Men 4x100m Relay Athletics XXII Olympic Games Moskva, Soviet Union 1980 - Friday, 1st August - Gold Medal:
Final
Time
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1. Soviet Union
38.26s
Vladimir Muraviov
Nikolai Sidorov
Aleksandr Aksinin
Andrei Prokofiev
2. Poland
38.33s
Krzysztof Zwolinski
Zenon Licznerski
Leszek Dunecki
Marian Woronin
3. France
38.53s
Antoine Richard
Pascal Barre
Patrick Barre
Herman Panzo
4. Great Britain
38.62s
Michael Mcfarlane
Allan Wells
Cameron Sharp
Andrew Mcmaster
5. East Germany
38.73s
Soren Schlegel
Eugen Ray
Bernhard Hoff
Thomas Munkelt
6. Bulgaria
38.99s
Pavel Pavlov
Vladimir Ivanov
Ivailo Karaniotov
Petr Petrov
7. Nigeria
39.12s
Hammed Adio
Kayode Elegbede
Samson Oyeledun
Peter Okodogbe
8. Brazil
39.54s
Milton de Castro Costa
Nelson Rocha dos Santos
Katsuhico Nakaya
Altevir Araujo Filho
Poland, the GDR and Cuba were considered co-favourites in the
absence of the USA. In the heats Tomas González (CUB) set off too
early, failing to get the baton from Silvio Leonard, who, sensing that
this was his last opportunity for Olympic glory, showed his anguish by
crying and beating his head against the track for a long time after the
race. The Soviet Union won their heat in 38.68, and the GDR won the
other heat in 38.65 from Poland (38.83).
The field was level at the first exchange in the final, but Eugen Ray
took 2m out of the leading teams on the second leg, losing part of it
when having to slow for late-starting Bernhard Hoff. Dunecki ran a
good bend for Poland on the tight inside lane, but was 1.5m behind the
Soviet team at the final changeover. Woronin gained on Prokofyev, but
surprisingly less than a metre, as the hurdler held on well. Behind them
France eased away from Britain on the last leg for the bronze medal.
