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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	Nr	Athlete	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	Hammed Adio	NGR	21.79 (4 h6)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	115	Grégoire 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 (27 July 1980 — 10:30)

Top three in each heat and next five fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One

Wind	1.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Cameron Sharp	GBR	21.51	Q
2	2	Tomás González	CUB	21.64	Q
3	5	Pavel Pavlov	BUL	21.78	Q
4	6	Nikolaos Angelopoulos	GRE	21.98
5	7	Grégoire Illorson	CMR	22.21
6	3	Rubén Inácio	ANG	22.52
7	4	Casimir Pereira	SEY	22.59

Heat Two

Wind	1.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	6	Pietro Mennea	ITA	21.26	Q
2	7	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	21.34	Q
3	4	Olaf Prenzler	GDR	21.35	Q
4	5	Mike McFarlane	GBR	21.43	q
5	2	Nabil Nahri	SYR	22.14
6	1	Ahmed Mohamed Sallouma	LBA	22.88
DNS	3	Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi	KUW	–

Heat Three

Wind	0.0 m/s

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

Heat Four

Wind	1.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Marian Woronin	POL	21.63	Q
2	4	István Nagy	HUN	21.80	Q
3	2	Gerardo Suero	DOM	22.16	Q
DNF	3	Aleksandr Stasevich	URS	–
DNS	1	Théophile Nkounkou	CGO	–
DNS	7	Emmanuel Bitanga	CMR	–
DNS	6	José Luis Elías	PER	–

Heat Five

Wind	2.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Colin Bradford	JAM	21.17w	Q
2	5	Lech Dunecki	POL	21.30w	Q
3	6	Petar Petrov	BUL	21.59w	Q
4	7	David Lukuba	TAN	21.76w
5	3	Pascal Aho	BEN	22.09w
6	2	Roland Dagher	LBN	22.27w
7	1	Walter During	SLE	23.12w

Heat Six

Wind	1.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	2	Andrew Bruce	TTO	21.36	Q
2	7	Allan Wells	GBR	21.57	Q
3	5	Aleksandar Popović	YUG	21.65	Q
4	3	Hammed Adio	NGR	21.79
5	6	Perumal Subramanian	IND	22.39
6	4	Rudolph George	SLE	23.20
DNS	1	Vladimir Muravyov	URS	–

Heat Seven

Wind	1.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	James Gilkes	GUY	21.07	Q
2	2	František Břečka	TCH	21.49	Q
3	7	Bernhard Hoff	GDR	21.53	Q
4	1	Boubacar Diallo	SEN	21.56	q
5	6	Joseph Letseka	LES	22.31
6	4	Lucien Josiah	BOT	22.45
DNF	3	Constantino Reis	MOZ	–

Heat Eight

Wind	1.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	6	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	21.06	Q
2	3	Chris Brathwaite	TTO	21.13	Q
3	2	Nikolay Sidorov	URS	21.15	Q
4	1	Vladimir Ivanov	BUL	21.28	q
5	5	Alston Muziyo	ZAM	22.47
6	4	Besha Tuffa	ETH	23.18
DNS	7	Pascal Barré	FRA	–

Heat Nine

Wind	0.1 m/s

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

Quarter-Finals (27 July 1980 — 18:25)

Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Wind	1.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Don Quarrie	JAM	20.89	Q
2	8	Marian Woronin	POL	20.97	Q
3	7	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	21.01	Q
4	4	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	21.24	Q
5	1	Bernard Petitbois	FRA	21.32
6	2	Mike McFarlane	GBR	21.33
7	6	Aleksandar Popović	YUG	21.66
8	3	Petar Petrov	BUL	21.89

Heat Two

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Silvio Leonard	CUB	20.93	Q
2	1	Joseph Arame	FRA	20.95	Q
3	8	Bernhard Hoff	GDR	20.96	Q
4	6	Cameron Sharp	GBR	21.16	Q
5	2	Zenon Licznerski	POL	21.22
6	5	István Nagy	HUN	21.38
7	7	František Břečka	TCH	21.47
8	3	Gerardo Suero	DOM	21.75

Heat Three

Wind	0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Allan Wells	GBR	20.59	Q
2	2	James Gilkes	GUY	20.83	Q
3	4	Peter Okodogbe	NGR	20.89	Q
4	6	Olaf Prenzler	GDR	20.89	Q
5	8	Chris Brathwaite	TTO	21.02
6	1	Colin Bradford	JAM	21.04
7	7	Altevir de Araújo	BRA	21.22
8	5	Pavel Pavlov	BUL	21.35

Heat Four

Wind	1.9 m/s

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

Semi-Finals (28 July 1980 — 17:20)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Wind	-2.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Silvio Leonard	CUB	20.61	Q
2	1	Bernhard Hoff	GDR	20.69	Q
3	7	Marian Woronin	POL	20.75	Q
4	3	Allan Wells	GBR	20.75	Q
5	6	James Gilkes	GUY	20.87
6	8	Peter Okodogbe	NGR	21.03
7	5	Andrew Bruce	TTO	21.16
8	2	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	21.17

Heat Two

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	2	Pietro Mennea	ITA	20.70	Q
2	3	Don Quarrie	JAM	20.76	Q
3	8	Lech Dunecki	POL	20.82	Q
4	6	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	20.93	Q
5	7	Olaf Prenzler	GDR	21.00
6	4	Joseph Arame	FRA	21.05
7	1	Nikolay Sidorov	URS	21.17
8	5	Cameron Sharp	GBR	21.24

Final (28 July 1980 — 20:10)

Wind	0.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	8	Pietro Mennea	ITA	20.19
2	7	Allan Wells	GBR	20.21
3	4	Don Quarrie	JAM	20.29
4	1	Silvio Leonard	CUB	20.30
5	3	Bernhard Hoff	GDR	20.50
6	5	Lech Dunecki	POL	20.68
7	2	Marian Woronin	POL	20.81
8	6	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	21.19