Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Great Britain at the; 1980 Summer Olympics
	Flag of the Olympic Movement
IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
in Moscow
Competitors	219 (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)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. 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]

In partial support of the American-led boycott, the UK government allowed its athletes to choose whether to compete. There was a 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. Furthermore, the Olympic flag was raised for the British medal winners in place of the Union Flag, and the Olympic anthem was played instead of God Save the Queen for the five gold medalists.^[2]^[3]

MedallistsEdit

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

GoldEdit

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

SilverEdit

Allan Wells — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
Sebastian Coe — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
Neil Adams — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)
Henry Clay, Andrew Justice, Chris Mahoney, Duncan McDougall, Malcolm McGowan, Colin Moynihan, John Pritchard, Richard Stanhope, and Allan Whitwell — Rowing, Men's Eights
Philip Hubble — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
Sharron Davies — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
June Croft, Helen Jameson, Margaret Kelly, and Ann Osgerby — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

BronzeEdit

Steve Ovett — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
Gary Oakes — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
Beverley Goddard-Callender, Heather Hunte, Sonia Lannaman, and Kathy Smallwood-Cook — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
Donna Hartley, Joslyn Hoyte-Smith, Linsey MacDonald, and Michelle Probert — Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
Anthony Willis — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
Arthur Mapp — Judo, Men's Open Class
Malcolm Carmichael and Charles Wiggin — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
John Beattie, David Townsend, Ian McNuff, and Martin Cross — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
Gary Abraham, Duncan Goodhew, David Lowe, and Trevor Smith — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

ArcheryEdit

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:

Gillian Patterson — 2216 points (→ 22nd place)
Christine Harris — 2187 points (→ 25th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

Mark Blenkarne — 2446 points (→ 4th place)
Dennis Savory — 2407 points (→ 13th place)

AthleticsEdit

Men's Competition

Men's 100 metres

Allan Wells

Heat — 10.35
Quarterfinals — 10.11
Semifinals — 10.27
Final — 10.25 (→ Gold Medal)

Cameron Sharp

Heat — 10.38
Quarterfinals — 10.38
Semifinals — 10.60 (→ did not advance)

Drew McMaster

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)

Sebastian Coe

Heat — 1:48.5
Semifinals — 1:46.7
Final — 1:45.9 (→ 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)

Steve Ovett

Heat — 3:36.8
Semifinals — 3:43.1
Final — 3:39.0 (→ 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)

Mike McLeod

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)

Bernie Ford

Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Ian Thompson

Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

Alan Bell, Terry Whitehead, Rod Milne, and Glen Cohen

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

Men's 110 m Hurdles

Wilbert Greaves

Heat — 13.85
Semifinals — 13.98 (→ did not advance)

Mark Holtom

Heat — 13.83
Semifinals — 13.94 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

Gary Oakes

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

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

Colin Reitz

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

Roger Hackney

Heat — 8:36.4
Semifinals — 8:29.2 (→ did not advance)

Tony Staynings

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

Mark Naylor

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

Men's triple jump

Keith Connor

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

David Ottley

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)

Bradley McStravick

Final — 7616 points (→ 15th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

Roger Mills

Final — 1:32:37.8 (→ 10th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

Ian Richards

Final — 4:22:57 (→ 11th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 100 metres

Kathy Smallwood-Cook

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)

Sonia Lannaman

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

Janet Marlow

Heat — 4:15.9 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

Shirley Strong

Heat — 13.39
Semifinal — 13.12 (→ did not advance)

Lorna Boothe

Heat — 13.86 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

Louise Miller

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)

Sue Reeve

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

Angela Littlewood

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

BoxingEdit

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)

Raymond Gilbody
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated João Luis de Almeida (Angola) on points (5-0)
3. Third Round — Lost to Daniel Zaragoza (Mexico) on points (1-4)

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)

George Gilbody
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated Blackson Siukoko (Zambia) on points (4-1)
3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Richard Nowakowski (East Germany) on points (5-0)

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)