| Event: | Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay |
| Games: | 1980 Summer |
| Venue: | Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex |
| Dates: | 23 July |
| Competitors: | 62 |
| Nations: | 13 |
| Teams: | 13 |
| Win Value: | 7:23.50 |
| Gold: | Sergey Kopliakov Vladimir Salnikov Ivar Stukolkin Andrey Krylov Sergey Rusin |
| Silver: | Frank Pfütze Jörg Woithe Detlev Grabs Rainer Strohbach Frank Kühne |
| Bronze: | Jorge Fernandes Marcus Mattioli Cyro Marques Djan Madruga
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| Prev: | 1976 |
| Next: | 1984 |
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 23 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| Rank | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey Kopliakov (1:50.00) Vladimir Salnikov (1:51.09) Ivar Stukolkin (1:52.04) Andrey Krylov (1:50.37) | 7:23.50 | ||||
| Frank Pfütze (1:52.96) Jörg Woithe (1:51.78) Detlev Grabs (1:52.24) Rainer Strohbach (1:51.62) | 7:28.60 | ||||
| Jorge Fernandes (1:52.61) Marcus Mattioli (1:52.94) Cyro Delgado (1:52.35) Djan Madruga (1:51.40) | 7:29.30 | ||||
| 4 | Michael Söderlund (1:52.54) Pelle Wikström (1:52.70) Per-Alvar Magnusson (1:53.01) Thomas Lejdström (1:51.85) | 7:30.10 | |||
| 5 | Paolo Revelli (1:53.14) Raffaele Franceschi (1:51.56) Andrea Ceccarini (1:54.91) Fabrizio Rampazzo (1:50.76) | 7:30.37 | |||
| 6 | Douglas Campbell (1:53.56) Philip Hubble (1:52.96) Martin Smith (1:52.69) Andrew Astbury (1:51.60) | 7:30.81 | |||
| 7 | Graeme Brewer (1:52.57) Mark Tonelli (1:53.47) Mark Kerry (1:52.64) Ron McKeon (1:52.14) | 7:30.82 | |||
| 8 | Fabien Noël (1:52.73) Marc Lazzaro (1:53.79) Dominique Petit (1:54.88) Pascal Lagat (1:54.68) | 7:36.08 |