Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre backstroke
Games:	1980 Summer
Venue:	Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Date:	20 July (heats, semifinals) 21 July (final)
Competitors:	33
Nations:	22
Win Value:	56.53
Gold:	Bengt Baron
Goldnoc:	SWE
Silver:	Viktor Kuznetsov
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Vladimir Dolgov
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 20 and 21 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.^[1]

Records

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

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			57.75	Q
2	1			57.87	Q
3	3			57.90	Q
4	5			57.92	Q
5	1			58.02	Q
6	5			58.07	Q
7	5			58.08	Q
8	1			58.15	Q
9	4			58.30	Q
10	4			58.35	Q
11	5			58.46	Q
12	4			58.47	Q
13	3			58.59	Q
14	2			58.66	Q
15	3			58.75	Q
16	2			58.79	Q
17	2			58.98
18	4			59.01
19	2			59.16
20	2
21	1
22	5
23	4
24	1
25	3
26	1
27	5
28	2
29	1
30	5
31	2
32	4
33	3
	3
	4

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			56.75	Q
2	2			57.51	Q
3	1			57.89	Q
4	1			57.90	Q
5	2			57.91	Q
6	1			57.97	Q
7	1			58.04	Q
8	1			58.05	Q
9	2			58.07
10	2			58.20
11	2			58.21
12	1			58.57
13	2			58.61
14	1			58.82
15	2			58.85
16	2

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			56.53
			56.99
			57.63
4			57.74
5			57.84
6			57.95
7			57.98
8			58.38

Notes and References

1. Web site: Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results. Fizkultura i sport. 26 December 2018. 450, 464.