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
East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics East Germany in 1980. PRELIMINARY ROUND (GROUP C) Men's 100m Freestyle Men's 200m Freestyle Women's 100 m Breaststroke Women's 400 m Individual Medley -56 kg category -67.5 kg category -90 kg category -100 kg category +110 kg category East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 346 competitors, 222 men and 124 women, took part in 167 events in 17 sports. Men's 100 metres Men's 800 metres Men's 1,500 metres Men's 10,000 metres Men's Marathon Men's 4x400 metres Relay Men's 110 m Hurdles Men's 400