# Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Swimming as usual was one of the three aquatics disciplines at the 1980 Summer Olympics—the other two being Water Polo and Diving. It was held in the Swimming Pool of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex between July 20 and July 27. There was a total of 333 participants from 41 countries competing.
Because the number of participants was reduced by the boycott, FINA broke format by doing away with the semifinals. Instead, the top 8 finishers from the heats qualified directly for the final, or final A as it was called. In events up to 400m, those that finished 9th to 16th in the heats would swim in Final B for the 9th place after the swimmers from Final A swam. This would continue as the Olympic format up to the 1996 Olympic Games.

## Participating nations

333 swimmers from 41 nations competed.
* Algeria (5)
* Angola (5)
* Australia (17)
* Austria (5)
* Belgium (7)
* Brazil (9)
* Bulgaria (13)
* Colombia (2)
* Costa Rica (2)
* Cyprus (4)
* Czechoslovakia (5)
* Denmark (1)
* East Germany (30)
* Ecuador (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (13)
* Great Britain (29)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (13)
* Ireland (3)
* Italy (13)
* Kuwait (3)
* Lebanon (2)
* Libya (4)
* Madagascar (3)
* Mexico (7)
* Mozambique (5)
* Netherlands (12)
* Nicaragua (1)
* Peru (4)
* Poland (8)
* Portugal (2)
* Romania (5)
* Soviet Union (39)
* Spain (11)
* Sweden (24)
* Switzerland (3)
* Venezuela (3)
* Vietnam (11)
* Yugoslavia (3)
* Zimbabwe (2)

## Medal table

* Host nation (Soviet Union)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 12 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS)* | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |

## Men's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Jörg Woithe (GDR) | 50.40 | Per Holmertz (SWE) | 50.91 | Per Johansson (SWE) | 51.29 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Sergey Koplyakov (URS) | 1:49.81 OR | Andrey Krylov (URS) | 1:50.76 | Graeme Brewer (AUS) | 1:51.60 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | 3:51.31 OR | Andrey Krylov (URS) | 3:53.24 | Ivar Stukolkin (URS) | 3:53.95 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | 14:58.27 WR | Aleksandr Chayev (URS) | 15:14.30 | Max Metzker (AUS) | 15:14.49 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Bengt Baron (SWE) | 56.53 | Viktor Kuznetsov (URS) | 56.99 | Vladimir Dolgov (URS) | 57.63 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Sándor Wladár (HUN) | 2:01.93 | Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) | 2:02.40 | Mark Kerry (AUS) | 2:03.14 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Duncan Goodhew (GBR) | 1:03.34 | Arsens Miskarovs (URS) | 1:03.82 | Peter Evans (AUS) | 1:03.96 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Robertas Žulpa (URS) | 2:15.85 | Albán Vermes (HUN) | 2:16.93 | Arsens Miskarovs (URS) | 2:17.28 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Pär Arvidsson (SWE) | 54.92 | Roger Pyttel (GDR) | 54.94 | David López-Zubero (ESP) | 55.13 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Sergey Fesenko (URS) | 1:59.76 | Phil Hubble (GBR) | 2:01.20 | Roger Pyttel (GDR) | 2:01.39 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) | 4:22.89 OR | Sergey Fesenko (URS) | 4:23.43 | Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) | 4:24.24 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Soviet Union (URS) Sergey Kopliakov Vladimir Salnikov Ivar Stukolkin Andrey Krylov Sergey Rusin* Sergey Krasyuk* Yuri Presekin* | 7:23.50 | East Germany (GDR) Frank Pfütze Jörg Woithe Detlev Grabs Rainer Strohbach Frank Kühne* | 7:28.60 | Brazil (BRA) Jorge Fernandes Marcus Mattioli Cyro Marques Djan Madruga | 7:29.30 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Australia (AUS) Mark Kerry Peter Evans Mark Tonelli Neil Brooks Glenn Patching* | 3:45.70 | Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Kuznetsov Arsens Miskarovs Yevgeny Seredin Sergey Kopliakov Vladimir Shemetov* Aleksandr Fedorovsky* Aleksey Markovsky* Sergey Krasyuk* | 3:45.92 | Great Britain (GBR) Gary Abraham Duncan Goodhew David Lowe Martin Smith Paul Marshall* Mark Taylor* | 3:47.71 |
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

## Women's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Barbara Krause (GDR) | 54.79 WR | Caren Metschuck (GDR) | 55.16 | Ines Diers (GDR) | 55.65 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Barbara Krause (GDR) | 1:58.33 OR | Ines Diers (GDR) | 1:59.64 | Carmela Schmidt (GDR) | 2:01.44 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Ines Diers (GDR) | 4:08.76 OR | Petra Schneider (GDR) | 4:09.16 | Carmela Schmidt (GDR) | 4:10.86 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Michelle Ford (AUS) | 8:28.90 OR | Ines Diers (GDR) | 8:32.55 | Heike Dähne (GDR) | 8:33.48 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Rica Reinisch (GDR) | 1:00.86 WR | Ina Kleber (GDR) | 1:02.07 | Petra Riedel (GDR) | 1:02.64 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Rica Reinisch (GDR) | 2:11.77 WR | Cornelia Polit (GDR) | 2:13.75 | Birgit Treiber (GDR) | 2:14.14 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Ute Geweniger (GDR) | 1:10.22 | Elvira Vasilkova (URS) | 1:10.41 | Susanne Nielsson (DEN) | 1:11.16 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Lina Kačiušytė (URS) | 2:29.54 OR | Svetlana Varganova (URS) | 2:29.61 | Yuliya Bogdanova (URS) | 2:32.39 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Caren Metschuck (GDR) | 1:00.42 | Andrea Pollack (GDR) | 1:00.90 | Christiane Knacke (GDR) | 1:01.44 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Ines Geißler (GDR) | 2:10.44 OR | Sybille Schönrock (GDR) | 2:10.45 | Michelle Ford (AUS) | 2:11.66 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Petra Schneider (GDR) | 4:36.29 WR | Sharron Davies (GBR) | 4:46.83 | Agnieszka Czopek (POL) | 4:48.17 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | East Germany (GDR) Barbara Krause Caren Metschuck Ines Diers Sarina Hülsenbeck Carmela Schmidt* | 3:42.71 WR | Sweden (SWE) Carina Ljungdahl Tina Gustafsson Agneta Mårtensson Agneta Eriksson Birgitta Jönsson* Helena Peterson* | 3:48.93 | Netherlands (NED) Conny van Bentum Wilma van Velsen Reggie de Jong Annelies Maas | 3:49.51 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | East Germany (GDR) Rica Reinisch Ute Geweniger Andrea Pollack Caren Metschuck Sarina Hülsenbeck* | 4:06.67 WR | Great Britain (GBR) Helen Jameson Margaret Kelly Ann Osgerby June Croft | 4:12.24 | Soviet Union (URS) Yelena Kruglova Elvira Vasilkova Alla Grishchenkova Natalya Strunnikova Irina Aksyonova* Olga Klevakina* | 4:13.61 |
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

## Gallery of the medalists

Some of the Olympic medalists in Moscow:
* Jörg Woithe, winner of the 100-metre freestyle.
* Bengt Baron, winner of the 100-metre backstroke.
* Barbara Krause, winner of the 100-metre freestyle, 200-metre freestyle, and 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay.
* Vladimir Salnikov, winner of the 400-metre freestyle, 1500-metre freestyle, and 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay.
* Petra Schneider, winner of the 400-metre individual medley.