Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain at the
1980 Summer Olympics
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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

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]

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 instead of the Union Flag and the Olympic anthem played instead of God Save the Queen for the five gold medalists.

Medallists[]

Medals by discipline
Discipline Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg 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[]

  • Allan Wells — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
  • Steve Ovett — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
  • Sebastian Coe — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
  • Daley Thompson — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
  • Duncan Goodhew — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Silver[]

Bronze[]

Archery[]

Main article: Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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[]

Main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Men's Competition

Men's 100 metres

  • Allan Wells
  • Heat — 10.35
  • Quarterfinals — 10.11
  • Semifinals — 10.27
  • Final — 10.25 (→ Gold medal.svg 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

  • Steve Ovett
  • Heat — 1:49.4
  • Semifinals — 1:46.6
  • Final — 1:45.4 (→ Gold medal.svg Gold Medal)
  • Sebastian Coe
  • Heat — 1:48.5
  • Semifinals — 1:46.7
  • Final — 1:45.9 (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)
  • Dave Warren
  • Heat — 1:49.9
  • Semifinals — 1:47.2
  • Final — 1:49.3 (→ 8th place)

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Sebastian Coe
  • Heat — 3:40.1
  • Semifinals — 3:39.4
  • Final — 3:38.4 (→ Gold medal.svg Gold Medal)
  • Steve Ovett
  • Heat — 3:36.8
  • Semifinals — 3:43.1
  • Final — 3:39.0 (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)
  • Steve Cram
  • Heat — 3:44.1
  • Semifinals — 3:43.6
  • Final — 3:41.0 (→ 8th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

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

Men's Marathon

  • Dave Black
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Ian Thompson
  • 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.svg Bronze Medal)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

  • Heat — 8:35.3
  • Semifinals — 8:29.8 (→ did not advance)
  • Roger Hackney
  • 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

  • Brian Hooper
  • 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

  • Geoff Capes
  • 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

  • Chris Black
  • Qualification — 66.74 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)
  • Paul Dickenson
  • Qualification — 64.22 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Men's Decathlon

  • Daley Thompson
  • Final — 8495 points (→ Gold medal.svg 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)
  • Heather Hunte-Oakes
  • 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

  • Christina Boxer-Cahill
  • 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

  • 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

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

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Tessa Sanderson
  • Qualification — 48.76 m (→ did not advance)
  • Fatima Whitbread
  • 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[]

Main article: Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

  • Keith Wallace
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Lost to Daniel Radu (Romania) on points (1-4)


Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)


Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

  • Peter Joseph Hanlon
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Antonio Esparragoza (Venezuela) on points (4-1)
    3. Third Round — Lost to Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)


Men's Lightweight (60 kg)


Men's Light-Welterweight (63.5 kg)

  • Anthony Willis → Bronze Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Jaime Soares França (Brazil) on points (5-0)
    2. Second Round — Defeated Shadrach Odhiambo (Sweden) on points (5-0)
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated William Lyimo (Tanzania) after knock-out in third round
    4. Semi Finals — Lost to Patrizio Oliva (Italy) on points (0-5)

Canoeing[]

Main article: Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Cycling[]

Main article: Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Twelve cyclists represented Great Britain in 1980.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
  • Sean Yates
Team pursuit

Diving[]

Main article: Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's Springboard

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

Men's Platform

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

Fencing[]

Main article: Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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[]

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Judo[]

Main article: Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon[]

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1980.

Individual

Team:

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

Rowing[]

Main article: Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Men's Single scull

  • Hugh Matheson
  • (→ 6th place)

Men's Double scull

  • Jim Clark, Chris Baillieu
  • (→ 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

  • Beryl Mitchell
  • (→ 5th place)

Women's Double scull

  • (→ 7th place)

Women's Coxed four

  • (→ 6th place)

Women's Eight

  • (→ 5th place)

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Men's Competition

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heats — 52.65 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Martin Smith
  • Heats — 1:54.17 (→ did not advance)
  • Kevin Lee
  • Heats — 1:55.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Gary Abraham
  • Final — 55.42 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Final — 2:01.20 (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)
  • Peter Morris
  • Final — 2:02.27 (→ 4th place)
  • Final — 2:02.93 (→ 8th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Final — 1:03.44 (→ Gold medal.svg Gold Medal)
  • Heats — 1:06.43 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Final — 2:20.92 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Gary Abraham
  • 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.svg 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

  • Margaret Kelly
  • Heats — 1:12.38
  • Final — 1:11.48 (→ 4th place)
  • Susannah Brownsdon
  • Heats — 1:12.83
  • Final — 1:12.11 (→ 6th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Sharron Davies
  • Heats — 4:52.38
  • Final — 4:46.83 (→ Silver medal.svg 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.svg Silver Medal)

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Wrestling[]

Main article: Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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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