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

Final

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

Lenin Stadium

RANK	NATION	FINAL	TIME
	Soviet Union (URS)	• 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)	• 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)	• Nikolai Sidorov • Aleksandr Aksinin • Andrey Prokofyev	38.68
2.	France (FRA)	• Antoine Richard • Pascal Barré • Patrick Barré • Hermann Panzo	39.01
3.	Bulgaria (BUL)	• Petar Petrov	39.25
4.	Jamaica (JAM)	• Albert Lawrence	39.71
5.	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	• Edwin Noel • Hasely Crawford • Christopher Brathwaite • 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.	Republic of the 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 4 × 100 m Relay (Montreal)
• 1978 Men's European Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Prague)
• 1982 Men's European Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships 4 × 100 m Relay (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Games 4 × 100 m Relay (Los Angeles)

References

External links

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