- Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay
The Men's 4×100 metres Medley Relay event at the
1980 Summer Olympics was held inMoscow ,Soviet Union , on 24 July, 1980 in the Olympiski Sports Complex. The heats were held in the morning, while the finals were held in the evening.The
United States , the winner of all previous 4 x 100 metre medley relay, were boycotting the games in response to theSoviet war in Afghanistan . As a result, theSoviet Union ,Great Britain , andSweden were expected to win. However, theQuietly Confident Quartet ofAustralia won.Final
The finals were held in the evening of 24 July, 1980.
Heat two
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General
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