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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union

Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Date Started: July 24, 1980

Format: Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Date Finished: July 25, 1980

Format: Top three in each heat and next five fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

(Competitors: 65; Countries: 40; Finalists: 8)

Venue(s): Grand Arena, Central Lenin Stadium Area, Moskva

Overview by IAAF

This event was seriously depleted because of the “western” boycott. Silvio Leonard, who had been the world’s number one six years earlier when aged 18, was the favourite, with Woronin, Wells and Eugen Ray as strong outsiders. Wells was the fastest in the first two rounds, with 10.11, ahead of the surprising Petrov (10.13), eliminating Crawford (fifth in 10.28) from further action. Leonard won his heat in 10.16. Petrov edged Leonard (10.39-10.40) in the first semi-final, with Wells winning the other race in 10.27, the wind now blowing at 45° against the runners. In the final, Leonard was drawn in lane 1, with Wells out in lane 8. Aksinin and the Cuban number two, Lara, started best, with Leonard catching them at 30m and Wells about 30cm behind. Wells, who had been compelled by the rules to use starting blocks, caught Leonard at 80m and the two hit the line as one. On replay it was seen that Wells had won with a better lean. Wells later estimated that with better, but legal, wind conditions the time would have been 10.05, and the published wind reading of +1.11 was clearly incorrect. In his first race after the Games, Wells ran against the leading American, Stanley Floyd,

Summary by Sports-reference.com

By 1980 there was finally a major international championship open to all athletes, with the inaugural World Cup being held in Düsseldorf in 1977. There Steve Williams won his only major championship ever. In 1978 Scotland’s Allan Wells won the Commonwealth Games silver medal in the century, trailing the evergreen Don Quarrie of Jamaica. Cuba presented its best sprinter since Enrique Figuerola in the person of Silvio Leonard, who won the Pan-American Games gold medal in 1975 and 1979. The best American sprinters of 1980 were probably James Sanford, who ran a series of outstanding times but was often injured, and Stanley Floyd, who won the rare American triple of the NCAA/TAC/Olympic Trials. Unfortunately, neither Floyd nor Sanford could compete in Moskva because of the American-led boycott. With American sprinting strength down the 100 metres was severely devalued, as were several sprint races. In the Olympic final, Wells and Leonard both ran 10.25 but the gold medal went to Wells in a reading of the photo.

Records

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

World Record	9.95	Jim Hines	Mexico City (MEX)	October 14, 1968
Olympic Record	9.95	Jim Hines	Mexico City (MEX)	October 14, 1968

			Results

*100 m*	Men		Final	25 August

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	10.25	-1,1	Allan Wells	Great Britain	GBR	3 May 52
2	10.25	-1,1	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	CUB	20 Sep 55
3	10.39	-1,1	Petar Petrov	Bulgaria	BUL	17 Feb 55
4	10.42	-1,1	Aleksandr Aksinin	Soviet Union	URS	4 Nov 54
5	10.43	-1,1	Osvaldo Lara	Cuba	CUB	13 Jul 55
6	10.44	-1,1	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	URS	30 Sep 59
7	10.46	-1,1	Marian Woronin	Poland	POL	13 Aug 56
8	10.49	-1,1	Hermann Panzo	France	FRA	8 Feb 58
*100 m*	Men		Semifinal 1	25 July

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	10.39	0,4	Petar Petrov	Bulgaria	BUL	17 Feb 55
2	10.40	0,4	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	CUB	20 Sep 55
3	10.45	0,4	Aleksandr Aksinin	Soviet Union	URS	4 Nov 54
4	10.45	0,4	Hermann Panzo	France	FRA	8 Feb 58
5	10.55	0,4	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	JAM	25 Feb 51
6	10.58	0,4	Pietro Mennea	Italy	ITA	28 Jun 52
7	10.60	0,4	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	GBR	3 Jun 58
8	10.60	0,4	Gregoire Illorson	Cameroon	CMR	6 Jan 55
*100 m*	Men		Semifinal 2	25 July

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	10.27	0,4	Allan Wells	Great Britain	GBR	3 May 52
2	10.34	0,4	Osvaldo Lara	Cuba	CUB	13 Jul 55
3	10.42	0,4	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	URS	30 Sep 59
4	10.43	0,4	Marian Woronin	Poland	POL	13 Aug 56
5	10.44	0,4	James Gilkes	Guyana	GUY	21 Sep 52
6	10.47	0,4	Eugen Ray	East Germany	GDR	26 Jul 57
7	10.51	0,4	Peter Okodogbe	Nigeria	NGR	27 May 58
8	10.54	0,4	Chris Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	12 Aug 48
*100 m*	Men		Heat 1	24 August

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	10.11	1,3	Allan Wells	Great Britain	GBR	3 May 52
2	10.13	1,3	Petar Petrov	Bulgaria	BUL	17 Feb 55	NR
3	10.21	1,3	Osvaldo Lara	Cuba	CUB	13 Jul 55
4	10.27	1,3	Pietro Mennea	Italy	ITA	28 Jun 52
5	10.28	1,3	Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	16 Aug 50
6	10.28	1,3	Sören Schlegel	East Germany	GDR	28 Dec 60
7	10.45	1,3	Nelson dos Santos	Brazil	BRA	8 May 52
8	10.62	1,3	Lambros Kefalas	Greece	GRE	10 Aug 53
*100 m*	Men		Heat 2	24 August

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	10.16	0,2	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	CUB	20 Sep 55
2	10.27	0,2	Marian Woronin	Poland	POL	13 Aug 56
3	10.30	0,2	Eugen Ray	East Germany	GDR	26 Jul 57
4	10.37	0,2	Chris Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	12 Aug 48
5	10.41	0,2	Andrey Shlyapnikov	Soviet Union	URS	13 Jan 59
6	10.59	0,2	Théophile Nkounkou	Congo	CGO	7 Jan 52
7	10.67	0,2	Hammed Adio	Nigeria	NGR	20 Jan 59
8	10.70	0,2	Katsuhiko Nakaya	Brazil	BRA	22 Apr 57
*100 m*	Men		Heat 3	24 August

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	10.29	0,2	Aleksandr Aksinin	Soviet Union	URS	4 Nov 54
2	10.29	0,2	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	JAM	25 Feb 51
3	10.29	0,2	Hermann Panzo	France	FRA	8 Feb 58
4	10.34	0,2	Peter Okodogbe	Nigeria	NGR	27 May 58
5	10.40	0,2	Leszek Dunecki	Poland	POL	2 Oct 56
6	10.42	0,2	Drew McMaster	Great Britain	GBR	10 May 57
7	10.44	0,2	Tomas González	Cuba	CUB	11 Jun 59
8	10.57	0,2	Gerardo Suero	Dominican Republic	DOM	24 Aug 57
*100 m*	Men		Heat 4	24 August

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	10.26	0,3	James Gilkes	Guyana	GUY	21 Sep 52
2	10.29	0,3	Gregoire Illorson	Cameroon	CMR	6 Jan 55
3	10.34	0,3	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	URS	30 Sep 59
4	10.38	0,3	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	GBR	3 Jun 58
5	10.45	0,3	Antoine Richard	France	FRA	8 Sep 60
6	10.54	0,3	Klaus-Dieter Kurrat	East Germany	GDR	16 Jan 55
7	10.54	0,3	Krzysztof Zwolinski	Poland	POL	2 Jan 59
8	10.73	0,3	Olajidie Oyeledun	Nigeria	NGR	10 Jan 58
*100 m*	Men		Heat 1	24 July

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	10.33	0,3
2	10.39	0,3	Peter Okodogbe	Nigeria	NGR	27 May 58
3	10.44	0,3	Chris Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	12 Aug 48
4	10.53	0,3	Klaus-Dieter Kurrat	East Germany	GDR	16 Jan 55
5	11.03	0,3	Charles Kachenjela	Zambia	ZAM	55
6	11.11	0,3	John Carew	Sierra Leone	SLE	19 Sep 52
7	11.27	0,3	Marcos Larose	Seychelles	SEY	23 Jun 59
	DNF	0,3	Alejandro Casañas	Cuba	CUB	29 Jan 54
	DNF	0,3	Osvaldo Lara	Cuba	CUB	13 Jul 55
	DNF	0,3	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	CUB	20 Sep 55
	DNF	0,3	Tomas González	Cuba	CUB	11 Jun 59
*100 m*	Men		Heat 2	24 July

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	10.56	0	Pietro Mennea	Italy	ITA	28 Jun 52
2	10.70	0	Lambros Kefalas	Greece	GRE	10 Aug 53
3	10.72	0	Katsuhiko Nakaya	Brazil	BRA	22 Apr 57
4	10.73	0	Momar N'Dao	Senegal	SEN	21 Mar 49
5	11.09	0	Eduardo Costa	Mozambique	MOZ	24 Jul 54
6	11.15	0	Lucien Josiah	Botswana	BOT	16 Jul 58
7	11.69	0	Soutsakhone Somninhom	Laos	LAO	22 May 58
*100 m*	Men		Heat 3	24 July

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	10.26	0,1	Aleksandr Aksinin	Soviet Union	URS	4 Nov 54
2	10.42	0,1	Leszek Dunecki	Poland	POL	2 Oct 56
3	10.51	0,1	Nelson dos Santos	Brazil	BRA	8 May 52
4	10.58	0,1	Hammed Adio	Nigeria	NGR	20 Jan 59
5	10.67	0,1	Nabil Nahri	Syria	SYR	10 Jun 58	NR
6	10.86	0,1	Mwalimu Ally	Tanzania	TAN	8 May 53
7	11.37	0,1	Rudolph George	Sierra Leone	SLE	8 Jun 57
*100 m*	Men		Heat 4	24 July

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	10.32	-0,2	Petar Petrov	Bulgaria	BUL	17 Feb 55
2	10.37	-0,2	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	URS	30 Sep 59
3	10.39	-0,2	Osvaldo Lara	Cuba	CUB	13 Jul 55
4	10.51	-0,2	Antoine Richard	France	FRA	8 Sep 60
5	11.01	-0,2	Pascal Aho	Benin	BEN
6	11.21	-0,2	Joseph Letseka	Lesotho	LES	28 Mar 53
7	11.42	-0,2	Ilidio Coelho	Angola	ANG	23 Jul 60
8	11.55	-0,2	Besha Tuffa	Ethiopia	ETH	9 Oct 53
*100 m*	Men		Heat 5	24 July

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	10.38	0,9	Eugen Ray	East Germany	GDR	26 Jul 57
2	10.42	0,9	Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	16 Aug 50
3	10.43	0,9	Drew McMaster	Great Britain	GBR	10 May 57
4	10.53	0,9	Gerardo Suero	Dominican Republic	DOM	24 Aug 57
5	11.01	0,9	Roland Dagher	Lebanon	LIB
6	11.08	0,9	Sheku Boima	Sierra Leone	SLE	7 Oct 52
7	11.61	0,9	Raghu Raj Onta	Nepal	NEP	16 Aug 52
*100 m*	Men		Heat 6	24 July

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	10.44	0	Sören Schlegel	East Germany	GDR	28 Dec 60
2	10.53	0	Hermann Panzo	France	FRA	8 Feb 58
3	10.65	0	Tomas González	Cuba	CUB	11 Jun 59
4	10.69	0	Antoine Kiakouama	Congo	CGO	13 Sep 48
5	10.74	0	Milton de Castro	Brazil	BRA	19 Apr 54
6	10.75	0	Boubacar Diallo	France	FRA	3 Oct 87
7	11.04	0	Adille Sumariwalla	India	IND	6 Aug 58
*100 m*	Men		Heat 7	24 July

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	10.35	-0,1	Allan Wells	Great Britain	GBR	3 May 52
2	10.37	-0,1	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	JAM	25 Feb 51
3	10.60	-0,1	Krzysztof Zwolinski	Poland	POL	2 Jan 59
4	10.66	-0,1	Ivaylo Karanyotov	Bulgaria	BUL	26 Feb 58
5	10.69	-0,1	István Tatár	Hungary	HUN	24 Mar 58
6	10.91	-0,1	Marinus Westbroek	Netherlands	NED	11 Mar 61
7	10.94	-0,1	Oddur Sigurdsson	Iceland	ISL	28 Apr 59
*100 m*	Men		Heat 8	24 July

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	10.34	-0,4	James Gilkes	Guyana	GUY	21 Sep 52
2	10.38	-0,4	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	GBR	3 Jun 58
3	10.53	-0,4	Théophile Nkounkou	Congo	CGO	7 Jan 52
4	10.68	-0,4	István Nagy	Hungary	HUN	28 Apr 59
5	10.74	-0,4	David Lukuba	Tanzania	TAN	17 Mar 57
6	11.19	-0,4	Paul Haba	Guinea	GUI	14 Jul 59
7	11.28	-0,4	Abdoulmajeed Al-Mosawi	Kuwait	KUW	16 Mar 62
*100 m*	Men		Heat 9	24 July

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	10.34	0,3	Gregoire Illorson	Cameroon	CMR	6 Jan 55
2	10.35	0,3	Marian Woronin	Poland	POL	13 Aug 56
3	10.43	0,3	Andrey Shlyapnikov	Soviet Union	URS	13 Jan 59
4	10.59	0,3	Olajidie Oyeledun	Nigeria	NGR	10 Jan 58
5	10.80	0,3	Francis Adams	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	29 Oct 53
6	11.07	0,3	Peter Mwita	Tanzania	TAN	1 Jan 60
7	11.07	0,3	Salif Koné	Mali	MLI
8	13.66	0,3	José Luis Elias	Peru	PER	8 Dec 54