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200 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	21 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Plavatelny basseyn, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva
Participants	42 from 24 countries

The world record had been set by American Rowdy Gaines in April 1980 at a meet in Austin, Texas. He had been silver medalist at this event at the 1978 World Championships, won by his teammate, Bill Forrester, but both watched from afar. The bronze medalist at the 1978 World was Soviet Sergey Koplyakov, who won the gold medal in Moscow in an Olympic record 1:49.81. This was one of only four men’s Olympic records that was bettered in Moscow.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	312	Sergey Koplyakov	URS	1:51.04 (1 h6)	1:49.81 (1)	Gold
2	316	Andrey Krylov	URS	1:51.21 (1 h5)	1:50.76 (2)	Silver
3	6	Graeme Brewer	AUS	1:51.92 (2 h6)	1:51.60 (3)	Bronze
4	147	Jörg Woithe	GDR	1:52.33 (1 h4)	1:51.86 (4)
5	17	Ron McKeon	AUS	1:52.66 (2 h4)	1:52.60 (5)
6	–	Paolo Revelli	ITA	1:52.56 (1 h1)	1:52.76 (6)
7	284	Thomas Lejdström	SWE	1:53.04 (3 h4)	1:52.94 (7)
8	225	Fabrizio Rampazzo	ITA	1:52.62 (1 h2)	1:53.25 (8)
9	103	David López-Zubero	ESP	1:53.22 (1 h3)	–
10	115	Fabien Noël	FRA	1:53.25 (2 h2)	–
11	136	Detlev Grabs	GDR	1:53.38 (2 h5)	–
12	337	Ivar Stukolkin	URS	1:53.44 (2 h3)	–
13	293	Per Wikström	SWE	1:53.59 (2 h1)	–
14	139	Frank Kühne	GDR	1:53.63 (3 h6)	–
15	132	Martin Smith	GBR	1:54.17 (4 h4)	–
16	40	Jorge Fernandes	BRA	1:54.32 (3 h3)	–
17	44	Marcus Mattioli	BRA	1:54.39 (3 h5)	–
18	58	Petar Kochanov	BUL	1:54.45 (4 h6)	–
19	39	Cyro Delgado	BRA	1:54.59 (5 h4)	–
20	341	Jean-Marie François	VEN	1:54.76 (5 h6)	–
21	252	Paulo Frischknecht	POR	1:55.06 (3 h1)	–
22	295	Radek Havel	TCH	1:55.07 (6 h6)	–
23	251	Rui de Abreu	POR	1:55.25 (4 h1)	–
24	288	Per-Ola Quist	SWE	1:55.38 (3 h2)	–
25	163	Peter Drost	NED	1:55.41 (4 h2)	–
26	–	Kevin Lee	GBR	1:55.63 (5 h2)	–
27	342	Alberto Mestre	VEN	1:55.69 (4 h3)	–
28	294	Petr Adamec	TCH	1:55.84 (4 h5)	–
29	54	Tsvetan Golomeev	BUL	1:55.88 (7 h6)	–
30	116	Dominique Petit	FRA	1:56.01 (5 h1)	–
31	177	Cees Jan Winkel	NED	1:56.48 (6 h4)	–
32	360	Borut Petrič	YUG	1:56.51 (6 h2)	–
33	367	Guy Goosen	ZIM	1:56.88 (6 h1)	–
34	102	Ramón Lavín	ESP	1:56.99 (5 h3)	–
35	209	Kevin Williamson	IRL	1:57.37 (6 h3)	–
36	266	Stéfan Voléry	SUI	1:57.69 (5 h5)	–
37	–	Reda Yadi	ALG	2:06.26 (7 h2)	–
38	375	Adham Hemdan	KUW	2:07.51 (7 h4)	–
39	348	Tô Văn Vệ	VIE	2:11.51 (7 h3)	–
40	378	Jorge Lima	ANG	2:14.37 (8 h2)	–
41	502	Bilall Yamout	LBN	2:27.94 (7 h1)	–
42	241	Ntewane Machel	MOZ	2:35.45 (8 h4)	–
DNS	–	Mohamed Bendahmane	ALG	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	114	Marc Lazzaro	FRA	– (DNS h3)	–
DNS	–	Mohamed Halimi	ALG	– (DNS h5)	–
DNS	26	Mark Tonelli	AUS	– (DNS h5)	–
DNS	343	Rafael Vidal	VEN	– (DNS h5)	–
DNS	208	David Cummins	IRL	– (DNS h6)	–

Round One

Date	21 July 1980 — 10:00
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Sergey Koplyakov	URS	1:51.04	Q
2	–	Andrey Krylov	URS	1:51.21	Q
3	–	Graeme Brewer	AUS	1:51.92	Q
4	–	Jörg Woithe	GDR	1:52.33	Q
5	–	Paolo Revelli	ITA	1:52.56	Q
6	–	Fabrizio Rampazzo	ITA	1:52.62	Q
7	–	Ron McKeon	AUS	1:52.66	Q
8	–	Thomas Lejdström	SWE	1:53.04	Q
9	–	David López-Zubero	ESP	1:53.22
10	–	Fabien Noël	FRA	1:53.25
11	–	Detlev Grabs	GDR	1:53.38
12	–	Ivar Stukolkin	URS	1:53.44
13	–	Per Wikström	SWE	1:53.59
14	–	Frank Kühne	GDR	1:53.63
15	–	Martin Smith	GBR	1:54.17
16	–	Jorge Fernandes	BRA	1:54.32
17	–	Marcus Mattioli	BRA	1:54.39
18	–	Petar Kochanov	BUL	1:54.45
19	–	Cyro Delgado	BRA	1:54.59
20	–	Jean-Marie François	VEN	1:54.76
21	–	Paulo Frischknecht	POR	1:55.06
22	–	Radek Havel	TCH	1:55.07
23	–	Rui de Abreu	POR	1:55.25
24	–	Per-Ola Quist	SWE	1:55.38
25	–	Peter Drost	NED	1:55.41
26	–	Kevin Lee	GBR	1:55.63
27	–	Alberto Mestre	VEN	1:55.69
28	–	Petr Adamec	TCH	1:55.84
29	–	Tsvetan Golomeev	BUL	1:55.88
30	–	Dominique Petit	FRA	1:56.01
31	–	Cees Jan Winkel	NED	1:56.48
32	–	Borut Petrič	YUG	1:56.51
33	–	Guy Goosen	ZIM	1:56.88
34	–	Ramón Lavín	ESP	1:56.99
35	–	Kevin Williamson	IRL	1:57.37
36	–	Stéfan Voléry	SUI	1:57.69
37	–	Reda Yadi	ALG	2:06.26
38	–	Adham Hemdan	KUW	2:07.51
39	–	Tô Văn Vệ	VIE	2:11.51
40	–	Jorge Lima	ANG	2:14.37
41	–	Bilall Yamout	LBN	2:27.94
42	–	Ntewane Machel	MOZ	2:35.45
DNS	–	Mohamed Bendahmane	ALG	–
DNS	–	Marc Lazzaro	FRA	–
DNS	–	Mohamed Halimi	ALG	–
DNS	–	Mark Tonelli	AUS	–
DNS	–	Rafael Vidal	VEN	–
DNS	–	David Cummins	IRL	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Paolo Revelli	ITA	1:52.56	24.35 (1)	55.55 (1)	1:24.19 (1)	31.20 (6)	28.64 (2)	28.37 (1)	Q
2	–	Per Wikström	SWE	1:53.59	26.74 (2)	55.66 (2)	1:24.25 (2)	28.92 (1)	28.59 (1)	29.34 (3)
3	–	Paulo Frischknecht	POR	1:55.06	27.24 (3)	56.44 (3)	1:25.45 (3)	29.20 (4)	29.01 (3)	29.61 (4)
4	–	Rui de Abreu	POR	1:55.25	27.53 (5)	56.72 (5)	1:25.98 (5)	29.19 (3)	29.26 (5)	29.27 (2)
5	–	Dominique Petit	FRA	1:56.01	27.63 (6)	56.66 (4)	1:25.90 (4)	29.03 (2)	29.24 (4)	30.11 (6)
6	–	Guy Goosen	ZIM	1:56.88	27.40 (4)	57.46 (6)	1:27.21 (6)	30.06 (5)	29.75 (6)	29.67 (5)
7	–	Bilall Yamout	LBN	2:27.94	30.43 (7)	1:06.03 (7)	1:46.77 (7)	35.60 (7)	40.74 (7)	41.17 (7)
DNS	–	Mohamed Bendahmane	ALG	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Fabrizio Rampazzo	ITA	1:52.62	27.67 (2)	56.88 (3)	1:24.97 (2)	29.21 (3)	28.09 (1)	27.65 (1)	Q
2	–	Fabien Noël	FRA	1:53.25	27.73 (4)	56.22 (2)	1:24.68 (1)	28.49 (2)	28.46 (2)	28.57 (3)
3	–	Per-Ola Quist	SWE	1:55.38	27.69 (3)	56.95 (4)	1:25.94 (3)	29.26 (4)	28.99 (3)	29.44 (5)
4	–	Peter Drost	NED	1:55.41	27.90 (6)	57.72 (6)	1:27.26 (6)	29.82 (6)	29.54 (5)	28.15 (2)
5	–	Kevin Lee	GBR	1:55.63	27.65 (1)	57.18 (5)	1:26.44 (4)	29.53 (5)	29.26 (4)	29.19 (4)
6	–	Borut Petrič	YUG	1:56.51	27.85 (5)	56.02 (1)	1:26.52 (5)	28.17 (1)	30.50 (6)	29.99 (6)
7	–	Reda Yadi	ALG	2:06.26	28.96 (7)	1:00.20 (7)	1:32.92 (7)	31.24 (7)	32.72 (7)	33.34 (7)
8	–	Jorge Lima	ANG	2:14.37	30.12 (8)	1:04.20 (8)	1:39.87 (8)	34.08 (8)	35.67 (8)	34.50 (8)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	David López-Zubero	ESP	1:53.22	27.35 (3)	56.19 (2)	1:24.74 (1)	28.84 (1)	28.55 (2)	28.48 (2)
2	–	Ivar Stukolkin	URS	1:53.44	27.59 (4)	56.88 (5)	1:25.56 (3)	29.29 (4)	28.68 (3)	27.88 (1)
3	–	Jorge Fernandes	BRA	1:54.32	27.69 (6)	57.10 (6)	1:25.45 (2)	29.41 (5)	28.35 (1)	28.87 (3)
4	–	Alberto Mestre	VEN	1:55.69	27.22 (2)	56.80 (4)	1:26.24 (4)	29.58 (6)	29.44 (4)	29.45 (4)
5	–	Ramón Lavín	ESP	1:56.99	26.98 (1)	56.17 (1)	1:26.36 (5)	29.19 (3)	30.19 (5)	30.63 (6)
6	–	Kevin Williamson	IRL	1:57.37	27.68 (5)	56.56 (3)	1:26.81 (6)	28.88 (2)	30.25 (6)	30.56 (5)
7	–	Tô Văn Vệ	VIE	2:11.51	29.68 (7)	1:02.04 (7)	1:36.35 (7)	32.36 (7)	34.31 (7)	35.16 (7)
DNS	–	Marc Lazzaro	FRA	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Jörg Woithe	GDR	1:52.33	25.01 (1)	53.62 (1)	1:22.75 (1)	28.61 (4)	29.13 (3)	29.58 (3)	Q
2	–	Ron McKeon	AUS	1:52.66	26.43 (4)	54.64 (2)	1:23.40 (2)	28.21 (1)	28.76 (1)	29.26 (2)	Q
3	–	Thomas Lejdström	SWE	1:53.04	26.51 (5)	54.89 (4)	1:23.93 (3)	28.38 (2)	29.04 (2)	29.11 (1)	Q
4	–	Martin Smith	GBR	1:54.17	26.35 (3)	54.95 (5)	1:24.18 (4)	28.60 (3)	29.23 (4)	29.99 (5)
5	–	Cyro Delgado	BRA	1:54.59	25.79 (2)	54.88 (3)	1:24.73 (5)	29.09 (5)	29.85 (5)	29.86 (4)
6	–	Cees Jan Winkel	NED	1:56.48	26.85 (6)	56.29 (6)	1:26.48 (6)	29.44 (6)	30.19 (6)	30.00 (6)
7	–	Adham Hemdan	KUW	2:07.51	29.37 (8)	1:01.45 (7)	1:34.10 (7)	32.08 (7)	32.65 (7)	33.41 (7)
8	–	Ntewane Machel	MOZ	2:35.45	29.32 (7)	1:12.90 (8)	1:54.69 (8)	43.58 (8)	41.79 (8)	40.76 (8)

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Andrey Krylov	URS	1:51.21	26.84 (2)	55.06 (1)	1:23.46 (1)	28.22 (1)	28.40 (1)	27.75 (1)	Q
2	–	Detlev Grabs	GDR	1:53.38	26.75 (1)	55.49 (2)	1:24.07 (2)	28.74 (2)	28.58 (2)	29.31 (3)
3	–	Marcus Mattioli	BRA	1:54.39	26.96 (3)	55.90 (3)	1:25.32 (3)	28.94 (3)	29.42 (3)	29.07 (2)
4	–	Petr Adamec	TCH	1:55.84	27.24 (5)	56.37 (4)	1:26.42 (4)	29.13 (4)	30.05 (4)	29.42 (4)
5	–	Stéfan Voléry	SUI	1:57.69	27.11 (4)	56.87 (5)	1:27.13 (5)	29.76 (5)	30.26 (5)	30.56 (5)
DNS	–	Mohamed Halimi	ALG	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–
DNS	–	Mark Tonelli	AUS	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–
DNS	–	Rafael Vidal	VEN	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Sergey Koplyakov	URS	1:51.04	26.54 (1)	55.44 (2)	1:23.25 (1)	28.90 (3)	27.81 (1)	27.79 (1)	Q
2	–	Graeme Brewer	AUS	1:51.92	26.66 (2)	55.34 (1)	1:23.77 (2)	28.68 (1)	28.43 (2)	28.15 (2)	Q
3	–	Frank Kühne	GDR	1:53.63	27.41 (6)	56.48 (7)	1:25.20 (3)	29.07 (=6)	28.72 (3)	28.43 (3)
4	–	Petar Kochanov	BUL	1:54.45	27.19 (4)	55.95 (3)	1:25.48 (5)	28.76 (2)	29.53 (7)	28.97 (4)
5	–	Jean-Marie François	VEN	1:54.76	27.14 (3)	56.21 (4)	1:25.24 (4)	29.07 (=6)	29.03 (4)	29.52 (6)
6	–	Radek Havel	TCH	1:55.07	27.26 (5)	56.32 (5)	1:25.74 (6)	29.06 (5)	29.42 (5)	29.33 (5)
7	–	Tsvetan Golomeev	BUL	1:55.88	27.46 (7)	56.39 (6)	1:25.91 (7)	28.93 (4)	29.52 (6)	29.97 (7)
DNS	–	David Cummins	IRL	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	21 July 1980 — 20:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m Time (Rank)	100-150 m Time (Rank)	150-200 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Sergey Koplyakov	URS	1:49.81	26.16 (2)	53.80 (2)	1:21.79 (1)	27.64 (1)	27.99 (1)	28.02 (1)	OR
2	–	Andrey Krylov	URS	1:50.76	26.69 (6)	54.38 (3)	1:22.56 (3)	27.69 (2)	28.18 (2)	28.20 (2)
3	–	Graeme Brewer	AUS	1:51.60	26.37 (3)	54.53 (4)	1:22.90 (4)	28.16 (3)	28.37 (3)	28.70 (5)
4	–	Jörg Woithe	GDR	1:51.86	25.12 (1)	53.44 (1)	1:22.04 (2)	28.32 (5)	28.60 (4)	29.82 (8)
5	–	Ron McKeon	AUS	1:52.60	26.98 (7)	55.26 (=6)	1:23.96 (=5)	28.28 (4)	28.70 (5)	28.64 (4)
6	–	Paolo Revelli	ITA	1:52.76	26.46 (4)	54.97 (5)	1:23.96 (=5)	28.51 (6)	28.99 (8)	28.80 (6)
7	–	Thomas Lejdström	SWE	1:52.94	27.12 (8)	55.66 (8)	1:24.47 (8)	28.54 (7)	28.81 (6)	28.47 (3)
8	–	Fabrizio Rampazzo	ITA	1:53.25	26.57 (5)	55.26 (=6)	1:24.20 (7)	28.69 (8)	28.94 (7)	29.05 (7)