Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay and fourth in their respective 100 m events. The British team included the 100 m breaststroke gold medallist (Duncan Goodhew), and fifth-place finisher in the 100 m backstroke (Gary Abraham). Sweden's butterflyer (Pär Arvidsson) and backstroker (Bengt Baron) had won their respective 100 m events, and their freestyle swimmer (Per Holmertz) had come second in the 100 m, while their lowest ranked swimmer, the breaststroker (Peter Berggren), had come ninth in the 100 m event. The Australians were regarded as an outside chance for a medal, but were not seen as the main threats, as they were ranked seventh coming
Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Paralympics event Great Britain won gold and bronze through Haslam and Mcgann respectively. Twenty-three British athletes took part in swimming events at the Games winning ten medals, two gold, three silver and four bronze. Three medals were won by A. West in men's 25 metres class 1A events, he took gold in backstroke and silvers in breaststroke and freestyle. Philip Craven finished sixth in the men's 50 metres breaststroke class 3. Britain entered eighteen table tennis players and won fifteen medals, two gold, four silver and nine bronze. Three British weightlifters competed in the 1972 Summer Paralympics winning one medal. In