Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Paralympics

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Great Britain at the
1980 Summer Paralympics
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Flag of the United Kingdom
IPC codeGBR
NPCBritish Paralympic Association
Websitewww.paralympics.org.uk
in Arnhem
Competitors96
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
47
Silver
32
Bronze
21
Total
100
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Great Britain competed at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Arnhem, Netherlands. It finished 5th in the overall medal count, with a total of 100 medals.

Medallists[]

The following British competitors won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are in bold.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold William McLeod Athletics Men's 60m A
 Gold [1] Athletics Men's 5000m Walk B
 Gold Athletics Men's Javelin throw J
 Gold Athletics Men's Pentathlon D
 Gold Barbara Joscelyne[2] Athletics Women's 100 m E
 Gold Barbara Joscelyne Athletics Women's 400 m E
 Gold Barbara Joscelyne Athletics Women's Long jump E
 Gold Athletics Women's Discus CP C
 Gold Athletics Women's Javelin CP D
 Gold Athletics Women's Shot put 2
 Gold Athletics Women's Shot put CP C
 Gold Athletics Women's Javelin CP C
 Gold Lawn bowls Men's Singles 1A-1B
 Gold Lawn bowls Men's Singles 2-5
 Gold William McLeod Lawn bowls Men's Singles A
 Gold Lawn bowls Men's Singles B
 Gold Lawn bowls Men's Singles D
 Gold
Tommy Taylor		 Lawn bowls Men's Pairs 1A-1B
 Gold
Lawn bowls Men's Pairs 2-5
 Gold
Lawn bowls Men's Pairs D
 Gold Lawn bowls Women's Singles 1A-1B
 Gold Lawn bowls Women's Singles A
 Gold Jane Blackburn
 Lawn bowls Women's Pairs 1A-1B
 Gold Margaret Maughan
 Lawn bowls Women's Pairs 2-5
 Gold Mike Kenny Swimming Men's 25 m backstroke 1A
 Gold Mike Kenny Swimming Men's 25 m breaststroke 1A
 Gold Mike Kenny Swimming Men's 25 m freestyle 1A
 Gold James Muirhead Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke A
 Gold Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly D
 Gold James Muirhead Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle A
 Gold Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay C
 Gold Isabel Barr Swimming Women's 25 m backstroke 1C
 Gold Isabel Barr Swimming Women's 25 m breaststroke 1C
 Gold Isabel Barr Swimming Women's 25 m freestyle 1C
 Gold Swimming Women's 50 m backstroke 2
 Gold Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle 2
 Gold Monica Vaughan Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke D
 Gold Monica Vaughan Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly D
 Gold Monica Vaughan Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle C-D
 Gold Swimming Women's 3x25 m individual medley 2
 Gold Monica Vaughan Swimming Women's 4x50 m individual medley D
 Gold Swimming Women's 4x50 m freestyle relay 2-6
 Gold Tommy Taylor Table tennis Men's Singles 1B
 Gold
Tommy Taylor		 Table tennis Men's Teams 1B
 Gold Jane Blackburn Table tennis Women's Singles 1B
 Gold Table tennis Women's Singles 3
 Gold Fencing Men's Sabre individual 2-3
 Silver [3] Archery Women's Short metric round paraplegic
 Silver

[3]		 Archery Men's Double FITA round team paraplegic
 Silver Athletics Men's High jump D
 Silver Athletics Men's Discus throw J
 Silver Athletics Men's Shot put D
 Silver Athletics Men's Shot put J
 Silver Athletics Women's 60 m 3
 Silver Athletics Women's Discus 2
 Silver Lawn bowls Men's Singles C
 Silver Lawn bowls Men's Singles D
 Silver Lawn bowls Men's Singles F
 Silver
Lawn bowls Men's Pairs C
 Silver Jane Blackburn Lawn bowls Women's Singles 1A-1B
 Silver Lawn bowls Women's Singles 2-5
 Silver
Lawn bowls Women's Pairs 2-5
 Silver Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke CP D
 Silver James Muirhead Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly A
 Silver James Muirhead Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m individual medley A
 Silver Swimming 4 × 100 m freestyle relay C-D
 Silver Swimming Women's 50 m butterfly 5
 Silver Monica Vaughan Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke C-D
 Silver Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke A
 Silver Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle 5
 Silver Swimming Women's 4x25 m individual medley 3
 Silver Swimming Women's 3x50 m medley relay 2-4
 Silver Table tennis Women's Singles 3
 Silver Jane Blackburn
 Table tennis Women's Teams 2
 Silver
Table tennis Women's Teams 4
 Silver Fencing Men's Épée individual 1C-3
 Silver Fencing Men's Épée team
 Silver Fencing Men's Sabre individual 2-3
 Silver
Tom Killin

 Fencing Men's Sabre team
 Bronze [3] Archery Men's Double FITA round paraplegic
 Bronze [3] Archery Women's Advanced metric round paraplegic
 Bronze Athletics Men's Discus D
 Bronze [4] Athletics Women's 60m 1A
 Bronze Athletics Women's Javelin 2
 Bronze Athletics Women's Shot put CP D
 Bronze Dartchery Women's pairs open
 Bronze Tommy Taylor Lawn bowls Men's Singles 1A-1B
 Bronze P. Silva Lawn bowls Men's Singles 2-5
 Bronze Lawn bowls Men's Pairs 2-5
 Bronze Lawn bowls Men's Singles C
 Bronze Lawn bowls Women's Singles 2-5
 Bronze Swimming Women's 50 m breaststroke 2
 Bronze Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle 3
 Bronze Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke 5
 Bronze Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke 4
 Bronze Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke 5
 Bronze Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke B
 Bronze Swimming Women's 4x50 m individual medley 5
 Bronze Fencing Men's Foil team
 Bronze Fencing Mixed Foil individual 1A

Medals by sport[]

Medals by sport
Sport Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
Swimming 18 10 7 35
Lawn Bowls 12 7 5 24
Athletics 12 6 4 22
Table tennis 4 3 0 7
Wheelchair Fencing 1 4 2 7
Archery 0 2 2 4
Dartchery 0 0 1 1
Total 47 32 21 100

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Stephen, Phyllis (29 August 2012). "Derek Howie – our very own paralympian". theedinburghreporter.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Barbara Howie – born 1944 in Forfar now lives in Dalkeith". scottishdisabilitysport.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d "2012 Paralympic Media Pack" (PDF). archerygb.org. p. 7. Archived from the original (pdf) on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Maggie Killin". paralympics.org.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

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