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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 of both backstrokes at the 1976 Olympics, placing fifth in this event.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	206	Sándor Wladár	HUN	2:02.62 (1 h4)	2:01.93 (1)	Gold
2	205	Zoltán Verrasztó	HUN	2:03.08 (2 h4)	2:02.40 (2)	Silver
3	16	Mark Kerry	AUS	2:03.60 (1 h3)	2:03.14 (3)	Bronze
4	332	Vladimir Shemetov	URS	2:04.20 (1 h1)	2:03.48 (4)
5	164	Fred Eefting	NED	2:04.84 (3 h1)	2:03.92 (5)
6	291	Michael Söderlund	SWE	2:04.67 (2 h3)	2:04.10 (6)
7	122	Doug Campbell	GBR	2:04.78 (2 h1)	2:04.23 (7)
8	20	Paul Moorfoot	AUS	2:04.87 (1 h2)	2:06.15 (8)
9	304	Vladimir Dolgov	URS	2:05.11 (4 h1)	–
10	297	Miloslav Roľko	TCH	2:05.13 (2 h2)	–
11	317	Viktor Kuznetsov	URS	2:05.14 (3 h2)	–
12	142	Jörg Stingl	GDR	2:05.19 (3 h3)	–
13	111	Frédéric Delcourt	FRA	2:05.20 (4 h2)	–
14	35	Franky De Groote	BEL	2:06.97 (5 h2)	–
15	26	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	255	Mihai Mandache	ROU	2:07.97 (6 h4)	–
19	248	Zbigniew Januszkiewicz	POL	2:08.11 (7 h4)	–
20	197	Róbert Rudolf	HUN	2:08.23 (4 h3)	–
21	123	Jim Carter	GBR	2:09.94 (5 h1)	–
22	208	David Cummins	IRL	2:12.45 (6 h1)	–
23	135	Dietmar Göhring	GDR	2:14.11 (5 h3)	–
24	244	Daniel Ayora	PER	2:17.12 (6 h3)	–
25	347	Phạm Văn Thành	VIE	2:28.40 (6 h2)	–
DNS	251	Rui de Abreu	POR	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	43	Djan Madruga	BRA	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	37	Rômulo Arantes	BRA	– (DNS h3)	–

Round One

Date	26 July 1980 — 10:00
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

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

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	5	Vladimir Shemetov	URS	2:04.20	30.62 (6)	1:01.81 (4)	1:33.56 (4)	31.19 (1)	31.75 (1)	30.64 (1)	Q
2	6	Doug Campbell	GBR	2:04.78	29.35 (1)	1:00.55 (1)	1:32.44 (1)	31.20 (2)	31.89 (2)	32.34 (4)	Q
3	3	Fred Eefting	NED	2:04.84	29.53 (2)	1:01.40 (2)	1:33.55 (3)	31.87 (4)	32.15 (4)	31.29 (2)	Q
4	4	Vladimir Dolgov	URS	2:05.11	29.90 (3)	1:01.47 (3)	1:33.38 (2)	31.57 (3)	31.91 (3)	31.73 (3)
5	2	Jim Carter	GBR	2:09.94	30.37 (5)	1:02.43 (5)	1:35.67 (5)	32.06 (5)	33.24 (5)	34.27 (5)
6	7	David Cummins	IRL	2:12.45	30.24 (4)	1:03.24 (6)	1:37.53 (6)	33.00 (6)	34.29 (6)	34.92 (6)
DNS	1	Rui de Abreu	POR	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	2	Paul Moorfoot	AUS	2:04.87	29.46 (3)	1:01.15 (2)	1:32.77 (1)	31.69 (1)	31.62 (1)	32.10 (4)	Q
2	6	Miloslav Roľko	TCH	2:05.13	30.04 (5)	1:01.99 (4)	1:33.69 (4)	31.95 (4)	31.70 (2)	31.44 (1)
3	4	Viktor Kuznetsov	URS	2:05.14	29.37 (2)	1:01.20 (3)	1:33.54 (3)	31.83 (3)	32.34 (4)	31.60 (2)
4	3	Frédéric Delcourt	FRA	2:05.20	29.25 (1)	1:00.99 (1)	1:33.32 (2)	31.74 (2)	32.33 (3)	31.88 (3)
5	7	Franky De Groote	BEL	2:06.97	29.96 (4)	1:02.30 (5)	1:34.81 (5)	32.34 (5)	32.51 (5)	32.16 (5)
6	1	Phạm Văn Thành	VIE	2:28.40	34.04 (6)	1:10.74 (6)	1:49.28 (6)	36.70 (6)	38.54 (6)	39.12 (6)
DNS	5	Djan Madruga	BRA	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Mark Kerry	AUS	2:03.60	28.65 (1)	59.59 (1)	1:31.19 (1)	30.94 (1)	31.60 (1)	32.41 (2)	Q
2	3	Michael Söderlund	SWE	2:04.67	29.29 (4)	1:00.44 (2)	1:32.40 (2)	31.15 (2)	31.96 (2)	32.27 (1)	Q
3	5	Jörg Stingl	GDR	2:05.19	29.21 (3)	1:00.71 (3)	1:32.68 (3)	31.50 (3)	31.97 (3)	32.51 (3)
4	2	Róbert Rudolf	HUN	2:08.23	29.66 (5)	1:01.79 (5)	1:34.86 (4)	32.13 (4)	33.07 (4)	33.37 (4)
5	7	Dietmar Göhring	GDR	2:14.11	28.99 (2)	1:01.74 (4)	1:37.51 (5)	32.75 (5)	35.77 (6)	36.60 (6)
6	1	Daniel Ayora	PER	2:17.12	32.17 (6)	1:06.50 (6)	1:41.48 (6)	34.33 (6)	34.98 (5)	35.64 (5)
DNS	6	Rômulo Arantes	BRA	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Sándor Wladár	HUN	2:02.62	28.72 (1)	59.58 (=1)	1:31.23 (2)	30.86 (2)	31.65 (2)	31.39 (1)	Q
2	5	Zoltán Verrasztó	HUN	2:03.08	29.58 (2)	59.58 (=1)	1:30.93 (1)	30.00 (1)	31.35 (1)	32.15 (2)	Q
3	2	Mark Tonelli	AUS	2:07.04	30.08 (5)	1:01.90 (4)	1:34.09 (4)	31.82 (4)	32.19 (4)	32.95 (5)
4	3	Bengt Baron	SWE	2:07.13	29.63 (3)	1:01.29 (3)	1:33.29 (3)	31.66 (3)	32.00 (3)	33.84 (7)
5	1	Nenad Miloš	YUG	2:07.51	30.19 (6)	1:02.22 (6)	1:34.73 (6)	32.03 (5)	32.51 (5)	32.78 (3)
6	7	Mihai Mandache	ROU	2:07.97	29.89 (4)	1:02.06 (5)	1:34.70 (5)	32.17 (7)	32.64 (6)	33.27 (6)
7	6	Zbigniew Januszkiewicz	POL	2:08.11	30.51 (7)	1:02.59 (7)	1:35.32 (7)	32.08 (6)	32.73 (7)	32.79 (4)

Final Round

Date	26 July 1980 — 20:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	50 m	100 m	150 m	50-100 m	100-150 m	150-200 m
1	4	Sándor Wladár	HUN	2:01.93	28.34 (1)	58.59 (1)	1:29.87 (1)	30.25 (1)	31.28 (3)	32.06 (7)
2	5	Zoltán Verrasztó	HUN	2:02.40	28.53 (2)	59.21 (2)	1:30.42 (2)	30.68 (2)	31.21 (1)	31.98 (6)
3	3	Mark Kerry	AUS	2:03.14	28.83 (3)	1:00.42 (3)	1:31.68 (3)	31.59 (7)	31.26 (2)	31.46 (3)
4	6	Vladimir Shemetov	URS	2:03.48	29.19 (8)	1:00.66 (7)	1:32.45 (6)	31.47 (4)	31.79 (=6)	31.03 (1)
5	1	Fred Eefting	NED	2:03.92	29.12 (6)	1:00.76 (8)	1:32.54 (7)	31.64 (8)	31.78 (5)	31.38 (2)
6	2	Michael Söderlund	SWE	2:04.10	29.18 (7)	1:00.49 (5)	1:32.16 (4)	31.31 (3)	31.67 (4)	31.94 (5)
7	7	Doug Campbell	GBR	2:04.23	28.98 (5)	1:00.54 (6)	1:32.33 (5)	31.56 (5)	31.79 (=6)	31.90 (4)
8	8	Paul Moorfoot	AUS	2:06.15	28.89 (4)	1:00.46 (4)	1:33.33 (8)	31.57 (6)	32.87 (8)	32.82 (8)