Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Medalists
 Pietro Mennea  Italy
 Allan Wells  Great Britain
 Don Quarrie  Jamaica
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 200 metres event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The competition was held on July 27, 1980, and on July 28, 1980.

The boycotting American team would have been no match for this field which included the world record holder, Pietro Mennea, the third fastest man in history, Don Quarrie, the fastest man in the world from 1977, Silvio Leonard and the newly crowned Olympic 100 metres champion, Allan Wells. Random lane draw put the two semi-final winners on the outside, Leonard having the misfortune to draw lane 1, Mennea in lane 8. Wells was just inside of Mennea in 7 while Quarrie drew lane 4. Wells just eked into the final with a fourth place in his semi-final. Had timed qualification been involved, he only had the tenth fastest time in the semis.

Wells, who disliked using starting blocks but used them, was out fast, making up the stagger on Mennea 40 metres into the race. Coming off the turn Mennea was two metres back, behind both Leonard and Quarrie. Mennea accelerated down the straight edging closer to Wells with every step. He caught Wells five metres before the finish and continued past him for the win, regarded as one of the great comebacks in Olympic sprinting. Quarrie was able to outlean Leonard for the bronze.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics.

World Record 19.72 Italy Pietro Mennea Mexico City (MEX) September 12, 1979
Olympic Record 19.83 United States Tommie Smith Mexico City (MEX) October 16, 1968

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Pietro Mennea (ITA) 20.19
 Allan Wells (GBR) 20.21
 Don Quarrie (JAM) 20.29
4.  Silvio Leonard (CUB) 20.30
5.  Bernhard Hoff (GDR) 20.50
6.  Leszek Dunecki (POL) 20.68
7.  Marian Woronin (POL) 20.81
8.  Osvaldo Lara (CUB) 21.19

Semifinals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Silvio Leonard (CUB) 20.61
2.  Bernhard Hoff (GDR) 20.69
3.  Marian Woronin (POL) 20.75
4.  Allan Wells (GBR) 20.75
5.  James Gilkes (GUY) 20.87
6.  Peter Okodogbe (NGR) 21.03
7.  Andrew Bruce (TRI) 21.16
8.  Ferenc Kiss (HUN) 21.17


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 20.70
2.  Don Quarrie (JAM) 20.76
3.  Leszek Dunecki (POL) 20.82
4.  Osvaldo Lara (CUB) 20.93
5.  Olaf Prenzler (GDR) 21.00
6.  Joseph Arame (FRA) 21.05
7.  Nikolay Sidorov (URS) 21.17
8.  Cameron Sharp (GBR) 21.24

Quarterfinals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Don Quarrie (JAM) 20.89
2.  Marian Woronin (POL) 20.97
3.  Osvaldo Lara (CUB) 21.01
4.  Ferenc Kiss (HUN) 21.24
5.  Bernard Petitbois (FRA) 21.32
6.  Mike McFarlane (GBR) 21.33
7.  Aleksandar Popović (YUG) 21.66
8.  Petar Petrov (BUL) 21.89


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Allan Wells (GBR) 20.59
2.  James Gilkes (GUY) 20.83
3.  Peter Okodogbe (NGR) 20.89
4.  Olaf Prenzler (GDR) 20.89
5.  Christopher Brathwaite (TRI) 21.02
6.  Colin Bradford (JAM) 21.04
7.  Altevir de Araújo (BRA) 21.22
8.  Pavel Pavlov (BUL) 21.35


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Silvio Leonard (CUB) 20.93
2.  Joseph Arame (FRA) 20.95
3.  Bernhard Hoff (GDR) 20.96
4.  Cameron Sharp (GBR) 21.16
5.  Zenon Licznerski (POL) 21.22
6.  István Nagy (HUN) 21.38
7.  František Břečka (TCH) 21.47
8.  Gerardo Suero (DOM) 21.75


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 20.60
2.  Nikolay Sidorov (URS) 20.83
3.  Leszek Dunecki (POL) 20.87
4.  Andrew Bruce (TRI) 20.94
5.  Vladimir Ivanov (BUL) 20.96
6.  Paulo Roberto Correia (BRA) 21.01
7.  Boubacar Diallo (SEN) 21.10
8.  Tomás González (CUB) 21.19

Heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Cameron Sharp (GBR) 21.51
2.  Tomás González (CUB) 21.64
3.  Pavel Pavlov (BUL) 21.78
4.  Nikolaos Angelopoulos (GRE) 21.98
5.  Grégoire Illorson (CMR) 22.21
6.  Ruben Inacio (ANG) 22.52
7.  Casimir Pereira (SEY) 22.59


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Marian Woronin (POL) 21.63
2.  István Nagy (HUN) 21.80
3.  Gerardo Suero (DOM) 22.16
-  Aleksandr Stasevich (URS) DNF
-  Théophile Nkounkou (CGO) DNS
-  José Luis Elias (PER) DNS
-  Emmanuel Bitanga (CMR) DNS


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  James Gilkes (GUY) 21.07
2.  František Břečka (TCH) 21.49
3.  Bernhard Hoff (GDR) 21.53
4.  Boubacar Diallo (SEN) 21.56
5.  Joseph Letseka (LES) 22.31
6.  Lucien Josiah (BOT) 22.45
-  Constantino Reis (MOZ) DNS


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 21.26
2.  Ferenc Kiss (HUN) 21.34
3.  Olaf Prenzler (GDR) 21.35
4.  Mike McFarlane (GBR) 21.43
5.  Nabil Nahri (SYR) 22.14
6.  Ahmed Sallouma (LBA) 22.88
-  Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi (KUW) DNS


RANK HEAT 5 TIME
1.  Colin Bradford (JAM) 21.17
2.  Leszek Dunecki (POL) 21.30
3.  Petar Petrov (BUL) 21.59
4.  David Lukuba (TAN) 21.76
5.  Pascal Aho (BEN) 22.09
6.  Roland Dagher (LIB) 22.27
7.  Walter During (SLE) 23.12


RANK HEAT 6 TIME
1.  Osvaldo Lara (CUB) 21.03
2.  Christopher Brathwaite (TRI) 21.13
3.  Nikolay Sidorov (URS) 21.15
4.  Vladimir Ivanov (BUL) 21.28
5.  Alston Sidney Muziyo (ZAM) 22.47
6.  Besha Tuffa (ETH) 23.18
-  Pascal Barré (FRA) DNS


RANK HEAT 7 TIME
1.  Don Quarrie (JAM) 20.87
2.  Joseph Arame (FRA) 21.24
3.  Peter Okodogbe (NGR) 21.42
4.  Altevir de Araújo (BRA) 21.49
5.  Cheikh Touradou Diouf (SEN) 21.89
6.  Henk Brouwer (NED) 21.96
7.  Paul Haba (GUI) 22.70


RANK HEAT 8 TIME
1.  Andrew Bruce (TRI) 21.36
2.  Allan Wells (GBR) 21.57
3.  Aleksandar Popović (YUG) 21.65
4.  Hammed Adio (NGR) 21.79
5.  Subramanian Perumal (IND) 22.39
6.  Rudolph George (SLE) 23.20
-  Vladimir Muravyov (URS) DNS


RANK HEAT 9 TIME
1.  Silvio Leonard (CUB) 20.95
2.  Bernard Petitbois (FRA) 21.16
3.  Paulo Roberto Correira (BRA) 21.27
4.  Zenon Licznerski (POL) 21.36
5.  Mwalimu Ali (TAN) 21.83
6.  Sheku Boima (SLE) 22.93
7.  Sitthixay Sacpraseuth (LAO) 24.28

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