India competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.[1][2][3]
| India at the 1980 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | IND |
| NOC | Indian Olympic Association |
| Website | olympic |
| in Moscow | |
| Competitors | 76 (58 men, 18 women) in 8 sports |
| Medals Ranked 23rd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Competitors edit
| Sports | Men | Women | Total | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 9 | 2 | 11 | 12 |
| Basketball | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Boxing | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Equestrian | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Field hockey | 16 | 16 | 32 | 2 |
| Shooting | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Total | 56 | 18 | 74 | 29 |
Medalists edit
Field Hockey edit
- Vasudevan Baskaran (captain), Allan Schofield, Bir Bhadur Chettri, Sylvanus Dung Dung, Davinder Singh, Gurmail Singh, Ravinder Pal Singh, Sommayya Maneypande, Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, Charanjit Kumar, Merwyn Fernandes, Amarjit Singh Rana, Mohamed Shahid, Zafar Iqbal, and Surinder Singh Sodhi — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition.
Results by event edit
Athletics edit
Men's 200 metres
- Heat — 22.39 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
- Heat — 1:49.8
- Semifinals — 1:49.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres
- Heat — 3:55.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
- Heat — 29:45.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Final — 2:22:08 (→ 31st place)
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's Shot Put
- Qualification — 17.05 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
- Final — 1:38:27.2 (→ 18th place)
Women's 100 metres
- Heat — 12.27 (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 metres
- Heat — 2:06.6 (→ did not advance)
Women's 1,500 metres
- Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)
Basketball edit
Men's Team Competition edit
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Lost to Soviet Union (65-121)
- Lost to Czechoslovakia (65-133)
- Lost to Brazil (64-137)
- Semi Final Round (Group B)
- Lost to Poland (67-113)
- Lost to Senegal (59-81)
- Lost to Sweden (63-119)
- Lost to Australia (75-93) → 12th place
- Team Roster:
Boxing edit
Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)
- Thapa Birender Singh
- First Round — Lost to Dietmar Geilich (East Germany) on points (2-3)
Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
- Amala Dass
- First Round — Lost to Yo Ryon-Sik (North Korea) on points (0-5)
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
- Ganapathy Manoharan
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Samba Jacob Diallo (Guinea) on points (4-1)
- Third Round — Lost to Geraldi Issaick (Tanzania) after referee stopped contest in second round
Hockey edit
Men's Team Competition edit
- Preliminary Round
- India defeated Tanzania 18-0
- India drew Poland 2-2
- India drew Spain 2-2
- India defeated Cuba 13-0
- India defeated Soviet Union 4-2
- Final
- India defeated Spain 4-3 →
Gold Medal
- India defeated Spain 4-3 →
Women's Team Competition edit
- Preliminary Round Robin
- Defeated Austria (2-0)
- Defeated Poland (4-0)
- Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-2)
- Drew with Zimbabwe (1-1)
- Lost to Soviet Union (1-3) → 4th place
- Team Roster:
References edit
- ^ "Mohammed Shahid Was The Reason India Won 1980 Olympics Gold: Zafar Iqbal". Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "India regains lost glory". Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "India sinks spain for gold". Retrieved 1 May 2022.