Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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

These are the official results of the Men's 4 x 100 metre relay event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. There were a total number of 16 nations competing. The top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Final

The final was held on Friday 1 August 1980, at the Lenin Stadium

RANK	NATION	FINAL	TIME
	Soviet Union (URS)	• Vladimir Muravyov • Nikolai Sidorov • Aleksandr Aksinin • Andrey Prokofyev	38.26
	Poland (POL)	• Krzysztof Zwoliński • Zenon Licznerski • Leszek Dunecki • Marian Woronin	38.33
	France (FRA)	• Antoine Richard • Pascal Barré • Patrick Barré • Hermann Panzo	38.53
4.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Mike McFarlane • Allan Wells • Cameron Sharp • Drew McMaster	38.62
5.	East Germany (GDR)	• Sören Schlegel • Eugen Ray • Bernhard Hoff • Thomas Munkelt	38.73
6.	Bulgaria (BUL)	• Pavel Pavlov • Vladimir Ivanov • Ivaylo Karanyotov • Petar Petrov	38.99
7.	Nigeria (NGR)	• Hammed Adio • Kayode Elegbede • Samson Oyeledun • Peter Okodogbe	39.12
8.	Brazil (BRA)	• Milton de Castro • Nelson dos Santos • Katsuhiko Nakaya • Altevir de Araújo	39.54

Heats

There were two heats which took place on 31 July 1980 at the Lenin Stadium. The first three in each heat and fastest two others advanced to the final.

RANK	NATION	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Soviet Union (URS)	• Vladimir Muravyov • Nikolai Sidorov • Aleksandr Aksinin • Andrey Prokofyev	38.68
2.	France (FRA)	• Antoine Richard • Pascal Barré • Patrick Barré • Hermann Panzo	39.01
3.	Bulgaria (BUL)	• Pavel Pavlov • Vladimir Ivanov • Ivaylo Karanyotov • Petar Petrov	39.25
4.	Jamaica (JAM)	• Don Quarrie • Colin Bradford • Michael Davis • Albert Lawrence	39.71
5.	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	• Edwin Noel • Hasely Crawford • Chris Braithwaite • Andrew Bruce	39.74
6.	Senegal (SEN)	• Boubacar Diallo • Momar N'Dao • Cheikh Touradou Diouf • Issa Fall	40.25
7.	Seychelles (SEY)	• Marc Larose • Régis Tranquille • Casimir Pereira • Vincent Confait	41.71
8.	Cuba (CUB)	• Osvaldo Lara • Alejandro Casañas • Silvio Leonard • Tomás González	DNF

RANK	NATION	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	East Germany (GDR)	• Sören Schlegel • Eugen Ray • Bernhard Hoff • Thomas Munkelt	38.65
2.	Poland (POL)	• Krzysztof Zwoliński • Zenon Licznerski • Leszek Dunecki • Marian Woronin	38.83
3.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Mike McFarlane • Allan Wells • Cameron Sharp • Drew McMaster	39.20
4=.	Nigeria (NGR)	• Hammed Adio • Kayode Elegbede • Samson Oyeledun • Peter Okodogbe	39.48
4=.	Brazil (BRA)	• Milton de Castro • Nelson dos Santos • Katsuhiko Nakaya • Altevir de Araújo	39.48
6.	Hungary (HUN)	• István Tatár • István Nagy • László Babály, Sr • Ferenc Kiss	39.97
7.	Congo (CGO)	• Louis Nkanza • Théophile Nkounkou • Jean-Pierre Bassegela • Antoine Kiakouama	40.09
8.	Sierra Leone (SLE)	• Rudolph George • Sheku Boima • William Akabi-Davis • Walter During	42.53

See also

• 1976 Men's Olympic Games 4x100m Relay (Montreal)
• 1978 Men's European Championships 4x100m Relay (Prague)
• 1982 Men's European Championships 4x100m Relay (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships 4x100m Relay (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Games 4x100m Relay (Los Angeles)

References

• Results
• sports-reference