The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow was held on 21 and 22 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Duncan Goodhew 1:03.48 Q 2 3 Aleksandr Fedorovsky 1:03.86 Q 3 3 Arsens Miskarovs 1:04.06 Q 4 2 János Dzvonyár 1:04.55 Q 4 2 Peter Evans 1:04.55 Q 6 2 Lindsay Spencer 1:04.78 Q 7 3 Albán Vermes 1:05.23 Q 8 2 Pablo Restrepo 1:05.38 Q 9 1 Peter Berggren 1:05.43 10 4 Olivier Borios 1:05.67 11 4 Jörg Walter 1:06.12 12 1 Miguel Santisteban 1:06.13 13 1 Robertas Žulpa 1:06.23 14 4 Leigh Atkinson 1:06.43 15 3 Albert Boonstra 1:06.47 16 3 Sérgio Ribeiro 1:06.71 17 1 Gustavo Torrijos 1:06.77 18 4 Martti Järventaus 1:06.81 19 3 Helmut Levy 1:07.06 20 4 Plamen Alexandrov 1:07.45 21 2 Nguyễn Mạnh Tuấn 1:10.07 22 1 Djamel Yahiouche 1:13.62 23 3 Francisco Santos 1:18.95 24 1 Zoë Andrianifaha 1:21.42 25 2 Rogerio Silva 1:25.70 1 Mohamed El-Naser DSQ 2 Andrea Ceccarini DNS 4 Linos Petridis
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Duncan Goodhew 1:03.34 Arsens Miskarovs 1:03.82 Peter Evans 1:03.96 4 Aleksandr Fedorovsky 1:04.00 5 János Dzvonyár 1:04.67 6 Lindsay Spencer 1:05.04 7 Pablo Restrepo 1:05.91 Albán Vermes DSQ
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