Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay

These are the official results of the Men's 4 x 100 metre relay
Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki between July 24 and August 1. There were a total number of 959 participating athletes from 70 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal...

event at the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

in Moscow

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, USSR. There were a total number of 16 nations competing. The top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Final

The final was held on Friday 1st August 1980, at the Lenin Stadium

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	• Vladimir Muravyov • Nikolai Sidorov • Aleksandr Aksinin Aleksandr Aksinin Aleksandr Timofeyevich Aksinin is a former Soviet athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics.Aleksandr Aksinin trained at Dynamo in Leningrad. At the 1976 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal as a member of Soviet 4x100 m relay team. He won silver in 1975, bronze... • Andrey Prokofyev Andrey Prokofyev Andrey Vassilyevich Prokofyev is a former Soviet athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics.At the Moscow Olympics, Prokofyev was fourth in the 110 m hurdles and won the gold medal running the anchoring leg of the Soviet 4x100 m relay team...	38.26
	• Krzysztof Zwoliński Krzysztof Zwolinski Krzysztof Zwoliński was a Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He was a Polish 60 metre indoor champion in 1986.... • Zenon Licznerski Zenon Licznerski Zenon Licznerski was a Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He was Polish 100/200 metre champion in 1976, 77.He was a member of the Polish sprint relay team that won Gold in the European championship.... • Leszek Dunecki Leszek Dunecki Leszek Dunecki was a Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100/200 metres. He was polish champion on 6 occasions.He won a European Championship Gold medal in 1978 in the 4x100 metres.... • Marian Woronin Marian Woronin Marian Jerzy Woronin is a retired Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He is a four-time European Indoor Champion in the 60 metres...	38.33
	• Antoine Richard Antoine Richard Antoine Richard is a former athlete from France who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He was French 100 metre champion on 5 Occasions, and also 200 metre winner in 1985.He also won the French 60 metres title 5 times as well.... • Pascal Barré Pascal Barré Pascal Barré is a former track and field athlete from France who competed mainly in the 100/200 metres. He was a bronze medalist in the European Junior championships in 1977. He was French 200 metre champion on 3 occasions, and twice indoor 200 metre champion... • Patrick Barré Patrick Barré Patrick Barré is a former athlete from France who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for a France in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union, in the 4 x 100 metre relay, where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Antoine Richard, Pascal Barré and Hermann... • Hermann Panzo Hermann Panzo Hermann Panzo was a French athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He was twice French 100 metre champion....	38.53
4.	• Mike McFarlane • Allan Wells Allan Wells Allan Wipper Wells MBE is a former Scottish athlete, who became Olympic Champion in the 100 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-Biography:... • Cameron Sharp Cameron Sharp Robert Cameron Sharp is a former Scottish sprinter. In 1975 he won the Scottish schoolboys 100 and 200 championships.... • Drew McMaster	38.62
5.	• Sören Schlegel • Eugen Ray Eugen Ray Eugen Ray was a former East German sprinter who ran in the 100 metres and 200 metres.... • Bernhard Hoff Bernhard Hoff Bernard Hoff is a former East German sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres.In 1977 he was European Junior 200-metre champion and 4×400 metres; he also won a Silver in 4×100 metres and Bronze in the 100 metres.... • Thomas Munkelt Thomas Munkelt east jordans hamThomas Munkelt was an East German athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics....	38.73
6.	• Pavel Pavlov • Vladimir Ivanov Vladimir Ivanov (athlete) Vladimir Vasilev Ivanov is a retired Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He was born in Sofia, and represented the club Slavia. He competed in 400 metres at the 1980 European Indoor Championships... • Ivaylo Karanyotov • Petar Petrov	38.99
7.	• Hammed Adio • Kayode Elegbede • Samson Oyeledun • Peter Okodogbe Peter Okodogbe Peter Okodogbe is a former sprinter from Nigeria who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres.In 1978 he won a silver medal at the All Africa Games. In 1980 Okodogbe competed at the Summer Olympics in Moscow, where he ran in the 100/200 metres, and reached the semi-finals of both events...	39.12
8.	• Milton de Castro • Nelson dos Santos • Katsuhiko Nakaya • Altevir de Araújo Altevir de Araújo Altevir Silva Filho de Araújo is a retired sprinter from Brazil, he was a Brazilian champion, but he was best known for winning two gold medals at the 1979 South American Championships in Bucaramanga, Colombia....	39.54

Heats

There were two heats which took place on 31st July 1980 at the Lenin Stadium. The first three in each heat and fastest two others advanced to the final.

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	• Vladimir Muravyov • Nikolai Sidorov • Aleksandr Aksinin Aleksandr Aksinin Aleksandr Timofeyevich Aksinin is a former Soviet athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics.Aleksandr Aksinin trained at Dynamo in Leningrad. At the 1976 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal as a member of Soviet 4x100 m relay team. He won silver in 1975, bronze... • Andrey Prokofyev Andrey Prokofyev Andrey Vassilyevich Prokofyev is a former Soviet athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics.At the Moscow Olympics, Prokofyev was fourth in the 110 m hurdles and won the gold medal running the anchoring leg of the Soviet 4x100 m relay team...	38.68
2.	• Antoine Richard Antoine Richard Antoine Richard is a former athlete from France who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He was French 100 metre champion on 5 Occasions, and also 200 metre winner in 1985.He also won the French 60 metres title 5 times as well.... • Pascal Barré Pascal Barré Pascal Barré is a former track and field athlete from France who competed mainly in the 100/200 metres. He was a bronze medalist in the European Junior championships in 1977. He was French 200 metre champion on 3 occasions, and twice indoor 200 metre champion... • Patrick Barré Patrick Barré Patrick Barré is a former athlete from France who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for a France in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union, in the 4 x 100 metre relay, where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Antoine Richard, Pascal Barré and Hermann... • Hermann Panzo Hermann Panzo Hermann Panzo was a French athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He was twice French 100 metre champion....	39.01
3.	• Pavel Pavlov • Vladimir Ivanov Vladimir Ivanov (athlete) Vladimir Vasilev Ivanov is a retired Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He was born in Sofia, and represented the club Slavia. He competed in 400 metres at the 1980 European Indoor Championships... • Ivaylo Karanyotov • Petar Petrov	39.25
4.	• Don Quarrie Don Quarrie Donald O'Riley Quarrie C.D is a former Jamaican athlete, one of the world's top sprinters during the 1970s.... • Colin Bradford Colin Bradford Colin Bradford is a former Jamaican track and field athlete who specialised in sprinting events. He represented Jamaica at the Olympic Games in 1976 and 1980.... • Michael Davis • Albert Lawrence	39.71
5.	• Edwin Noel Edwin Noel Edwin Noel is a retired sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:*... • Hasely Crawford Hasely Crawford Hasely Joachim Crawford is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. In 1976, he became the first Olympic champion of his country. A stadium was renamed in his honour in 2001.-Early Years:... • Chris Braithwaite • Andrew Bruce Andrew Bruce Andrew Bruce is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 200 metres. He represented Trinidad at the 1980 Moscow Olympics in the 200 metres, where he reached the semi finals...	39.74
6.	• Boubacar Diallo Boubacar Diallo Boubacar Diallo is a Burkinabé film maker. The son of a veterinarian, he worked as a journalist, launching the satirical weekly magazine Journal du Jeudi and publishing two novels and a collection of short stories.... • Momar N'Dao • Cheikh Touradou Diouf • Issa Fall	40.25
7.	• Marc Larose • Régis Tranquille • Casimir Pereira • Vincent Confait	41.71
8.	• Osvaldo Lara Osvaldo Lara Osvaldo Lara Cañizares is a retired male track and field sprinter from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. He reached both 100/200 finals where he finished 5th in the 100... • Alejandro Casañas Alejandro Casañas Alejandro Francisco Casañas Ramírez is a former Cuban hurdler.... • Silvio Leonard Silvio Leonard Silvio Leonard Sarría also known as Silvio Leonard Tartabull is a former sprinter from Cuba. He was the second athlete to run the 100 metres in less than 10 seconds with electronic timing, running in 9.98 seconds on August 11, 1977 in Guadalajara. The first was 1968 Olympic champion Jim Hines... • Tomás González	DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	• Sören Schlegel • Eugen Ray Eugen Ray Eugen Ray was a former East German sprinter who ran in the 100 metres and 200 metres.... • Bernhard Hoff Bernhard Hoff Bernard Hoff is a former East German sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres.In 1977 he was European Junior 200-metre champion and 4×400 metres; he also won a Silver in 4×100 metres and Bronze in the 100 metres.... • Thomas Munkelt Thomas Munkelt east jordans hamThomas Munkelt was an East German athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics....	38.65
2.	• Krzysztof Zwoliński Krzysztof Zwolinski Krzysztof Zwoliński was a Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He was a Polish 60 metre indoor champion in 1986.... • Zenon Licznerski Zenon Licznerski Zenon Licznerski was a Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He was Polish 100/200 metre champion in 1976, 77.He was a member of the Polish sprint relay team that won Gold in the European championship.... • Leszek Dunecki Leszek Dunecki Leszek Dunecki was a Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100/200 metres. He was polish champion on 6 occasions.He won a European Championship Gold medal in 1978 in the 4x100 metres.... • Marian Woronin Marian Woronin Marian Jerzy Woronin is a retired Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He is a four-time European Indoor Champion in the 60 metres...	38.83
3.	• Mike McFarlane • Allan Wells Allan Wells Allan Wipper Wells MBE is a former Scottish athlete, who became Olympic Champion in the 100 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-Biography:... • Cameron Sharp Cameron Sharp Robert Cameron Sharp is a former Scottish sprinter. In 1975 he won the Scottish schoolboys 100 and 200 championships.... • Drew McMaster	39.20
4=.	• Hammed Adio • Kayode Elegbede • Samson Oyeledun • Peter Okodogbe Peter Okodogbe Peter Okodogbe is a former sprinter from Nigeria who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres.In 1978 he won a silver medal at the All Africa Games. In 1980 Okodogbe competed at the Summer Olympics in Moscow, where he ran in the 100/200 metres, and reached the semi-finals of both events...	39.48
4=.	• Milton de Castro • Nelson dos Santos • Katsuhiko Nakaya • Altevir de Araújo Altevir de Araújo Altevir Silva Filho de Araújo is a retired sprinter from Brazil, he was a Brazilian champion, but he was best known for winning two gold medals at the 1979 South American Championships in Bucaramanga, Colombia....	39.48
6.	• István Tatár • István Nagy • László Babály, Sr • Ferenc Kiss Ferenc Kiss Ferenc Kiss is a former Hungarian sprinter who competed in the 100/200 metres.In 1980 he was the Hungarian 100 metres champion...	39.97
7.	• Louis Nkanza • Théophile Nkounkou • Jean-Pierre Bassegela • Antoine Kiakouama	40.09
8.	• Rudolph George • Sheku Boima • William Akabi-Davis • Walter During	42.53

Final

Heats

See also