Australia at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Australia at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic flag.svg
IOC code AUS
NOC Australian Olympic Committee
Website www.olympics.com.au
in Moscow
Competitors120 (92 men and 28 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearers Denise Boyd (opening)
Max Metzker (opening)
John Sumegi (closing)
Medals
Ranked 15th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
5
Total
9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

––––

Flag of Australasian team for Olympic games.svg  Australasia (1908–1912)

Australia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics Australia competed under the Olympic Flag. 120 competitors, 92 men and 28 women, took part in 92 events in 17 sports. [1]

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For the first time in the Olympics history, there were two flag bearers, Denise Boyd (athletics) and Max Metzker (swimming), Australia's first joint-flag carriers, carried the Olympic flag in the opening ceremony instead of the national flag. Countries marched in order of the Russian alphabet, and Australia was therefore second in the parade of nations, following Greece, which has traditionally led the march since 1928.

Archery

In the third Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent two women and one man. Carole Toy, a veteran of the 1972 Games, repeated her 15th-place performance despite shooting 20 points lower.
Women's Individual Competition:


Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's 10,000 metres

Men's Long Jump

Men's Triple Jump

Men's Marathon

Men's Hammer Throw

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

Men's Decathlon


Women's 100 metres

Women's 100 m Hurdles

Women's Discus Throw

Women's Shot Put

Women's Javelin Throw

Women's High Jump

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

Boxing

Men's Lightweight ( 60 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Ten cyclists represented Australia in 1980.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit

Diving

Men's Springboard

Men's Platform

Fencing

Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Australia in 1980.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Women's foil

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Australia in 1980.

Men's individual competition:

Rowing

Shooting

Mixed
AthleteEventFinal
ScoreRank
Yvonne Hill 50 m rifle, prone 59611
David Hollister 59515

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

Men's 200m Freestyle

Men's 400m Freestyle

Men's 1.500m Freestyle

Men's 200m Butterfly

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Men's 100m Backstroke

Men's 200m Backstroke

Men's 400m Individual Medley

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay


Women's 100m Freestyle

Women's 200m Freestyle

Women's 400m Freestyle

Women's 800m Freestyle

Women's 100m Butterfly

Women's 200m Butterfly

Women's 200m Breaststroke

Women's 200m Butterfly

Women's 100m Backstroke

Women's 200m Backstroke

Women's 400m Individual Medley

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Trivia

Norman May's call of the Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay, in which he excitedly exclaimed "Four, Three, Two, One. Gold, Gold to Australia, Gold", [2] has become one of the most famous calls in the history of Australian sport.

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References

  1. "Australia at the 1980 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  2. Norman May, George Negus Interview, August 9, 2004