Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Athletics; at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Dates	24 July – 1 August 1980
Competitors	959 from 70 nations

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki (south-western part of Moscow) between July 24 and August 1. There were a total number of 959 participating athletes from 70 countries.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Allan Wells Great Britain	10.25	Silvio Leonard Cuba	10.25	Petar Petrov Bulgaria	10.39
200 metres	Pietro Mennea Italy	20.19	Allan Wells Great Britain	20.21	Don Quarrie Jamaica	20.29
400 metres	Viktor Markin Soviet Union	44.60	Rick Mitchell Australia	44.84	Frank Schaffer East Germany	44.87
800 metres	Steve Ovett Great Britain	1:45.40	Sebastian Coe Great Britain	1:45.85	Nikolay Kirov Soviet Union	1:45.94
1500 metres	Sebastian Coe Great Britain	3:38.40	Jürgen Straub East Germany	3:38.80	Steve Ovett Great Britain	3:38.99
5000 metres	Miruts Yifter Ethiopia	13:20.91	Suleiman Nyambui Tanzania	13:21.60	Kaarlo Maaninka Finland	13:22.00
10,000 metres	Miruts Yifter Ethiopia	27:42.69	Kaarlo Maaninka Finland	27:44.28	Mohamed Kedir Ethiopia	27:44.64
110 metres hurdles	Thomas Munkelt East Germany	13.39	Alejandro Casañas Cuba	13.40	Aleksandr Puchkov Soviet Union	13.44
400 metres hurdles	Volker Beck East Germany	48.70	Vasyl Arkhypenko Soviet Union	48.86	Gary Oakes Great Britain	49.11
3000 metres steeplechase	Bronisław Malinowski Poland	8:09.70	Filbert Bayi Tanzania	8:12.48	Eshetu Tura Ethiopia	8:13.57
4×100 metres relay	Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Muravyov Nikolay Sidorov Andrey Prokofyev Aleksandr Aksinin	38.26	Poland (POL) Zenon Licznerski Leszek Dunecki Marian Woronin Krzysztof Zwoliński	38.33	France (FRA) Patrick Barre Pascal Barre Hermann Panzo Antoine Richard	38.53
4×400 metres relay	Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Markin Remigijus Valiulis Mikhail Linge Nikolay Chernetskiy	3:01.08	East Germany (GDR) Klaus Thiele Andreas Knebel Frank Schaffer Volker Beck	3:01.26	Italy (ITA) Roberto Tozzi Mauro Zuliani Stefano Malinverni Pietro Mennea	3:04.54
Marathon	Waldemar Cierpinski East Germany	2:11:03	Gerard Nijboer Netherlands	2:11:20	Satymkul Dzhumanazarov Soviet Union	2:11:35
20 kilometres walk	Maurizio Damilano Italy	1:23:35.5	Pyotr Pochynchuk Soviet Union	1:24:45.4	Roland Wieser East Germany	1:25:58.2
50 kilometres walk	Hartwig Gauder East Germany	3:49.24	Jorge Llopart Spain	3:51.25	Evgeni Ivchenko Soviet Union	3:56.32
High jump	Gerd Wessig East Germany	2.36 m WR	Jacek Wszoła Poland	2.31 m	Jörg Freimuth East Germany	2.31 m
Pole vault	Władysław Kozakiewicz Poland	5.78 m WR	Konstantin Volkov Soviet Union Tadeusz Ślusarski Poland	5.65 m	none	--
Long jump	Lutz Dombrowski East Germany	8.54 m	Frank Paschek East Germany	8.21 m	Valeriy Pidluzhnyy Soviet Union	8.18 m
Triple jump	Jaak Uudmäe Soviet Union	17.35 m	Viktor Saneev Soviet Union	17.24 m	João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil	17.22 m
Shot put	Vladimir Kiselyov Soviet Union	21.35 m	Aleksandr Baryshnikov Soviet Union	21.08 m	Udo Beyer East Germany	21.06 m
Discus throw	Viktor Rashchupkin Soviet Union	66.64 m	Imrich Bugár Czechoslovakia	66.38 m	Luis Delís Cuba	66.32 m
Hammer throw	Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union	81.80 m WR	Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union	80.64 m	Jüri Tamm Soviet Union	78.96 m
Javelin throw	Dainis Kūla Soviet Union	91.20 m	Aleksandr Makarov Soviet Union	89.64 m	Wolfgang Hanisch East Germany	86.72 m
Decathlon	Daley Thompson Great Britain	8495	Yuriy Kutsenko Soviet Union	8331	Sergey Zhelanov Soviet Union	8135

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Lyudmila Kondratyeva Soviet Union	11.06	Marlies Göhr East Germany	11.07	Ingrid Auerswald East Germany	11.14
200 metres	Bärbel Wöckel East Germany	22.03 OR	Natalya Bochina Soviet Union	22.19	Merlene Ottey Jamaica	22.20
400 metres	Marita Koch East Germany	48.88 OR	Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia	49.46	Christina Lathan East Germany	49.66
800 metres	Nadiya Olizarenko Soviet Union	1:53.43 WR	Olga Mineeva Soviet Union	1:54.81	Tatyana Providokhina Soviet Union	1:55.46
1500 metres	Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union	3:56.56 OR	Christiane Wartenberg East Germany	3:57.71	Nadiya Olizarenko Soviet Union	3:59.52
100 metres hurdles	Vera Komisova Soviet Union	12.56 OR	Johanna Klier East Germany	12.63	Lucyna Langer Poland	12.65
4×100 metres relay	East Germany (GDR) Romy Müller Bärbel Wöckel Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	41.60 WR	Soviet Union (URS) Vera Komisova Lyudmila Maslakova Vera Anisimova Natalya Bochina	42.10	Great Britain (GBR) Heather Hunte Kathy Smallwood Beverley Goddard Sonia Lannaman	42.43
4×400 metres relay	Soviet Union (URS) Tatyana Prorochenko Tatyana Goyshchik Nina Ziuskova Irina Nazarova	3:20.12	East Germany (GDR) Barbara Krug Gabriele Löwe Christina Lathan Marita Koch	3:20.35	Great Britain (GBR) Linsey MacDonald Michelle Probert Joslyn Hoyte-Smith Donna Hartley	3:27.74
High jump	Sara Simeoni Italy	1.97 m	Urszula Kielan Poland	1.94 m	Jutta Kirst East Germany	1.94 m
Long jump	Tatyana Kolpakova Soviet Union	7.06 m	Brigitte Wujak East Germany	7.04 m	Tatyana Skachko Soviet Union	7.01 m
Shot put	Ilona Slupianek East Germany	22.41 m OR	Svetlana Krachevskaia Soviet Union	21.42 m	Margitta Droese-Pufe East Germany	21.20 m
Discus throw	Evelin Jahl East Germany	69.96 m	Mariya Petkova Bulgaria	67.90 m	Tatyana Lesovaya Soviet Union	67.40 m
Javelin throw	María Caridad Colón Cuba	68.40 m	Saida Gunba Soviet Union	67.76 m	Ute Hommola East Germany	66.56 m
Pentathlon	Nadiya Tkachenko Soviet Union	5083 WR	Olga Rukavishnikova Soviet Union	4937	Olga Kuragina Soviet Union	4875

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	15	14	12	41
2	East Germany (GDR)	11	8	10	29
3	Great Britain (GBR)	4	2	4	10
4	Italy (ITA)	3	0	1	4
5	Poland (POL)	2	4	1	7
6	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	0	2	4
7	Cuba (CUB)	1	2	1	4
8	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	2	0	2
8	Tanzania (TAN)	0	2	0	2
10	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	1	2
10	Finland (FIN)	0	1	1	2
12	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
15	Jamaica (JAM)	0	0	2	2
16	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
16	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 nations)		38	39	37	114

Controversy

Polish gold medallist pole vaulter Władysław Kozakiewicz showed an obscene bras d'honneur gesture in all four directions to the jeering Soviet public, causing an international scandal and almost losing his medal as a result. There were numerous incidents and accusations of Soviet officials using their authority to negate marks by opponents to the point that IAAF officials found the need to look over the officials' shoulders to try to keep the events fair. There were also accusations of opening stadium gates to advantage Soviet athletes, and causing other disturbances to opposing athletes.[1][2][3][4][5]

The Soviet Union's Jaak Uudmäe and Viktor Saneyev won the first two places in the triple jump, ahead of Brazil's world record holder João Carlos de Oliveira. Both de Oliveira and Australia's Ian Campbell produced long jumps, but they were declared fouls by the officials and not measured; in Campbell's case, his longest jump was ruled a "scrape foul", with his trailing leg touching the track during the jump. Campbell insisted he hadn't scraped, and it was alleged the officials intentionally threw out his and de Oliveira's best jumps to favor the Soviets, similarly to a number of other events. Similar allegations were made about a favorable call aiding Tatyana Kolpakova in the women's long jump.

References

"Kozakiewicz Sets World Pole Vault Record". Star-Banner. Ocala, Florida. 31 July 1980.
Barukh Ḥazan (January 1982). Olympic Sports and Propaganda Games: Moscow 1980. p. 183. ISBN 9781412829953. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
Jesse Reed. "Top 10 Scandals in Summer Olympic History". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
"Style, Love, Home, Horoscopes & more - MSN Lifestyle". Living.msn.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "Kozakiewicz Sets World Pole Vault Record". Star-Banner. Ocala, Florida. 31 July 1980.

[2] Barukh Ḥazan (January 1982). Olympic Sports and Propaganda Games: Moscow 1980. p. 183. ISBN 9781412829953. Retrieved 2017-08-26.

[3] Jesse Reed. "Top 10 Scandals in Summer Olympic History". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[4] "Style, Love, Home, Horoscopes & more - MSN Lifestyle". Living.msn.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)