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

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Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Athletics
VenueLenin Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 24 (heats)
July 25 (finals)
Competitors65 from 40 nations
Winning time10.25
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Allan Wells
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silvio Leonard
 Cuba
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Petar Petrov
 Bulgaria
← 1976
1984 →
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The men's 100 metres event was one of the events in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The competition was held on July 24, 1980, and on July 25, 1980.[1] Sixty-five athletes from 40 nations competed.[2] Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Allan Wells of Great Britain, that nation's first title in the men's 100 metres since 1924. Cuba took its first medal in the event since 1964, with Silvio Leonard's silver matching the nation's best result. Petar Petrov's bronze was Bulgaria's first Olympic medal in the men's 100 metres.

Allan Wells and Silvio Leonard both clocked the same time in the final (10.25 seconds) which was the first time this had happened in the men's Olympic 100 metres final since the introduction of fully automatic timing.

Background

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This was the nineteenth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. Four finalists from 1976 returned: defending gold medal winner Hasely Crawford of Trinidad and Tobago, silver medalist Don Quarrie of Jamaica, seventh-place finisher Klaus-Dieter Kurrat of East Germany, and eighth-place finisher Petar Petrov of Bulgaria, while the American team, including 1977 IAAF World Cup winner and world record holder Steve Williams, were absent as they boycotted the Games. Other notable entrants included Silvio Leonard of Cuba (1975 and 1979 Pan-American Games champion, 1976 Olympic quarterfinalist, 1977 World Cup bronze medal), Eugen Ray of East Germany (1977 World Cup silver medalist), and Allan Wells of Great Britain (second to Quarrie at the 1978 Commonwealth Games).[2]

Eleven nations appeared in the event for the first time: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Guinea, Laos, Lebanon, Mozambique, Nepal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, and Syria, while the United States missed this event for the first (and so far only) time in Olympic history. France and Great Britain made their 16th appearances in the event, tied with Canada (also absent due to the boycott) for second-most, after the United States, with 18.

Competition format

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The event retained the same basic four-round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system, introduced in 1968, was used again to ensure that the quarterfinals and subsequent rounds had exactly 8 runners per heat; this time, that system applied only in the preliminary heats. With only two more runners than in 1976, the format was held very static, including the number of heats.

The first round consisted of nine heats, each with six to eight athletes. The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next five fastest runners overall. This made 32 quarterfinalists, who were divided into four heats of eight runners. The top four runners in each quarterfinal advanced, with no "fastest loser" places. The sixteen semifinalists competed in two heats of eight, with the top four in each semifinal advancing to the eight-man final.[2][3]

Records

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These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics.

World Record 9.95 United States Jim Hines Mexico City (MEX) October 14, 1968
Olympic Record 9.95 United States Jim Hines Mexico City (MEX) October 14, 1968

Results

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Heats

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  • Held on July 24, 1980

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Silvio Leonard  Cuba 10.33 Q
2 Peter Okodogbe  Nigeria 10.39 Q
3 Christopher Brathwaite  Trinidad and Tobago 10.44 Q
4 Klaus-Dieter Kurrat  East Germany 10.53 q
5 Charles Kachenjela  Zambia 11.03
6 John Carew  Sierra Leone 11.11
7 Marc Larose  Seychelles 11.27

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Pietro Mennea  Italy 10.56 Q
2 Lambros Kefalas  Greece 10.70 Q
3 Katsuhiko Nakaya  Brazil 10.72 Q
4 Momar N'Dao  Senegal 10.73
5 Eduardo Costa  Mozambique 11.02
6 Lucien Josiah  Botswana 11.15
7 Soutsakhone Somninhom  Laos 11.69

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Aleksandr Aksinin  Soviet Union 10.26 Q
2 Leszek Dunecki  Poland 10.42 Q
3 Nelson dos Santos  Brazil 10.51 Q
4 Hammed Adio  Nigeria 10.58 q
5 Nabil Nahri  Syria 10.67
6 Mwalimu Ally  Tanzania 10.86
7 Rudolph George  Sierra Leone 11.37

Heat 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Petar Petrov  Bulgaria 10.32 Q
2 Vladimir Muravyov  Soviet Union 10.37 Q
3 Osvaldo Lara  Cuba 10.39 Q
4 Antoine Richard  France 10.51 q
5 Pascal Aho  Benin 11.01
6 Joseph Letseka  Lesotho 11.21
7 Ilídio Coelho  Angola 11.42
8 Besha Tuffa  Ethiopia 11.55

Heat 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Eugen Ray  East Germany 10.38 Q
2 Hasely Crawford  Trinidad and Tobago 10.42 Q
3 Drew McMaster  Great Britain 10.43 Q
4 Gerardo Suero  Dominican Republic 10.53 q
5 Roland Dagher  Lebanon 11.01
6 Sheku Boima  Sierra Leone 11.08
7 Raghu Raj Onta  Nepal 11.61

Heat 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sören Schlegel  East Germany 10.44 Q
2 Hermann Panzo  France 10.53 Q
3 Tomás González  Cuba 10.65 Q
4 Antoine Kiakouama  Republic of the Congo 10.69
5 Milton de Castro  Brazil 10.74
6 Boubacar Diallo  Senegal 10.75
7 Adille Sumariwalla  India 11.04

Heat 7

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Allan Wells  Great Britain 10.35 Q
2 Don Quarrie  Jamaica 10.37 Q
3 Krzysztof Zwoliński  Poland 10.60 Q
4 Ivaylo Karanyotov  Bulgaria 10.66
5 István Tatár  Hungary 10.69
6 Mario Westbroek  Netherlands 10.91
7 Oddur Sigurðsson  Iceland 10.94

Heat 8

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 James Gilkes  Guyana 10.34 Q
2 Cameron Sharp  Great Britain 10.38 Q
3 Théophile Nkounkou  Republic of the Congo 10.53 Q
4 István Nagy  Hungary 10.68
5 David Lukuba  Tanzania 10.74
6 Paul Haba  Guinea 11.19
7 Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi  Kuwait 11.28

Heat 9

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Grégoire Illorson  Cameroon 10.34 Q
2 Marian Woronin  Poland 10.35 Q
3 Andrey Shlyapnikov  Soviet Union 10.43 Q
4 Samson Oyeledun  Nigeria 10.59 q
5 Francis Adams  Trinidad and Tobago 10.80
6 Peter Mwita  Tanzania 11.07
7 Salif Koné  Mali 11.07
8 José Luis Elias  Peru 13.66

Quarterfinals

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  • Held on July 24, 1980

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Allan Wells  Great Britain 10.11 Q
2 Petar Petrov  Bulgaria 10.13 Q
3 Osvaldo Lara  Cuba 10.21 Q
4 Pietro Mennea  Italy 10.27 Q
5 Hasely Crawford  Trinidad and Tobago 10.28
6 Sören Schlegel  East Germany 10.28
7 Nelson dos Santos  Brazil 10.45
8 Lambros Kefalas  Greece 10.62

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Aleksandr Aksinin  Soviet Union 10.29 Q
2 Don Quarrie  Jamaica 10.29 Q
3 Hermann Panzo  France 10.29 Q
4 Peter Okodogbe  Nigeria 10.34 Q
5 Leszek Dunecki  Poland 10.40
6 Drew McMaster  Great Britain 10.42
7 Tomás González  Cuba 10.44
8 Gerardo Suero  Dominican Republic 10.57

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Silvio Leonard  Cuba 10.16 Q
2 Marian Woronin  Poland 10.27 Q
3 Eugen Ray  East Germany 10.30 Q
4 Christopher Brathwaite  Trinidad and Tobago 10.37 Q
5 Andrei Shlyapnikov  Soviet Union 10.41
6 Théophile Nkounkou  Republic of the Congo 10.59
7 Hammed Adio  Nigeria 10.67
8 Katsuhiko Nakaya  Brazil 10.70

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 James Gilkes  Guyana 10.26 Q
2 Grégoire Illorson  Cameroon 10.29 Q
3 Vladimir Muravyov  Soviet Union 10.34 Q
4 Cameron Sharp  Great Britain 10.38 Q
5 Antoine Richard  France 10.45
6 Klaus-Dieter Kurrat  East Germany 10.54
7 Krzysztof Zwoliński  Poland 10.54
8 Samson Oyeledun  Nigeria 10.73

Semifinals

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  • Held on July 25, 1980

Semifinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Petar Petrov  Bulgaria 10.39 Q
2 Silvio Leonard  Cuba 10.40 Q
3 Aleksandr Aksinin  Soviet Union 10.45 Q
4 Hermann Panzo  France 10.45 Q
5 Don Quarrie  Jamaica 10.55
6 Pietro Mennea  Italy 10.58
7 Cameron Sharp  Great Britain 10.60
8 Grégoire Illorson  Cameroon 10.60

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Allan Wells  Great Britain 10.27 Q
2 Osvaldo Lara  Cuba 10.34 Q
3 Vladimir Muravyov  Soviet Union 10.42 Q
4 Marian Woronin  Poland 10.43 Q
5 James Gilkes  Guyana 10.44
6 Eugen Ray  East Germany 10.47
7 Peter Okodogbe  Nigeria 10.51
8 Christopher Brathwaite  Trinidad and Tobago 10.54

Final

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  • Held on July 25, 1980
Rank Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Allan Wells  Great Britain 10.25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silvio Leonard  Cuba 10.25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Petar Petrov  Bulgaria 10.39
4 Aleksandr Aksinin  Soviet Union 10.42
5 Osvaldo Lara  Cuba 10.43
6 Vladimir Muravyov  Soviet Union 10.44
7 Marian Woronin  Poland 10.46
8 Hermann Panzo  France 10.49

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "100 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 25.
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