Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres
Men's 200 metres at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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![]() Pietro Mennea (1973) | ||||||||||
Venue | Central Lenin Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 27 July 1980 (heats and quarterfinals) 28 July 1980 (semifinals and final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 57 from 37 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 20.19 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The men's 200 metres was an event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The competition was held on July 27, 1980, and on July 28, 1980.[1] There were 57 competitors from 37 nations.[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at three since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by 0.02 seconds by Pietro Mennea of Italy, the nation's first victory in the event since 1960 and second overall (tied for second-most with Canada behind the United States' 12 wins). This winning margin remains the narrowest in this event at the Olympics since the introduction of fully automatic timing. Great Britain earned its first medal in the men's 200 metres since 1928 with Allan Wells' silver. Don Quarrie of Jamaica, the defending champion, took bronze. Mennea (the 1972 bronze medalist) and Quarrie were the fifth and sixth men to earn multiple medals in the event.
Summary
[edit]Random lane draw put the two semifinal winners on the outside, Leonard having the misfortune to draw lane 1, Mennea in lane 8. Wells was just inside of Mennea in 7 while Quarrie drew lane 4. Wells just eked into the final with a fourth place in his semifinal. Had timed qualification been involved, he only had the tenth-fastest time in the semis.
Wells, who disliked using starting blocks but used them, was out fast, making up the stagger on Mennea 40 metres into the race. Coming off the turn Mennea was two metres back, behind both Leonard and Quarrie. Mennea accelerated down the straight edging closer to Wells with every step. He caught Wells five metres before the finish and continued past him for the win, regarded as one of the great comebacks in Olympic sprinting. Quarrie was able to outlean Leonard for the bronze.[3][4]
Background
[edit]This was the 18th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since. Three of the eight finalists from the 1976 Games returned: gold medalist Don Quarrie of Jamaica, fourth-place finisher (and 1972 bronze medalist) Pietro Mennea of Italy, and seventh-place finisher Colin Bradford of Jamaica. The odds on favourite was Mennea, the current world record holder. Other favourites in the field included Quarrie, Silvio Leonard of Cuba, and Allan Wells of Great Britain.[2]
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Guinea, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Mozambique, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Syria, and Zambia each made their debut in the event. France and Great Britain each made their 16th appearance, most of the nations competing in 1980 but one fewer than the United States, missing the event for the first time.
Competition format
[edit]The competition used the four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system introduced in 1960 was used in the heats.
There were 9 heats of between 6 and 7 runners each (before withdrawals), with the top 3 men in each advancing to the quarterfinals along with the next 5 fastest overall. The quarterfinals consisted of 4 heats of 8 athletes each; the 4 fastest men in each heat advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals, each with 8 runners. Again, the top 4 athletes advanced. The final had 8 runners. The races were run on a 400 metre track.[2]
Records
[edit]These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics.
World record | ![]() |
19.72 | Mexico City, Mexico | 12 September 1979 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
19.83 | Mexico City, Mexico | 16 October 1968 |
No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.
Schedule
[edit]All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)
Date | Time | Round |
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Sunday, 27 July 1980 | 10:30 18:25 |
Heats Quarterfinals |
Monday, 28 July 1980 | 17:20 20:10 |
Semifinals Final |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Held on July 27, 1980.
Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Cameron Sharp | ![]() |
21.51 | Q |
2 | Tomás González | ![]() |
21.64 | Q |
3 | Pavel Pavlov | ![]() |
21.78 | Q |
4 | Nikolaos Angelopoulos | ![]() |
21.98 | |
5 | Grégoire Illorson | ![]() |
22.21 | |
6 | Rubén Inácio | ![]() |
22.52 | |
7 | Casimir Pereira | ![]() |
22.59 |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pietro Mennea | ![]() |
21.26 | Q |
2 | Ferenc Kiss | ![]() |
21.34 | Q |
3 | Olaf Prenzler | ![]() |
21.35 | Q |
4 | Mike McFarlane | ![]() |
21.43 | q |
5 | Nabil Nahri | ![]() |
22.14 | |
6 | Ahmed Mohamed Sallouma | ![]() |
22.88 | |
— | Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi | ![]() |
DNS |
Heat 3
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Don Quarrie | ![]() |
20.87 | Q |
2 | Joseph Arame | ![]() |
21.24 | Q |
3 | Peter Okodogbe | ![]() |
21.42 | Q |
4 | Altevir de Araújo | ![]() |
21.49 | q |
5 | Cheikh Touradou Diouf | ![]() |
21.89 | |
6 | Henk Brouwer | ![]() |
21.96 | |
7 | Paul Haba | ![]() |
22.70 |
Heat 4
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Marian Woronin | ![]() |
21.63 | Q |
2 | István Nagy | ![]() |
21.80 | Q |
3 | Gerardo Suero | ![]() |
22.16 | Q |
— | Aleksandr Stasevich | ![]() |
DNF | |
— | Théophile Nkounkou | ![]() |
DNS | |
José Luis Elias | ![]() |
DNS | ||
Emmanuel Bitanga | ![]() |
DNS |
Heat 5
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Colin Bradford | ![]() |
21.17 | Q |
2 | Leszek Dunecki | ![]() |
21.30 | Q |
3 | Petar Petrov | ![]() |
21.59 | Q |
4 | David Lukuba | ![]() |
21.76 | |
5 | Pascal Aho | ![]() |
22.09 | |
6 | Roland Dagher | ![]() |
22.27 | |
7 | Walter During | ![]() |
23.12 |
Heat 6
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Andrew Bruce | ![]() |
21.36 | Q |
2 | Allan Wells | ![]() |
21.57 | Q |
3 | Aleksandar Popović | ![]() |
21.65 | Q |
4 | Hammed Adio | ![]() |
21.79 | |
5 | Perumal Subramanian | ![]() |
22.39 | |
6 | Rudolph George | ![]() |
23.20 | |
— | Vladimir Muravyov | ![]() |
DNS |
Heat 7
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | James Gilkes | ![]() |
21.07 | Q |
2 | František Břečka | ![]() |
21.49 | Q |
3 | Bernhard Hoff | ![]() |
21.53 | Q |
4 | Boubacar Diallo | ![]() |
21.56 | q |
5 | Joseph Letseka | ![]() |
22.31 | |
6 | Lucien Josiah | ![]() |
22.45 | |
— | Constantino Reis | ![]() |
DNF |
Heat 8
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Osvaldo Lara | ![]() |
21.03 | Q |
2 | Christopher Brathwaite | ![]() |
21.13 | Q |
3 | Nikolay Sidorov | ![]() |
21.15 | Q |
4 | Vladimir Ivanov | ![]() |
21.28 | q |
5 | Alston Muziyo | ![]() |
22.47 | |
6 | Besha Tuffa | ![]() |
23.18 | |
— | Pascal Barré | ![]() |
DNS |
Heat 9
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Silvio Leonard | ![]() |
20.95 | Q |
2 | Bernard Petitbois | ![]() |
21.16 | Q |
3 | Paulo Roberto Correira | ![]() |
21.27 | Q |
4 | Zenon Licznerski | ![]() |
21.36 | q |
5 | Mwalimu Ali | ![]() |
21.83 | |
6 | Sheku Boima | ![]() |
22.93 | |
7 | Sitthixay Sacpraseuth | ![]() |
24.28 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]Held on July 27, 1980.
Quarterfinal 1
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Don Quarrie | ![]() |
20.89 | Q |
2 | Marian Woronin | ![]() |
20.97 | Q |
3 | Osvaldo Lara | ![]() |
21.01 | Q |
4 | Ferenc Kiss | ![]() |
21.24 | Q |
5 | Bernard Petitbois | ![]() |
21.32 | |
6 | Mike McFarlane | ![]() |
21.33 | |
7 | Aleksandar Popović | ![]() |
21.66 | |
8 | Petar Petrov | ![]() |
21.89 |
Quarterfinal 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Allan Wells | ![]() |
20.59 | Q |
2 | James Gilkes | ![]() |
20.83 | Q |
3 | Peter Okodogbe | ![]() |
20.89 | Q |
4 | Olaf Prenzler | ![]() |
20.89 | Q |
5 | Christopher Brathwaite | ![]() |
21.02 | |
6 | Colin Bradford | ![]() |
21.04 | |
7 | Altevir de Araújo | ![]() |
21.22 | |
8 | Pavel Pavlov | ![]() |
21.35 |
Quarterfinal 3
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Silvio Leonard | ![]() |
20.93 | Q |
2 | Joseph Arame | ![]() |
20.95 | Q |
3 | Bernhard Hoff | ![]() |
20.96 | Q |
4 | Cameron Sharp | ![]() |
21.16 | Q |
5 | Zenon Licznerski | ![]() |
21.22 | |
6 | István Nagy | ![]() |
21.38 | |
7 | František Břečka | ![]() |
21.47 | |
8 | Gerardo Suero | ![]() |
21.75 |
Quarterfinal 4
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pietro Mennea | ![]() |
20.60 | Q |
2 | Nikolay Sidorov | ![]() |
20.83 | Q |
3 | Leszek Dunecki | ![]() |
20.87 | Q |
4 | Andrew Bruce | ![]() |
20.94 | Q |
5 | Vladimir Ivanov | ![]() |
20.96 | |
6 | Paulo Roberto Correia | ![]() |
21.01 | |
7 | Boubacar Diallo | ![]() |
21.10 | |
8 | Tomás González | ![]() |
21.19 |
Semifinals
[edit]Held on July 28, 1980.
Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Silvio Leonard | ![]() |
20.61 | Q |
2 | Bernhard Hoff | ![]() |
20.69 | Q |
3 | Marian Woronin | ![]() |
20.75 | Q |
4 | Allan Wells | ![]() |
20.75 | Q |
5 | James Gilkes | ![]() |
20.87 | |
6 | Peter Okodogbe | ![]() |
21.03 | |
7 | Andrew Bruce | ![]() |
21.16 | |
8 | Ferenc Kiss | ![]() |
21.17 |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pietro Mennea | ![]() |
20.70 | Q |
2 | Don Quarrie | ![]() |
20.76 | Q |
3 | Leszek Dunecki | ![]() |
20.82 | Q |
4 | Osvaldo Lara | ![]() |
20.93 | Q |
5 | Olaf Prenzler | ![]() |
21.00 | |
6 | Joseph Arame | ![]() |
21.05 | |
7 | Nikolay Sidorov | ![]() |
21.17 | |
8 | Cameron Sharp | ![]() |
21.24 |
Final
[edit]Held on July 28, 1980.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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Pietro Mennea | ![]() |
20.19 |
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Allan Wells | ![]() |
20.21 |
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Don Quarrie | ![]() |
20.29 |
4 | Silvio Leonard | ![]() |
20.30 |
5 | Bernhard Hoff | ![]() |
20.50 |
6 | Leszek Dunecki | ![]() |
20.68 |
7 | Marian Woronin | ![]() |
20.81 |
8 | Osvaldo Lara | ![]() |
21.19 |
See also
[edit]- 1976 Men's Olympic 200 metres (Montreal)
- 1978 Men's European Championships 200 metres (Prague)
- 1982 Men's European Championships 200 metres (Athens)
- 1983 Men's World Championships 200 metres (Helsinki)
- 1984 Men's Olympic 200 metres (Los Angeles)
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Games: Men's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ a b c "200 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Lane 8 200m Revisited – Pietro Mennea 1980 Olympic Gold Medal". SpeedEndurance.com. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ "Mennea Nips Wells In Olympic Drama - The Washington Post".