Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
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These are the official results of the Men's 4 × 100 metre relay event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. There were a total number of 16 nations competing. The top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.[1]
Final
editThe final was held on Friday 1 August 1980, at the Lenin Stadium
| RANK | NATION | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
|
 Soviet Union (URS)
|
• Vladimir Muravyov • Nikolai Sidorov • Aleksandr Aksinin • Andrey Prokofyev |
38.26 |
|
 Poland (POL)
|
• Krzysztof Zwoliński • Zenon Licznerski • Leszek Dunecki • Marian Woronin |
38.33 |
|
 France (FRA)
|
• Antoine Richard • Pascal Barré • Patrick Barré • Hermann Panzo |
38.53 |
| 4. | Great Britain (GBR)
|
• Mike McFarlane • Allan Wells • Cameron Sharp • Drew McMaster |
38.62 |
| 5. |  East Germany (GDR)
|
• Sören Schlegel • Eugen Ray • Bernhard Hoff • Thomas Munkelt |
38.73 |
| 6. |  Bulgaria (BUL)
|
• Pavel Pavlov • Vladimir Ivanov • Ivaylo Karanyotov • Petar Petrov |
38.99 |
| 7. |  Nigeria (NGR)
|
• Hammed Adio • Kayode Elegbede • Samson Oyeledun • Peter Okodogbe |
39.12 |
| 8. |  Brazil (BRA)
|
• Milton de Castro • Nelson dos Santos • Katsuhiko Nakaya • Altevir de Araújo |
39.54 |
Heats
editThere were two heats which took place on 31 July 1980 at the Lenin Stadium. The first three in each heat and fastest two others advanced to the final.
| RANK | NATION | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Soviet Union (URS)
|
• Vladimir Muravyov • Nikolai Sidorov • Aleksandr Aksinin • Andrey Prokofyev |
38.68 |
| 2. | France (FRA)
|
• Antoine Richard • Pascal Barré • Patrick Barré • Hermann Panzo |
39.01 |
| 3. | Bulgaria (BUL)
|
• Pavel Pavlov • Vladimir Ivanov • Ivaylo Karanyotov • Petar Petrov |
39.25 |
| 4. |  Jamaica (JAM)
|
• Don Quarrie • Colin Bradford • Michael Davis • Albert Lawrence |
39.71 |
| 5. |  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
|
• Edwin Noel • Hasely Crawford • Christopher Brathwaite • Andrew Bruce |
39.74 |
| 6. |  Senegal (SEN)
|
• Boubacar Diallo • Momar N'Dao • Cheikh Touradou Diouf • Issa Fall |
40.25 |
| 7. |  Seychelles (SEY)
|
• Marc Larose • Régis Tranquille • Casimir Pereira • Vincent Confait |
41.71 |
| 8. |  Cuba (CUB)
|
• Osvaldo Lara • Alejandro Casañas • Silvio Leonard • Tomás González |
DNF |
| RANK | NATION | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | East Germany (GDR)
|
• Sören Schlegel • Eugen Ray • Bernhard Hoff • Thomas Munkelt |
38.65 |
| 2. | Poland (POL)
|
• Krzysztof Zwoliński • Zenon Licznerski • Leszek Dunecki • Marian Woronin |
38.83 |
| 3. | Great Britain (GBR)
|
• Mike McFarlane • Allan Wells • Cameron Sharp • Drew McMaster |
39.20 |
| 4=. | Nigeria (NGR)
|
• Hammed Adio • Kayode Elegbede • Samson Oyeledun • Peter Okodogbe |
39.48 |
| 4=. | Brazil (BRA)
|
• Milton de Castro • Nelson dos Santos • Katsuhiko Nakaya • Altevir de Araújo |
39.48 |
| 6. |  Hungary (HUN)
|
• István Tatár • István Nagy • László Babály Sr. • Ferenc Kiss |
39.97 |
| 7. |  Republic of the Congo (CGO)
|
• Louis Nkanza • Théophile Nkounkou • Jean-Pierre Bassegela • Antoine Kiakouama |
40.09 |
| 8. |  Sierra Leone (SLE)
|
• Rudolph George • Sheku Boima • William Akabi-Davis • Walter During |
42.53 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2017.