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Swimming At The 1980 Summer Olympics
Swimming as usual was one of the three aquatics disciplines at the 1980 Summer Olympics—the other two being Water Polo and Diving. It was held in the ''Swimming Pool'' of the ''Olimpiysky Sports Complex'' between July 20 and July 27. There was a total of 333 participants from 41 countries competing. Because the number of participants was reduced by the boycott, FINA broke format by doing away with the semifinals. Instead, the top 8 finishers from the heats qualified directly for the final, or final A as it was called. In events up to 400m, those that finished 9th to 16th in the heats would swim in Final B for the 9th place after the swimmers from Final A swam. This would continue as the Olympic format up to the 1996 Olympic Games. Events Participating nations 333 swimmers from 41 nations competed. Medal table Men's events ''* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.'' Women's events ''* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and r ... [...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] |
Max Metzker
Maxwell Raymond Metzker (born 8 March 1960) was a South African-born long-distance freestyle swimmer who represented Australia in the late 1970s and early 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He was a co-flagbearer with Denise Boyd at the opening ceremony, when Australia marched under the Olympic flag to protest the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. Metzker first showed his international pedigree in the pool at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, coming sixth in the 1500-metre freestyle and 13th in the 400-metre event. He had his first international success at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada, winning a gold and bronze medal in the 1500-metre and 400-metre freestyle respectively. He also claimed a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. In Moscow, Metzker trailed the great Soviet swimmer Vladimir Salnikov home by some 25 seconds. Salnikov broke the world record, being the first man to brea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Pyttel
Roger Pyttel (born 8 May 1957 in Wolfen) is a former German butterfly swimmer. After failing to place in various races during the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, Pyttel attained both a silver and bronze medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million .... retrieved on www.sports-reference.com on 2. February 2014 References German male swimmers[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pär Arvidsson
Pär Arvidsson (born 27 February 1960 in Finspång) is a former butterfly swimmer from Sweden. He won the 100 m butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, after having set the world record in the same event a couple of months earlier in Austin, Texas. He held the record until April 1981. Between 1976 and 1983 he became Swedish champion 22 times. He held the Swedish record in the 200 butterfly until 2008. After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in economics he attended and graduated from Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p .... Personal bests Long course (50 m) Clubs * Finspångs SK References {{DEFAULTSORT:Arvidsson, Par 1960 births Swedish male butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albán Vermes
Albán Vermes (19 June 1957 – 3 February 2021) was a Hungarian swimmer and Olympic medalist. He participated at the 1980 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in 200 metre breaststroke. Albán Vermes died on 3 February 2021, aged 63. References External links * 1957 births 2021 deaths Hungarian male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Male breaststroke swimmers Olympic silver medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Eger {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertas Žulpa
Robertas Žulpa (born 20 March 1960, in Vilnius) is a former Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union during his professional career. Žulpa trained at VSS ''Žalgiris'' in Vilnius, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1980. He won a gold medal in 200 m breaststroke with a time of 2:15.85 at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In 1988, Žulpa emigrated to Italy where he started to coach swimming to 11-year-old boys. Later, he became Italian–Russian translator for various companies. Žulpa currently spends much of his time in his native Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ... working as a Lithuanian–Italian translator. References External linksYouTube heat 200 m Breaststroke Olympic Games -80* 1960 births Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Evans (swimmer)
Peter Maxwell Evans (born 1 August 1961) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s who won four Olympic medals, including a gold in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet. He also won consecutive bronze medals in the 100 m breaststroke at the 1980 Olympics and the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. The son of prominent Western Australian businessman and politician Max Evans, Evans had a late start to his swimming career, making his debut at the Australian Championships in his hometown of Perth, aged 17. Despite placing second in the 100 m breaststroke, he was not selected for Australia, and instead travelled to the United Kingdom to train under David Haller. During this period, he quickly improved his times and rose from outside the top 200 into the top 25 in the world rankings. Evans returned to Australia in 1980 and qualified for the Olympics in both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke. A sprin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsens Miskarovs
Arsens Miskarovs (born 3 March 1961) is a Latvian former breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union. References 1961 births Living people Latvian male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Soviet Union Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Latvian Academy of Sport Education alumni Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union Universiade bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade Soviet male breaststroke swimmers {{Latvia-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Goodhew
Duncan Alexander Goodhew, (born 27 May 1957) is an English former competitive swimmer. After swimming competitively in America as a collegian at North Carolina State University, he was an Olympic swimmer for Great Britain and won Olympic gold and bronze medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He also swam at the 1976 Summer Olympics. people with alopecia universalis Early life Goodhew attended Windlesham House School and Millfield School (Walton House). He was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of 13. At the age of 15, he fell out of a tree, which triggered permanent hair loss due to alopecia universalis. Career Goodhew came to prominence as an international swimmer in 1976, finishing 7th in the 100m breaststroke at the Montreal Olympics that summer. Four years later, in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, he won gold in the 100m breaststroke, in a time of 1:03.34, and a bronze in the 4x100m medley relay. He represented England and won three silver medals in the breaststroke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Kerry
Mark Anthony Kerry (born 4 August 1959) is an Australian former backstroke and freestyle swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won three Olympic medals, including a gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics as the backstroker for the ''Quietly Confident Quartet''. During his career, he won twelve Australian Championships. Initially trained by his mother, Kerry enjoyed success in swimming and surf lifesaving as a teenager. His swimming career progressed to senior Australian standards after he switched to the tutelage of John Rigby and moved to Queensland. He made his debut at the 1976 Australian Championships and promptly won the 200 m freestyle and backstroke events to win selection for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal at the age of 16. At the Olympics, Kerry reached the final in two events, coming seventh and fifth in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke respectively. Kerry was disappointed with his performances, but they attrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoltán Verrasztó
Zoltán Verrasztó (born 15 March 1956 in Budapest) is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Hungary. He won two medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. Verrasztó claimed silver in the men's 200 m backstroke, and bronze in the men's 400 m individual medley. Apart from that he twice became world champion in the 200 m backstroke during the 1970s. His children, Evelyn Verrasztó and Dávid Verrasztó Dávid Verrasztó (born 22 August 1988) is a Hungarian competitive swimmer. He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, in the 200 and 400 m individual medleys. His father and coach, Zoltán Verrasztó, and his sister, Evelyn Verraszt ... are also Olympic swimmers. He coached them to become European championship gold medalists. External links * * 1956 births Living people Hungarian male swimmers Male backstroke swimmers Male medley swimmers Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1976 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sándor Wladár
Sándor Wladár (born 19 July 1963 in Budapest) is a Hungarian retired male swimmer. He won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in 200 m backstroke. Wladár was a swimmer of Központi Sportiskola (1972–1980), Újpesti Dózsa (1981–1985). From 1985 to 1987 he was a water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ... player for Újpesti Dózsa. He was named the Male European Swimmer of the Year in 1981 by '' Swimming World magazine''. The same year he was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the year. After retiring from active sport he opened a veterinarian clinic with his brother Zoltán who was also a swimmer. Wladár was elected president of the Hungarian Swimming Association (MÚSZ) on 24 September 2017. Achievements * World Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
