Swimming at the 1980 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games ▪ Next Summer Games
Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Swimming Pool, Olympiysky Sports Complex, Moskva
Date Started: July 24, 1980
Date Finished: July 24, 1980
Gold: | ![]() |
Silver: | ![]() |
Bronze: | ![]() |
The world record in this event was 3:42.22, set by the USA team that won the gold medal in Montréal. The United States had won this event at every Olympics at which it had been held, from 1960-76. The Australians won gold in Moscow, but their time of 3:45.70 did not approach the Olympic/world record. It was a new Commonwealth record. They were trailed by the Soviet Union, who had the lead going into the anchor leg, but Australiaâs [Neil Brooks] overtook the 200 freestyle gold medalist [Sergey Koplyakov] with a 49.86 freestyle split. Great Britain won bronze in a national record time of 3:47.71.