Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
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These are the official results of the Men's 4 × 400 metre relay event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. There were a total number of 24 nations competing. The top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.[1]
Final
- Held on Friday 1 August 1980
| RANK | NATION | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
 |  Soviet Union (URS) | • Remigijus Valiulis • Mikhail Linge • Nikolay Chernetskiy • Viktor Markin | 3:01.08 |
 |  East Germany (GDR) | • Klaus Thiele • Andreas Knebel • Frank Schaffer • Volker Beck | 3:01.26 |
 |  Italy (ITA) | • Stefano Malinverni • Mauro Zuliani • Roberto Tozzi • Pietro Mennea | 3:04.54 |
| 4. | France (FRA) | • Jacques Fellice • Robert Froissart • Didier Dubois • Francis Demarthon | 3:04.8 |
| 5. |  Brazil (BRA) | • Paulo Correia • Antônio Dias Ferreira • Agberto Guimarães • Geraldo Pegado | 3:05.9 |
| 6. |  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | • Joseph Coombs • Charles Joseph • Rafee Mohammed • Mike Solomon | 3:06.6 |
| 7. |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | • Josef Lomický • Dusan Malovec • František Břečka • Karel Kolář | 3:07.0 |
| 8. | Great Britain (GBR) | • Alan Bell • Terry Whitehead • Rod Milne • Glen Cohen | DNF |
Heats
- Held on Thursday 31 July 1980
| RANK | NATION | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Soviet Union (URS) | • Nikolay Chernetskiy • Mikhail Linge • Remigijus Valiulis • Viktor Burakov | 3:01.8 |
| 2. | Brazil (BRA) | • Paulo Correia • Antônio Dias Ferreira • Agberto Guimarães • Geraldo Pegado | 3:04.9 |
| 3. |  Yugoslavia (YUG) | • Željko Knapić • Milovan Savić • Rok Kopitar • Josip Alebić | 3:05.3 |
| 4. |  Poland (POL) | • Jan Pawłowicz • Jerzy Pietrzyk • Adam Starostka • Andrzej Stępień | 3:05.8 |
| 5. | Netherlands (NED) | • Henk Brouwer • Mario Westbroek • Marcel Klarenbeek • Harry Schulting | 3:06.0 |
| 6. |  Spain (ESP) | • Isidoro Hornillos • Colomán Trabado • Benjamín González • José Casabona | 3:06.9 |
| 7. |  Zambia (ZAM) | • Charles Lupiya • Alston Muziyo • Archfell Musango • Davison Lishebo | 3:14.9 |
| 8. |  Sierra Leone (SLE) | • William Akabi-Davis • Jimmy Massallay • Sahr Kendor • George Branche | 3:25.0 |
| RANK | NATION | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | East Germany (GDR) | • Klaus Thiele • Andreas Knebel • Frank Schaffer • Volker Beck | 3:03.4 |
| 2. | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | • Josef Lomický • Dušan Malovec • František Břečka • Karel Kolář | 3:03.5 |
| 3. | Italy (ITA) | • Stefano Malinverni • Mauro Zuliani • Roberto Tozzi • Pietro Mennea | 3:03.5 |
| 4. | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | • Joseph Coombs • Mike Solomon • Rafer Mohammed • Charles Joseph | 3:04.3 |
| 5. |  Uganda (UGA) | • Pius Olowo • Charles Dramiga • John Akii-Bua • Silver Ayoo | 3:07.0 |
| 6. |  Libya (LBA) | • Bashir Al-Fellah • Salem El-Margini • Ahmed Seluma • Elmehdi Diab | 3:16.7 |
| 7. |  Ethiopia (ETH) | • Besha Tuffa • Kumela Fituma • Asfaw Deble • Atre Bezabeh | 3:18.2 |
| — | Belgium (BEL) | • Eddy de Leeuw • Danny Roelandt • Rik Vandenberghe • Alfons Brijdenbach | DNF |
| RANK | NATION | HEAT 3 | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | France (FRA) | • Jacques Fellice • Robert Froissart • Didier Dubois • Francis Demarthon | 3:05.4 |
| 2. | Great Britain (GBR) | • Alan Bell • Terry Whitehead • Rod Milne • Glen Cohen | 3:05.9 |
| 3. | Switzerland (SUI) | • Rolf Strittmatter • Peter Haas • Rolf Gisler • Urs Kamber | 3:07.2 |
| 4. |  Iraq (IRQ) | • Hussain Ali Nasayyif • Ali Hassan Kadhum • Fahim Abdul Al-Sada • Abbas Murshid Al-Aibi | 3:10.5 |
| 5. |  Nigeria (NGR) | • Sunday Uti • Hope Ezeigbo • Felix Imadiyi • Dele Udo | 3:14.1 |
| 6. |  Sri Lanka (SRI) | • Samararatne Dharmasena • Kosala Sahabandu • Newton Perera • Appunidage Premachandra | 3:14.4 |
| 7. |  Seychelles (SEY) | • Vincent Confait • Regis Tranquille • Marc La Rose • Casimir Pereira | 3:19.2 |
| — |  Jamaica (JAM) | • Derrick Peynado • Colin Bradford • Ian Stapleton • Bert Cameron | DNF |
See also
- 1976 Men's Olympic Games 4 × 400 m Relay (Montreal)
- 1978 Men's European Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Prague)
- 1982 Men's European Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Athens)
- 1983 Men's World Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Helsinki)
- 1984 Men's Olympic Games 4 × 400 m Relay (Los Angeles)
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
External links
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