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1980 Olympic Games Moscow - Men's 4 x 100 m

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Category: 1980 Olympic Games Moscow - (Athletics)
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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union Format: Top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.
Date Started: July 31, 1980  
Date Finished: August 1, 1980  
(Competitors: 64; Countries: 16; Finalists: 32/8)  
    Venue(s): Grand Arena, Central Lenin Stadium Area, Moskva
Overview by IAAF    1980_olympic_stadium.jpg
Poland, the GDR and Cuba were considered co-favourites in the absence of the USA. In the heats Tomas González (CUB) set off too early, failing to get the baton from Silvio Leonard, who, sensing that this was his last opportunity for Olympic glory, showed his anguish by crying and beating his head against the track for a long time after the race. The Soviet Union won their heat in 38.68, and the GDR won the other heat in 38.65 from Poland (38.83). The field was level at the first exchange in the final, but Eugen Ray took 2m out of the leading teams on the second leg, losing part of it when having to slow for late-starting Bernhard Hoff. Dunecki ran a good bend for Poland on the tight inside lane, but was 1.5m behind the Soviet team at the final changeover. Woronin gained on Prokofyev, but surprisingly less than a metre, as the hurdler held on well. Behind them France eased away from Britain on the last leg for the bronze medal.
       
Summary by Sports-reference.com      
With the USA boycotting the Moskva Olympics, the 4×100 was more open than it had ever been. The Poles and Soviet Union were considered the favorites with Cuba also given a shot. But in the heats, a very bad pass eliminated the Cuban team, who did not advance to the final. The final was close for the first leg but Eugen Ray of the GDR pulled away on the backstretch, only to see a poor exchange ruin his team's chances. The Soviet Union pulled away on the third leg. Poland's Marian Woronin gained slightly on the anchor leg but the USSR held on for the gold medal.
 
 
        Results        
 
4 x 100 m Men     Final 1 August      
                 
Rank Mark     Team Country NOC   Records
1 38.26     Vladimir Muravyov KAZ, Nikolay Sidorov RUS, Aleksandr Aksinin RUS, Andrey Prokofyev RUS Soviet Union URS    
2 38.33     Krzysztof Zwolinski, Zenon Licznerski, Leszek Dunecki, Marian Woronin Poland POL   NR
3 38.53     Antoine Richard, Pascal Barré, Patrick Barré, Hermann Panzo France FRA   NUR
4 38.62     Mike McFarlane, Allan Wells, Cameron Sharp, Drew McMaster Great Britain GBR    
5 38.73     Sören Schlegel GER, Eugen Ray GER, Bernhard Hoff GER, Thomas Munkelt GER East Germany GDR    
6 38.99     Pavel Pavlov, Vladimir Ivanov, Ivaylo Karanyotov, Petar Petrov Bulgaria BUL   NR
7 39.12     Hammed Adio, Kayode Elegbede, Olajidie Oyeledun, Peter Okodogbe Nigeria NGR    
8 39.54     Milton de Castro, Nelson dos Santos, Katsuhiko Nakaya, Altevir de Araújo Brazil BRA    
4 x 100 m Men     Heat 1 31 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Team Country NOC   Records
1 38.68     Vladimir Muravyov KAZ, Nikolay Sidorov RUS, Aleksandr Aksinin RUS, Andrey Prokofyev RUS Soviet Union URS    
2 39.01     Antoine Richard, Pascal Barré, Patrick Barré, Hermann Panzo France FRA    
3 39.25     Pavel Pavlov, Vladimir Ivanov, Ivaylo Karanyotov, Petar Petrov Bulgaria BUL    
4 39.71     Don Quarrie, Colin Bradford, Michael Davis USA, Albert Lawrence Jamaica JAM    
5 39.74     Edwin Noel, Hasely Crawford, Chris Brathwaite, Andrew Bruce Trinidad and Tobago TTO    
6 40.25     Boubacar Diallo FRA, Momar N'Dao, Cheikh Touradou Diouf, Issa Fall Senegal SEN    
7 41.71     Marcos Larose, Regis Tranquille, Casimir Pereira SYR, Vincent Confait Seychelles SEY    
  DNF     Osvaldo Lara, Alejandro Casañas, Silvio Leonard, Tomas González Cuba CUB    
4 x 100 m Men     Heat 2 31 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Team Country NOC   Records
1 38.65     Sören Schlegel GER, Eugen Ray GER, Bernhard Hoff GER, Thomas Munkelt GER East Germany GDR    
2 38.83     Krzysztof Zwolinski, Zenon Licznerski, Leszek Dunecki, Marian Woronin Poland POL    
3 39.20     Mike McFarlane, Allan Wells, Cameron Sharp, Drew McMaster Great Britain GBR    
4 39.48     Milton de Castro, Nelson dos Santos, Katsuhiko Nakaya, Altevir de Araújo Brazil BRA    
5 39.48     Hammed Adio, Kayode Elegbede, Olajidie Oyeledun, Peter Okodogbe Nigeria NGR    
6 39.97     István Tatár, István Nagy, László Babály, Ferenc Kiss Hungary HUN    
7 40.09     Louis Nkanza, Théophile Nkounkou, Jean-Pierre Bassegela, Antoine Kiakouama Congo CGO    
8 42.53     Rudolph George, Sheku Boima, William Akabi-Davies, Walter During Sierra Leone SLE    
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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