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Swimming At The 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 Metre Freestyle
The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 26 and 27 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex. There were 39 competitors from 26 nations. Nations had been limited to three swimmers each since the 1924 Games (except in 1960, when the limit was two). The event was won by Jörg Woithe of East Germany, the nation's first medal in the men's 100 metre freestyle. Sweden earned its first medals in the event since 1952 with Per Holmertz's silver and Per Johansson's bronze. Background This was the 18th appearance of the men's 100 metre freestyle. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1900 (when the shortest freestyle was the 200 metres), though the 1904 version was measured in yards rather than metres. None of the eight finalists from the 1976 Games returned. The top sprinters of the time were absent, Rowdy Gaines due to the American-led boycott and Jonty Skinner due to the ban on apartheid South Africa. Algeria, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming Pool At The Olimpiysky Sports Complex
The Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex was a covered swimming centre in Moscow, Russia. The venue, built for the 1980 Summer Olympics, makes up the Olimpiysky Sports Complex architectural ensemble together with the Olimpiysky Arena. During the Olympics, it hosted the swimming, diving, water polo, and the swimming part of the modern pentathlon events. It also hosted 2002 Short Course World Championships. The venue consists of a 50x25x2,25m swimming pool (with capacity for 7,500 spectators), separated by an acoustic partition from the 35x25x6 m diving pool (with capacity for 4,500 spectators). See also * Olympic Pool at the Luzhniki Olympic ComplexReferences < ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Montgomery (swimmer)
James Paul Montgomery (born January 24, 1955) is an American former competition swimmer, four-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. Montgomery was the first man to break the 50-second barrier (49.99) in the 100-meter freestyle, at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, where he won three gold medals and one bronze. Montgomery won five gold medals in freestyle events at the first World Championships in 1973 in Belgrade. From Yugoslavia, Montgomery went on to Indiana University, where he swam for Doc Counsilman for four years, during which time he competed in the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games winning three golds and one bronze in the summer between his junior and senior years. He founded the Dallas Masters swim program in 1981 and later renamed it the Lone Star Masters. In 1990, the name officially became Baylor/Lone Star Masters. He began teaching swim lessons in 2007, including a class to help adults get past their fear of water. He was inducted int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Wikström
Per ("Pelle") Vilhelm Wikström (born 29 June 1961 in Borlänge, Dalarna) is a former Swedish swimmer who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he finished 9th in the 100 metres freestyle. He is also father to Swedish swimmers Christoffer and Sebastian Wikström. Clubs *Borlänge SS Borlänge is a locality in Dalarna County, Sweden with 44,898 inhabitants as of 2020. It is the seat of the Borlänge Municipality with a total population of 51,604 inhabitants as of 2017. History Originally Borlänge was the name of a tiny ... References sports-reference Living people Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Sweden 1961 births People from Borlänge Municipality Swedish male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Borlänge SS swimmers Sportspeople from Dalarna County {{Sweden-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffaele Franceschi
Raffaele Franceschi (born 18 May 1960) is an Italian swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1983 European Aquatics Championships. He also competed at the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics and finished fifth in the 100 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle events in 1980. His brother, Giovanni Franceschi Giovanni Franceschi (born 25 April 1963 in Milan) is an Italian swimmer who won two five medals in medley disciplines at European Championships of 1981–1983. He also competed in three events at the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Su ..., is also a retired Olympic swimmer. In the 2000s, Raffaele was competing in the masters category. . nuoto.it (29 October 2008). References 1960 births< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Smiryagin
Sergey Smiryagin (russian: Серге́й Смирягин; 27 October 1963 – 11 July 2020) was a Russian freestyle swimmer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 100 m freestyle, but failed to reach the final. After the Olympics he won three European titles and three silver medals at the world championships, as well as a gold medal at the 1983 Summer Universiade. He missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to their boycott by the Soviet Union and competed in the Friendship Games The Friendship Games, or Friendship-84 (russian: Дружба-84, ''Druzhba-84''), was an international multi-sport event held between 2 July and 16 September 1984 in the Soviet Union and eight other socialist states which boycotted the 1984 Su ... instead, winning three gold medals. References 1963 births 2020 deaths Russian male swimmers Russian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Soviet male swimmers World Aqua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Brooks
Neil Brooks (born 27 July 1962) is an Australian former sprint freestyle swimmer best known for winning the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow as part of the '' Quietly Confident Quartet''. Brooks was as much known for his swimming achievements as he was for disciplinary incidents, and he often found himself in conflict with officialdom and threatened with sanctions. Born in England, Brooks emigrated to Australia as a toddler and started swimming lessons after nearly drowning in a childhood accident. After initially being known for his lack of technique, Brooks quickly rose through the youth ranks. Brooks made his debut at the Australian Championships in 1976, but it was not until 1979 that he medalled at national level and made his debut for Australia at a FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation) Swimming World Cup meet. In 1980, he gained prominence by breaking the Australian record in the 100 m freestyle and being invited to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Écuyer
René Écuyer (born 4 September 1956) is a French former freestyle swimmer. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo .... References External links * 1956 births Living people French male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for France Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Swimmers at the 1979 Mediterranean Games 20th-century French people 21st-century French people {{France-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Kopliakov
Sergey Viktorovich Koplyakov (russian: Сергей Викторович Копляков; born 23 January 1959) is a Russian-Belarusian swimmer who won two gold medals competing for the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Sergey Koplyakov moved into top ranks of world swimming in 1979, coming behind Vladimir Salnikov, Andrey Krylov and Volodymyr Raskatov, enabling the Soviet Union to fully compete in male freestyle with American champions in the late 1970s. In sports history, Koplyakov will be the swimmer who ended 15 years of American domination in the 200 m freestyle and the first man who bested the time of 1:50 (on 7 April 1979 he achieved 1:49.83 in East Berlin). Born in Orsha, Belarus' 11th-largest city, Koplyakov debuted in 1974, at the age of 15. He won the 200 m juniors in a people's tournament in 1969. From Minsk he went to Leningrad, one of the pilot centers of the new Soviet swimming and was selected in 1976 for the Montreal Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Krasyuk
Serhiy Oleksandrovych Krasyuk (also Sergey; uk, Сергій Олександрович Красюк; 17 November 1961 – July 1994) was a Ukrainian swimmer. He won a gold and silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 4 × 100 m medley and 4 × 200 m freestyle relays, respectively; in both events he swam for the Soviet Unions team in the preliminary rounds. Individually he finished in sixth place in the 100 m freestyle. After the Olympics he won several medals at the world and European championships. He missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to their boycott by the Soviet Union and competed in the Friendship Games The Friendship Games, or Friendship-84 (russian: Дружба-84, ''Druzhba-84''), was an international multi-sport event held between 2 July and 16 September 1984 in the Soviet Union and eight other socialist states which boycotted the 1984 Su ... instead, winning a gold, silver and bronze medal. References 1961 births Living people Ukrainian male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Tonelli
Mark Lyndon Tonelli (born 13 April 1957), whose birth name was Mark Lyndon Leembruggen, is an Australian former backstroke, butterfly, and freestyle swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won a gold in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as a makeshift butterfly swimmer in the self-named ''Quietly Confident Quartet''. Tonelli unofficially led the relay team and was an athletes' spokesperson who fought for the right of Australian Olympians to compete in the face of a government call for a boycott to protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Tonelli took up swimming due to his asthma, and quickly came to prominence. Selected to represent Australia at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships, 1973 World Championships, he came sixth in the 200 m backstroke at the age of 16. He won his first Australian titles in 1974 in the 100 m backstroke and 200 m butterfly and went on to the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, where he won his fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Smith (swimmer)
Trevor Martin Smith is a former English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in two Olympic Games (Montreal 1976 & Moscow 1980), FINA world championships (1978) and European championships (1977), and swam for England in the 1978 Commonwealth Games. Smith was an Olympic bronze medallist and won six medals in major international swimming championships as a member of British or English teams. He also played American football - Place Kicker while a student-athlete at the University of Arkansas. Swimming Smith represented Great Britain at the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games. He was part of the bronze medal winning team in the men's 4×100-metre medley relay alongside teammates Gary Abraham, Duncan Goodhew and David Lowe. Smith also represented Great Britain winning a bronze medal at the 1978 World championships (Berlin) and a bronze medal at the 1977 European Championships in Sweden. He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4×100 metres medley relay and tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UTC+3
UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03:00. In areas using this time offset, the time is three hours later than the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Following the ISO 8601 standard, a time with this offset would be written as, for example, 2019-02-08T23:36:06+03:00. As standard time (year-round) :''Principal cities: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Doha, Riyadh, Baghdad, Nairobi, Dire Dawa, Addis Ababa, Manama, Sana'a, Aden, Minsk, Kuwait City, Asmara, Antananarivo, Kampala, Amman, Damascus'' Africa East Africa *Comoros *Djibouti *Eritrea *Ethiopia *France **French Southern and Antarctic Lands ***Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean ****Bassas da India, Europa Island and Juan de Nova Island **Mayotte *Kenya *Madagascar *Somalia *Somaliland ''(disputed territory)'' *South Africa **Prince Edward Islands *Tanzania *Uganda Antarctica *Some bases in Antarctica. See also Time in Antarctica **Japan *** Showa Station Asia Arabia Standard Time Arabia Standard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
