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
Netherlands at the 1980 Summer Olympics metres Men's 200 metres Men's 10,000 metres Men's Marathon Men's 4x400 metres Relay Men's 400 m Hurdles Women's 100 metres Women's Pentathlon Seven cyclists represented the Netherlands in 1980. Men's 100 m Freestyle Men's 200 m Freestyle Men's 100 m Butterfly Men's 200 m Butterfly Men's 100 m Breaststroke Men's 200 m Breaststroke Men's 100 m Backstroke Men's 200 m Backstroke Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Women's 100 m Freestyle Women's 200 m Freestyle Women's 400 m Freestyle Women's 800 m Freestyle Women's 100 m Butterfly Women's 200 m Butterfly Women's