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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Swimming Pool, Olympiysky Sports Complex, Moskva
Date Started: July 22, 1980
Date Finished: July 22, 1980
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Pär Arvidsson |
| Silver: | Roger Pyttel |
| Bronze: | David López-Zubero |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David López-Zubero | 21 | Spain | ESP | 55.47 | QU |
| 2 | Yevgeny Seredin | 22 | Soviet Union | URS | 55.62 | QU |
| 3 | Xavier Savin | 20 | France | FRA | 55.67 | QU |
| 4 | Aleksey Markovsky | 23 | Soviet Union | URS | 55.69 | QU |
| 5 | Guy Goosen | 21 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 56.35 | |
| 6 | Philip Hubble | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | 56.51 | |
| 7 | Fabrizio Rampazzo | 17 | Italy | ITA | 56.76 | |
| 8 | Bogusław Zychowicz | 19 | Poland | POL | 57.43 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cees Vervoorn | 20 | Netherlands | NED | 55.02 | QU |
| 2 | Pär Arvidsson | 20 | Sweden | SWE | 55.05 | QU |
| 3 | Gary Abraham | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 55.53 | QU |
| 4 | Roger Pyttel | 23 | East Germany | GDR | 55.63 | QU |
| 5 | David Lowe | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | 55.81 | |
| 6 | Miloslav Roľko | 19 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 56.16 | |
| 7 | Sergey Kiselyov | 19 | Soviet Union | URS | 56.52 | |
| 8 | Gábor Mészáros | 18 | Hungary | HUN | 56.89 |