Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 219 competitors, 149 men and 70 women, took part in 145 events in 14 sports.[1]

Great Britain at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Olympic Movement
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
in Moscow
Competitors219 (149 men and 70 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer Richard Palmer (official)
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
5
Silver
7
Bronze
9
Total
21
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Against the objections of the UK Government, the British Olympic Association allowed each sporting federation to decide on their participation in Moscow. Equestrian, hockey, sailing and shooting decided to follow the American-led boycott. There was a partial boycott of the opening ceremony with Britain being represented solely by the General Secretary of the British Olympic Association, Dick Palmer, carrying the Olympic flag, and no athletes being present. In addition, the Olympic flag was raised for the British medal winners and the Olympic anthem played for the five gold medalists.

Medallists

Medals by discipline
Discipline Total
Athletics 4 2 4 10
Swimming 1 3 1 5
Rowing 0 1 2 3
Judo 0 1 1 2
Boxing 0 0 1 1
Total 5 7 9 21

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

In the third appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, two men and two women represented the country. Mark Blenkarne missed winning a medal in the men's competition by only three points, by far the most successful result for Great Britain since archery was returned to the Olympic schedule.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 100 metres

  • Heat 10.35
  • Quarterfinals 10.11
  • Semifinals 10.27
  • Final 10.25 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat 10.38
  • Quarterfinals 10.38
  • Semifinals 10.60 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 10.43
  • Quarterfinals 10.42 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat 1:49.4
  • Semifinals 1:46.6
  • Final 1:45.4 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat 1:48.5
  • Semifinals 1:46.7
  • Final 1:45.9 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat 1:49.9
  • Semifinals 1:47.2
  • Final 1:49.3 (→ 8th place)

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Heat 3:40.1
  • Semifinals 3:39.4
  • Final 3:38.4 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat 3:36.8
  • Semifinals 3:43.1
  • Final 3:39.0 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat 3:44.1
  • Semifinals 3:43.6
  • Final 3:41.0 (→ 8th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Heat 28:55.2
  • Final 28:22.6 (→ 11th place)
  • Heat 28:57.3
  • Final 28:40.8 (→ 12th place)
  • Heat 30:00.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Final did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Final did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Final did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

  • Heat 3:05.9
  • Final did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

  • Heat 13.85
  • Semifinals 13.98 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 13.83
  • Semifinals 13.94 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

  • Heat 50.39
  • Semifinals 50.07
  • Final 49.11 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

  • Heat 8:35.3
  • Semifinals 8:29.8 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 8:36.4
  • Semifinals 8:29.2 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 8:47.5
  • Semifinals 8:52.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualification 5.35 m
  • Final 5.35 m (→ 11th place)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification 2.21 m
  • Final 2.21 m (→ 9th place)

Men's triple jump

  • Qualification 16.57 m
  • Final 16.87 m (→ 4th place)

Men's Shot Put

  • Qualification 19.75 m
  • Final 20.50 m (→ 5th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification 77.20 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification 66.74 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)
  • Qualification 64.22 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Men's Decathlon

  • Final 8495 points (→ Gold Medal)
  • Final 7616 points (→ 15th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final 1:32:37.8 (→ 10th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final 4:22:57 (→ 11th place)
Women's Competition

Women's 100 metres

  • Heat 11.37
  • Quarterfinals 11.24
  • Semifinals 11.30
  • Final 11.28 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat 11.40
  • Quarterfinals 11.25
  • Semifinals 11.36
  • Final 11.34 (→ 8th place)
  • Heat 11.58
  • Quarterfinals 11.20
  • Semifinals 11.38 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

  • Heat 2:02.1
  • Semifinals 2:00.9 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres

  • Heat 4:15.9 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

  • Heat 13.39
  • Semifinal 13.12 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 13.86 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification 1.88 m
  • Final 1.85 m (→ 11th place)

Women's Long Jump

  • Susan Hearnskaw
  • Qualification 6.66 m
  • Final 6.50 m (→ 9th place)
  • Qualifying Round 6.48 m
  • Final 6.46 m (→ 10th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification 58.66 m
  • Final 61.16 m (→ 9th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification 48.76 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification 47.44 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

  • Final 17.53 m (→ 13th place)

Women's Pentathlon

  • Judy Livermore 4304 points (→ 13th place)
    1. 100 metres 13.57 s
    2. Shot Put 13.56 m
    3. High Jump 1.77 m
    4. Long Jump 5.71 m
    5. 800 metres 2:25.30
  • Susan Longden 4234 points (→ 15th place)
    1. 100 metres 14.10 s
    2. Shot Put 11.47 m
    3. High Jump 1.74 m
    4. Long Jump 6.09 m
    5. 800 metres 2:19.60
  • Yvette Wray 4159 points (→ 16th place)
    1. 100 metres 13.78 s
    2. Shot Put 12.01 m
    3. High Jump 1.65 m
    4. Long Jump 5.60 m
    5. 800 metres 2:15.90

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)


Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)


Men's Featherweight (57 kg)


Men's Lightweight (60 kg)


Men's Light-Welterweight (63.5 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Twelve cyclists represented Great Britain in 1980.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit

Diving

Men's Springboard

  • Preliminary Round 557.10 points (→ 5th place)
  • Final 844.470 points (→ 6th place)

Men's Platform

  • Preliminary Round 468.21 points (→ 9th place, did not advance)
  • Preliminary Round 380.91 points (→ 19th place, did not advance)

Fencing

Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Great Britain in 1980.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1980.

Individual

Team:

  • Nightingale, Whiteside and Clark 15,062pts, 8th place

Rowing

Men's Single scull

  • (→ 6th place)

Men's Double scull

  • (→ 4th place)

Men's Coxless pair

  • (→ Bronze)

Men's Coxed pair

  • (→ 9th place)

Men's Coxless four

  • (→ Bronze)

Men's Coxed four

  • (→ 7th place)

Men's Eight

  • (→ Silver)

Women's Single scull

  • (→ 5th place)

Women's Double scull

  • (→ 7th place)

Women's Coxed four

  • (→ 6th place)

Women's Eight

  • (→ 5th place)

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heats 52.65 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heats 1:54.17 (→ did not advance)
  • Heats 1:55.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Final 55.42 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Final 2:01.20 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Final 2:02.27 (→ 4th place)
  • Final 2:02.93 (→ 8th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Final 1:03.44 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Leigh Atkinson
  • Heats 1:06.43 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Final 2:20.92 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Final 58.38 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Final 2:04.23 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Final 7:30.81 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Final 3:47.71 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's Competition

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Final 2:03.15 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Final 1:02.21 (→ 4th place)
  • Final 1:02.90 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Final 2:14.83 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heats 1:12.38
  • Final 1:11.48 (→ 4th place)
  • Heats 1:12.83
  • Final 1:12.11 (→ 6th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heats 4:52.38
  • Final 4:46.83 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heats 5:03.75 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Final 3:51.71 (→ 4th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Final 4:12.24 (→ Silver Medal)


Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. "Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-18. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
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