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200 metres Backstroke, Men

Date	26 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Plavatelny basseyn, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva
Participants	25 from 16 countries

This was one of the few events at which no medals were won by USSR or GDR swimmers. Hungary provided the gold and silver medalists, with Sándor Wladár winning gold and Zoltán Verrasztó, bronze medalist at the 1978 Worlds and 1975 World Champion, taking silver. Wladár’s win was a bit of an upset, but in 1981, after winning both backstroke events at the European Championships, he would be named European Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine and was Hungarian Sportsman of the Year. Bronze medalist Mark Kerry (AUS) had won gold in the 100 back at the 1979 Universiade, and had made the finals both backstrokes at the 1976 Olympics, placing fifth in this event.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Sándor Wladár	HUN	2:02.62 (1 h4)	2:01.93 (1)	Gold
2	Zoltán Verrasztó	HUN	2:03.08 (2 h4)	2:02.40 (2)	Silver
3	Mark Kerry	AUS	2:03.60 (1 h3)	2:03.14 (3)	Bronze
4	Vladimir Shemetov	URS	2:04.20 (1 h1)	2:03.48 (4)
5	Fred Eefting	NED	2:04.84 (3 h1)	2:03.92 (5)
6	Michael Söderlund	SWE	2:04.67 (2 h3)	2:04.10 (6)
7	Doug Campbell	GBR	2:04.78 (2 h1)	2:04.23 (7)
8	Paul Moorfoot	AUS	2:04.87 (1 h2)	2:06.15 (8)
9	Vladimir Dolgov	URS	2:05.11 (4 h1)	–
10	Miloslav Roľko	TCH	2:05.13 (2 h2)	–
11	Viktor Kuznetsov	URS	2:05.14 (3 h2)	–
12	Jörg Stingl	GDR	2:05.19 (3 h3)	–
13	Frédéric Delcourt	FRA	2:05.20 (4 h2)	–
14	Franky De Groote	BEL	2:06.97 (5 h2)	–
15	Mark Tonelli	AUS	2:07.04 (3 h4)	–
16	Bengt Baron	SWE	2:07.13 (4 h4)	–
17	Nenad Miloš	YUG	2:07.51 (5 h4)	–
18	Mihai Mandache	ROU	2:07.97 (6 h4)	–
19	Zbigniew Januszkiewicz	POL	2:08.11 (7 h4)	–
20	Róbert Rudolf	HUN	2:08.23 (4 h3)	–
21	Jim Carter	GBR	2:09.94 (5 h1)	–
22	David Cummins	IRL	2:12.45 (6 h1)	–
23	Dietmar Göhring	GDR	2:14.11 (5 h3)	–
24	Daniel Ayora	PER	2:17.12 (6 h3)	–
25	Phạm Văn Thành	VIE	2:28.40 (6 h2)	–
DNS	Rui de Abreu	POR	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	Djan Madruga	BRA	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	Rômulo Arantes	BRA	– (DNS h3)	–

Round One (26 July 1980 — 10:00)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	5	Vladimir Shemetov	URS	30.62 (6) 31.19 (1)	1:01.81 (4) 31.75 (1)	1:33.56 (4) 30.64 (1)	2:04.20	Q
2	6	Doug Campbell	GBR	29.35 (1) 31.20 (2)	1:00.55 (1) 31.89 (2)	1:32.44 (1) 32.34 (4)	2:04.78	Q
3	3	Fred Eefting	NED	29.53 (2) 31.87 (4)	1:01.40 (2) 32.15 (4)	1:33.55 (3) 31.29 (2)	2:04.84	Q
4	4	Vladimir Dolgov	URS	29.90 (3) 31.57 (3)	1:01.47 (3) 31.91 (3)	1:33.38 (2) 31.73 (3)	2:05.11
5	2	Jim Carter	GBR	30.37 (5) 32.06 (5)	1:02.43 (5) 33.24 (5)	1:35.67 (5) 34.27 (5)	2:09.94
6	7	David Cummins	IRL	30.24 (4) 33.00 (6)	1:03.24 (6) 34.29 (6)	1:37.53 (6) 34.92 (6)	2:12.45
DNS	1	Rui de Abreu	POR	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	2	Paul Moorfoot	AUS	29.46 (3) 31.69 (1)	1:01.15 (2) 31.62 (1)	1:32.77 (1) 32.10 (4)	2:04.87	Q
2	6	Miloslav Roľko	TCH	30.04 (5) 31.95 (4)	1:01.99 (4) 31.70 (2)	1:33.69 (4) 31.44 (1)	2:05.13
3	4	Viktor Kuznetsov	URS	29.37 (2) 31.83 (3)	1:01.20 (3) 32.34 (4)	1:33.54 (3) 31.60 (2)	2:05.14
4	3	Frédéric Delcourt	FRA	29.25 (1) 31.74 (2)	1:00.99 (1) 32.33 (3)	1:33.32 (2) 31.88 (3)	2:05.20
5	7	Franky De Groote	BEL	29.96 (4) 32.34 (5)	1:02.30 (5) 32.51 (5)	1:34.81 (5) 32.16 (5)	2:06.97
6	1	Phạm Văn Thành	VIE	34.04 (6) 36.70 (6)	1:10.74 (6) 38.54 (6)	1:49.28 (6) 39.12 (6)	2:28.40
DNS	5	Djan Madruga	BRA	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Mark Kerry	AUS	28.65 (1) 30.94 (1)	59.59 (1) 31.60 (1)	1:31.19 (1) 32.41 (2)	2:03.60	Q
2	3	Michael Söderlund	SWE	29.29 (4) 31.15 (2)	1:00.44 (2) 31.96 (2)	1:32.40 (2) 32.27 (1)	2:04.67	Q
3	5	Jörg Stingl	GDR	29.21 (3) 31.50 (3)	1:00.71 (3) 31.97 (3)	1:32.68 (3) 32.51 (3)	2:05.19
4	2	Róbert Rudolf	HUN	29.66 (5) 32.13 (4)	1:01.79 (5) 33.07 (4)	1:34.86 (4) 33.37 (4)	2:08.23
5	7	Dietmar Göhring	GDR	28.99 (2) 32.75 (5)	1:01.74 (4) 35.77 (6)	1:37.51 (5) 36.60 (6)	2:14.11
6	1	Daniel Ayora	PER	32.17 (6) 34.33 (6)	1:06.50 (6) 34.98 (5)	1:41.48 (6) 35.64 (5)	2:17.12
DNS	6	Rômulo Arantes	BRA	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Sándor Wladár	HUN	28.72 (1) 30.86 (2)	59.58 (=1) 31.65 (2)	1:31.23 (2) 31.39 (1)	2:02.62	Q
2	5	Zoltán Verrasztó	HUN	29.58 (2) 30.00 (1)	59.58 (=1) 31.35 (1)	1:30.93 (1) 32.15 (2)	2:03.08	Q
3	2	Mark Tonelli	AUS	30.08 (5) 31.82 (4)	1:01.90 (4) 32.19 (4)	1:34.09 (4) 32.95 (5)	2:07.04
4	3	Bengt Baron	SWE	29.63 (3) 31.66 (3)	1:01.29 (3) 32.00 (3)	1:33.29 (3) 33.84 (7)	2:07.13
5	1	Nenad Miloš	YUG	30.19 (6) 32.03 (5)	1:02.22 (6) 32.51 (5)	1:34.73 (6) 32.78 (3)	2:07.51
6	7	Mihai Mandache	ROU	29.89 (4) 32.17 (7)	1:02.06 (5) 32.64 (6)	1:34.70 (5) 33.27 (6)	2:07.97
7	6	Zbigniew Januszkiewicz	POL	30.51 (7) 32.08 (6)	1:02.59 (7) 32.73 (7)	1:35.32 (7) 32.79 (4)	2:08.11

Final (26 July 1980 — 20:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	100 m	150 m	Time
1	4	Sándor Wladár	HUN	28.34 (1) 30.25 (1)	58.59 (1) 31.28 (3)	1:29.87 (1) 32.06 (7)	2:01.93
2	5	Zoltán Verrasztó	HUN	28.53 (2) 30.68 (2)	59.21 (2) 31.21 (1)	1:30.42 (2) 31.98 (6)	2:02.40
3	3	Mark Kerry	AUS	28.83 (3) 31.59 (7)	1:00.42 (3) 31.26 (2)	1:31.68 (3) 31.46 (3)	2:03.14
4	6	Vladimir Shemetov	URS	29.19 (8) 31.47 (4)	1:00.66 (7) 31.79 (=6)	1:32.45 (6) 31.03 (1)	2:03.48
5	1	Fred Eefting	NED	29.12 (6) 31.64 (8)	1:00.76 (8) 31.78 (5)	1:32.54 (7) 31.38 (2)	2:03.92
6	2	Michael Söderlund	SWE	29.18 (7) 31.31 (3)	1:00.49 (5) 31.67 (4)	1:32.16 (4) 31.94 (5)	2:04.10
7	7	Doug Campbell	GBR	28.98 (5) 31.56 (5)	1:00.54 (6) 31.79 (=6)	1:32.33 (5) 31.90 (4)	2:04.23
8	8	Paul Moorfoot	AUS	28.89 (4) 31.57 (6)	1:00.46 (4) 32.87 (8)	1:33.33 (8) 32.82 (8)	2:06.15