuliyan Vasilev • Tsvetan Golomeev • Georgi Dangalakov (DNS)
11	Angola	ANG	4:35.11 (5 h1)	–
	Fernando Lopes • Francisco Lopes dos Santos • Marcos Daniel • Jorge Lima • António Monteiro (DNS)
DQ	Vietnam	VIE	[4:17.41] (DQ h2)	–
	Phạm Văn Thành • Nguyễn Mạnh Tuấn • Thương Ngọc Tơn • Tô Văn Vệ
DQ	Sweden	SWE	– (DQ h1)	–
	Michael Söderlund • Peter Berggren • Per-Alvar Magnusson • Per Holmertz

Round One (24 July 1980 — 11:00)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	5	Great Britain	GBR		3:51.66		Q
		Paul Marshall		–	59.04	59.04 (1)
		Duncan Goodhew		–	1:04.44	2:03.48 (1)
		David Lowe		–	56.03	2:59.51 (1)
		Mark Taylor		–	52.15	3:51.66 (1)
2	3	France	FRA		3:52.87		Q
		Frédéric Delcourt		–	59.38	59.38 (2)
		Olivier Borios		–	1:05.78	2:05.16 (2)
		Xavier Savin		–	55.85	3:01.01 (2)
		René Écuyer		–	51.86	3:52.87 (2)
3	7	Spain	ESP		3:54.79
		Moisés Gosálvez		–	1:01.20	1:01.20 (3)
		Gustavo Torrijos		–	1:05.96	2:07.16 (3)
		David López-Zubero		–	54.86	3:02.02 (3)
		Ramón Lavín		–	52.77	3:54.79 (3)
4	6	Bulgaria	BUL		3:58.35
		Branimir Popov		–	1:01.06	1:01.06 (4)
		Plamen Aleksandrov		–	1:07.12	2:08.18 (4)
		Yuliyan Vasilev		–	58.03	3:06.21 (4)
		Tsvetan Golomeev		–	52.14	3:58.35 (4)
5	2	Angola	ANG		4:35.11
		Fernando Lopes		–	1:14.06	1:14.06 (5)
		Francisco Lopes dos Santos		–	1:17.50	2:31.56 (5)
		Marcos Daniel		–	1:04.35	3:35.91 (5)
		Jorge Lima		–	59.20	4:35.11 (5)
DQ	4	Sweden	SWE		–
		Michael Söderlund		–	–	– (AC)
		Peter Berggren		–	–	– (AC)
		Per-Alvar Magnusson		–	–	– (AC)
		Per Holmertz		–	–	– (AC)

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	Soviet Union	URS		3:48.83		Q
		Vladimir Shemetov		–	58.02	58.02 (1)
		Aleksandr Fedorovsky		–	1:03.91	2:01.93 (1)
		Aleksey Markovsky		–	55.17	2:57.10 (1)
		Sergey Krasyuk		–	51.73	3:48.83 (1)
2	5	Australia	AUS		3:48.94		Q
		Glenn Patching		–	58.56	58.56 (2)
		Peter Evans		–	1:03.96	2:02.52 (2)
		Mark Tonelli		–	56.03	2:58.55 (2)
		Neil Brooks		–	50.39	3:48.94 (2)
3	3	Hungary	HUN		3:50.54		Q
		Sándor Wladár		–	57.51	57.51 (3)
		János Dzvonyár		–	1:03.80	2:01.31 (3)
		Zoltán Verrasztó		–	56.19	2:57.50 (3)
		Gábor Mészáros		–	53.04	3:50.54 (3)
4	7	East Germany	GDR		3:51.40		Q
		Dietmar Göhring		–	58.43	58.43 (4)
		Jörg Walter		–	1:05.63	2:04.06 (4)
		Roger Pyttel		–	55.24	2:59.30 (4)
		Frank Kühne		–	52.10	3:51.40 (4)
5	1	Netherlands	NED		3:52.33		Q
		Fred Eefting		–	58.20	58.20 (5)
		Albert Boonstra		–	1:05.28	2:03.48 (5)
		Cees Vervoorn		–	55.32	2:58.80 (5)
		Cees Jan Winkel		–	53.53	3:52.33 (5)
6	6	Brazil	BRA		3:53.32		Q
		Rômulo Arantes		–	58.27	58.27 (6)
		Sérgio Ribeiro		–	1:06.03	2:04.30 (6)
		Cláudio Kestener		–	57.03	3:01.33 (6)
		Cyro Delgado		–	51.99	3:53.32 (6)
DQ	2	Vietnam	VIE		[4:17.41]
		Phạm Văn Thành		–	1:06.99	1:06.99 (AC)
		Nguyễn Mạnh Tuấn		–	1:10.75	2:17.74 (AC)
		Thương Ngọc Tơn		–	1:03.07	3:20.81 (AC)
		Tô Văn Vệ		–	56.60	4:17.41 (AC)

Final (24 July 1980 — 20:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	5	Australia	AUS		3:45.70
		Mark Kerry		–	57.89	57.89 (1)
		Peter Evans		–	1:03.01	2:00.90 (1)
		Mark Tonelli		–	54.94	2:55.84 (1)
		Neil Brooks		–	49.86	3:45.70 (1)
2	4	Soviet Union	URS		3:45.92
		Viktor Kuznetsov		–	56.81	56.81 (2)
		Arsens Miskarovs		–	1:03.64	2:00.45 (2)
		Yevgeny Seredin		–	54.58	2:55.03 (2)
		Sergey Koplyakov		–	50.89	3:45.92 (2)
3	2	Great Britain	GBR		3:47.71
		Gary Abraham		–	57.72	57.72 (3)
		Duncan Goodhew		–	1:03.73	2:01.45 (3)
		David Lowe		–	55.57	2:57.02 (3)
		Martin Smith		–	50.69	3:47.71 (3)
4	6	East Germany	GDR		3:48.25
		Dietmar Göhring		–	58.34	58.34 (4)
		Jörg Walter		–	1:05.14	2:03.48 (4)
		Roger Pyttel		–	54.81	2:58.29 (4)
		Jörg Woithe		–	49.96	3:48.25 (4)
5	1	France	FRA		3:49.19
		Frédéric Delcourt		–	58.84	58.84 (5)
		Olivier Borios		–	1:05.14	2:03.98 (5)
		Xavier Savin		–	55.07	2:59.05 (5)
		René Écuyer		–	50.14	3:49.19 (5)
6	3	Hungary	HUN		3:50.29
		Sándor Wladár		–	57.30	57.30 (6)
		János Dzvonyár		–	1:04.12	2:01.42 (6)
		Zoltán Verrasztó		–	55.72	2:57.14 (6)
		Gábor Mészáros		–	53.15	3:50.29 (6)
7	7	Netherlands	NED		3:51.81
		Fred Eefting		–	58.37	58.37 (7)
		Albert Boonstra		–	1:05.49	2:03.86 (7)
		Cees Vervoorn		–	54.92	2:58.78 (7)
		Cees Jan Winkel		–	53.03	3:51.81 (7)
8	8	Brazil	BRA		3:53.24
		Rômulo Arantes		–	57.99	57.99 (8)
		Sérgio Ribeiro		–	1:05.68	2:03.67 (8)
		Cláudio Kestener		–	57.33	3:01.00 (8)
		Jorge Fernandes		–	52.24	3:53.24 (8)