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Encyclopedia > Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Athletics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union. ... Saint Basils Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower of Moscow Kremlin at Red Square. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ...


Medal Table

Position Country: Gold: Silver: Bronze: Total:
1 USSR 15 14 12 41
2 GDR 11 8 10 29
3 Great Britain 4 2 4 10
4 Italy 3 0 1 4
5 Poland 2 4 1 7
6 Ethiopia 2 0 2 4
7 Cuba 1 2 1 4
8= Czechoslovakia 0 2 0 2
8= Tanzania 0 2 0 2
10= Bulgaria 0 1 1 2
10= Finland 0 1 1 2
12= Australia 0 1 0 1
12= Netherlands 0 1 0 1
12= Spain 0 1 0 1
15 Jamaica 0 0 2 2
16 Brazil 0 0 1 1
17 France 0 0 1 1

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Medal Winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m Men Allan Wells, Great Britain Silvio Leonard Sarria, Cuba Peter Petrov, Bulgaria
100 m Women Lyudmila Kondratyeva, USSR Marlies Oelsner-Gohr, East Germany Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, East Germany
100 m Hurdles Women Vera Komisova, USSR [[Johanna Schaller-Klier, East Germany [[Lucyna Langer, Poland
110 m Hurdles Men Thomas Munkelt, East Germany [[Alejandro Casanas Ramirez, Cuba [[Aleksandr Puchkov, USSR
200 m Men Pietro Mennea, Italy Allan Wells, Great Britain [[Donald Quarrie, Jamaica
200 m Women Barbel Eckert-Wockel, E.Germany Natalia Bochina, USSR Merlene Ottey-Page, Jamaica
400 m Men Viktor Markin, USSR Richard Mitchell, Australia Frank Schaffer, E.Germany
400 m Women Marita Koch, E.German Jarmila Kratochvilova, Czechoslovakia Christina Brehmer-Lathan, E.German
400 m Hurdles Men Volker Beck, E.Germany Vasili Arkhipenko, USSR Gary Oakes, GBR
800 m Men Steve Ovett, GBR Sebastian Coe, GBR Nikolai Kirov, USSR
800 m Women Nadezhda Olizarenko, USSR Olga Mineeva, USSR Tatiana Providokhina, USSR
1500 m Men Sebastian Coe, GBR Jurgen Straub, E. Germany Steve Ovett, GBR
1500 m Women Tatiana Kazankina, USSR Christiane Stoll-Wartenberg, E.Germany Nadezhda Olizarenko, USSR
3,000 m Steeplechase Men Bronislaw Malinowski, Poland Filbert Bayi, Tanzania Eshetu Tura, Ethiopia
5,000 m Men Miruts Yifter, Ethiopia Suleiman Nyambui, Tanzania Kaarlo Maaninka, Finland
10,000 m Men Miruts Yifter, Ethiopia Kaarlo Maaninka, Finland Mohammed Kedir, Ethiopia
20 km Walk Men Maurizio Damilano, Italy Piotr Pochinchuk, USSR Roland Wieser, E.Germany
50 km Walk Men Hartwig Gauder, E.Germany Jorge Llopart Ribas, Spain Evgeni Ivchenko, USSR
4 x 100 m Relay Men USSR, Vladimir Muraviov, Nikolai Sidorov, Andrei Prokofiev, Aleksandr Aksinin POLAND, Zenon Licznerski, Leszek Dunecki, Marian Woronin, Krzysztof Zwolinski FRANCE, Patrick Barre, Pascal Barre, Herman Panzo,

Antoine Richard Image File history File links Union Flag / Union Jack: Flag of the United Kingdom For more information, see Court of the Lord Lyon, Flags. ... Allan Wipper Wells (born May 3, 1952) is a British (Scottish) athlete. ... General info: Large flag of Cuba Dimensions: 604x302 pixels Source: Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook License: Originally public domain, modifications under GFDL Most of the flags have had their colours improved and many have been resized to the proper ratios. ... General info: Large flag of Bulgaria Dimensions: 604x302 pixels (1:2) 503x (3:5) 483x (5:8) 453x (2:3) 431x (7:10) Source: Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook License: originally public domain, modifications under GFDL Most of the flags have had... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x800, 6 KB)Large flag of the Soviet Union This file has been listed on Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. ... Lyudmila Kondratyeva (born April 11, 1958 in Shakhty) is a Russian (formely Soviet) athlete, the 1980 Olympic 100 m champion. ... Download high resolution version (1701x1021, 207 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Marlies Göhr (born March 21, 1958 in Gera, Germany) was an East German athlete, the winner of the 100 m at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. ... Download high resolution version (1701x1021, 207 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x800, 6 KB)Large flag of the Soviet Union This file has been listed on Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. ... Download high resolution version (1701x1021, 207 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Large flag of Poland Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ... Download high resolution version (1701x1021, 207 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Thomas Munkelt (born August 3, 1952) was an East German athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics. ... General info: Large flag of Cuba Dimensions: 604x302 pixels Source: Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook License: Originally public domain, modifications under GFDL Most of the flags have had their colours improved and many have been resized to the proper ratios. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x800, 6 KB)Large flag of the Soviet Union This file has been listed on Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. ... Please dont use this image. ... Pietro Paolo Mennea (born June 28, 1952) is an former Italian sprinter, who held the 200 m world record for 17 years. ... Image File history File links Union Flag / Union Jack: Flag of the United Kingdom For more information, see Court of the Lord Lyon, Flags. ... Allan Wipper Wells (born May 3, 1952) is a British (Scottish) athlete. ... Flag of Jamaica. ... Merlene Ottey (b. ... Viktor Fedorovich Markin (Виктор Федорович Маркин) (born February 27, 1957) is a former Soviet athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. ... Marita Koch (b. ... Volker Beck (12. ... Steve Ovett; Los Angeles 8 August 1984: 1500m race at the Games of XXIII Olympiad Stephen Michael James Steve Ovett (born October 9, 1955), is a English middle distance runner and gold medalist in the 800 m at the 1980 Olympics. ... Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, OBE (born September 29, 1956) is a British athlete, and Conservative Party politician. ... Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, OBE (born September 29, 1956) is a British athlete, and Conservative Party politician. ... Steve Ovett; Los Angeles 8 August 1984: 1500m race at the Games of XXIII Olympiad Stephen Michael James Steve Ovett (born October 9, 1955), is a English middle distance runner and gold medalist in the 800 m at the 1980 Olympics. ... For the Olympic champion athlete see Bronislaw Malinowski (athlete). ... Muruse Yefter (born January 1, 1938 or May 15, 1944) is a former Ethiopian athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. ... Muruse Yefter (born January 1, 1938 or May 15, 1944) is a former Ethiopian athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. ...

4 x 100 m Women E.Germany, Romy Muller, Barbel Eckert-Wockel, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marlies Oelsner-Gohr USSR, Vera Komisova, Liudmila Zharkova-Maslakova, Vera Animisova, Natalia Bochina GBR, Heather Hunt-Oakes, Kathryn Smallwood-Cook, Beverley Goddard-Callender,Sonia Lannaman
4 x 400 m Men USSR, Viktor Markin, Remigius Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolai Chernetski E.GERMANY, Klaus Thiele, Andreas Knebel, Frank Schaffer, Volker Beck ITALY, Roberto Tozzi, Mauro Zuliani, Stefano Malinverni, Pietro Mennea
4 x 400 m Women USSR, Tatiana Prorochenko, Tatiana Goishchik, Nina Zuiskova, Irina Nazarova E.GERMANY, Barbara Krug, Gabriele Lowe, Christina Brehmer-Lathan, Marita Koch GBR, Linsey Macdonald, Michelle Probert-Scutt, Joslyn Hoyte-Smith, Janine Macgregor
Marathon Men Waldemar Cierpinski, E.Germany Gerard Nijboer, Netherlands Setymkul Dzhumanazarov, USSR
Long Jump Men Lutz Dombrowski, E.Germany Frank Paschek, E.Germany Valeri Podluzhnyi, USSR
Long Jump Women Tatiana Kolpakova, USSR Brigitte Wujak, E.Germany Tatiana Skachko, USSR
Triple Jump Men Yaak Uudmae, USSR Viktor Saneev, USSR Joao Carlos De Oliveira, Brazil
High Jump Men Gerd Wessig, E.Germany Jacek Wszola, Poland Jorg Freimuth, E.Germany
High Jump Women Sara Simeoni, Italy Urszula Kielan, Poland Jutta Kirst, E.Germany
Javelin Men Dainis Kula, USSR Aleksandr Makarov, USSR Wolfgang Hanisch, E.Germany
Javelin Women Maria Colon, Cuba Saida Gunba, USSR Ute Hommola, E.Germany
Discus Men Viktor Rashchupkin, USSR Imrich Bugar,Czechoslovakia Luis Delis, Cuba
Discus Women Evelin Schlaak-Jahl, E.Germany Maria Vergova-Petkova,Bulgaria Tatiana Lesovaia, USSR
Hammer Men Yuriy Sedykh, USSR Sergei Litvinov, USSR Yuri Tamm, USSR
Shot Put Men Vladimir Kiselev, USSR Aleksandr Baryshnikov, USSR Udo Beyer, E.Germany
Shot Put Women Ilona Schoknecht-Slupianek, E.Germany Svetlana Krachevskaia, USSR Margitta Droese-Pufe, E.Germany
Pole Vault Men Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz, Poland Konstantin Volkov, USSR ; Tadeusz Slusarski, Poland
Pentathlon Women Nadezhda Tcachenko, USSR Olga Rukavishnikova, USSR Olga Kuragina, USSR
Decathlon Men Daley Thompson, GBR Yuri Kutsenko, USSR Sergei Zhelanov, USSR

Marlies Göhr (born March 21, 1958 in Gera, Germany) was an East German athlete, the winner of the 100 m at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. ... Pietro Paolo Mennea (born June 28, 1952) is an former Italian sprinter, who held the 200 m world record for 17 years. ... Marita Koch (b. ... Waldemar Cierpinski (born August 3, 1950) is a former East German athlete and two time Olympic Champion in the marathon. ... Yuriy Sedykh (born June 11, 1955) was a Ukrainian athlete who specialised in the hammer throw. ... WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Kozakiewicz Kozakiewiczs gesture. ... Francis Morgan Daley Thompson, born July 30th, 1958 in London, England, is a former British decathlete. ...

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Events at the 1980 Summer Olympics (Moscow)

Archery | Athletics (track and field) | Basketball | Boxing | Canoeing | Cycling | Diving | Equestrian | Fencing | Football (soccer) | Gymnastics | Handball | Hockey | Judo | Modern Pentathlon | Rowing | Shooting | Swimming | Volleyball | Water Polo | Weightlifting | Wrestling | Yachting The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union. ... Saint Basils Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower of Moscow Kremlin at Red Square. ... Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held at the archery range, located at the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre (Krylatskoye district, Moscow). ... Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held at the Indoor Stadium of the Olimpiski Sports Complex and at the Sports Palace of the Central Sports Club of the Army, both located in Moscow. ... Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place in the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow. ... Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held in the Man_made Basin, located at the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre (Krylatskoye district, Moscow). ... Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics was split into two categories: Road and Track. ... At the 1980 Summer Olympics, four diving events were contested. ... Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 6 events. ... At the 1980 Summer Olympics, eight fencing events were contested. ... The football tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics started on July 20 and ended on August 2. ... Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 14 events: 6 for women and 8 for men. ... Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 2 events _ a mens and a womens team competitions. ... Final results for the Hockey competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics: Mens Tournament Womens Tournament In 1980, for the first time, an womens Olympic Games hockey tournament was organised. ... The Judo competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the first time that the medal count was not dominated by Japan, as the country joined the boycott of the games because of the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. ... The Modern Pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): Individual competition and Team competition. ... Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 14 events. ... Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at the Dynamo Shooting Range in Mytishchi (south_eastern part of Moscow) between July 20 and July 26. ... Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics as usual was a part of the Swimming Sport, other two parts were Water Polo and Diving. ... Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by two events: mens team and womens team. ... Water Polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics as usual was a part of the Swimming Sport, other two parts were Swimming and Diving. ... Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by ten events (all — mens individual), held between July 20 and July 30 at the Izmailovo Sports Palace, situated alongside the Izmailovo Park (eastern part of Moscow). ... Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by twenty events (all — mens individual). ... Yachting at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by six events. ...


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