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Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date27 July
Competitors24 from 15 nations
Winning time4:22.89 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Sidorenko  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sergey Fesenko  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zoltán Verrasztó  Hungary
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Swimming at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Jesse Vassallo (USA) 4:20.05 West Berlin, West Germany 28 August 1978
Olympic record  Rod Strachan (USA) 4:23.68 Montreal, Canada 25 July 1976

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
27 July Final Aleksandr Sidorenko  Soviet Union 4:22.89 OR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Zoltán Verrasztó  Hungary 4:25.57 Q
2 1 Leszek Górski  Poland 4:26.02 Q
3 3 András Hargitay  Hungary 4:27.00 Q
4 4 Aleksandr Sidorenko  Soviet Union 4:28.02 Q
5 3 Sergey Fesenko  Soviet Union 4:28.18 Q
6 3 Daniel Machek  Czechoslovakia 4:28.66 Q
7 2 Djan Madruga  Brazil 4:28.77 Q
8 2 Miloslav Roľko  Czechoslovakia 4:29.19 Q
9 2 Simon Gray  Great Britain 4:29.43
10 4 Csaba Sós  Hungary 4:29.69
11 3 Dariusz Wolny  Poland 4:31.28
12 1 Ricardo Prado  Brazil 4:31.69
13 4 Thomas Lejdström  Sweden 4:33.05
14 2 Giovanni Franceschi  Italy 4:33.66
15 3 Vladimir Shemetov  Soviet Union 4:34.01
16 2 Paul Moorfoot  Australia 4:34.28
17 4 Stephen Poulter  Great Britain 4:35.21
18 3 Franky de Groote  Belgium 4:36.99
19 3 Guillermo Zavala  Mexico 4:37.58
20 1 Evangelos Koskinas  Greece 4:39.44
21 2 Gary Andersson  Sweden 4:41.32
22 1 Andrey Aguilar  Costa Rica 4:41.74
23 1 Rafael Escalas  Spain 4:42.49
4 Jörg Walter  East Germany DSQ
2 Antonio Monteiro  Spain DNS
4 Jean-Marc Carezic  Venezuela
4 Max Metzker  Australia

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Sidorenko  Soviet Union 4:22.89 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sergey Fesenko  Soviet Union 4:23.43
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zoltán Verrasztó  Hungary 4:24.24
4 András Hargitay  Hungary 4:24.48
5 Djan Madruga  Brazil 4:26.81
6 Miloslav Roľko  Czechoslovakia 4:26.99
7 Leszek Górski  Poland 4:28.89
8 Daniel Machek  Czechoslovakia 4:29.86

References

  1. "Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results". Fizkultura i sport. pp. 450, 470. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
Olympic champions in men's 400 m individual medley
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